+1 that Berserker Barbarians need some type of Buff relating to Exhaustion.
Originally Posted by Qoray
Originally Posted by Piff
[Gives OneD&D Exhaustion rules as a suggestion]

EXHAUSTED [CONDITION]
While Exhausted (known in older books as Exhaustion), you experience the following effects:

Levels of Exhaustion.
This Condition is cumulative. Each time you receive it, you gain 1 level of exhaustion. You die if your exhaustion level exceeds 10.

d20 Rolls Affected.
When you make a d20 Test, you subtract your exhaustion level from the d20 roll.

Spell Save DCs Affected.
Subtract your exhaustion level from the Spell save DC of any Spell you cast.

Ending the Condition.
Finishing a Long Rest removes 1 of your levels of exhaustion. When your exhaustion level reaches 0, you are no longer Exhausted.

I like the new rules, but I think it is still a bad solution here, because at 10 levels of exhaustion, you still die.

You remove 1!!! level every day, and you are able to get another 3-5 every day. So even if the penalties are reduced in severity, you can NEVER remove exhaustion more quickly than you gain it, unless you literally play without your core class feature.
But I also agree that removing a level of exhaustion on every short rest is maybe a bit too powerful. Frenzy is supposed to be an ability with repercussions - you're pushing your body to its limits.

Possible Simple Solution: Berserker Barbarians restore an additional level of exhaustion each night (or, 1x/day during a short rest). They still cannot frenzy every time they rage, but they get a bit more flexibility and needed power than RAW.

Possible More Complex Solution: Characters (maybe only Berserkers) can make a Con ST to restore an additional level of exhaustion on a short and/or long rest.
- You automatically restore 1 level of exhaustion upon a long rest
- The DC would need to be relatively high - DC 20 for restoring an additional level during a long rest, DC 25 on a short rest?
This way, it's possible to restore more than a single level of exhaustion each day, but not guaranteed. Level 1-7 Barbs should have Con STs of +6-ish, so with 3 short rests per day, they'd restore on average 1.65 levels of exhaustion each day.