High AC Barbarian

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Has anyone made a high AC Barbarian?

Seems quite possible using that feat which allows use of a buckler with a 2 handed weapon.

I'm thinking +5 buckler, +5 mithril breatplate, maximum natural armor/deflection plus a number of other high AC feats.

It seems like the raging barbarian does enough damage using power attack judiciously; you hardly have to go out of your way to up the damage. Thus, you can spend a lot of your money on defense.

Has anyone made such a creature?

It is not fair to NOT rage; the idea is to rage using a 2 handed weapon and still sport a stellar AC.

(items of blur/displacement/mirror image, etc. help as well)

 

[Rystil Arden]

You can use the highly unfair Whirling Frenzy to help you. +2 AC instead of -2, no Con benefit, extra attack, and +2 Ref saves.

 

[Quartz]

2 levels of Barbarian, the rest Ranger going down the TWF tree. Maybe mix in 2 levels of Bard - singing - and 2 levels of fighter (for the feats). You'll want Iron Will and Extra Rage feats. Plus Two weapon Defence and Two Weapon Rend.

 

[SadisticFishing]

You can use the highly unfair Whirling Frenzy to help you. +2 AC instead of -2, no Con benefit, extra attack, and +2 Ref saves.

Exactly what I was going to mention. From Unearthed Arcana, if you need the source (the extra attack gives all your attacks in the round -2, like Flurry)

 

[Kurashu]

Boots of Striding & Springing + Rind of Entropic Deflection (MIC).

50% Miss Chance whenever you move 10ft. Plus you have 50ft move now and a +13 to jump (unless you took pounce instead of fast movement).

 

[pawsplay]

Lizardfolk make pretty good barbarians, and they have +5 natural armor.

A high Dex barbarian with a defending weapon, a mithril breastplate, a buckler, a ring of protection, an amulet of natural armor, gloves of dexterity, and so forth could of course have an extremely high AC.

 

[Fedifensor]

There's a few other tricks you can use. They won't give you their bonuses all the time, but they do help a good bit:

* Ring of Minor Spell Storing - Get a friendly druid to cast barkskin into the ring. You could also have a friendly wizard cast shield into the ring for the same purpose. Activate the spell in the ring, then rage.

* Boots of Haste - 10 rounds of haste per day, which ups your AC by 1, Reflex save by 1, gives +1 to hit, and an extra attack on a full attack action.

Plus, there's also the cheesy option of the animated tower shield...

 

[Drowbane]

Barbarian 1 / Fighter X... Fullplate (20ft move? meh), Whirling Frenzy, Extra Rage.

Of if you're prefer to keep your speed... barbarian 2 / warblade X + whirling frenzy, extra rage...

I've yet to see a "barbarian" who wasn't just level dipped.

 

[Nifft]

Troglodyte Barbarians rock -- +6 natural armor, and stench save is based on Con bonus.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Rystil Arden]

Troglodyte Barbarians rock

I think you mean "Troglodyte Barbarians Stink"