An Eclectic Collection of Fun and Effective Builds

[Dayn]

Armor of Abs

Right after swashbuckler came out in SCAG, I made a very similar type of build and have since played it all the way up to 20. I found it to be extremely effective. Two suggestions I would make: first, take more barb levels. I found danger sense, bear totem resistance (or ancestral protectors, which didn't exist at the time), and extra attack much more valuable than the high level rogue features.

The other big thing: for this build, the sentinel feat is practically mandatory. The DM will get sick of trying to kill you and try to attack other people instead, so you will get lots of opportunities for powerful reaction attacks. I took it as a variant human so as not to slow down the dex/con progression.

One thing that's a little tricky: you have to be careful using panache with rage active. If you haven't attacked or taken damage since your last turn, your rage will drop. I eventually got a scimitar of speed that solved this problem.