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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeremy" data-source="post: 150479" data-attributes="member: 4036">Orcish Barbarian SmackdownOriginally posted by Carpe DMOk, this one works best if the user is an NPC Fiendish Orc(so this one's for you, DMs), but the principles work fine for PCs too.Required Race:Half-Orc, Fiendish templateRequired Classes:Barbarian 6Blessed of Gruumsh 9 (see Dragon #282)Required Items:Orcish Double Axe (Greater MWeaponed to +5 / +5 by your friendly neighborhood cleric)Boots of Speed (for haste)Required Feats:AmbidexterityTwo-weapon fightingImproved Two-weapon FightingThe Tactic Summary:From surprise, the Blessed delivers a devastating charge. On the first round of combat, the Blessed then attacks 12 (yup, 12!) times.The charge:The Blessed charges, raging and using his Luck of Gruumsh ability to add +8 to hit, while smiting (from fiendish template), power attacking and using his Fist of Gruumsh ability to add to damage.His attack is at: +15 base, +9 (luck of Gruumsh), +12 (strength: start with a 20 strength (18 +2 racial), add 4 for the level-ups (assuming 16th level here) then get +6 from an empowered bull's strength and +4 for the rage, puts you at 34 strength) and +5 (weapon). Also add +2 (charge).This puts him at a +43. If you really want this to hurt, have him drink a potion of true strike first, and do a full power attack. Even without the TS, he can full power attack (15 points, let's say) and still be at +28, hitting AC 38 on average. Not bad.Damage is: 1d8 + 15 (power attack) + 18 (two handed blow means 1.5 * 12) + 15 (smite from fiendish template) + 5 (weapon) = 1d8 + 53 + 3d6 (from Fist of Gruumsh), or on average, 68 points of damage.If he crits (due to improved crit feat and keen weapon spell, if he has the sense to use them), he'll do: 3d8 + 159 + 3d6, which is roughly 192 points of damage. Not too slouchy.But the really nasty surprise comes the next round, now that he's closed with the enemy. The Blessed takes a full attack action, and uses his Thunderous Roar ability, so his main attacks are, if he's hasted, (partial action) +34/+34 (full attack action)+34/+34/+29/+29/+24/+24 as main attacks and +34/+34/+29/+29 for his offhand attacks, giving a total of 12 attacks in one round.Each attack does 1d8 + 12 + 5 (for main attacks) and 1d8 + 6 + 5 (for offhand attacks). If he were to hit on all attacks (which I'll address here in a second), he'll do 8d8 + 96 + 40 (or, on average 172 pts of damage) from main attacks and 4d8 + 24 + 20 (or, on average, 62 pts of damage) from offhand attacks.The total? 234 points of damage in Round One, following the 68-192 points of damage he did in the surprise round. So the difficulty here is that he has to hit. That's true, but his lowest attack is at +24, and that's nothing to slouch at. Furthermore, four of his attacks are going to be at the highest level (+34) which is going to hit almost anything.Paladin: "What ho, ye scurvy orcs! Flee my path, or suffer my righteous indignation."Orcish Blessed of Gruumsh: SMACK! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM!Paladin: "Gurgle..."Orcs: "Thanks, Carpe!"Ah, yes...Orcs are back.Enjoy,Carpe</blockquote>

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