I guess I could. Though I'm still figuring out the stats. I can decide on whether to go Str based or Dex based.
That's what I was thinking, but some classes are better at being Strength based than others.
d12 HD on a melee-type is great! Rage Powers are more flavorful than bonus feats anyways. Barbarian//Clerics also get more skill points than Fighter//Clerics, including adding Acrobatics and Perception as class skills.
There might even be a good, but complex, Barbarian/Fighter//Oracle/Rage Prophet multi-class/PrC combo that has an ideal number of bonus feats and rage powers and oracle casting and special features. :-P
The popping out of the ground skeletons or zombies should be placed along the back escape route. If PCs want to try to sneak in the back way, surprise!:)
That sounds good. What's the thing that lets you cast in a rage?
Ok, a bloodrager can cast spells while raging but only from that class. He wouldn't be able to cast cleric spells.
Moment of Clarity (Ex) (PRPG Core Rulebook pg. 33 (Amazon)): The barbarian does not gain any benefits or take any of the penalties from rage for 1 round. Activating this power is a swift action. This includes the penalty to Armor Class and the restriction on what actions can be performed. This round still counts against her total number of rounds of rage per day. This power can only be used once per rage.
What's the feat?
Found it. Mad Magic. Cast spells from any class that gives you spells while in a rage. It'll require 2 specific rage powers if I use regular Barbarian. None if I go Bloodrager. Link
I think I'm going to go with Unchained Barbarian. I have 8 rage powers available, I think I can spare 2 so I can cast spells.
It's better than regular barbarian.
Really?
I see. This is the sheet for the Cleric/Barbarian. Link
Ok, so my friend who's been helping me out has suggested having both of them be Dex based. His reasoning is that a cleric/barbarian is proficient in medium armor, which have a Max Dex of 3-5.
Including the racials, bumps from levels, and NPC bump, the stats come out to 10 Str, 18 Dex, 18 Con, 12 Int, 24 Wis, 8 Cha.
All I need to do is get a single Wis bumping item and I'll get a bonus 8th level spell slot.
Also, I'm looking at the core barbarian and the unchained barbarian, and they're practically identical. The only difference in class features that I can see is Trap Sense and Danger Sense. And Danger Sense gives an extra bonus and counts as Trap Sense for feats and archetypes.
Unchained Barbarians get +2 to melee attack rolls and damage as well as thrown weapon damage. That's the exact same amount of damage as a +4 Str effect. The only difference is that one is core barbarian has it as a morale bonus and the unchained one is a flat bonus.
True. Although in this case, a boost to Str won't help at all. Dex builds never use 2h weapons.
I thought that 2h weapons can't be used with Weapon Finesse, which is needed for dex to damage.
I see.
Ok, so out of the 8 rage powers my barbarian cleric gets, I have 6 left to pick. Calm Stance and Perfect Clarity are needed for the Mad Magic feat.
I like Guarded Stance. It gives a +4 dodge bonus against melee attacks for rounds equal to my Con bonus.
And while using Guarded Stance, the rage power Protect Vitals gives a +4 dodge bonus against rolls to confirm crits.
Swift Foot gives a boost of 10 to my speed. I can take this power 3 times.
Renewed Vigor lets me heal for 3d8+Con once a day.
Lesser Fey Blood - when I confirm a crit, the one I hit has to do a Will save or be confused for one round.
Beast Totem gives +4 natural armor while raging. It requires Lesser Beat Totem to use. Lesser Beast Totem gives 2 claw attacks.
Or I could go with Fiend Totem. While raging, anyone who hits me with a melee attack, unarmed strike, or natural attack takes 1d6 piercing damage. It requires Lesser Fiend Totem which gives a Gore attack.
I can't take both Beast Totem and Fiend Totem.
Witch Hunter gives +4 damage against foes with spells or SLA. Plus if I crit on a foe with an ongoing beneficial spell effect, that affect is suppressed for one round. This one requires Superstition, which is +5 competence bonus on saving throws made to resist spells and SLA. But I also am forced to roll saves against all ally spells as well.
Those were all on the unchained list.
Ah, I see. I was reading most of these on dspd.
I just checked Archives and Lesser Fey Blood is on the unchained list.
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Ok, Superstition doesn't say while raging, which means I get the benefits all the time. Some powers specifically say while raging and others don't.
Except for Guarded Stance, every other rage power I posted is exactly what it says in the Unchained Rage Powers section on Archives.
I think I'm going to go with Lesser Fey Blood. I can take a weapon with a nice crit range and double it with Keen or Improved Critical and confuse the target fairly regularly.
I'm also going to take Swift Foot once. With that, Fast Movement, and the racial speed bonus, my barbarian has a speed of 60 feet. No one's outrunning this guy.
Since Guarded Stance works the entire time I'm raging unless I activate Calm Stance, I'm going to take it. That leaves 3 more to choose.
I like the Totem powers better than Witch Hunter or Eater of Magic. And since I have to take the lesser powers first, I can't take both sets. So I'm going to drop Witch Hunter and Eater of Magic from consideration.
Even something like Swift Foot?
Consider the Travel Domain. +10 feet to speed, and longstrider for an additional +10 feet to speed for hours at a time. Combined with your barbarian level, that's 60 feet.
Any way you can get the elf's favored class bonus for barbarian? What is the dragonkin's favored class bonus for barbarian? Hint-hint ;-)
Do Gestalt get 2 favored class bonuses? Like +1 hit point per level AND +1 skill rank per level?
That would make it 70 feet, actually. I switched out Flight for the alternate trait that gives a boost to land speed and immunity to sleep and paralysis.
Half-elves get two favored classes. And humans get a skill point anyway so that's kind of like getting 2.
I say give them both! Why not? It would be more fun! :-D
But that's just my opinion and has no basis in real life or game balance! :-D
lol Well, I still have 3 more rage powers to pick. Then I need to pick traits and feats and gear him up.
Oh, and I made a figure for him too. Link