The subclass just wasn’t “wild” enough for a “wild magic” class; with only 8 potential effects, it felt less like you were activating wild magic and more like you were just choosing random buffs. Until you got to a much higher level, you were likely to only ever see one wild surge in a fight.
When to use wild surge on a barbarian?
Unlike the previous ability, Wild Surge is a workaday feature of this subclass. Given that a barbarian rages during roughly every combat, any player attempting to pilot a Wild Soul will be rolling on this table multiple times per short rest.
How does a barbarian feel in Wild Soul?
A barbarian exposed to this realm feels emotions powerfully and magic saturates their body. When a barbarian who follows this path rages, it is a bellowing roar for freedom, an explosion of expression, manifesting in unpredictable ways. At 3rd level, your body reacts to the presence of magic.
How do you conjure spirits in Wild Soul?
You conjure 1d4 intangible spirits that look like flumphs in unoccupied spaces within 30 feet of you. Each spirit immediately flies 30 feet in a random direction. At the end of your turn, all spirits explode and each creature within 5 feet of one or more of them must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 2d8 force damage.
Can a barbarian change the result of a surge?
Added the ability to change the die result of your wild surge roll by 1, either up or down, once per short/long rest. This gives the barbarian the ability to have some limited control over what occurs when they proc a surge, but still has the weight of randomness which wild magic should have; you can just direct the surge a bit in a pinch.
How does surge effect work in path of the Wild Soul?
Many of the surge effects now have scaling damage based off the Barbarian’s own in-built scaling; their Rage Damage bonus. This makes the effects a bit less frontloaded at lower levels, while being relevant at higher levels.
