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Bare chested battle rager: the shield-using Barbarian
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<blockquote data-quote="Juriel" data-source="post: 6407959" data-attributes="member: 68368"><p>Yeah, this is a Fighter build...</p><p></p><p>I do really like Shield Barbarians, so I'll point out that Barb 2 gets you Danger Sense for advantage on Dex saves (perfect for Shield Master), Barb 3 gets you Bear totem (resistance to all but psychic), and then you might as well go for Barb 5 for an extra Rage use and earlier second attack.</p><p></p><p>After that point you can pick up Fighter levels if you want the Duelist damage, self-heal and Battlemaster maneuvers, as staying pure Barb would just get a useless totem feature, extra Rage use, and adv to initiative rolls for the same levels.</p><p></p><p>Also, since you'll be getting advantage to most Str rolls anyway, increasing Str may not be as crucial as to most classes and their main stats, so if you want to pick up funnier feats (like Magic Initiate or Lucky), you are more free to do so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Juriel, post: 6407959, member: 68368"] Yeah, this is a Fighter build... I do really like Shield Barbarians, so I'll point out that Barb 2 gets you Danger Sense for advantage on Dex saves (perfect for Shield Master), Barb 3 gets you Bear totem (resistance to all but psychic), and then you might as well go for Barb 5 for an extra Rage use and earlier second attack. After that point you can pick up Fighter levels if you want the Duelist damage, self-heal and Battlemaster maneuvers, as staying pure Barb would just get a useless totem feature, extra Rage use, and adv to initiative rolls for the same levels. Also, since you'll be getting advantage to most Str rolls anyway, increasing Str may not be as crucial as to most classes and their main stats, so if you want to pick up funnier feats (like Magic Initiate or Lucky), you are more free to do so. [/QUOTE]
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