keterys
First Post
... you succeed just fine because there's no penalty whatsoever for doing so?
Rogues are managing just fine, so can barbarians.
D&D 5E The Barbarian has been Nerfed YET AGAIN. Where is Thick Hide?
Rogues are managing just fine, so can barbarians.
Warbringer
Explorer
Check Stalker0 thread ... not sure the barb has been nerfed at all ...
cmbarona
First Post
I gotta be honest, it sounds like your character concept is just not the same vision that WotC has as they are developing a Barbarian. It sounds like you're trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. And I think it's unfair to blame WotC for that.
ZombieRoboNinja
First Post
Maybe your ninja barbarian can hang out with my dragon sorcerer! 
Seriously though, it sounds like your character was one of those offbeat builds that isn't optimal for the class, but works anyway because the class is overpowered enough to make up for it.
Tough hide simply didn't fit the game that well. A naked barbarian might be as hard to kill as an armored fighter, but shouldn't be as hard to hit - otherwise, what's the point of armor? So you get DR and resistance while raging, and you can wear leather armor and do just fine.
Seriously though, it sounds like your character was one of those offbeat builds that isn't optimal for the class, but works anyway because the class is overpowered enough to make up for it.
Tough hide simply didn't fit the game that well. A naked barbarian might be as hard to kill as an armored fighter, but shouldn't be as hard to hit - otherwise, what's the point of armor? So you get DR and resistance while raging, and you can wear leather armor and do just fine.
I had to check the webpage address, I thought I had stumbled into an MMO forum I think it would pay to not be too invested into any particular class during a playtest.
I would like to see the barbarian be effective with minimal armor on though. I think that there has to be a marrying up of what makes a class work conceptually and what makes it work mechanically. So a barbarian should not be significantly more powerful wearing the heavier armor types, even if it makes sense logically.
I think it would pay to not be too invested into any particular class during a playtest.I would like to see the barbarian be effective with minimal armor on though. I think that there has to be a marrying up of what makes a class work conceptually and what makes it work mechanically. So a barbarian should not be significantly more powerful wearing the heavier armor types, even if it makes sense logically.
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