I was interested in making a Bardbarian. Primary a barbarian with a little bard in. Concept is a viking skald. I will be using the point buy and phb and xanathar's only. The MAD is maddening but trying the see if it can work or if I am wasting my time. We will be starting at lvl 8. Unsure of class breakdown, maybe 2 or 3 bard and rest barbarian. Human variant or half orc or dragonborn or even half elf. I do want to have GWM as a feat though.
Go Valor bard. Get proficiency in horn and drums, flute maybe? For race, dragonborn seems good, that or variant human. Put plus one into strength and charisma. Half elf means you can put your charisma lower and be ok as you have plus two.
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It could work. I’d suggest keeping cha on the lower end and focusing more on buffing spells so you don’t have to worry about spell attack rolls or save DCs being low. There’s tons of good bard utility spells.
I created a level 3 Gnishiho-gnome Wild Magic barbarian for our homebrew campaign (Vault's Remastered channel on Youtube has details on this race) and I will dualclass 3 levels as Bard eventually and will choose College of Glamour subclass. My background is Feylost so it fits perfectly (My chosen instrument from this background is ocarina-flute). I also asked our DM if I can be just barely medium size but have speed 25f. I explained that when I was taken to the Feywild and spending time there, it changed my growth for some weird reason. Remember, we are playing a fantasy game 🤪
I think this works if you pick up spells that won't need consentration, like Longstrider gives you 10f more movement speed and lasts 1 hour. Feather fall (R) , healing word (BA) for saving lives and well, pick anything you like or suits your character depending on who you have in your adventuring party. We have a half-ogre tanking for us! My cantrips will be Vicious Mockery and Prestidigitation.
Eventually, Glamour subclass gives 2 spells for me, Charm Person and Mirror Images and these are always prepared because of Beguiling Magic. It can also charm or frighten(your choice) an enemy in 30feet range when you cast illusion spell. Glamour college also gives Mantle of Inspiration, more hit points and no opportunity attack for your target inspirated. I've maybe forgotten something.. But I'm not sure... Well yeah, you never know what wild magic surge brings to the table. Wish me luck. ❤️
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I was interested in making a Bardbarian. Primary a barbarian with a little bard in. Concept is a viking skald. I will be using the point buy and phb and xanathar's only. The MAD is maddening but trying the see if it can work or if I am wasting my time. We will be starting at lvl 8. Unsure of class breakdown, maybe 2 or 3 bard and rest barbarian. Human variant or half orc or dragonborn or even half elf. I do want to have GWM as a feat though.
Any suggestions? Thanks
Go Valor bard. Get proficiency in horn and drums, flute maybe? For race, dragonborn seems good, that or variant human. Put plus one into strength and charisma. Half elf means you can put your charisma lower and be ok as you have plus two.
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It could work. I’d suggest keeping cha on the lower end and focusing more on buffing spells so you don’t have to worry about spell attack rolls or save DCs being low. There’s tons of good bard utility spells.
I created a level 3 Gnishiho-gnome Wild Magic barbarian for our homebrew campaign (Vault's Remastered channel on Youtube has details on this race) and I will dualclass 3 levels as Bard eventually and will choose College of Glamour subclass. My background is Feylost so it fits perfectly (My chosen instrument from this background is ocarina-flute). I also asked our DM if I can be just barely medium size but have speed 25f. I explained that when I was taken to the Feywild and spending time there, it changed my growth for some weird reason. Remember, we are playing a fantasy game 🤪
I think this works if you pick up spells that won't need consentration, like Longstrider gives you 10f more movement speed and lasts 1 hour. Feather fall (R) , healing word (BA) for saving lives and well, pick anything you like or suits your character depending on who you have in your adventuring party. We have a half-ogre tanking for us! My cantrips will be Vicious Mockery and Prestidigitation.
Eventually, Glamour subclass gives 2 spells for me, Charm Person and Mirror Images and these are always prepared because of Beguiling Magic. It can also charm or frighten(your choice) an enemy in 30feet range when you cast illusion spell. Glamour college also gives Mantle of Inspiration, more hit points and no opportunity attack for your target inspirated. I've maybe forgotten something.. But I'm not sure... Well yeah, you never know what wild magic surge brings to the table. Wish me luck. ❤️