[FR] Wulfgar as a pure barbarian?

[Dark Jezter]

This thread is mostly made for fans of the R.A. Salvatore FR novels and FR fans in general.

I just got the Silver Marches FR book, and one thing I noticed in the desciption of Wulfgar is that he is a Barbarian 9. Now, this is just my personal opinion, but I believe that Wulfgar should have a couple of levels in Fighter as well, to represent the rigorous training he recieved from Drizzt. After all, Drizzt himself has 10 levels in fighter (to represent his training under Zaknafien and his time at the fighters' academy), 1 level in barbarian (to represent the decade he spent wandering through the underdark), and 5 levels in ranger (to represent his ranger training on the surface).

In 2nd Edition, Wulfgar was a level 9 fighter, but this was before barbarian was reintroduced as a class. I believe that Wulfgar should be something like a Bbn5/Ftr4 or something similiar; he's still a savage and fierce warrior, but he is also trained and competent.

Another little oddity I noticed was that the Silver Marches book described him as an Uthgardt barbarian. Shouldn't he be an Icewind Dale tundra barbarian instead?

 

[Crothian]

I agree with the Fighter/Barbarian. I might go Bar7/Fig2 personally, but level distrupution is tough to argue.

 

[Starman]

I'd almost give him one more level of fighter, but like you said, Crothian, it is hard to peg.

Starman

 

[Enforcer]

I'd say 4 levels of Fighter. He's certainly specialized in warhammer, as far as I'm concerned. And yes, Wulfgar is an Icewind Dale barbarian, not an Uthgardt.

 

[Starman]

I forgot about his prowess with his warhammer. Yeah, I'd say 4 levels of fighter is right.

 

[Tsyr]

Of course, everyone forgets that Wizard(1) That needs to be added to Drizzt's character sheet... Remember, in the first volume of The Dark Elf Trillogy, drizzt attended the wizard school for half a year, and was able to cast simple spells at the end of it.

Now, confusingly, despite this, he has never actualy done so in any story thus far... He has displayed, perhaps, a bit more familiarity with magic than you would otherwise expect of an adventurer, but then, he is pretty high level, and a drow to boot.

*edit*

I don't have the book, but tell me tha he (Wolfgar, that is) at least has some fair ranks in either Craft (Blacksmithing) or Proffession (Blacksmith) or something. He spent some time being a work-slave-type-thing to Bruenor, and was fairly good on a forge at the end of it.

 

[Dark Jezter]

I don't have the book, but tell me tha he (Wolfgar, that is) at least has some fair ranks in either Craft (Blacksmithing) or Proffession (Blacksmith) or something. He spent some time being a work-slave-type-thing to Bruenor, and was fairly good on a forge at the end of it.

Wulfgar has 5 ranks in Craft (Metalworking), so they did get that right.

 

[ArcOfCorinth]

Of course, everyone forgets that Wizard(1) That needs to be added to Drizzt's character sheet... Remember, in the first volume of The Dark Elf Trillogy, drizzt attended the wizard school for half a year, and was able to cast simple spells at the end of it.

Now, confusingly, despite this, he has never actualy done so in any story thus far... He has displayed, perhaps, a bit more familiarity with magic than you would otherwise expect of an adventurer, but then, he is pretty high level, and a drow to boot.

Yes, but that same book mentions that drow wizardry has problems with extended use above the surface. Perhaps he lost his skill level at this and maybe even his level after living on the surface. Think about his levitation ability.

 

[Alzrius]

I thought that Wulfgar's old tribe was a distant part of the Uthgardt. I know the Sky Ponies, which he fought, definately were. I can't recall the name of his tribe, but I know I saw it somewhere in a list of Uthgardt tribes.

 

[Starman]

I pictured him as learning a few cantrips, but not anything like first level spells. It's hard to model that level of skill in D&D 3E.

Of course, everyone forgets that Wizard(1) That needs to be added to Drizzt's character sheet... Remember, in the first volume of The Dark Elf Trillogy, drizzt attended the wizard school for half a year, and was able to cast simple spells at the end of it.

Starman