Straight Half-Orc Barbarian, or Multiclass?

[Elder-Basilisk]

My recommended PrC: Exotic Weapon Master from Complete Warrior. Choose the trip trick to get another +2 on your strength check to trip foes.

Recommended class mixes:
Ftr 2/Bbn 4 (2 rages/day, 2 bonus feats)
Ftr 4/Bbn 2 (Rage, uncanny dodge, weapon specialization)
Ftr 1/Bbn 5 (2 rages, Imp Uncanny Dodge, 1 bonus feat)
Ftr 4/Bbn 1/Exotic Weapon Master 1 (Massive trip bonusses, weapon specialization, rage)

 

[mikebr99]

My recommended PrC: Exotic Weapon Master from Complete Warrior. Choose the trip trick to get another +2 on your strength check to trip foes.

Recommended class mixes:
Ftr 2/Bbn 4 (2 rages/day, 2 bonus feats)
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Ftr 4/Bbn 1/Exotic Weapon Master 1 (Massive trip bonusses, weapon specialization, rage)

And there is always the Extra Rage feat from MoTW to compensate for not taking Barb levels.

 

[blargney the second]

Just so you know what your idea inspired: at some point I want to play a Half-Orc Sorceror 1/Barbarian 4/Dragon Disciple.

It would be fun to play with True Strike and full Power Attack, and I'd probably grab one of Ventriloquism or Feather Fall for an armour-wearing character. Enlarge Person would be brutal for a character who doesn't care about AC. I'd definitely take a lizard or snake familiar! I might branch out into Rage Mage at later levels.. who knows!

Thanks for the inspiration!
-blarg

 

[Nail]

And there is always the Extra Rage feat from MoTW to compensate for not taking Barb levels.

....or in the book: Complete Warrior. And, interestingly enough, it is a bonus Ftr feat.

 

[Nail]

Enlarge Person would be brutal for a character who doesn't care about AC.

Actually, Enlarge Person is brutal for the spiked chain weilding Half-orc! Imagine a weapon with a 20 foot reach! An entire room would be in your threatened area!

 

[mikebr99]

....or in the book: Complete Warrior. And, interestingly enough, it is a bonus Ftr feat.

Kewl! All the more reason to get out of Barb and into Fighter &/or a fighter PrC.

Mike

 

[kwiqsilver]

Oh, and prestige class.... I've never actually used one before. I could, I guess. But I wouldn't even know where to start.

Check out the master of chains in Sword and Fist.

 

[Darklone]

Hmm. What about one wizard level instead of sorcerer ?

Your Int is at 13 anyhow... why not use it?

Look for order of the stick and build Sir Roy Greenhilt

 

[Black Knight Irios]

CW: Extra Rage is no Fighter bonus feat!!!

Half-Orc
STR 18
INT 13

1 FTR 1 Combat Expertise, EWP Spiked Chain
2 FTR 2 Improved Trip
3 BRB 1 Extra Rage
4 FTR 3 -
5 FTR 4 WF Spiked Chain(if you want to become Exotic Weaponmaster from CW) or Combat Reflexes (you should have DEX 15+)
6 FTR 5 ...
7 Exotic Weapon Master 1 or go on with Fighter
If you go on with FTR
Lightning Reflexes>Prone Attack(CW)
Dodge>Mobility>Spring Attack>Combat Expertise(we got it already)>Whirlwind Attack.

 

[Nail]

CW: Extra Rage is no Fighter bonus feat!!!

Well what do you know....that's not a "1" superscript on the table (meaning 'fighter bonus feat'), that's a "3" (meaning 'You can take this feat multiple times; its effects stack').

One might imagine that "1" and "3" look very similar, when viewed on low zoom on a PDF document.

Not that my copy of CW is a poorly scanned PDF. Oh no. I bought the book. Really. I wouldn't even think of trying to get a pirated copy. No way.