14/6 Barbarian bezerker/radient cleric

[Varr]

Didn't see any like this posted on page one of barbs, didn't bother to check further.

My barb life is coming up, and I must admit barb is my least fav class andam hunting for an acceptible compromise.

Edited: 36 pt 14/6 cg Human

18 str + level ups
8 dex
16 con
8 int
12 wis
14 cha

simple poss/poss/poss holy/goodburst/healing amp falchon user.

Feats power attack at 1, cleave human at 1, empower healing 3, extend, ic slash 12, two handed feats 9, 15, 18

1 barb, 2-7 cleric, 8- barb

Rolled up a mule last night to take from 4-7 on this path to test aura lenght and healing output and rare affect on it/usage. Haven't played with savant yet and don't know what to expect. Barbs don't heal themselves is a common idea, wanted to see if this could help me run thru this life.

[eulogy098]

at higher level you will always be raged, which means you will never be able to cast

[Goldeneye]

Read this
Thread on Radiant Servant
There are some bugs... I haven't tested myself... but apparently a few things such as swapping weapons can cancel the aura

[ghettoGenius]

Read this
Thread on Radiant Servant
There are some bugs... I haven't tested myself... but apparently a few things such as swapping weapons can cancel the aura

I haven't seen anyone mention it and I'm really not sure why (thought it would be common knowledge by now), but if your aura is ticking for less than it should after swapping weapons all you need to do is swing once and it will reset to its full potential.

[Varr]

Kind of invisoning a quest like rainbow in the dark, 15 min quest with a shrine.....I'll have 6-7 rages at 3 min each? Enter, buff, aura, rage, kill......2 min later rage runs out or dismiss rage, rebuff if needed, heal up with empowered cure light, mod, serious loop (always full 700 pt or so mana bar torc/con opp) rehaste, rage, kill for 2 min repeat.........throw in a shrine if I have 5 rages instead of 7 type of deal.

No idea if aura is 5 pts or 20 a tick at level 6 and if it is 10 seconds or a min. No idea. I do know this will pull more of my accumulated gear into play and am testing, asking if it will make solo, soft group zerging less of a burden.

[Visty]

No idea if aura is 5 pts or 20 a tick at level 6 and if it is 10 seconds or a min. No idea. I do know this will pull more of my accumulated gear into play and am testing, asking if it will make solo, soft group zerging less of a burden.

its 1 hp per 3 levels so 2hp per tick befor any gear

[Xaearth]

Well, besides wasting a feat on empower healing and APs on improved turning, having to dismiss rage every time you want to cast, likely not having enough SP for a barb's hp pool to flinch at...

Last I heard the aura was bugged and doesn't work while attacking.

Edit: Not to mention the irony/humorous possibility of dismissing rage to heal yourself... and dying from the con loss.

[Goldeneye]

Hopefully that will be fixed. It will take some gear, but this could be a really good build.
I imagine this build w/ Concord Opp - getting back a ton of SP


You might consider human though:

1. no penalty to cha
2. extra feat
3. healing amp (for radiant ticks)
4. +1/+1 adaptability stats

what's the benefit of 14 barbarian -
2 rogue might also be interesting

1. evasion, UMD....

[Varr]

With two enhancements of life magic, 3 3 min clikies from belt of healing amp at 18, empower healing and a permanent filled 700 sp mana bar for the cost really of just a toughness feat and the enhancement points I would have spent on toughness anyway.....

And I would be shocked if a cycle of cure light, mod, serious wouldn't heal 200 pts.....so maybe two cycles for signficant heAling.....all numbers from the gut, and a very foriegn concept, barb self healing.....playing as far as clikie management more like a pali.....cycling buffs and healing and rages.....

I'll know better by tomorrow once my mule gets to 7 and I can get a feal for real numbers.

[Rusty_Can]

at higher level you will always be raged, which means you will never be able to cast

I guess he is not planning to cast anything... this build relies on the healing aura of the new cleric PrE (Radiant Servant).

Btw, does it work under the effect of barbarian rage?

[Thrudh]

I'd suggest an 18/2 barbarian/rogue with UMD and heal scrolls...

or

go halfling 18/1/1 barbarian/fighter/wizard and get the dragonmarks

or

Do a 12/6/2 fighter/barbarian/rogue...

Then use a LR +3 to respec to 9/9/2... then TR...

A 14/6 barbarian/cleric seems pretty tough in my opinion... Maybe okay as you've laid it out in the end, but how will the middle levels look? You going to rush to get radiant servant and then be a 8/6 barbarian/cleric in Gianthold with only a few rages? Or go slow on cleric, and be a 11/3 barbarian/cleric in Gianthold with a bit of SP for a few cure moderates (but only when not raging).

But... it's not a final build, it's only temporary (for you that probably means a few weeks, for me it would be 6 months)... so have fun with it, I'd say!

[Visty]

I'd suggest an 18/2 barbarian/rogue with UMD and heal scrolls...

or

go halfling 18/1/1 barbarian/fighter/wizard and get the dragonmarks

or

Do a 12/6/2 fighter/barbarian/rogue...

the problem with those builds is that you cant heal the vicious damage while beeing raged
the 14/6 version can do that

[Crazyfruit]

The radiant servant (@ level 6) is being significantly changed in an upcoming patch and might ruin your build concept. See the lammania board release notes for more details

[Varr]

at higher level you will always be raged, which means you will never be able to cast

Not sure what I'm missing.......instead of hitting rage button as I come out of a rage between battles, why can't I hit lesser restore, heal, heal, heal, heal, divine power, divine might, haste, aura, rage? 18 second cycle running to next fight. While as a barb you Can be permanent raged, I wasn't aware you had to be.

I'm guessing the aura will be more damage mitagation from the frenzy than strong healing, expect the between rages, rage dismisses To be necessary to stay aliveif self sufficent.

[Cam_Neely]

My barb life is coming up, and I must admit barb is my least fav class andam hunting for an acceptible compromise.

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