need some help...

[Bashfyl]

ok... I stopped playing for quite a bit (been back for a while but not playing my tanks)... my batman is pointless, my fighter doesn't have enough hp to hack it in higher level stuff.... been playing a caster and i've been ok.. but wanna pick up a greataxe and start bashin' skulls again without getting pwned.... I've learned AC below, like, high 50's is basically like running around naked, and you need lot's of HP to survive... since the merge i can't make any new toons where i have stuff to twink 'em up at all, so.......
- I'm hoping for a basic 28 point non-tomed, non-uber-equipment-having barbarian build with high HP and DPS (my AC will never hit any impressive number so i won't bother much trying to get that up). probably WF or dwarf... please help! (like i said... essentially nothing: no tomes, no +6 stat items... assume maybe one or two +4 stat items and one +1 tome at higher levels)... look at it like this: you're going back to a year and a half ago when you had nothing either =)
leaning toward WF to avoid post-rage fatigue... but lack of healability might make the low levels rough.. and the mid levels... i dunno... any advice/build ideas would be greatly appreciated!