
He has an innate psionic ability that gives him some serious in-combat power. He can skip his turn in battle to focus his mental energies to unlock new psionic tech. These skills expand as time goes on, but may have an undesirable side effect.
Baru is proficient with one handed blades and gloves. All of the characters are proficient with one handed blades (daggers and swords and such) and one other weapon type. Gloves don't have spectacular damage output, but they usually give you a defense bonus. All characters also have a particular resistance and weakness. Baru is resistant to psionic attacks but is more susceptible to the blind bad status.
Voice sample: "Ugh, hard mode; and here I thought this was going to be another lazy day." (Link)