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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thecasualoblivion" data-source="post: 6861330" data-attributes="member: 59096">Let me describe my Barbarian plan:16 Str and Con, 14 Dex, Variant Human with Polearm Master feat and a HalberdAt level 3 I'm taking Eagle TotemAt levels 4 and 8 I'm taking +2 Str and Great Weapon Master, but I'm not sure in which order.As I've played a session with this DM and observed several more, I know that he uses a battlemap and has a thing for using large maps for combat. Eagle Totem's bonus action dash gives me a fair amount of mobility, which combined with attacking at reach with the Halberd makes for a hit and run Barbarian, which can also set up more opportunities for Polearm Master reaction attacks. I plan on avoiding attacking the center of the enemy formation at all costs, and to focus either on single enemies on the edges, or running past the front line and attacking the mages/archers in the back. Eagle totem while raging also lets me provoke opportunity attacks without caring about the result to a large extent, and using reckless attack every turn while raging is good offensively and gives monsters an incentive to chase me. In the game I've played at this table, with a Barbarian, I was able to consistently do just that. Polearm Master and Eagle Totem both use the bonus action, which gives me a tactical choice between mobility and extra damage I need to make. Great Weapon Master while reckless attacking seems like a great fit, and I don't see how it doesn't work with the bonus action attack with Polearm Master, but I'm going to wait on three levels of attacking with advantage to get a feel on accuracy before I decide to take it at level 4 or not. The Barbarian's greater survivability would be used by me to be able to take greater risks, and to be possibly a lesser burden on the the healers(if any).</blockquote>

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