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You smash them over and over, you absolutely wreck anything they need to concentrate on, you get to smash them more as they cast, you have adv on the spell saves they cast against you, they cant get away from you more than once or twice - if at all. The beauty is, you take half damage and have massive HP, but you become the biggest pest for an enemy ever. I like to start with Bear, pick up Mage Slayer+Sentinel That's a lot more than a Bear Barbarian would do.This poster makes some great points, but im a big Totem barb fan and ill make the counter-case.Īs the poster above me noted, AG is good. Even if that means blowing Misty Step, or if that means provoking 2 OA's. If Strahd was hit by an Ancestral Guardian with 50 movement speed, every turn, I'd imagine Strahd would do everything he could to kill that pest. That's a lot more than a Bear Barbarian would do. And just like how the Bear Barbarian wants to make himself a target (via Sentinel and damage), the Ancestral Guardian wants to make himself LESS of a target. An Ancestral Guardian Barbarian is only worth it if everyone else is going to be attacked. See, a Bear Barbarian is only worth it if he's the only one that's going to be attacked. You don't need to make a melee attack to activate your AG features. You can still maintain Reach with whips and have a higher AC, or you can even start tossing Javelins for some long-range support.

Dual Wielder: Barbarians do surprisingly well with two weapons, due to their Rage bonus.

The Bonus Action attack also helps, as it means you can get a hit in without needing to make it Reckless (meaning you last longer through the fight).

Polearm Master: Similar to Mobile, the extra 5 feet range means you don't need to move as much (so you only need 20 feet where you'd normally need 30).

The boss has to make a choice of losing their positioning, provoking Opportunity Attacks from your allies, using an AoE to include you and only hit half the party, or attack the party for half damage and Disadvantage.

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Mobile: The extra mobility, plus your unarmored movement, means you'll be able to Reckless Attack an enemy for high accuracy, then run beside your team.

AG also requires no save, so as long as you can continue to do this, it'll stay effective against any boss, no matter how tough. YOU become the path of least resistance, so make it so that the target you afflict has no choice but to either spend a lot of resources/damage to attack you, or attack your allies for almost worthless damage. With your Rage, you are less tanky than a Wizard with Shield while being protected from your Ancestral Guardian feature. That sounds a bit crazy, but here's what it boils down to: So you need to provide some incentive for enemies to attack your allies. That being said, the Ancestral Guardian doesn't do anything if enemies are already going to be attacking you. In fact, I believe a properly played Ancestral Guardian is a better addition to the team than a Bear Barbarian. a more general tank (Bear Totem) is the fact that it makes your allies much more unlikable targets. Im willing to hear advice on anything else as well. Human (I know there are probably better feats in a vacuum for tanking, but GWM is a huge increase in DPR, which means shorter combats overall)

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Race Choice (Do the features from something like Goliath or Half Orc outweigh the free feat at level 1?) I am wondering about a few things, such as Skills: Athletics, Insight, Intimidation, Perception, Survival Human Barbarian 3 (Path of the Ancestral Guardian) I know that Zealot's radiant damage would be useful in this campaign, but while I want to do damage, I don't want to sacrifice good tanking class features like the Ancestral Guardian gives. That said, since I want to be a tank in the more traditional sense of supporting the group by enticing enemies to attack me instead, I am leaning toward Ancestral Guardian more than Bear. I picked Barbarian because I wanted to be the tank for the group. I have decided on Barbarian for my upcoming Curse of Strahd game, Im joining at level 3.