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#1 dr_mikeymike Oct 29, 2009 19:50:15	Hello again, people!  The feedback on my last post was great so I thought I'd go ahead and ask again.  One thing that I thought would be interesting would be a Barbarian/Ranger combo.  If am thinking that a composite long bow would be the primary weapon.  The perks, of course, would be the increased mobility (similar armor requirements are synergistic in this regard), higher skill points and a favored enemy (if Ranger is taken at lvl 1), and higher hp/damage resistance (at higher barbarian lvls).  Raging might come in handy if all of the sudden my guy finds himself in close-combat Some things that may complicate this, however, is the fact that he would be pretty DEX intensive and raging really only effects his str.  Originally, I was thinking fighter and putting the guy in heavy armor.  The numerous perks that a fighter gets would also be nice.  Another thing I was thinking of was taking a few lvls of fighter in the Barb/Ranger build just for the extra perks, but I dunno.  Anyways, I am curious as to the thoughts and opinions that you guys may have!
#2 pyro_azer Oct 29, 2009 20:24:06	About the dex issue there is a barbarian varient in dragon mag 330 (but also on crystalkeep.com) that gives you an abilty called resilient rage. The biggest difference between this and rage is it gives you +4 dex,+4 con instead of +4 str, +4 con. This would help out your problems with MAD.
#3 deoxhydroxinate Oct 29, 2009 20:32:33	Ranger and Barb are both classes really good for dipping, unless of course, you plan on doing some sort of Swift Hunter action.  I'd steer clear from taking many levels in those classes, unless you have to.
#4 toryn Oct 29, 2009 22:07:01	You could go mystic ranger (dragon 336 and crystal keep) combined with the wildshape variant from Unearthed Arcana.