Shattered Kingdoms

And it neither makes sense nor is even in the way of mechanics that a rogue can backstab with a dagger out of range of a barbarian's counterstrike.

I always envisioned counterstrike being something that didn't even necessarily involve using the barbarian's weapon, but more like just smashing your face in with his bare hands, or turning your own weapon against you.

As much as I hated fighting barbarians with my rogue, counterstrike is just fine the way it is, and the RP concept of it not only fits perfectly, but it's freaking awesome. Barbarians are, indeed, the anti-rogue.

Its like a 6th sense. The barbarian feels the person approaching in his sleep, his rest is becoming slightly disturbed and by the time the guy is close, he is aware and in his dream he feels the approach of the knife and rolls around and counterstrikes. You guys really need to watch more movies. Its true, it happens.