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Personally, I find the whole "hahaha, he's little but he's strong!" trope to be played-out and offensive to certain real-world communities.

A halfling barbarian need be no more humorous than any other.
My friend rolled up such for our primitive/arctic game, and he was extremely effective.

1st: the unchained barbarian opens things up a bit so you can use ranged weapons to better effect.

2nd: the -2 Str hurts, but it's not like barbarians should be dumping Dex. Save some points for Str by putting in a lower score in Dex and letting your bonus make up the difference.

3rd: thrown weapons, reach, Combat Reflexes and Quick Draw worked really well. It allows you to benefit from your Str, Dex and racial traits while offering solid damage output and control of the field.

I appreciate you pointing out he potentially problematic trope. I'll be conscious of that.

Those are really helpful points, thanks!

elipsion wrote:

Lelomenia wrote:

Sounds like you want two archetypes that stack, one for an animal companion mount and one so your Rage gives you Dex-based help.

While there’s several Barbarian archetypes that give Animal Companions and several that allow Rage to Dex, i can’t find two that stack. In Bloodrager tho, it looks like Bloodrider and Urban Bloodrager stack. So that might be a place to start.

Yeah, I'm leaning towards the bloodrager. That's a great idea! Urban bloodrager definitely works better with halfling.

appears to stack with Primalist as well, which can probably help too. What do you want to attack with?

yeah it does. I'm not sure to be honest. We are starting lvl 1.

There's support for making melee halflings effective, the risky striker feat for example. They do tend to be dex rather than str based though for obvious reasons; the unchained barbarian or a couple of archetypes (savage technologist or urban barbarian) work with this. Unchained or urban would be compatible with mounted fury.

If the image you want is wild but not necessarily furious you might look at the hunter class.

The bloodrager has an urban archetype which is compatible with bloodrider and which gives bonuses to dex. I'm not sure if urban fits your preferred image however.

But yeah, this certainly can work.

It's good to know I'm not setting myself up for disaster. I'm not set on a specific theme so yeah, urban/mounted fury could work. Thanks!

Sounds like you want two archetypes that stack, one for an animal companion mount and one so your Rage gives you Dex-based help.

While there’s several Barbarian archetypes that give Animal Companions and several that allow Rage to Dex, i can’t find two that stack. In Bloodrager tho, it looks like Bloodrider and Urban Bloodrager stack. So that might be a place to start.

Yeah, I'm leaning towards the bloodrager. That's a great idea! Urban bloodrager definitely works better with halfling.

I think you pretty much nailed it if your goal is a Halfling Barbarian with a Mount... I mean, what else is left to flesh out other than point buy/stats and which order you plan on taking your feats...

Halfling
20pt buy (w/ racials)
16,12,14,10,12,9

1. Combat Reflexes
3. Mounted Combat
5. Boon Companion
7. Rideby Attack
9. Wheeling Charge

I don't know... I don't play or even build many mounted combatants. But that should at least point you in the right direction...

Thanks! That makes a lot of sense.

So, I really like the idea of a wild halfling riding a pig. A badass little dude with a battle axe just sounds like a good time.

BUT the halflings -2 str is a real bummer, and I don't know enough to figure out if I'm making a mistake.

I was thinking about a dex build with a specialization in mounted combat. Using the outrider alternative racial trait and mounted fury archetype (info at the bottom).

Another option is the bloodrager hybrid class. Class skills there have a heavier emphasis on dex and it has a a 'bloodrider' archetype which is identical to mounted fury. Also, bloodlines which give nice bonuses.

OUTRIDER RACIAL TRAIT
Advanced Players Guide, PG. 21
Some halflings specialize in mounted combat. Halflings with this racial trait gain a +2 bonus on Handle Animal and Ride checks. This racial trait replaces the sure-footed racial trait.

MOUNTED FURY ARCHETYPE
Source Advanced Player's Guide pg. 79
Many barbarian tribes are masters of the horse, teaching their members how to ride from a young age. As a result, barbarians from such tribes are even more terrifying when mounted, using their steeds’ speed and strength to great advantage. A mounted fury has the following class features.

Fast Rider (Ex): The speed of any mount the barbarian rides is increased by 10 feet. This ability replaces fast movement.

Bestial Mount (Ex): At 5th level, the mounted fury gains the service of a feral mount. This ability functions as a druid’s animal companion, using the barbarian’s level –4 as her effective druid level. This companion must be one that she is capable of riding and is suitable as a mount. A Medium barbarian can select a camel or a horse. A Small barbarian can select a pony or a wolf, but can also select a boar or a dog if she is at least 8th level. Whenever a barbarian is raging while mounted on her bestial mount, the mount gains a +2 morale bonus to its Strength. This ability replaces uncanny dodge and improved uncanny dodge.

Rage Powers: The following rage powers complement the mounted fury archetype: ferocious mount, ferocious trample, greater ferocious mount, greater ferocious trample, and spirit steed.

So, I really like the idea of a wild halfling riding a pig. A badass little dude with a battle axe just sounds like a good time.

BUT the halflings -2 str is a real bummer, and I don't know enough to figure out if I'm making a mistake.

I was thinking about a dex build with a specialization in mounted combat. Using the outrider alternative racial trait and mounted fury archetype (info at the bottom).

Another option is the bloodrager hybrid class. Class skills there have a heavier emphasis on dex and it has a a 'bloodrider' archetype which is identical to mounted fury. Also, bloodlines which give nice bonuses.

OUTRIDER RACIAL TRAIT
Advanced Players Guide, PG. 21
Some halflings specialize in mounted combat. Halflings with this racial trait gain a +2 bonus on Handle Animal and Ride checks. This racial trait replaces the sure-footed racial trait.

MOUNTED FURY ARCHETYPE
Source Advanced Player's Guide pg. 79
Many barbarian tribes are masters of the horse, teaching their members how to ride from a young age. As a result, barbarians from such tribes are even more terrifying when mounted, using their steeds’ speed and strength to great advantage. A mounted fury has the following class features.

Fast Rider (Ex): The speed of any mount the barbarian rides is increased by 10 feet. This ability replaces fast movement.

Bestial Mount (Ex): At 5th level, the mounted fury gains the service of a feral mount. This ability functions as a druid’s animal companion, using the barbarian’s level –4 as her effective druid level. This companion must be one that she is capable of riding and is suitable as a mount. A Medium barbarian can select a camel or a horse. A Small barbarian can select a pony or a wolf, but can also select a boar or a dog if she is at least 8th level. Whenever a barbarian is raging while mounted on her bestial mount, the mount gains a +2 morale bonus to its Strength. This ability replaces uncanny dodge and improved uncanny dodge.

Rage Powers: The following rage powers complement the mounted fury archetype: ferocious mount, ferocious trample, greater ferocious mount, greater ferocious trample, and spirit steed.