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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kithas" data-source="post: 6774477" data-attributes="member: 97587">Sure!If you are considering going sword/shield with a rapier, you can still use str for your damage, so you get rage damage, AND you get 2d6 sneak attack for 3 levels! The second d6 imo is more valuable than the assassin perk, consider Arcane Trickster too, the new cantrips from SCAG are great when you aren't Raging and you can pick up Firebolt for range if your Int isn't awful, to be clear a +2 would be plenty. With Reckless Attacks always giving you advantage you don't need to sneak or even have friends to help you get sneak attack! On top of that you get Expertise, which you can put in athletics to guarantee that you will ALWAYS grapple successfully, this plus the Grappler Feat, or another action to shove them prone while grappled, will also give you advantage and trap an enemy(for this you need a free hand so no shield).The major downside to this is having to use a finesse weapon. Rapiers are the best you can get, I would flavor it as a Saber personally, and that's only a d8, not that big of a deal considering the boost in dps you're getting though.Food for thought; 5 Levels in Rogue nets you an asi, 3d6 sneak and Uncanny Dodge, which is awesome for a frontline barbarian, one attack per round you will only take 1/4 of the damage. Alternatively to Uncanny you could consider the Defensive Duelist feat, if you have the Dex. Upping your AC by 2-6 usually turns a hit into a miss, and you're already using a finesse weapon!Honestly because of the sweet synergy between Reckless Attacks, Sneak Attack and Rage damage, plus the tankiness of rage/uncanny dodge/evasion Barbarian/Rogue is one of my favorite mixes. They hit super hard like rogues, but they don't have to hit and run, it's awesome. (I have played one for a few sessions to level 4-5ish he did rather well <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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