my pure barb build

[arcanehealer]

here is my pure barb build


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axealot
Level 14 Chaotic Good Dwarf Male
(14 Barbarian)
Hit Points: 430
Spell Points: 0
BAB: 14\14\19\24
Fortitude: 18
Reflex: 5
Will: 4

Starting Feat/Enhancement
Base Stats Modified Stats
Abilities (Level 1) (Level 14)
Strength 18 21
Dexterity 10 12
Constitution 18 29
Intelligence 8 8
Wisdom 8 10
Charisma 6 9

Tomes Used
+2 Tome of Strength used at level 12
+2 Tome of Constitution used at level 12
+2 Tome of Charisma used at level 12
+3 Tome of Strength used at level 14
+2 Tome of Dexterity used at level 14
+3 Tome of Constitution used at level 14
+2 Tome of Wisdom used at level 14
+3 Tome of Charisma used at level 14

Starting Feat/Enhancement
Base Skills Modified Skills
Skills (Level 1) (Level 14)
Balance 0 5
Bluff -2 -1
Concentration 4 9
Diplomacy -2 -1
Disable Device n/a n/a
Haggle -2 -1
Heal -1 0
Hide 0 1
Intimidate 2 19
Jump 8 22
Listen -1 0
Move Silently 0 1
Open Lock n/a n/a
Perform n/a n/a
Repair -1 -1
Search -1 1
Spot -1 0
Swim 8 22
Tumble n/a n/a
Use Magic Device n/a n/a

Level 1 (Barbarian)
Feat: (Selected) Power Attack
Enhancement: Barbarian Damage Boost I
Enhancement: Barbarian Damage Reduction Boost I
Enhancement: Barbarian Sprint Boost I

Level 2 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Barbarian Extra Rage I
Enhancement: Barbarian Constitution I

Level 3 (Barbarian)
Feat: (Selected) Toughness
Enhancement: Dwarven Constitution I
Enhancement: Dwarven Toughness I
Enhancement: Barbarian Toughness I

Level 4 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Barbarian Sprint Boost II
Enhancement: Barbarian Improved Damage Reduction I
Enhancement: Barbarian Toughness II

Level 5 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Barbarian Extend Rage I
Enhancement: Dwarven Shield Mastery I
Enhancement: Barbarian Intimidate I

Level 6 (Barbarian)
Feat: (Selected) Cleave
Enhancement: Barbarian Constitution II

Level 7 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Dwarven Toughness II
Enhancement: Barbarian Toughness III

Level 8 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Dwarven Constitution II

Level 9 (Barbarian)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Slashing Weapons
Enhancement: Dwarven Toughness III

Level 10 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Barbarian Intimidate II

Level 11 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Barbarian Constitution III

Level 12 (Barbarian)
Feat: (Selected) Great Cleave
Enhancement: Barbarian Toughness IV

Level 13 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Dwarven Toughness IV

Level 14 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Barbarian Extra Rage II
Enhancement: Barbarian Intimidate III

[Sutek]

Why are you posting this?

[Blazer]

No improved critical feat? No power attack? But toughness on a d12 HP class with a CON heavy race? And weapon focus?

[arcanehealer]

Why are you posting this?

to get comments

[Fallout]

how many people have that many +2, or even +3 tomes?

[arcanehealer]

i knew that i would get them some time from raiding to i just put them in

[brshelton]

drop the THF line and get power attack, IC, and the cleaves. That is a ****load of tomes but im assuming your putting them simply to show best case and i can dig that. You NEED Improved Critical and Power attack on this build. Period. No ifs ands or buts PA and IC are a MUST! 1 toughness I can understand for the enhancements but weapon focus is trash. With as few feats as you get its useless.

[arcanehealer]

updated it

[brshelton]

two handed fighting, improved two handing fighting, greater two handed fighting=THF. IC=improved critical slashing. Some people swear by the THF line but most people I know say its trash and I prefer cleave as it fits my style. But the THF line is mainly garbage IMO.

[Sutek]

whats THF and IC

Two Handed Fighting
Improved critical: Slashing Weapons

[Sutek]

to get comments

Without knowing what the goals of the build are it's hard to comment.

One thing that I will say is that having that many hit points is a waste.

[arcanehealer]

my main goal is to make a barbarian that can take a licking and keep on kicking resulting in taking every con and toughness enchancement i could get

[Strykersz]

Why bother going barbarian if you aren't going to take any of the rage enhancements? Just reroll it as a fighter, take 5 toughness enhancements and go make every poor cleric put you on their "never group with again" list.

[brshelton]

clerics wont put him there if he A) warns them B) pays them C) kicks ass but ya if your not taking the rage enhancements just go fighter and get 5 toughness feats and still have 10 other feats left.

[arcanehealer]

you can take toughness 5 times?

[arcanehealer]

ok i am building a fighter and i will post it here when im done

[arcanehealer]

heres my fighter build


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axeyouall
Level 14 Chaotic Good Human Male
(14 Fighter)
Hit Points: 254
Spell Points: 0
BAB: 14\14\19\24
Fortitude: 11
Reflex: 6
Will: 4

Starting Feat/Enhancement
Base Stats Modified Stats
Abilities (Level 1) (Level 14)
Strength 18 25
Dexterity 14 14
Constitution 14 14
Intelligence 8 8
Wisdom 8 8
Charisma 8 8

Starting Feat/Enhancement
Base Skills Modified Skills
Skills (Level 1) (Level 14)
Balance 2 2
Bluff -1 -1
Concentration 2 2
Diplomacy -1 -1
Disable Device n/a n/a
Haggle -1 -1
Heal -1 -1
Hide 2 2
Intimidate 3 23
Jump 8 25
Listen -1 -1
Move Silently 2 2
Open Lock n/a n/a
Perform n/a n/a
Repair -1 -1
Search -1 -1
Spot -1 -1
Swim 4 7
Tumble n/a n/a
Use Magic Device n/a n/a

Level 1 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Cleave
Feat: (Human Bonus) Power Attack
Feat: (Selected) Toughness
Enhancement: Fighter Armor Class Boost I
Enhancement: Fighter Attack Boost I
Enhancement: Fighter Haste Boost I
Enhancement: Fighter Toughness I

Level 2 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Dodge
Enhancement: Fighter Strength I

Level 3 (Fighter)
Feat: (Selected) Least Dragonmark of Sentinel
Enhancement: Fighter Critical Accuracy I
Enhancement: Fighter Item Defense I
Enhancement: Fighter Intimidate I

Level 4 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Great Cleave
Enhancement: Fighter Armored Agility I
Enhancement: Fighter Intimidate II
Enhancement: Fighter Toughness II

Level 5 (Fighter)
Enhancement: Extra Dragonmark I
Enhancement: Human Adaptability Strength I

Level 6 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Exotic Weapon Proficiency: Bastard Sword
Feat: (Selected) Lesser Dragonmark of Sentinel
Enhancement: Fighter Strength II

Level 7 (Fighter)
Enhancement: Extra Dragonmark II
Enhancement: Fighter Toughness III

Level 8 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Improved Critical: Slashing Weapons
Enhancement: Fighter Intimidate III

Level 9 (Fighter)
Feat: (Selected) Greater Dragonmark of Sentinel
Enhancement: Fighter Armor Class Boost II
Enhancement: Deneith Intimidation I

Level 10 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Improved Critical: Bludgeoning Weapons
Enhancement: Fighter Strength III

Level 11 (Fighter)
Enhancement: Fighter Toughness IV

Level 12 (Fighter)
Feat: (Selected) Bullheaded
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Point Blank Shot
Enhancement: Extra Dragonmark III

Level 13 (Fighter)
Enhancement: Fighter Item Defense II

Level 14 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Precise Shot
Enhancement: Extra Dragonmark IV
Enhancement: Fighter Intimidate IV
Enhancement: Fighter Jump I

[Averroes]

my main goal is to make a barbarian that can take a licking and keep on kicking resulting in taking every con and toughness enchancement i could get

A 14 barb with 16 base con, a con4 item, barb con1 and dorf con1, and greater false life has 325-ish hitpoints unraged. 385-ish raged. 410-ish madsone raged. No one needs more hitpoints than that. Barbs get damage mitigation as a class feature -- DR boost. Use it, love it. At least for everything that you can't kill before it turns around to swing at you -- that's the barb's best form of damage mitigation. Kill quickly.

Power attack and imp crit are necessary. All builds attempting to deal melee damage need them. They are not optional.


And as counterpoint to Brshelton, I find the cleaves to be mostly garbage on a build like this -- they reduce your single-target DPS by being slooooooowwwwww animations that break up your attack chain. The THF feats, on the other hand, add ~50 damage per 4-swing combo to both your main target and anything else nearby (and in mod 6, that's going to be ~100 damage per 5-swing combo with 2 glancing blows on the 5th attack). On a non-crittable target, that's a simple 25% addition to your DPS. Nothing else in-game comes close as a percentage increase.

And by the way, any more than 1 toughness feat is a complete and utter waste of a feat slot. I can't even describe how gimped the 5-toughness-feat fighter build is. That's like as gimped as an 8-strength 8-charisma melee sorceror.

[brshelton]

A 14 barb with 16 base con, a con4 item, barb con1 and dorf con1, and greater false life has 325-ish hitpoints unraged. 385-ish raged. 410-ish madsone raged. No one needs more hitpoints than that. Barbs get damage mitigation as a class feature -- DR boost. Use it, love it. At least for everything that you can't kill before it turns around to swing at you -- that's the barb's best form of damage mitigation. Kill quickly.

Power attack and imp crit are necessary. All builds attempting to deal melee damage need them. They are not optional.


And as counterpoint to Brshelton, I find the cleaves to be mostly garbage on a build like this -- they reduce your single-target DPS by being slooooooowwwwww animations that break up your attack chain. The THF feats, on the other hand, add ~50 damage per 4-swing combo to both your main target and anything else nearby (and in mod 6, that's going to be ~100 damage per 5-swing combo with 2 glancing blows on the 5th attack). On a non-crittable target, that's a simple 25% addition to your DPS. Nothing else in-game comes close as a percentage increase.

And by the way, any more than 1 toughness feat is a complete and utter waste of a feat slot. I can't even describe how gimped the 5-toughness-feat fighter build is. That's like as gimped as an 8-strength 8-charisma melee sorceror.

hmm i just find myself loving cleave so i guess it just fits my playstyle well. Its saved my butt many times. And yes the 5 toughness build sucks.

[Sutek]

That's like as gimped as an 8-strength 8-charisma melee sorceror.

WHAT!!!???
Even if he's repair speced?
son of a mumble mumble mumble... *runs off to re-roll plaigus*

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Plaigus Level 14 Lawful Good Drow Male
(14 Sorcerer)
Hit Points: 134
Spell Points: 1125
BAB: 7\7\12
Fortitude: 7
Reflex: 10
Will: 11

Starting Feat/Enhancement
Base Stats Modified Stats
Abilities (Level 1) (Level 14)
Strength 8 8
Dexterity 16 23
Constitution 16 17
Intelligence 10 10
Wisdom 14 15
Charisma 10 10

Tomes Used
+2 Tome of Dexterity used at level 1
+1 Tome of Constitution used at level 1
+1 Tome of Wisdom used at level 1

Starting Feat/Enhancement
Base Skills Modified Skills
Skills (Level 1) (Level 14)
Balance 4 6
Bluff 0 0
Concentration 3 3
Diplomacy 0 0
Disable Device n/a n/a
Haggle 0 0
Heal 2 2
Hide 4 6
Intimidate 0 0
Jump -1 -1
Listen 2 4
Move Silently 4 6
Open Lock n/a n/a
Perform n/a n/a
Repair 2 11
Search 0 2
Spot 2 4
Swim -1 -1
Tumble 6 14
Use Magic Device n/a n/a

Level 1 (Sorcerer)
Feat: (Selected) Toughness

Level 2 (Sorcerer)

Level 3 (Sorcerer)
Feat: (Selected) Weapon Finesse

Level 4 (Sorcerer)

Level 5 (Sorcerer)

Level 6 (Sorcerer)
Feat: (Selected) Two Weapon Fighting

Level 7 (Sorcerer)

Level 8 (Sorcerer)

Level 9 (Sorcerer)
Feat: (Selected) Skill Focus: Repair

Level 10 (Sorcerer)

Level 11 (Sorcerer)

Level 12 (Sorcerer)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Two Weapon Fighting

Level 13 (Sorcerer)

Level 14 (Sorcerer)
Enhancement: Drow Melee Attack I
Enhancement: Drow Melee Damage I
Enhancement: Drow Melee Damage II
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Fluidity I
Enhancement: Elven Arcane Fluidity II
Enhancement: Elven Dexterity I
Enhancement: Elven Dexterity II
Enhancement: Iron Companion
Enhancement: Steel Companion
Enhancement: Mithril Companion
Enhancement: Sorcerer Lineage of Force I
Enhancement: Sorcerer Lineage of Force II
Enhancement: Sorcerer Lineage of Deadly Force I
Enhancement: Sorcerer Lineage of Deadly Force II
Enhancement: Sorcerer Force Manipulation I
Enhancement: Sorcerer Force Manipulation II
Enhancement: Sorcerer Force Manipulation III
Enhancement: Sorcerer Force Manipulation IV
Enhancement: Sorcerer Energy of the Dragonblooded I
Enhancement: Sorcerer Energy of the Dragonblooded II
Enhancement: Sorcerer Subtle Spellcasting I
Enhancement: Sorcerer Wand Mastery I
Enhancement: Sorcerer Wand Mastery II
Enhancement: Sorcerer Wand Mastery III
Enhancement: Sorcerer Wand Mastery IV

[Averroes]

WHAT!!!???
Even if he's repair speced?
son of a mumble mumble mumble... *runs off to re-roll plaigus*


Uber build!

I think I'm gonna roll one, but with 16 int instead of 16 dex, and self-sufficient instead of weap finesse -- my repair skill will be 2 points higher than yours! Oh no, 5 points -- it's int-based, isn't it? That'll pwn.