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<blockquote data-quote="mearls" data-source="post: 2104412" data-attributes="member: 697"><p>He looks like a single classed berserker. Probably has the Arctic Born or Mighty Build trait, one of those and the Savage Appearance trait, all excellent picks for a berserker. I'd lean towards Mighty Build because of the axe.</p><p></p><p>In terms of feats, probably Two-Weapon Fighting and Power Attack, with Power Attack taken to the higher mastery. For skills, definitely the Athletics skill group, with Intimidate, Survival, and maybe some Perform thrown in if he's the type of warrior that uses his personality to bludgeon his foes into submission.</p><p></p><p>He has an orc head on his spear, so I think his basic strategy in battle is to intimidate foes, lure them into focusing on him with Savage Appearance and Perform checks, reaping lots of fury tokens from that, and cashing them in as fast as possible. Meanwhile, his allies swoop around to flank or take out anyone who doesn't get bogged down with him.</p><p></p><p>He probably adventures with a hunter, a thief, and maybe an archer. His chosen spread of abilities would work really well with those classes, depending on their builds.</p><p></p><p>OTOH, he could just as easily be a harrier or a hunter who doesn't wear armor. In that case... well, I'm not sure I can start detailing all the possibilities here. Suffice to say, that guy screams Iron Lore to me.</p><p></p><p>And no, I can't detail any of that stuff until we start doing more previews. I probably raced ahead of schedule by three months in this post alone. Still, I hope it shows you what you can do with an Iron Lore PC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mearls, post: 2104412, member: 697"] He looks like a single classed berserker. Probably has the Arctic Born or Mighty Build trait, one of those and the Savage Appearance trait, all excellent picks for a berserker. I'd lean towards Mighty Build because of the axe. In terms of feats, probably Two-Weapon Fighting and Power Attack, with Power Attack taken to the higher mastery. For skills, definitely the Athletics skill group, with Intimidate, Survival, and maybe some Perform thrown in if he's the type of warrior that uses his personality to bludgeon his foes into submission. He has an orc head on his spear, so I think his basic strategy in battle is to intimidate foes, lure them into focusing on him with Savage Appearance and Perform checks, reaping lots of fury tokens from that, and cashing them in as fast as possible. Meanwhile, his allies swoop around to flank or take out anyone who doesn't get bogged down with him. He probably adventures with a hunter, a thief, and maybe an archer. His chosen spread of abilities would work really well with those classes, depending on their builds. OTOH, he could just as easily be a harrier or a hunter who doesn't wear armor. In that case... well, I'm not sure I can start detailing all the possibilities here. Suffice to say, that guy screams Iron Lore to me. And no, I can't detail any of that stuff until we start doing more previews. I probably raced ahead of schedule by three months in this post alone. Still, I hope it shows you what you can do with an Iron Lore PC. [/QUOTE]
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