jaappleton
2016-11-11, 04:53 PM
So I'm making a lv2 Barbarian. The idea being to kill enemies faster than they can kill me, or my Fighter buddy.
What race and archetype should I go?
Point buy.
Mountain Dwarf lets me start with 17 Str and Con, getting them both to 18 at level 4.
But what if I could get many Barbarian elements earlier than normal? This is where Unearthed Arcana comes in.
Specifically, the UA about Feats. This one in particular:
Fell Handed
~ You've mastered mauls, battleaxes, greataxes, handaxes and warhammers.
~ +1 to attack rolls with these weapons
~ Whenever you have advantage on an attack roll, if BOTH attack rolls would hit, you can knock the target prone
~ If you have Disadvantage, the target still takes bludgeoning damage equal to your Str mod IF the higher attack roll would've hit
~ When using the Help action, your ally not only gains advantage against a target, but also +2 to the roll if the target is using a shield
The plan with my fighter ally is for us to focus fire and take enemies out one at a time quickly by utilizing Advantage.
If you guys think that's a pretty good Feat, I'd go VHuman, Totem Warrior. Lv6 gets me something better than Darkvision with Eagle totem, and since I'd have that Feat, I can go either Bear or Wolf at lv3. I know GWM is also pretty sweet, but I'm wary the -5 to hit would make me miss too much at early levels. Although the bonus action attack would be sweet, whenever I kill things.
Or I could go Polearm Master at lv1 and utilize the bonus action attack all the time. Having Advantage via Reckless Attack would make quick work of foes, and it's more reliable than the -5 of GWM.
So it's either the Fell Handed feat listed above, or GWM, or Polearm Master.
If I go PAM, I think Wolf Totem would be best at lv3, to grand Advantage to the Fighter.
GWM could be either Totem.
Fell Handed nets me some of the later Wolf benefits, like easily granting Advantage, so I could go Bear and have some Wolf benefits.
I think PAM & Wolf is overall the best, but I need your thoughts.
What race and archetype should I go?
Point buy.
Mountain Dwarf lets me start with 17 Str and Con, getting them both to 18 at level 4.
But what if I could get many Barbarian elements earlier than normal? This is where Unearthed Arcana comes in.
Specifically, the UA about Feats. This one in particular:
Fell Handed
~ You've mastered mauls, battleaxes, greataxes, handaxes and warhammers.
~ +1 to attack rolls with these weapons
~ Whenever you have advantage on an attack roll, if BOTH attack rolls would hit, you can knock the target prone
~ If you have Disadvantage, the target still takes bludgeoning damage equal to your Str mod IF the higher attack roll would've hit
~ When using the Help action, your ally not only gains advantage against a target, but also +2 to the roll if the target is using a shield
The plan with my fighter ally is for us to focus fire and take enemies out one at a time quickly by utilizing Advantage.
If you guys think that's a pretty good Feat, I'd go VHuman, Totem Warrior. Lv6 gets me something better than Darkvision with Eagle totem, and since I'd have that Feat, I can go either Bear or Wolf at lv3. I know GWM is also pretty sweet, but I'm wary the -5 to hit would make me miss too much at early levels. Although the bonus action attack would be sweet, whenever I kill things.
Or I could go Polearm Master at lv1 and utilize the bonus action attack all the time. Having Advantage via Reckless Attack would make quick work of foes, and it's more reliable than the -5 of GWM.
So it's either the Fell Handed feat listed above, or GWM, or Polearm Master.
If I go PAM, I think Wolf Totem would be best at lv3, to grand Advantage to the Fighter.
GWM could be either Totem.
Fell Handed nets me some of the later Wolf benefits, like easily granting Advantage, so I could go Bear and have some Wolf benefits.
I think PAM & Wolf is overall the best, but I need your thoughts.