But why would you want to do that? The whole purpose of the capstone is to have a STR of 24. So you're hitting +2 better than everybody else at Lv. 20.You only need to bump Dex and Con. Start with Str 14, Dex 16, Con 16 (after racial mods) and you end up with Str 20, Dex 20, Con 24.
Lower strength = Lower chance of hitting FOR that bonus damage. STR is VERY important.A barbarian doesn't need a particularly high Str to start off with because when raging she gets bonus damage.
Good point. I was thinking that, before the level 20 bump, you're not going to be able to have 20s in all the physical stats. Thus giving the barbarian 20 STR, 24 DEX, and 24 CON. Personally, I'd give stat bumping to STR, then CON and lastly DEX.You only need to bump Dex and Con. Start with Str 14, Dex 16, Con 16 (after racial mods) and you end up with Str 20, Dex 20, Con 24.
Eh. Even with STR 24, CON 24, DEX 14 at Lv. 20 your AC is 19, which is only 1 less than Plate. Plus with unlimited rages you're always going to have resistance to the usual physical damage types.Good point. I was thinking that, before the level 20 bump, you're not going to be able to have 20s in all the physical stats. Thus giving the barbarian 20 STR, 24 DEX, and 24 CON. Personally, I'd give stat bumping to STR, then CON and lastly DEX.
Man, talk about multiple ability score dependancy. They really did base the barbarian on Conan.