Variant Barbarian Build

[ZatarRufus]

BTW, this is a variant, not a build.

Build: A strategy for assigning one's skill and stat points and equipping one's character.

Variant: A certain set of optional "rules" followed to make the game more interesting, to pose a challenge or to improve roleplaying aspects.

Thanks. I do prefer to use the proper terminology. Would it be more correct to say a 'Variant Barbarian Style'?

I'd thought 'build' as the second phase of this adventure has the 'variant' restriction that all stat points go into vitality. Allocation of skill points will be standard with the exception that War Cry is not allowed. My character can use any of the special weapons (Wirt's Leg, the Horadric Malus, etc.) or the original axe. All other equipable items are only restricted by the need of strength and dexterity modifiers such as item attributes and charms. Also allowed are weapons with passive charges. By this I mean Dim Vision, Life Tape, and such for use on the weapons switch.

A new question: Is it possible to find an item with +Taunt or +Leap which my character could use before gaining any experience?

The real difficulty so far has been the chokepoints in the Underground Passage. I lost several characters there due to getting surrounded and unable to move. I don't use the Save & Exit option except in town, however, a town portal out of that kind of mess has occassionally worked. Hence my ninth attempt at this lunacy.

BTW, my character's name is Nugis_Armatus.