A: Imagine a warrior combined with a ranger. Thats roughly a barb.
Warrior's useful skills - Stun? CHECK. Smash? WE GOT REND AND CHARGE. both VASTLY superior. High attack %'s? YEP. Doorbash,
Lets go onto ranger skills. Create spring? Douse.
Ursine brawn/felince grace/falcon sight/track? Bear spirit/wolf cunning/boar hide/eye of the preadator/hunt :P
Heighten defense/granite skin/forest prayer? How about 22 con and warsong which affects the party for +6hr +3dr?
Regeneration? Commune.. aka hp trance. you will love it.
Charm? Animal empathy.
Forage? Scour.
Q: Ok ok so whats the draw back?
A: 20% suc magic, no wands/staves/scrolls and no magical eq. Means if you have it, it will weigh.
Seem bad? It isn't. In return you get spirit ward (res magic depending on wis),sharpen (free long and short blade repairs) and snake's blessing (res poison) tribal runes for recall (eat tribal pouch instead of get recall pouch recite recall. faster easier) And they still get potions. Simply means they don't get to use shield staves. The eq is slightly differnt, but they have their own eq which makes up for it.
Object 'the horned helm of the plains wanderer' is infused with your magic...
It is a level 50 armor, weight 5.
Locations it can be worn: head
Special properties: none
Classes allowed: Barbarian
This armor has a gold value of 3500.
Armor class is 20 of 20.
Affects damage roll by 4.
Affects hp by 80.
Object 'a pair of tribal war boots' is infused with your magic...
It is a level 50 armor, weight 2.
Locations it can be worn: feet
Special properties: none
Classes allowed: Barbarian
This armor has a gold value of 4500.
Armor class is 20 of 20.
Affects damage roll by 5.
Affects hp by 30.
Affects dexterity by 1.
Affects wisdom by -1.
Affects strength by 1.
Affects save vs breath by -3.
Affects save vs paralysis by -1.
Object 'a necklace made from the mane of the beast' is infused with your magic...
It is a level 50 armor, weight 1.
Locations it can be worn: neck
Special properties: none
Classes allowed: Barbarian
Alignments allowed: good
This armor has a gold value of 1000.
Armor class is 15 of 15.
Affects damage roll by 1.
Affects hp by 60.
Affects resistant:magic by 5%.
Object 'the pulsating heart of the beast' is infused with your magic...
It is a level 50 armor, weight 3.
Locations it can be worn: neck
Special properties: hum organic
Classes allowed: Barbarian
This armor has a gold value of 2000.
Armor class is 20 of 20.
Affects damage roll by 5.
Affects hp by 50.
Affects strength by 1.
Still look so bad? It really isn't