I've had this character in the works for many years, most recently I've thought of doing a multiclass of barbarian and paladin (zealot and conquest), with maybe a couple levels cleric or fighter here and there.
He's meant to be a dark character that can take hits and really dish them out
Any suggestions on the levels and feat? Also if I should go better subclasses?
Well, if you choose Wildhunt Shifter for your Race, you can shift and attack recklessly with advantage, without advantage against you! Combined with the Heavy Weapon Master feat (later Polearm Master), you will hit like a truck. Save your spell slots for smites when you crit, no high charisma needed. You can also Bless yourself, since Reckless Attack works without raging. For this build, I wouldn't do any further MC. (Lv 1-2 Barb, rest Pal)
Or choose the Oath of Conquest and Goliath. That Armor of Agathys will last long with your Stone's Endurance, and you can even use Spiritual Weapon for your BA when raging. For this build, Battle Master Fighter for Parry and Reposte might be worth considering. Or go Warlock instead of Paladin (better AoA and Eldritch Smite). (Barb1, Pal (or Warlock) 5+, Bar2-3, rest Pal (Warl)).
I wouldn’t add cleric levels to this, I’d go sorcerer instead and just maybe do 3 or 4 levels of it. For feats if you don’t want to add a caster you could take magic initiate that allows you to dip into that without taking levels in it. Or you could add Martial adept which allows you to take some battle master maneuvers. I’d says max barb is 3 levels cause that way you can get some of the primal paths and then the rest pal/caster.
I've had this character in the works for many years, most recently I've thought of doing a multiclass of barbarian and paladin (zealot and conquest), with maybe a couple levels cleric or fighter here and there.
He's meant to be a dark character that can take hits and really dish them out
Any suggestions on the levels and feat? Also if I should go better subclasses?
Well, if you choose Wildhunt Shifter for your Race, you can shift and attack recklessly with advantage, without advantage against you! Combined with the Heavy Weapon Master feat (later Polearm Master), you will hit like a truck. Save your spell slots for smites when you crit, no high charisma needed. You can also Bless yourself, since Reckless Attack works without raging. For this build, I wouldn't do any further MC. (Lv 1-2 Barb, rest Pal)
Or choose the Oath of Conquest and Goliath. That Armor of Agathys will last long with your Stone's Endurance, and you can even use Spiritual Weapon for your BA when raging. For this build, Battle Master Fighter for Parry and Reposte might be worth considering. Or go Warlock instead of Paladin (better AoA and Eldritch Smite). (Barb1, Pal (or Warlock) 5+, Bar2-3, rest Pal (Warl)).
Have fun!
I wouldn’t add cleric levels to this, I’d go sorcerer instead and just maybe do 3 or 4 levels of it. For feats if you don’t want to add a caster you could take magic initiate that allows you to dip into that without taking levels in it. Or you could add Martial adept which allows you to take some battle master maneuvers. I’d says max barb is 3 levels cause that way you can get some of the primal paths and then the rest pal/caster.
I mean for multi classing i would do 2 classes max
also a better subclass may be oathbreaker