Who cares about the Barbarian Disadvantage
no full plate.With Lots of HP and the Barbarians rage its really special to play as him. right now im escapeing from Jon Irencus lair.Good day to you all

What's his stats look like? I've been considering abandoning my assassin - his quests have been kinda ehhh, yknow?
Good luck!

I agree, the barbarian disadvantage isn't. (well, not really - after all, he CAN wear shadow dragon scale!) I had great fun playing as him - especially as i kept charging into battle ahead of everyone else... had to give Minsc the boots of speed and even then he only just kept up!

i dont think its the armor disadvantage that ppl dont like, its that they can only have normal weapon specialization (++)

Hmmm; I actually prefer characters who can only specialize in weapons. When I play a fighter I sort of feel obliged to have grand mastery in stuff which really limits the weapons I can use and doesnt actually give that much of an advantage (an extra +1 to hit and +2 to damage on top of the specialisation bonus, I think; fairly negligable when you think what stratospheric boni you get from the strength girdles). Playing a ranger/paladin/barbarian/multiclass fighter forces you to choose a broader range of weapon proficiencies just to use all your points up, giving (in my experience anyway) a more versatile character capable of using much more of the cool magical equipment you'll come across for more than a momentary boost to your income :D

[This message has been edited by Will (edited October 19, 2001).]

I hate classes with non-lasting abilities.
I always forget to use them in combat.
Except for backstabbing because it is not in a special menu
I have only used minscs beserker thing twice or so

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i dont think its the armor disadvantage that ppl dont like, its that they can only have normal weapon specialization (++)
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Bingo.

Try a half-orc barbarian (19 str, 18 dex, 19 con). You'll be getting (12 + 5) HP per level....

You don't NEED more than ++ in weapon specialization. See, + gets you no bonuses, no penalties, ++ gets you +2 to damage and +1 to hit (or is it the other way around?) as well as an extra 1/2 attack per round, and +++ gives you +2 to hit, +2 to damage, and +1/2 attack per round. More than that gives you bonuses only to speed factor.... Pretty useless. Don't bother specializing further than +++, ever.

[This message has been edited by Tiamat (edited October 19, 2001).]