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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felix" data-source="post: 3643776" data-attributes="member: 3929">Well, shall I take a look at my books and see what we can come up with?Certainly you'll want to close to grapple distance as quickly as possible, so I suggest keeping the Barbarian's Fast Movement. You don't deal much damage hand to hand (1d3), but one of the best ways to increase average damage is to increase the damage bonus and leave the die alone; Str should be your highest score. Pursuant to this I'd have at least 4 Fighter levels to get Weapon Spec: Unarmed Strike. That would mean you'd have to take Weapon Focus: Unarmed Strike, and if it's not already RAW, I think it should be an easy sell to your DM to allow the Weapon Focus bonus to apply to grapple checks. If you multiclass Fighter and Barbarian, Will saves will be your weak spot. Iron Will is a must. Also, the Reaping Mauler PrC has two abilities tied to Wisdom; Wis should be your second prioritized score. Fortitude saves will be your strong suit, as will hit points, so a high Con may not be necessary. As a Reaping Mauler you'll be in light armor, so you might want a good Dex; unfortunately you won't keep that Dex to AC bonus when you grapple, so it may not be necessary. Neither Int nor Cha will be a priority. As for feats, Improved Unarmed Strike, Weapon Focus and Weapon Spec: Unarmed Strike, Iron Will, Clever Wrestling should all be taken. Two Weapon Fighting as well because in a grapple, you may full attack with a series of grapple checks; your grappling ability should be stellar so a -2 to the check ought not matter so much. The more attacks you get means the more you'll be able to apply that damage bonus. TWF has a stat requirement, so it may be that you'd rather take some Ranger levels to get it; this would also gain you Favored Enemy, which will add to damage. I recommend Favored Enemy: Humans. Be a Human and get that bonus feat, though you may consider being a Half-orc, delaying your feat progression, and getting a +2 Str. Possibly. Round out your character with ranks in Intimidate to say, "If you don't put your weapons down, I'll break his neck!" Grappling the leader and being able to end the fight early may win out over being able to kill mooks one at a time.How's this look?</blockquote>

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