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Message: <blockquote data-quote="allofyouandyou" data-source="post: 4526728" data-attributes="member: 79261">Hey guys, 1st post at enworld/hi/all that.Agreeing about that MM playtests not being accurate, two things I'd like to point out.I hastily built my friend a Minotaur Barbarian to jump into our 12th level adventure.  Certainly not optimized (18/14 array.)  He wanted to be fast, so he got fleet-footed and fast runner.  Oversized executioner's axe is 2D6 Brutal 2!  Make it a +3 Vanguard, which is level appropriate.  Weapon Focus+2,  So howling strike deals, at 12th,2D6+2D6+D8+11.As a result, he was out damaging striker encounters on his 9-11 square at-will charge.  Beastly.The second tidbit, which I'm sure lots of people noticed really quickly:Warforged with the playtest barb PP is conscious, stable, and fighting until negative bloodied once per day (Deathless Frenzy).  Considering the huge HP totals, having an effective extra 1/2 total hp and the ability to heal to 0+ from any healing (making even a crappy potion effectively heal 40-ish HP?) ....and with Warforged bonuses to saves,A warforged paladin lightly multiclassed into barb, however it becomes available, for the (pretty awful) Frenzied Beserker PP...</blockquote>