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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RogueJK" data-source="post: 7564857" data-attributes="member: 170">For Race, I like the flavor of Aasimar, but Variant Human or Half Elf would be a better choice mechanically.  Half Elf boosts your CHA plus two of your primary stats, plus gets you two free skills to be a better Face.  Variant Human would be my second choice, since it lets you start with +1 to two of your primary stats, plus a free skill, plus an extra feat for a total of two at start, which could be nice.  Aasimar is a distant third.  I wouldn't do Aasimar, unless you're doing it strictly for roleplaying reasons.For Background, I think Courtier fits nicely both with your character concept of a girl from a noble family, as well as for the skills you'll want.  Namely, it gets you the two main Face Skills of Persuasion and Insight.  As a Face, you likely also want Deception and possibly Intimidation.  You'll also want a grapple defense and exploration skill, either Athletics or Acrobatics.  And you'll want to try to get Perception too, since it's the most common skill roll.  That's 6 total skills.  If you're a Half Elf, you can get all six.  Use your two free skills to get Perception and Deception.  Barbarian gets you Athletics and Intimidation.  Courtier Background for Insight and Persuasion.  But if you go with a race other than Half Elf, you'll have to pare down the list to just 4 or 5 skills, and/or use a Feat to pick up one of the skills.Longsword and Shield would work nicely for a more classically-trained fighter from a civilized, noble family.  Maybe something like Arya Stark, where the family initially tried to discourage her interest in martial weaponry, but later relented and got her formal lessons in swordplay.For your free Feat, I'd consider one of the skill-based half-feats to round out one of your odd stats and give you Expertise in a Face skill like Persuasion.For subclass, I'd skip the ones that are more along the line of a ""wild tribesman Barbarian", like Totem Warrior or Storm Herald.  Berserker could fit, but Frenzy has problems.  Zealot would work well as a more civilized godly Barbarian, especially if you do decide to stick with Aasimar, and the extra damage boost will help offset the fact that you're not using the traditional 2H weaponry.  Otherwise, Ancestral Guardian would also be a good choice for a more civilized Barbarian.  So I'd go Zealot for a more religious bent, or Ancestral Guardian for a more "the spirits of my family's forebearers protect me" bent.I wouldn't bother with the Bard dip.  If you want her to have some utility casting, you could look at the Ritual Caster or Magic Initiate feat as your free feat.Your call on Alignment.I'd do something like this:Half Elf Barbarian 2Free Feat:  Everybody's FriendSTR 18DEX 16CON 17+1INT 12WIS 13+1CHA 15+2+1Skills:  Deception (Half-Elf, Expertise from feat), Perception (Half-Elf), Athletics (Barbarian), Intimidation (Barbarian), Insight (Courtier), Persuasion (Courtier, Expertise from feat)Languages:  Common, Elven, +3 moreOr if you do decide to stick with an Aasimar, something like:Fallen or Scourge Aasimar Barbarian2Free Feat: DiplomatSTR 17+1 / 18DEX 16CON 18 / 17+1INT 12WIS 13CHA 15+2+1Skills:  Insight (Courtier), Persuasion (Courtier, Expertise from feat), Athletics (Barbarian), Intimidation (Barbarian)Languages:  Common, Celestial, +2 more</blockquote>

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