Hey guys,
So I have a level one Barbarian Half orc. ( super happy with this build) But one drawback of rage is that you end up with Fatigue and need to rest for at least 8 hours, so if not well timed in the adventure it kind of turns into a bad thing to do.
So I was thinking of multiclassing with Paladin 1 for the Lesser Restoration spell.
Is this the best way to go and if so when should i go for it?
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Barbarians are only fatigued for double rounds spent in the rage, so if you spent 5 rounds raging, then stopped. you would be fatigued for 10 rounds after.
Barbarians cannot be also paladins because paladins must be lawful while barbarians must be chaotic. you cant be both.
also, paladins dont get spells untill level 4 :3
The standard dip is one level of lame oracle after 8 levels of barbarian.
fixed that for you.
The nostandard dip is 5 levels of martial artist.
Moospuh covered the brunt of it. But you could pick up a wand of Lesser Restoration for 750 gp if a paladin made it. The 3 round cast time doesn't make the situation ideal for rage cycling, however. For that, I'd recommend this item, especially if your GM lets you combine items and you can add Strength later.
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Moospuh covered the brunt of it. But you could pick up a wand of Lesser Restoration for 750 gp if a paladin made it. The 3 round cast time doesn't make the situation ideal for rage cycling, however. For that, I'd recommend this item, especially if your GM lets you combine items and you can add Strength later.
I was very much prepared for that link to take me to an item that nullified fatigue, but I'm impressed with the item design. The consequence makes rage cycling risky when wounded, as you could swiftly fall into unconsciousness if the non-lethal damage and loss of extra HP from con push you over the edge.
Lol so basically no easy fix for fatigue in the early stages of the game :p
Or i just need to make sure I party with people who can cast lesser restoration?
Ah great, I thought that it would be an issue but that is prob because i thought you need 8 hour of rest after raging to get rid of the effect
Fatigue is virtually a non issue, You rage for 5 rounds in a fight and then you're fatigued for 10 rounds after the fight is over. Most of the time you never even mark that you're fatigued because it's all out of combat. You don't really need to worry too much about it until later. Just pick up the internal fortitude power at 8th level and pay 8k for a Scarlet and Green Cabochon Ioun Stone. Not only does it get you rage cycling, it gives you a way to avoid some pretty bad status effects.
Fatigue is virtually a non issue, You rage for 5 rounds in a fight and then you're fatigued for 10 rounds after the fight is over. Most of the time you never even mark that you're fatigued because it's all out of combat. You don't really need to worry too much about it until later. Just pick up the internal fortitude power at 8th level and pay 8k for a Scarlet and Green Cabochon Ioun Stone. Not only does it get you rage cycling, it gives you a way to avoid some pretty bad status effects.
Rage cycling is worth this, though. For example, you can add extra damage using Powerful Blow every round. Not a terrible deal.
oh certainly, but only a few powers are worth cycling for because you can only center your build around so many features. Powerful blow is a really weak rage power even if you rage cycle in light of the fact that it only gives you a very small bonus to one attack per round. On a good barbarian build you're going to have combat reflexes and come and get me, which makes Powerful Blow a very, very small bonus to one attack of probably 6-8 attacks in your round. Percentage-wise, it's garbage.
You would be better off getting unexpected strike to virtually guarantee yourself an additional attack every round instead. You would also be far better off with Witch Hunter, which adds this bonus on all attacks against targets that matter.
There's so many better rage powers to build around for rage cycling you literally will never need to reach so low as to grab a bad rage power like Powerful Blow.
Spell sunder and strength surge being near the top examples, especially when used together.
I would submit that losing a rage power and 8k to an ioun stone, while also becoming immune to fatigue, exhaustion, and partially immune to nauseated and sickened is vastly superior than all other solutions. The Cord is twice as much and eats a slot (or increases further slot improvement by 50%). Level dipping costs you a lot in return for only one or two things.