Ninja Barb (32 pt. Halfling Barb/Rogue)

[Xithos]

I just finished leveling up a 32 pt. Halfling 14 Barb / 2 Rogue and was looking for ideas on what other hybrids might do a little differently and how things have worked out for them. Specifically with the enhancements I picked up. I went halfling because of the recent DPS love they received along with a small bump to saving throws to work with the evasion and the bonus tohit. These traits of the halfling fit with the theme of my little guy running around in a monk outfit (No appreciable AC) and a bandit mask that has charges of rage on it. The UMD is nice because when I'm not raged I can swap some gear and do things like GH myself, stoneskin myself, raise the dead, etc. when I'm not raging or if I feel like dispelling a rage. Having the ability to wear race required/alignment restricted gear has been a huge plus for me also. Primarily, I use W/P melee weapons for non-red nameds or Holy Burst Heavy Picks for most things that are non-red named. I have run all the raids a few times and have not picked up a whole lot in the way of loot, but have had a good time so far and will continue to play him although he isnt my main. EDIT: After playing around with the enhancements some I finalized what I think works best for me. Dropped down to 6 rages per rest since I wasn't using them all in-between shrines and wanted Guile IV for the extra DPS.

Name: Cerciv Uzuaki Alignment: True Neutral Profession: 2 Rogue / 14 Barbarian

Stats at Creation (32 pt. build).

Str: 16
Dex: 16
Con: 16
Int: 8
Wis: 8
Cha: 8

Final Stats:

Str: 44 (+17) [+10 Rage, +6 Stat item, +4 Levels, +2Tome, +2 Rage Pot, +4 Dbl Madstone]
Dex: 22 (+6) [+5 Stat item, +1 Tome]
Con: 34 (+12) [+8 Rage, +6 Stat item, +1 Tome, +1 From Enhancement Barbarian Con I]
Int: 8 (-1)
Wis: 14 (+2) [+5 Stat Item, +1 Tome]
Cha: 14 (+2) [+6 Stat item]

Final Skill Ranks: UMD: 19 Intimidate: 19 Balance: 9 Jump: 4 Tumble: 4 Haggle: 4 Swim: 4

Feats:

1 - Two Weapon Fighting
3 - Oversize Two-Weapon Fighting
6 - Power Attack
9 - Improved Critical: Pierce
12- Improved Two Weapon Fighting
15- Greater Two Weapon Fighting

Class Feats: Greater Rage, Evasion, Sneak Attack, Indomitable Will, Improved Uncanny Dodge, Fast Movement, Damage Reduction, Light/Medium Armor, Trap Sense


Enhancements:

Barbarian Critical Rage II
Barbarian Power Rage IV
Barbarian Extend Rage IV
Barbarian Extra Rage II
Barbarian Hardy Rage II
Barbarian Constitution I
Barbarian Willpower I
Barbarian Sprint Boost I
Halfling Cunning IV
Halfling Guile IV
Halfling Luck Will I
Halfling Luck Reflex II
Rogue Haste Boost I
Rogue Sneak Attack Training I
Rogue Sneak Attack Accuracy I


Current Gear

Weapon: W/P, Mineral I Heavy Pick, or Transmuting Heavy Pick
Offhand: W/P, Mineral I Heavy Pick, or Transmuting Heavy Pick
Armor: Deathblock outfit of Greater Fire Resistance / Breastplate of Destruction
Shield: +5 Heavy Mithral Shield (Shield blocking once in a while)
Bracers: Levik's Bracers
Goggles: Tharne's Goggles
Trinket: Bloodstone / Head of Good Fortune
Necklace: Existential Wis +6, Hp +25 / Golden Cartouche
Cloak: Resistance +4
Helmet: Minos Legens
Boots: Madstone Boots / Boots of the Innocent
Gloves: Spectral Gloves
Belt: Greater False Life / Planar Gird
Ring 1: +6 Con Ring
Ring 2: +6 Cha Ring


To-hit Bonus:

BAB: +15
Str Bonus: +15
+5 Holy Burst: +5
Greater Heroism: +3
Haste: +1
Halfling: +1
Competence: +2
TWF: -2
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To Hit Total: +40/+40/+45/+50/+50

Armor Class:

Too shameful to make much of a note


Saving Throws Breakdown

Barbarian Base Lev 14: Fort +9 / Reflex +4 / Will +4
Rogue Base Lev 2: Fort +0 / Reflex +3 / Will +0
Stat Bonuses: Fort +12 / Reflex +6 / Will +2
+5 Resistance Item: Fort +5 / Reflex +5 / Will +5
Greater Heroism: Fort +4 / Reflex +4 / Will +4
Halfling Luck : Fort +1 / Reflex +1 / Will +1
Barbarian Will: Fort +0 / Reflex +0 / Will +1
Halfling Luck Will: Fort +0 / Reflex +0 / Will +1
Halfling Luck Reflex: Fort +0 / Reflex +2 / Will +0
Indomitable Will: Fort +0 / Reflex +0 / Will +4
Greater Rage: Fort +0 / Reflex +0 / Will +3
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Saves: Fort +31 / Reflex +25 / Will +25

UMD w/ Circlet of Persuasion, +6 Cha item, and Greater Heroism (swap for Rez scroll, Greater Heroism, etc.): 28

Hitpoints:

14 Barbarian Base: 168
2 Rogue Base: 12
Heroic Durability: 20
Draconic Vitality: 10
Con Bonus: 192
Greater False Life: 30
Minos Legens: 18
Tier II Greensteel: 25

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Total: 475

[Aranticus]

tharnes bracers is +6 str and when combined with goggles will give u ghost touch, saving u the need to find spectral gloves as well as opening up an item spot

imo, scourge choker is not good for fleshies as the fatigue caused is -50% attack speed. u lose more dps

going heavy pick and light pick will save u 1 feat. OTWF is best used when u want to use 2 khopeshes or 2 dwarven axes where their light equivalent is non existent or far off

with a nonexistant AC, you might want to pick up some DR enhancements for damage mitigation

[Xithos]

tharnes bracers is +6 str and when combined with goggles will give u ghost touch, saving u the need to find spectral gloves as well as opening up an item spot

imo, scourge choker is not good for fleshies as the fatigue caused is -50% attack speed. u lose more dps

going heavy pick and light pick will save u 1 feat. OTWF is best used when u want to use 2 khopeshes or 2 dwarven axes where their light equivalent is non existent or far off

with a nonexistant AC, you might want to pick up some DR enhancements for damage mitigation

Love the suggestions. As far as the tharne's bracers go that would be very cool; however, I have the Levik's bracers on my main and I think the healing amplification would be even better for this guy since he gets autohit when not blurred/displaced. I already have the spectral gloves on this guy and they are pretty handy when I don't have a pocket bard running vale quests (I like those along with all the raids). As far as the scourge choker goes, it doesnt get a whole lot of use but is swapped in situationally. I.E. Our main tank in Vision went down the other day on the second orthons spawn and I had to jump in to manage the big guy while the rest of the crew took out the orthons. The healers were strapped so I threw a shield on and shield blocked with the choker on to get my hp up while the situation cleaned itself up.

I have considered dropping OTWF and may still do it yet. The problem IMO is that when I'm using My W/P weapons, they are both heavies and I hate losing the tohit bonus while I am power attacking. To make the issue worse, they are only +2 and +1 to hit and I cant stand missing even on my first swings. If I end up with the breastplate of destruction from the hound I think I will give it a shot and maybe start wearing that. The extra point of Damage from the heavy pick is always nice also although not a huge deal. The DR enhancements are something that would be nice, but I'm not sure what I would drop to pick them up; the DPS from the halfling side of things is lots of fun

[Aranticus]

Love the suggestions. As far as the tharne's bracers go that would be very cool; however, I have the Levik's bracers on my main and I think the healing amplification would be even better for this guy since he gets autohit when not blurred/displaced. I already have the spectral gloves on this guy and they are pretty handy when I don't have a pocket bard running vale quests (I like those along with all the raids). As far as the scourge choker goes, it doesnt get a whole lot of use but is swapped in situationally. I.E. Our main tank in Vision went down the other day on the second orthons spawn and I had to jump in to manage the big guy while the rest of the crew took out the orthons. The healers were strapped so I threw a shield on and shield blocked with the choker on to get my hp up while the situation cleaned itself up.

I have considered dropping OTWF and may still do it yet. The problem IMO is that when I'm using My W/P weapons, they are both heavies and I hate losing the tohit bonus while I am power attacking. To make the issue worse, they are only +2 and +1 to hit and I cant stand missing even on my first swings. If I end up with the breastplate of destruction from the hound I think I will give it a shot and maybe start wearing that. The extra point of Damage from the heavy pick is always nice also although not a huge deal. The DR enhancements are something that would be nice, but I'm not sure what I would drop to pick them up; the DPS from the halfling side of things is lots of fun

edit: tharne bracers is +6 dex +6 ac i think not str. so u get some ac and also free up a slot. healing amp is fine but with most barbs the clerics are using heal spell and scrolls so not much difference there but it really helps when getting mass heals

[BlackSteel]

tharnes bracers is +6 str and when combined with goggles will give u ghost touch, saving u the need to find spectral gloves as well as opening up an item spot

imo, scourge choker is not good for fleshies as the fatigue caused is -50% attack speed. u lose more dps

going heavy pick and light pick will save u 1 feat. OTWF is best used when u want to use 2 khopeshes or 2 dwarven axes where their light equivalent is non existent or far off

with a nonexistant AC, you might want to pick up some DR enhancements for damage mitigation

choker fatigue hits wf as well

been wanting to build a barb/rog as well, but I cant bring myself to roll up a halfling, and I cant help feeling that making a wf version of it would be half---

[Galvis]

Well Blacksteel I'll let you know how it turns out. Whup was built along these very same principles. A couple of stat changes having Int higher and Chr lower for more skill points allows me to use open lock as well when not raging. But he is WF, I just couldn't get away from the idea of a WF Barb, though I'm thinking the halfling grunt is funnier.

[Tanka]

A bit behind, but Tharne's Bracers are +6 Dex/+6 AC, not +6 Str.

Levik's Bracers from Hound are +6 Str/+20% Healing Amplification.