Good race for Barbarian?

[ColdoTannen]

I'm building a lvl 1 Barbarian, but I don't want to use one of the basic races. Does anyone know a good race for a Barbarian?

 

[Dandu]

Well, according to Being Bane: A Guide to Crackling Small Men, a guide written by smart and sexy people for other smart and sexy people, Lesser Gensai make good barbarians.

 

[Empirate]

1. Human
2. Dwarf
3. Orc
4. Half-Orc

If you want to make an archer Barbarian based on the Whirling Frenzy variant, Wild Elf and Wood Elf might be OK options.

EDIT: should read the OP more thoroughly... yeah, for non-core races, how about Lesser Earth Genasi? Lesser Zenythri (MM2) is good for basically anything, as well. Apply the Mineral Warrior (Underdark) template, and you're good! That LA+1 really pays off.

 

[marcielle]

Those are all basic races, Empirate. As a guy who likes wierd races myself, here's my hat off to you, Tennen.

Mongrelfolk if you want long rages and hp up the wazoo.
Dvati if you want to be 2 people at once(warning, hp is split between the Dvati twins). Take Spirit Lion Totem variant for pounce, learn shocktrooper line and devastate everything with more attacks than TWF at full power attack bonus at regualr BAB.
Dragon born are the win. Lesser Earth Genasi and Mongrelfolk make good dragonization candidates.
Neanderthalls. Don't remember them much but I think they made good Barbarians
Warforged. No huge stat bonuses but a TON of immunities which include, IIRC, FATIGUE. MWAHAHAHA. Also, you're a robot barbarian. Your fists are made of STEEL.
Water Orcs. Nice bonuses and a swim speed.

For future reference only since you start at level one: Try goliath. They are awesome if you have LA buyoff. Don't remember if you automatically get large size reach but if your DM gives it to you, then worth it even without buyoff.

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

Neanderthal
Water Orc
Wood Elf
Warforged
Goliath
Earth Dwarf
Darfellan

And yeah, Dragonborn is good, too.

People already mentioned most of these, so I'm just confirming.

 

[Jackinthegreen]

Marcielle, anything with Powerful Build gets its base reach, not extended reach based on the weapon it wields. That said, there is a racial substitution for Goliath Barbarians that actually DOES make them Large when they Rage.

 

[irdeggman]

Marcielle, anything with Powerful Build gets its base reach, not extended reach based on the weapon it wields. That said, there is a racial substitution for Goliath Barbarians that actually DOES make them Large when they Rage.

This one.

The racial substitution levels for goliath barbarian (in Races of Stone) make them really, really good. And they are ony a +1 LA race to boot.

 

[kitcik]

Does anyone know a good race for a Barbarian?

The Waterdeep 3-miler.

It's tough on a soft track, but barbarians often win by a head.

 

[Visigani]

Dvati with that one variant that provides bonuses based on what percentage of your max hp you have? Would that even help? I forget.

 

[Empirate]

What about Changeling Barbarian with a few levels of Warshaper for constant +4 Con, +4 Str?

what do you guys think about Shifter Barbarians?