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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 6645244" data-attributes="member: 53980"><p>Of course, that analysis assumes that the barbarian will always use reckless. IME, a smart barbarian player is selective about when to use it. When not using reckless, the barbarian is quite significantly tougher than any other class.</p><p></p><p>Even when using reckless, the way that barbarians soak attacks is quite different from other warriors. Most warriors with great ACs are susceptible to spike damage. In other words, although they will be missed by the majority of attacks, a lucky round on the part of the DM can easily put them down. Barbarians on the other hand, take damage more frequently, but are less susceptible to a lucky round because they take less damage per hit. In other words, three crits in a row is less of a threat to a barbarian than other warrior types. Which is a good thing, because if they use reckless they'll eat double the crits that other warriors do, on average. </p><p></p><p>It's also important not to overlook the disadvantages of the barbarian's defense. Because they rely on DR for much of their toughness, damage types that ignore their DR can take down a barbarian faster than other warriors. Additionally, non-damaging hit effects will affect them more often than a high AC defense.</p><p></p><p>I haven't seen any issues with the barbarian so far. He can be notably tougher than the other warrior types, but in order to do so he has to give up significant offense (unless he happens to be getting advantage from another source than reckless). If he's maximizing his offense, then he's not much tougher than another warrior, just differently tough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 6645244, member: 53980"] Of course, that analysis assumes that the barbarian will always use reckless. IME, a smart barbarian player is selective about when to use it. When not using reckless, the barbarian is quite significantly tougher than any other class. Even when using reckless, the way that barbarians soak attacks is quite different from other warriors. Most warriors with great ACs are susceptible to spike damage. In other words, although they will be missed by the majority of attacks, a lucky round on the part of the DM can easily put them down. Barbarians on the other hand, take damage more frequently, but are less susceptible to a lucky round because they take less damage per hit. In other words, three crits in a row is less of a threat to a barbarian than other warrior types. Which is a good thing, because if they use reckless they'll eat double the crits that other warriors do, on average. It's also important not to overlook the disadvantages of the barbarian's defense. Because they rely on DR for much of their toughness, damage types that ignore their DR can take down a barbarian faster than other warriors. Additionally, non-damaging hit effects will affect them more often than a high AC defense. I haven't seen any issues with the barbarian so far. He can be notably tougher than the other warrior types, but in order to do so he has to give up significant offense (unless he happens to be getting advantage from another source than reckless). If he's maximizing his offense, then he's not much tougher than another warrior, just differently tough. [/QUOTE]
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