OPTIBUILDS’ MARTIAL & POCKET COHORTS PDF PART 1: (NEW RELEASE) The Barbarian Guides are below, but they don’t matter anymore, the only Barbarian worth playing is Thor Wannabee. This PDF features the 13th level Tough As Nail Barbarian Thoreau and his sidekick the untouchable and unseen W. Ann Abbey. When the two combine into one person like the wonder twins, it is GAME OVER. I am done.
Pathfinder Barbarian Guide Compendium
I would first like to say thanks to the dedicated gamers who created barbarian guides allowing everyone to utilize the shared expertise. As more guides are found, they will be added to this list. My rankings and/or critiques are not meant to be a slight to the creators of the guides – only a help to those using the pathfinder barbarian guides listed.
Completeness, Creativity and Advice are the categories for ranking.
- Completeness = 10 goes to the barbarian guide that is highly complete on everything the guide was created to provide advice on.
- Creativity = 10 goes to the barbarian guide that provides top-notch insight into builds, feats, powers, skills, traits, prestige classes, equipment, multi-classes, etc… that would otherwise not be obvious.
- Advice = 10 is just Optibuilds opinion on the correctness and thoroughness of the advice provided in the barbarian guide for playing the builds suggested by the guide.
Over time the guides might change. Accordingly, so might the rankings change.
Following the guides, as time goes on, Optibuilds will add links to other barbarian related links that are helpful to barbarian want-a-bees.
How to become the Lord of Rage: N. Jolly’s guide to the Pathfinder Barbarian – Probably the most up to date guide on melee barbarians that use melee weapons. However, it still does not tell the full story. Barbarians rank among the best archers and unarmed fighters in the game. I hope that the next Barbarian Guide made focuses on something other than the typical. That said, for what it is, I rank it a 9.00 for completeness, creativity and advice. Thus, also a 9.00 overall.
BARBARIAN AM SMASH: A Practical Guide to Breaking Faces – This is supposed to be a complete guide for two barbarian types: 1) come & get me and 2) mounted barbarian. The guide chiefly recommends a human or dwarves, invulnerable archetype, power attacking, raging vitality, extra rage power, reckless abandon, dazing assault, destroyer’s blessing, greater beast totem, come & get me, superstition rage power chain barbarian. The mounted barbarian is secondarily touted. Optibuilds’ 10 scale rankings for this guide are as follows: Completeness 9; Creativity 8; Advice 8. Overall Ranking 8.33
Anger Management: A Pathfinder Guide to the Barbarian by Novawurmson – This is supposed to be a complete barbarian guide for the Core Rulebook, APG, UM, and UC. This guide chiefly recommends a power attacking, improved initiative, raging vitality, greater beast totem, come & get me, unexpected strike, strength surging, eater of magic barbarian who is great at acrobatics and perception. Mounted builds are looked at favorably. A number of different archetypes are recommended. Archer builds are discouraged (incorrectly so). It has a good rage cycling section, though somewhat incomplete. Optibuilds’ 10 scale rankings for this guide are as follows: Completeness 8; Creativity 6; Advice 7. Overall Ranking 7
Elewan’s Pathfinder Barbarian Guide – This is supposed to be a complete barbarian guide. The guide chiefly recommends a drunken brute / invulnerable human or half-elf, two-handed melee fighting, beast totem, hurling charger barbarian who is great at acrobatics, perception and survival. Optibuilds’ 10 scale rankings for this guide are as follows: Completeness 4; Creativity 4; Advice 4. Overall Ranking 4
MAD DOG BARBARIAN GUIDE – Given that this is an Optibuids.com Guide I will not biasedly rate it. However, the purpose of the guide is to give comprehensive advice on optimizing a Straightforward Mad Dog Barbarian. Mad Dog Barbarian Build
Pathfinder Barbarian Guide Compendium