Paul Farquhar
Legend
So throw something at it.Manticores fly and are reasonably intelligent. A barbarian loses rage if he or she doesn't attack or take damage.
I suggest the halfing rogue.
So throw something at it.Manticores fly and are reasonably intelligent. A barbarian loses rage if he or she doesn't attack or take damage.
So throw something at it.
I suggest the halfing rogue.
I vote for gritty rests, with time pressure on the level of days or weeks.Wizards gets at least two and maybe 3 spells.
Warlock gets 1 spell maybe 2, crapshoot in the 3rd.
I like warlocks a lot but I've noticed newer players lean heavily towards going nova then wanting to rest.
I'm thinking if just doubling or tripling short rest abilities and eliminating short rests.
Doesn't really fix it though. Also a side effect of fewer 5E spell slots relative to say 3E.
The grappling barbarian wouldn't be still be raging by raw, because a grapple check isn't an attack.That is all true..but I’ve seen a Fighter try to lasso a Manticore, and need a timely expenditure of an Inspiration point by another PC, (as well as a plaintive plea to be allowed to act out of turn), to cast the Guidance cantrip to keep the Fighter from being carried aloft.
Having Advantage on the oppressed Str check, to be kept from being carried aloft, makes it that more likely the group does not need to expend those resources. The true role of the Barbarian is: The Survivor, at 1st level...that role helps the entire PC group to live, by not needing their help to live.
Really? It says it is a special melee attack in the PHB. In fact, raging gives you advantage on Strength ability checks, so you would have advantage on the Strength (Athletics) check when you do it. Since it is an attack (albeit a "special" one), and you get advantage when you do it while raging, it certainly seems like that should continue your rage IMO.The grappling barbarian wouldn't be still be raging by raw, because a grapple check isn't an attack.
So throw something at it.
I suggest the halfing rogue.
Sure, if something is available the barbarian might keep rage up, but ranged combat isn't a strong suit to defend the class.
Doesn't matter if it hit or not, just that it keeps rage up for a turn.
Yes, but that's not the point. It's hard to assert a barbarian does well against a manticores because they aren't great at ranged combat keeping rage up or not.
The barbarian can be durable but that doesn't seem like much to me.