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barbarian hafling LOL [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
t_mctwist
09-14-05, 12:27 AM imagin a barbarian hafling :D that would be small i imagin haflings in a slaughter hahaha :eek:
Kohdok
09-14-05, 02:06 AM I know, seeing that cute little munchkin wielding an axe his size and foaming at the mouth while babbling in a voice reminiscient of "Alvin and the Chipmunks".

I can picture it. Now, how about a HALF-FEY halfling barbarian.
Tedly224
09-14-05, 02:08 AM If it's Eberron setting, Halfling Barbarian for the win!

Give the sucker one or more of the racial weapons, jack up ride and animal handling, and get on your bad dinosaur and ride!!!

Or Halfling Paladin to experience some of the real wholesome goodness of a Holy Dinosaur steed.
Callista
09-14-05, 02:40 AM Actually... it can work. Just think of a primitive hunter/archer sort.

1. Concentrate on Dexterity and Strength. With the Halfling DEX bonus, you can easily get them both decently high.

2. Get a compound bow, with your Rage strength bonus. Get another for your normal strength bonus.

3. Rage. Start slinging arrows.

4. Multiclass as Ranger (Archery) and/or take Archery-based feats.

See? Not so silly after all...
Raxmei
09-14-05, 04:45 AM There's a halfling subrace in Forgotten Realms that has Barbarian as its favored class. I suppose they'd operate by sneaking up to ambush with thrown weapons. Halflings get a bonus to sneakery and thrown weapons, and thrown weapons cheaply receive strength bonus to damage.

I suddenly get an image of halfling barbarians mounted on riding dogs chasing enemies through the forest, hacking them down with throwing axes.
Phrennzy
09-14-05, 11:10 AM Modern day pygmies will rape you with their jungle skills.

You have been warned.
Nurgan_the_drunked
09-14-05, 11:22 AM There's a halfling subrace in Forgotten Realms that has Barbarian as its favored class. I suppose they'd operate by sneaking up to ambush with thrown weapons. Halflings get a bonus to sneakery and thrown weapons, and thrown weapons cheaply receive strength bonus to damage.

I suddenly get an image of halfling barbarians mounted on riding dogs chasing enemies through the forest, hacking them down with throwing axes.
To me, the halfling barbarian is like this. Sneak right up to targer, next thing you know, GRRAAAARR!!! *CHOP* and your kneecaps are flying off.

And replace your riding dogs with velociraptors and those are Talentan halflings in Eberron.

I also think they're a good reason for monkey grip. Magic medium-sized weapons are much more common than large or small ones.
TheErsatzFacsimileOfMe
09-14-05, 11:59 AM All I can say is:

Max out Ride
Take TWF, Monkey Grip and Oversized-TWF as quickly as humanly possible.

It's like a portable, fast moving blender. :smirk:
Doopliss
09-14-05, 12:03 PM Oh man, I think I have to use that as an NPC. ;)
TheErsatzFacsimileOfMe
09-14-05, 01:20 PM All I can say is:

Max out Ride
Take TWF, Monkey Grip and Oversized-TWF as quickly as humanly possible.

It's like a portable, fast moving blender. :smirk:

I forgot to add "Ride-by Attack" in all my excitment.
Raxmei
09-14-05, 02:20 PM I forgot to add "Ride-by Attack" in all my excitment.
I don't understand how your fighting style is supposed to work. How does Ride-by Attack help a TWF user?
Doopliss
09-14-05, 03:13 PM For extra fun, add hurricane attack to the equation.
psionichamster
09-14-05, 03:37 PM want something nasty?

halfling barbarian w/ IUS, IMP Grapple, armor spikes, and a decent str.

high dex=tough to hit (for a barb)
raging str + imp grapple (clever wrestling when you can) =uglyness

max out hide, and you are set for a "leap from the trees, grab your head, and squash it into paste."

for added fun use a str debilitating poison b4 engaging, and you're set

namaste'
the hamster
TheErsatzFacsimileOfMe
09-14-05, 03:44 PM I don't understand how your fighting style is supposed to work. How does Ride-by Attack help a TWF user?

Charge attack with no risk of an AoO?
Oh, but you'd still only get one attack...nevermind. :embarrass
Read the feat description too quickly.

Alternately....Is there a feat for a "leaping charge" from the back of your mount?

Just picture a Halfling dual weilding medium-sized short swords, screaming by on the back of his wolf and leaping off to attack (granted it would be a charge) and then taking multiple attacks on the following round.
UltimateReality
09-14-05, 11:32 PM Modern day pygmies will rape you with their jungle skills.

You have been warned.
Phrennzy, I love the way you think. :evillaugh
Woas
09-15-05, 01:56 PM I played a halfling barbarian once. He was pretty good actually... I roleplayed him having Napoleon Syndrome. I even took the -2 penalty to wield 'normal' (medium) sized weapons. All around a fun, viable character.
Draco Strang
09-15-05, 04:53 PM Phrennzy, I love the way you think. :evillaugh
Any sentence with the words "pygmy" and "rape" together is indicative of how disturbed its speaker is.
TheChilliGod
09-15-05, 05:02 PM You know those tests that tell you what sort of character you were (I hate them so much!)
One said I was a halfling barbarian.
Our group constantly makes fun of halfling barbarians. Frothing at the mouth, wildly swinging a small greataxe, lopping people's lower legs off. It's right up there in things to mock with the half-orc bard!
=-Nonsensical-=
09-15-05, 05:17 PM Modern day pygmies will rape you with their jungle skills.

You have been warned.
ROFL. Phrennzy, you just made my day. :)
UltimateReality
09-15-05, 09:04 PM Any sentence with the words "pygmy" and "rape" together is indicative of how disturbed its speaker is.
Precisely. I stand by my original comment. :)
Phrennzy
09-15-05, 09:59 PM :thumbsup:
pres_man
09-15-05, 10:47 PM Halfling barbarian with some rogue levels can be a quite frightening thing (barbarian and rogue have several abilities that mix well) also the speed increase is nice for halflings that are always way behind the group.
Gallameed
09-15-05, 11:01 PM Feral halfling Barbarians are great! I wish I had one! :D

Reminds me of Wildchild from the Age of Apocalypse (Alt reality X-men comics from years back).

For those who dont know what I'm on about:

You had this character called Sabretooth, who was this big seven foot tall walking wall of muscle and mean, a real bearish type (human barbarian) who had a rabid, hissing, spitting, dog-boy, "halfling" on a chain, he would throw the halfling at people and it would rake their poor little eyes into peeka-boo confetti!

Those were the days... :)
eudas
09-16-05, 10:54 AM I made a gnomish cleric/barbarian once, who turned out to be quite amusing. I started out with a gnome Cleric of Kord, an acolyte fresh out of cleric training, assigned a remote backwater tribe of gnomes to preach to (think missionaries tending to American Indians). He goes out there, and within a level or two, "goes native", and takes a Barbarian level.

Right now I think he's something along the lines of Cleric 3/Barbarian 2.

I picked gnome because of the CON bonus, which helps with Rage.
Point buy a 14 con, +2con from gnome, +4con from Bear's Endurance, and +4con from rage. Lots of hp's!

eudas
DarkWarriorKarg
09-16-05, 11:01 AM There's a halfling subrace in Forgotten Realms that has Barbarian as its favored class. I suppose they'd operate by sneaking up to ambush with thrown weapons. Halflings get a bonus to sneakery and thrown weapons, and thrown weapons cheaply receive strength bonus to damage.

I suddenly get an image of halfling barbarians mounted on riding dogs chasing enemies through the forest, hacking them down with throwing axes.

That subrace is basically the elfquest elves. Telepathic to boot.
GroopaKoopa
09-16-05, 11:31 AM Belkar, Order of the Stick, 'nuff said.
CaoSlayer
09-16-05, 12:13 PM ghostwise halflings, nice subrace, they ever had a prestige class about slings.

also there are the feral halflings of Darksun, you know that something it is wrong in the setting when you realize that people are more afraid of halflings than from orcs.
nyysjan
09-16-05, 02:55 PM F*** the subraces
a normal PHB halfling can make a kick ass Barbarian without any multiclassing
Eberron campaign setting finaly shows halflings as something more than a mere comic relief
small size = +1 AC, +1 attack
high dex = +1 ac, +1 ranged attack
not to mention +4 to hide and other skill bonuses
now give him mounted combat feat reach weapon and dinosaur mount (Clawfoot from ECS) and he'll kick your half-orc barbarians ass so hard that you'll be searching him from the 12th moon (Eberron has twelve moons plus one hidden)
JonnyBot
09-16-05, 07:43 PM One of the players in my group is a halfling Frenzy Berserker Barbarian. Quite a dangerous combo.
SodaGuy
09-16-05, 09:17 PM OMG, yes. I'm doing it. But what to name to give this awesome little guy.
Gilgiga of the Hunt
09-16-05, 09:58 PM Having DMed one in Eberron, trust me. It works.
gamerd0rk
09-17-05, 02:20 AM He's so cute when he gets mad

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
t_mctwist 09-14-05, 12:27 AM	imagin a barbarian hafling :D that would be small i imagin haflings in a slaughter hahaha :eek:
Kohdok 09-14-05, 02:06 AM	I know, seeing that cute little munchkin wielding an axe his size and foaming at the mouth while babbling in a voice reminiscient of "Alvin and the Chipmunks". I can picture it. Now, how about a HALF-FEY halfling barbarian.
Tedly224 09-14-05, 02:08 AM	If it's Eberron setting, Halfling Barbarian for the win! Give the sucker one or more of the racial weapons, jack up ride and animal handling, and get on your bad dinosaur and ride!!! Or Halfling Paladin to experience some of the real wholesome goodness of a Holy Dinosaur steed.
Callista 09-14-05, 02:40 AM	Actually... it can work. Just think of a primitive hunter/archer sort. 1. Concentrate on Dexterity and Strength. With the Halfling DEX bonus, you can easily get them both decently high. 2. Get a compound bow, with your Rage strength bonus. Get another for your normal strength bonus. 3. Rage. Start slinging arrows. 4. Multiclass as Ranger (Archery) and/or take Archery-based feats. See? Not so silly after all...
Raxmei 09-14-05, 04:45 AM	There's a halfling subrace in Forgotten Realms that has Barbarian as its favored class. I suppose they'd operate by sneaking up to ambush with thrown weapons. Halflings get a bonus to sneakery and thrown weapons, and thrown weapons cheaply receive strength bonus to damage. I suddenly get an image of halfling barbarians mounted on riding dogs chasing enemies through the forest, hacking them down with throwing axes.
Phrennzy 09-14-05, 11:10 AM	Modern day pygmies will rape you with their jungle skills. You have been warned.
Nurgan_the_drunked 09-14-05, 11:22 AM	There's a halfling subrace in Forgotten Realms that has Barbarian as its favored class. I suppose they'd operate by sneaking up to ambush with thrown weapons. Halflings get a bonus to sneakery and thrown weapons, and thrown weapons cheaply receive strength bonus to damage. I suddenly get an image of halfling barbarians mounted on riding dogs chasing enemies through the forest, hacking them down with throwing axes. To me, the halfling barbarian is like this. Sneak right up to targer, next thing you know, GRRAAAARR!!! CHOP and your kneecaps are flying off. And replace your riding dogs with velociraptors and those are Talentan halflings in Eberron. I also think they're a good reason for monkey grip. Magic medium-sized weapons are much more common than large or small ones.
TheErsatzFacsimileOfMe 09-14-05, 11:59 AM	All I can say is: Max out Ride Take TWF, Monkey Grip and Oversized-TWF as quickly as humanly possible. It's like a portable, fast moving blender. :smirk:
Doopliss 09-14-05, 12:03 PM	Oh man, I think I have to use that as an NPC. ;)
TheErsatzFacsimileOfMe 09-14-05, 01:20 PM	All I can say is: Max out Ride Take TWF, Monkey Grip and Oversized-TWF as quickly as humanly possible. It's like a portable, fast moving blender. :smirk: I forgot to add "Ride-by Attack" in all my excitment.
Raxmei 09-14-05, 02:20 PM	I forgot to add "Ride-by Attack" in all my excitment. I don't understand how your fighting style is supposed to work. How does Ride-by Attack help a TWF user?
Doopliss 09-14-05, 03:13 PM	For extra fun, add hurricane attack to the equation.
psionichamster 09-14-05, 03:37 PM	want something nasty? halfling barbarian w/ IUS, IMP Grapple, armor spikes, and a decent str. high dex=tough to hit (for a barb) raging str + imp grapple (clever wrestling when you can) =uglyness max out hide, and you are set for a "leap from the trees, grab your head, and squash it into paste." for added fun use a str debilitating poison b4 engaging, and you're set namaste' the hamster
TheErsatzFacsimileOfMe 09-14-05, 03:44 PM	I don't understand how your fighting style is supposed to work. How does Ride-by Attack help a TWF user? Charge attack with no risk of an AoO? Oh, but you'd still only get one attack...nevermind. :embarrass Read the feat description too quickly. Alternately....Is there a feat for a "leaping charge" from the back of your mount? Just picture a Halfling dual weilding medium-sized short swords, screaming by on the back of his wolf and leaping off to attack (granted it would be a charge) and then taking multiple attacks on the following round.
UltimateReality 09-14-05, 11:32 PM	Modern day pygmies will rape you with their jungle skills. You have been warned. Phrennzy, I love the way you think. :evillaugh
Woas 09-15-05, 01:56 PM	I played a halfling barbarian once. He was pretty good actually... I roleplayed him having Napoleon Syndrome. I even took the -2 penalty to wield 'normal' (medium) sized weapons. All around a fun, viable character.
Draco Strang 09-15-05, 04:53 PM	Phrennzy, I love the way you think. :evillaugh Any sentence with the words "pygmy" and "rape" together is indicative of how disturbed its speaker is.
TheChilliGod 09-15-05, 05:02 PM	You know those tests that tell you what sort of character you were (I hate them so much!) One said I was a halfling barbarian. Our group constantly makes fun of halfling barbarians. Frothing at the mouth, wildly swinging a small greataxe, lopping people's lower legs off. It's right up there in things to mock with the half-orc bard!
=-Nonsensical-= 09-15-05, 05:17 PM	Modern day pygmies will rape you with their jungle skills. You have been warned. ROFL. Phrennzy, you just made my day. :)
UltimateReality 09-15-05, 09:04 PM	Any sentence with the words "pygmy" and "rape" together is indicative of how disturbed its speaker is. Precisely. I stand by my original comment. :)
Phrennzy 09-15-05, 09:59 PM	:thumbsup:
pres_man 09-15-05, 10:47 PM	Halfling barbarian with some rogue levels can be a quite frightening thing (barbarian and rogue have several abilities that mix well) also the speed increase is nice for halflings that are always way behind the group.
Gallameed 09-15-05, 11:01 PM	Feral halfling Barbarians are great! I wish I had one! :D Reminds me of Wildchild from the Age of Apocalypse (Alt reality X-men comics from years back). For those who dont know what I'm on about: You had this character called Sabretooth, who was this big seven foot tall walking wall of muscle and mean, a real bearish type (human barbarian) who had a rabid, hissing, spitting, dog-boy, "halfling" on a chain, he would throw the halfling at people and it would rake their poor little eyes into peeka-boo confetti! Those were the days... :)
eudas 09-16-05, 10:54 AM	I made a gnomish cleric/barbarian once, who turned out to be quite amusing. I started out with a gnome Cleric of Kord, an acolyte fresh out of cleric training, assigned a remote backwater tribe of gnomes to preach to (think missionaries tending to American Indians). He goes out there, and within a level or two, "goes native", and takes a Barbarian level. Right now I think he's something along the lines of Cleric 3/Barbarian 2. I picked gnome because of the CON bonus, which helps with Rage. Point buy a 14 con, +2con from gnome, +4con from Bear's Endurance, and +4con from rage. Lots of hp's! eudas
DarkWarriorKarg 09-16-05, 11:01 AM	There's a halfling subrace in Forgotten Realms that has Barbarian as its favored class. I suppose they'd operate by sneaking up to ambush with thrown weapons. Halflings get a bonus to sneakery and thrown weapons, and thrown weapons cheaply receive strength bonus to damage. I suddenly get an image of halfling barbarians mounted on riding dogs chasing enemies through the forest, hacking them down with throwing axes. That subrace is basically the elfquest elves. Telepathic to boot.
GroopaKoopa 09-16-05, 11:31 AM	Belkar, Order of the Stick, 'nuff said.
CaoSlayer 09-16-05, 12:13 PM	ghostwise halflings, nice subrace, they ever had a prestige class about slings. also there are the feral halflings of Darksun, you know that something it is wrong in the setting when you realize that people are more afraid of halflings than from orcs.
nyysjan 09-16-05, 02:55 PM	F*** the subraces a normal PHB halfling can make a kick ass Barbarian without any multiclassing Eberron campaign setting finaly shows halflings as something more than a mere comic relief small size = +1 AC, +1 attack high dex = +1 ac, +1 ranged attack not to mention +4 to hide and other skill bonuses now give him mounted combat feat reach weapon and dinosaur mount (Clawfoot from ECS) and he'll kick your half-orc barbarians ass so hard that you'll be searching him from the 12th moon (Eberron has twelve moons plus one hidden)
JonnyBot 09-16-05, 07:43 PM	One of the players in my group is a halfling Frenzy Berserker Barbarian. Quite a dangerous combo.
SodaGuy 09-16-05, 09:17 PM	OMG, yes. I'm doing it. But what to name to give this awesome little guy.
Gilgiga of the Hunt 09-16-05, 09:58 PM	Having DMed one in Eberron, trust me. It works.
gamerd0rk 09-17-05, 02:20 AM	He's so cute when he gets mad