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<blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 524579" data-attributes="member: 114">I think you are reading too much into the concept of the barbarian - it is not a whole culture, it is just a combination of class features like any other class. It should be no difficult to justify getting a level of barbarian (concentrating on increasing his speed and becoming more reckless in combat) than getting a level of fighter (trained somewhat harder with weapons) or rogue (learnt how to be sneaky and where vital points are on most targets).I think the barbarian is the single class that most *adds* to the essence of the ranger (in fact barring Rage it is all the class features which I think best *fit* the ranger... hence the merging of the two classes in my current campaign!).Anyhow, other feat options:If you want to be &quot;the whirling blur of blades&quot;, you could consider combat reflexes, or power attack and eventually cleave. I presume the character is non-human since you have 3 feats at this point?An interesting possibility for the longer term might be dodge, mobility and shot on the run, although you'd be at least 9th by that time, even with an extra level of fighter slotted in there.You might want to consider one of the &quot;general use&quot; combat feats such as expertise - it is always useful to be able to add up to (eventually) +5 to your ACAnother possibility that can work well is EWP(bastardsword), since you can wield it two handed when you only get one attack, but whip out another weapon if you are eligible for and wish to take multiple attacks.Cheers</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Plane Sailing, post: 524579, member: 114"] I think you are reading too much into the concept of the barbarian - it is not a whole culture, it is just a combination of class features like any other class. It should be no difficult to justify getting a level of barbarian (concentrating on increasing his speed and becoming more reckless in combat) than getting a level of fighter (trained somewhat harder with weapons) or rogue (learnt how to be sneaky and where vital points are on most targets). I think the barbarian is the single class that most *adds* to the essence of the ranger (in fact barring Rage it is all the class features which I think best *fit* the ranger... hence the merging of the two classes in my current campaign!). Anyhow, other feat options: If you want to be "the whirling blur of blades", you could consider combat reflexes, or power attack and eventually cleave. I presume the character is non-human since you have 3 feats at this point? An interesting possibility for the longer term might be dodge, mobility and shot on the run, although you'd be at least 9th by that time, even with an extra level of fighter slotted in there. You might want to consider one of the "general use" combat feats such as expertise - it is always useful to be able to add up to (eventually) +5 to your AC Another possibility that can work well is EWP(bastardsword), since you can wield it two handed when you only get one attack, but whip out another weapon if you are eligible for and wish to take multiple attacks. Cheers [/QUOTE]

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