Recent content by Burticusb

I'm loving the theory crafting mentality going on here, it is really helping me shape my next character plan. So, I totally agree that the Bear totem blows almost if not every barbarian option out of the water. Not a single other option offers even close to the defensive versatility that the...

That is pretty neat, another thought I had about the warlock. One needs to keep in mind that multiple sources of Temp HP's do not stack. So, I would keep that in mind if you were thinking of multiclassing both battlerager and warlock. You only get to keep the highest... and with a lowish Cha, I...

The only issue I see here is action economy, unless you know you will be heading into battle, your first round in combat will offer zero damage due to casting of the AoA and raging... I dunno if I'd be okay with that. Will need to run some numbers first to verify it is worth it. Plus, the lower...

Hmmmm... that's not a bad combo... I will need to look into that.

I'd think that it is close, yes, Frenzy will do more damage, but they have to deal with exhaustion... something I find to be a huge penalty. And really, the damage is not that much larger, considering the bonus' that the extra attack gets will be near the same. Even if it is higher, exhaustion...

So, this is why I think this leads this archtype to more of a traditional tank type roll. You see, that armor is fairly low in AC, but in reality it is only 2 points lower than Plate Armor. The bigger deal is the advantage the enemies get, but that gets offset from the resistance and the temp...

I think the only big thing to consider is crits, since with reckless attack it causes all enemies to have advantage against you. This literally doubles your chance to get crit'd against. This is why I want my battlerager to find a suit of Adamantine Spiked Armor. With having a lowish AC and...

I can't upvote this enough, just wish Adventurer's League would recognize this as well.

It is counted as a magical item as far as the DMG is concerned, my guess is they consider the material itself to be magical in nature. I hear your argument and respect your view, in a realist sense I would also argue against it, but as it stands, the armor is listed under the magical item...

Now, to muddle things up a bit... Adamantine Spiked Armor, it's under the magical table... therefore it is magical armor. So the spiked armor would therefore be considered magical. No plus of course, but it would bypass resistance that requires magical weapons to pierce it. Am I correct in...

I dunno about that, maybe Con modifier + Class Level, this would get folks to want to be pure barb more as well.

So, since I'm still reviewing the Battlerager for my next character build, I wanted to get a consensus on how the community felt about the Reckless Abandon ability they gain at level 6. You get temp HP equal to your Constitution modifier when you use the Reckless Attack ability and they last...

Lejaun, I couldn't agree more... it's really that simple. I'd really like people to stop trying to make this game as complicated as 3.5e/Pathfinder. If you want that type of play, with nit-picky rules lawyering, then go and play 3.5e/Pathfinder. This edition is all about simplicity, and I love...

Also, this begs to compare then... if the attached spikes of the armor are not considered magical for purpose of attack, then neither is the back end of any polearm used in conjunction with the polearm master feat. The feat specifically allows you to use the back end of the polearm to make an...

Okay, just to chime in a little bit, so, according to the Battlerager ability, you get to "make a melee weapon attack with your armor spikes..." Key words... melee weapon This indicates that this armor's spikes are being used as a weapon, not an improvised weapon. I'm sorry, but unlike in 3e...