#DD 5E BARBARIAN TOTEMS HOMEBREW MOD#
#DD 5E BARBARIAN TOTEMS HOMEBREW MODS#

A breastplate with +2 Dex is 16 AC, which means we should really just use the armor unless we can get our combined Dex and Con mods to 7 or higher. We have to devote a lot to Dex and Con in order to get better than the medium armor which we already have among our defensive options as a barbarian.

#DD 5E BARBARIAN TOTEMS HOMEBREW MOD#

Unarmored defense gives us a better base AC equal to 10 + Dex mod + Con mod so long as we’re not wearing armor. Not a deal breaker but be aware there's a limit. Normally barbarians don't care how many 'rages' they have as there's more than enough, but with only a dip we're likely only raging 2-3 times per day. The kicker for us is that we can’t do any of our warlock spellcasting while we’re in our rage.

This still stands as possibly the best defensive buff in the game.

As a bonus action you can “go into a rage” to gain advantage on strength checks and saves, extra rage damage in melee combat, and perhaps most useful of all you gain resistance to each physical damage type, including bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage. This is the core reason you’d want to multiclass anything with barbarian. The barbarian has the largest hit dice in the game, and it shouldn't come as a surprise that more hit points is a motivation to take levels in the class. The more involved build requires 5 warlock levels and 3 barbarian levels, so we won’t be seeing it in real action until level 8 and won't feel powerful until about 10th level.īarbarian and warlock features do not line up that well but with some clever decision making we can make the warlock barbarian multiclass work for us. If we’re only going for a dip of either class, we’re looking at level 2 or 3 for a “kick in”. The warlock barbarian multiclass can go a couple ways and the answer to this question varies quite a bit depending on which class is our core class.

When Does a Barbarian + Warlock “Kick In”? A multiclassed character always loses out on some of the effective level power of a single-class character for more versatility. This is not a value build where you’re able to mix and match features to work together, this is a gimmick build that’s still likely not worth it but is technically feasible.Īnd as with every multiclassed character, you lose out on the capstone features of a single-class character like those gained at 19th level or 20th level. We're also definitely locked into martial characters (mostly) as our spellcasting is literally turned off while we're in rage.ĭND 5e Warlock is also fine as a martial class already, so it's not like barbarian is making up for some horrible deficiencies in melee combat. It’s not impossible to play this combination but you’ll be very locked into a couple specific options.

We’re going to have to scrape the bottom of the barrel to get some actual synergies here. And access to spells is usually what you'd take levels in spellcasting classes for. The issue is mainly the barbarian’s rage, which specifically prohibits you from casting spells or concentrating on spells while raging. The barbarian warlock multiclass is arguably the least synergistic combination of 5e classes with only barbarian/wizard competing for it. Playing this multiclass is a game of dips, and you get quite a bit of value for a very small level commitment. With just two levels of warlock dnd you gain 2 spell slots to use every short rest, 2 invocations, and the 1st level feature of a patron. With just one level of barbarian dnd you become significantly more durable with barbarian rage and unarmored defense.

DND warlock multiclass combinations are already easy to flip into a battle ready damage dealer like the martial classes and a frothing rage monster sworn to an otherworldly patron is a fun character concept. Even one level dip in dnd barbarian or warlock can be a major asset and that’s just not the case with most classes. Even more so than cleric levels for channel divinity, rogue levels, or the old level of fighter dip. Both barbarians and warlocks are very common multiclassed character picks in 5th edition since they both get so much of what makes their class tick in the first few levels.

Dd 5e barbarian totems homebrew