Build Critique

[SINIBYTE]

To preface this, I'm not quite sure what I'm doing, but I thought I'd try this out, I'm completely open to criticism and suggestions. Thanks.

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Level 20 Neutral Good Warforged Male
(20 Barbarian) 
Hit Points: 360
Spell Points: 0 
BAB: 20\20\25\30\30
Fortitude: 17
Reflex: 9
Will: 4

                  Starting            Ending          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats         Base Stats         Modified Stats
(32 Point)       (Level 1)          (Level 20)           (Level 20)
Strength             17                 22                   22
Dexterity            17                 17                   17
Constitution         16                 16                   21
Intelligence          8                  8                    8
Wisdom                6                  6                    6
Charisma              6                  6                    6

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills         Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)            (Level 20)
Balance               5                    14.5
Bluff                -2                    -2
Concentration         3                     5
Diplomacy            -2                    -2
Disable Device       n/a                   n/a
Haggle               -2                    -2
Heal                 -2                    -2
Hide                  3                     3
Intimidate           -2                    -2
Jump                  7                    30
Listen               -2                    -2
Move Silently         3                     3
Open Lock             n/a                   n/a
Perform              n/a                   n/a
Repair               -1                    -1
Search               -1                    -1
Spot                 -2                     7.5
Swim                  3                     6
Tumble                5                     5
Use Magic Device     n/a                   n/a

Level 1 (Barbarian)
Skill: Balance (+2)
Skill: Jump (+4)
Skill: Tumble (+2)
Feat: (Selected) Two Weapon Fighting
Feat: (Automatic) Attack
Feat: (Automatic) Composite Plating
Feat: (Automatic) Defensive Fighting
Feat: (Automatic) Dismiss Rage
Feat: (Automatic) Fast Movement
Feat: (Automatic) Heroic Durability
Feat: (Automatic) Light Armor Proficiency
Feat: (Automatic) Light Fortification
Feat: (Automatic) Martial Weapon Proficiency (ALL)
Feat: (Automatic) Medium Armor Proficiency
Feat: (Automatic) Rage
Feat: (Automatic) Shield Proficiency (General)
Feat: (Automatic) Simple Weapon Proficiency
Feat: (Automatic) Sneak
Feat: (Automatic) Sunder
Feat: (Automatic) Trip
Feat: (Automatic) Warforged Resistances
Enhancement: Warforged Damage Reduction I
Enhancement: Warforged Healer's Friend I


Level 2 (Barbarian)
Skill: Balance (+0.5)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Spot (+0.5)
Feat: (Automatic) Damage Reduction
Feat: (Automatic) Uncanny Dodge
Enhancement: Barbarian Extend Rage I
Enhancement: Barbarian Extra Rage I
Enhancement: Barbarian Constitution I


Level 3 (Barbarian)
Skill: Balance (+0.5)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Spot (+0.5)
Feat: (Selected) Exotic Weapon Proficiency: Khopesh
Feat: (Automatic) Trap Sense
Enhancement: Barbarian Improved Damage Reduction I
Enhancement: Warforged Constitution I


Level 4 (Barbarian)
Ability Raise: STR
Skill: Balance (+0.5)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Spot (+0.5)
Enhancement: Barbarian Damage Boost I
Enhancement: Barbarian Sprint Boost I
Enhancement: Barbarian Hardy Rage I
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Rage I


Level 5 (Barbarian)
Skill: Balance (+0.5)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Spot (+0.5)
Feat: (Automatic) Improved Uncanny Dodge
Enhancement: Barbarian Damage Boost II
Enhancement: Barbarian Extend Rage II


Level 6 (Barbarian)
Skill: Balance (+0.5)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Spot (+0.5)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Two Weapon Fighting
Enhancement: Barbarian Constitution II


Level 7 (Barbarian)
Skill: Balance (+0.5)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Spot (+0.5)
Enhancement: Barbarian Extra Rage II
Enhancement: Barbarian Hardy Rage II


Level 8 (Barbarian)
Ability Raise: STR
Skill: Balance (+0.5)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Spot (+0.5)
Enhancement: Warforged Constitution II


Level 9 (Barbarian)
Skill: Balance (+0.5)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Spot (+0.5)
Feat: (Selected) Oversized Two Weapon Fighting
Enhancement: Barbarian Damage Reduction Boost I
Enhancement: Barbarian Extend Rage III


Level 10 (Barbarian)
Skill: Balance (+0.5)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Spot (+0.5)


Level 11 (Barbarian)
Skill: Balance (+0.5)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Spot (+0.5)
Feat: (Automatic) Greater Rage
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Rage II
Enhancement: Barbarian Constitution III


Level 12 (Barbarian)
Ability Raise: STR
Skill: Balance (+0.5)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Spot (+0.5)
Feat: (Selected) Greater Two Weapon Fighting
Enhancement: Barbarian Extend Rage IV


Level 13 (Barbarian)
Skill: Balance (+0.5)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Spot (+0.5)
Enhancement: Barbarian Critical Rage I


Level 14 (Barbarian)
Skill: Balance (+0.5)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Spot (+0.5)
Feat: (Automatic) Indomitable Will
Enhancement: Barbarian Critical Rage II


Level 15 (Barbarian)
Skill: Balance (+0.5)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Spot (+0.5)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Slashing Weapons
Enhancement: Barbarian Damage Boost III
Enhancement: Barbarian Extra Rage III


Level 16 (Barbarian)
Ability Raise: STR
Skill: Balance (+0.5)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Spot (+0.5)
Enhancement: Barbarian Hardy Rage III


Level 17 (Barbarian)
Skill: Balance (+0.5)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Spot (+0.5)
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Rage III


Level 18 (Barbarian)
Skill: Balance (+0.5)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Spot (+0.5)
Feat: (Selected) Power Attack
Enhancement: Barbarian Damage Boost IV
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Attack I
Enhancement: Warforged Power Attack I


Level 19 (Barbarian)
Skill: Balance (+0.5)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Spot (+0.5)
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Attack II
Enhancement: Warforged Power Attack II


Level 20 (Barbarian)
Ability Raise: STR
Skill: Balance (+0.5)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Skill: Spot (+0.5)
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Attack III
Enhancement: Barbarian Jump I

[Consumer]

1. Max Strength
2. Drop Dex to 15
3. Drop WF DR, it deosnt stack with Barb DR
4. Critical Rage is a Prestige enhancement that is no longer available
5. You are missing the Frenzied berserker Prestige line which will result in a large drop in damage
6. Drop barbarian jump I
7. Imo take another level of healer's friend


If your looking for a TWF Barb build:

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=259651

[TheDjinnFor]

General Stuffs:

-You can't afford a +1 dex tome? You could drop dex to 16 and up Str to 18, and use a tome to hit the 17 requirement for TWF. Even better if you've got a +2 tome lying around... if you don't, you might want to reconsider the whole TWF thing.
-Jump is great, but 30? It caps at 40 and casters can buff you for +30... And you're going to rage yourself another +6 and get +3 through a Str item and +3 through frenzy... I don't think a single skill point is necessary unless you're going for a self-sufficient type, but it's entirely up to you. Intimidate is always appreciated, of course, and haggle will help you afford that dex tome
-You don't have the frenzied berzerker PrE. What? You need. Now.

Feats:

-Two Weapon Fighting
-Exotic Weapon Proficiency: Khopesh
-Improved Two Weapon Fighting
-Oversized Two Weapon Fighting
-Greater Two Weapon Fighting
-Improved Critical: Slashing Weapons
-Power Attack

Improved Critical should be taken as soon as you can get it (level 9); it's a big boost, especially to Khopeshes. OTWF is not particularly necessary as barbarians don't usually have a problem hitting things. Power Attack should be taken as early as possible in conjunction with Cleave in order to qualify for the Frenzied Berzerker PrE. It gives you +3 critical multiplier on rolls of 19-20, +6d6 extra damage, and +6 strength, which is pretty great when you consider the only thing you really end up paying is a feat and 10 AP (cleave and Barb Damage Boost); everything else you should take anyways.

Problem is, you're short a or two feat. You ideally want toughness, stunning blow, and cleave thrown in there and you can afford to give up O***. Missing both stunning blow and toughness is a pretty big loss when you consider that dwarven axes are not that far behind khopeshes (so making a dwarven d-axe user saves you EWP: Khopesh) and humans get an extra feat and lose out on +2 damage and -2 to hit (since you've only got warforged power attack II).

My ideal would be, depending on race,

human - EWP: Khopesh (or Toughness/Stunning blow)
lvl 1 - TWF
lvl 3 - EWP: Khopesh (or Toughness/Stunning blow)
lvl 6 - Power Attack
lvl 9 - Improved Critical
lvl 12 - Cleave
lvl 15 - ITWF
lvl 18 - GTWF

Enhancements:

Warforged Damage Reduction I Doesn't stack with barbarian DR, so ditch it
Warforged Healer's Friend I
Barbarian Improved Damage Reduction I
Barbarian Sprint Boost I
Warforged Constitution II
Barbarian Damage Reduction Boost I Not particularly important, IMO
Barbarian Constitution III That's a lot of Con enhancements that could be better spent increasing HP via toughness enhancements, if only you had the feats
Barbarian Extend Rage IV
Barbarian Critical Rage II This was removed as an option for newly created characters but still exists as an option for older barbs, so you can't take this.
Barbarian Extra Rage III That might be more than you need
Barbarian Hardy Rage III IMO not worth going so far, when you consider all the AP you've already spent on +con, that's 24 for +8 Con (or +80 hp), pretty weak. Toughness enhancements can get you +80 hp for 20 AP.
Barbarian Power Rage III Get to tier 4, its what you hit and damage things with :P
Barbarian Damage Boost IV [color=green]normally ****, but needed for the PrE
Warforged Power Attack II
Barbarian Power Attack III
Barbarian Jump I Waste of AP, really

For Frenzied Berzerker II, you need the enhancements Damage Boost III, Power Attack II, and Power Rage II, along with the feats Power Attack and Cleave (you need IV, III, and III respectively for FB 3, arguably the most important). Get those all by level 12 and take Frenzied Berzerker I and II at around that level, then FB3 at 18. What about the capstone? It's bugged, but 2 AP for +2 strength is still better that pretty much anything else short of Prestige Enhancements.

Personally, I would go:

Barbarian Frenzied Berzerker III (8)
Barbarian Power Rage IV (10)
Barbarian Damage Boost IV (10)
Barbarian Power Attack III (6)
Barbarian Hardy Rage II (3)
Barbarian Extend Rage III (6)
Barbarian Extra Rage II (3)
Barbarian Constitution I (2)
Barbarian Sprint Boost I (1)
Barbarian Improved Damage Reduction I (2)
(possibly) Barbarian Toughness II (3)
Barbarian Might (2)
= 53-56 AP

and then:

Warforged Constitution I (2)
Warforged Power Attack III (6)
Warforged Healer's Friend I (2)
(possibly) Warforged Toughness II (3)
= 10-13 AP

Dwarven Constitution I (2)
Dwarven Axe Attack I (2)
Dwarven Axe Damage I (2)
(possibly) Dwarven Toughness II (3)
= 6-9 AP

Human Improved Recovery I (2)
Human Adaptability I: Strength (2)
= 4 AP

Then the rest is up to you.

[SINIBYTE]

I really appreciate the feedback and the knowledge. Like I said, I really don't know what I'm doing here when it comes to builds (and the fact that if I don't take the right feats/enh's - I can't SEE what other things I'm missing out on).

I was looking at this thread:
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=259651

Would it make sense to grab 2 levels of fighter to grab some extra feats?

[Consumer]

I really appreciate the feedback and the knowledge. Like I said, I really don't know what I'm doing here when it comes to builds (and the fact that if I don't take the right feats/enh's - I can't SEE what other things I'm missing out on).

I was looking at this thread:
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=259651

Would it make sense to grab 2 levels of fighter to grab some extra feats?

Barbarians are sustained DPS and in short fights will be clowned by a Fighter, however by taking two Fighter levels you gain 5 haste boosts and 2 feats. You can increase your burst DPS by ~20 DPS while still maintaining the same sustained DPS due to quickdraw. Although this will not match a Fighter it will bring you very close while having barely any negative effects on the build (loss of 24 HP and +2 willsave).

The second feat can be spent on toughness for extra HP, stunning blow for epic trash, OTWF for extra to hit or a past life feat for TRs.

[SINIBYTE]

First off, many thanks for your help (I finally inderstand how PrE's work), I took into consideration what I want to accomplish with this toon, and tried again with the character planner. (As for the Dex Tome, I don't want to blow it on a veteran test character just yet). I focused on getting Barbarian Frenzied Berserker as early as possible, and towards the end of my leveling I start to focus on CON, Toughness and HPs. Also wanted khopesh and the full TWF line.

How does this look?

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Level 20 True Neutral Warforged Male
(2 Fighter \ 18 Barbarian) 
Hit Points: 428
Spell Points: 0 
BAB: 20\20\25\30\30
Fortitude: 18
Reflex: 9
Will: 4

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats          Modified Stats
(32 Point)       (Level 1)             (Level 20)
Strength             17                    23
Dexterity            17                    17
Constitution         16                    18
Intelligence          8                     8
Wisdom                6                     6
Charisma              6                     6

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills         Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)            (Level 20)
Balance               5                    14.5
Bluff                -2                    -2
Concentration         3                     4
Diplomacy            -2                    -2
Disable Device       n/a                   n/a
Haggle               -2                     9
Heal                 -2                    -2
Hide                  3                     3
Intimidate           -2                    -2
Jump                  7                    21
Listen               -2                    -2
Move Silently         3                     3
Open Lock             n/a                   n/a
Perform              n/a                   n/a
Repair               -1                    -1
Search               -1                    -1
Spot                 -2                    -2
Swim                  3                     6
Tumble                5                     5
Use Magic Device     n/a                   n/a

Level 1 (Barbarian)
Feat: (Selected) Two Weapon Fighting
Enhancement: Barbarian Damage Boost I
Enhancement: Warforged Healer's Friend I


Level 2 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Exotic Weapon Proficiency: Khopesh
Enhancement: Fighter Critical Accuracy I


Level 3 (Fighter)
Feat: (Selected) Cleave
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Power Attack
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Attack I
Enhancement: Fighter Strength I
Enhancement: Warforged Constitution I


Level 4 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Barbarian Extend Rage I
Enhancement: Barbarian Extra Rage I
Enhancement: Barbarian Constitution I


Level 5 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Rage I
Enhancement: Warforged Healer's Friend II


Level 6 (Barbarian)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Two Weapon Fighting
Enhancement: Barbarian Damage Boost II


Level 7 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Barbarian Extend Rage II
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Attack II


Level 8 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Rage II
Enhancement: Barbarian Frenzied Berserker I


Level 9 (Barbarian)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Slashing Weapons
Enhancement: Barbarian Damage Boost III


Level 10 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Barbarian Improved Damage Reduction I
Enhancement: Barbarian Extend Rage III
Enhancement: Barbarian Extra Rage II


Level 11 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Attack III


Level 12 (Barbarian)
Feat: (Selected) Greater Two Weapon Fighting
Enhancement: Barbarian Damage Boost IV


Level 13 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Barbarian Power Rage III


Level 14 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Barbarian Extend Rage IV
Enhancement: Barbarian Frenzied Berserker II


Level 15 (Barbarian)
Feat: (Selected) Toughness
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Barbarian Toughness I
Enhancement: Barbarian Toughness II


Level 16 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Barbarian Critical Rage I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II


Level 17 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Barbarian Toughness III


Level 18 (Barbarian)
Feat: (Selected) Weapon Focus: Slashing Weapons
Enhancement: Racial Toughness III


Level 19 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Barbarian Toughness IV


Level 20 (Barbarian)
Enhancement: Barbarian Hardy Rage I
Enhancement: Barbarian Frenzied Berserker III
Enhancement: Warforged Power Attack I
Enhancement: Warforged Power Attack II

[Consumer]

Again critical rage cannot be selected anymore, you will have to drop it.

Quickdraw > Weapon Focus

Drop Fighter critical accuracy, there is no damage bonus from it, just a bonus to confirm crits which is useless.