A few questions about Barbarians:

[Klorox]

1)Does their STR bonus while Raging stack with other STR bonuses (potions, Bull's Strength spells, ect.)?

2)Does their speed bonus apply while wearing heavy armor (I can't find anywhere in the rulebook saying it doesn't, but I know in D&D 3e they should slow down to normal speed in heavy armor)?

3) When a rage ends, and your CON drops, can you die (or will the game leave you at 1 HP)?

[dragon wench]

Klorox,
next time just edit your post and insert the additional question/comment there.
Your post above has been modified accordingly.

Thanks!

[Siberys]

Not sure about IWD2, but for normal third edition rules-

1- Yes, they stack. Rage gives a nameless bonus to strength, and potions give enhancement bonuses to strength, and in DND, different types of bonuses always stack.

2-No, there speed bonus only applies in light or medium armor.

3-No, the rage bonus to con is temporary hit points. So, for example, lets say you have 50 hit points and rage gives you 10 more hit points. This is treated as 60 out of 50 hit points, not 60 out of 60. This means that once rage ends, you suffer no damage to hit points whatsoever (like if you've been attacked and are at 10 hit points left, you won't lose those ten hit points, the temporary hit points were already depleted and no longer have any effect).


As said, this is just for normal rules, I have no idea how it applies in Icewind Dale. I would bet that the first two are correct though, as if they have the capability of making monks lose all there bonuses when they wear armor, they can have that same penalty for fast movement and barbarians wearing heavy armor. And IIRC, there are no stacking rules in IWD, so anything stacks with anything (though I could be wrong, I haven't played the game in years).

[Klorox]

Originally Posted by dragon wench

Klorox,
next time just edit your post and insert the additional question/comment there.
Your post above has been modified accordingly.

Thanks!

Sorry, but what difference does it make? It's not like I was bumping my thread since it was still the top one.

[Siberys]

Originally Posted by Klorox

Sorry, but what difference does it make? It's not like I was bumping my thread since it was still the top one.

You were creating unnecessary extra space when you could use the edit function.

[Klorox]

What's funny is that you're serious.

Thanks for the help though.

[Claudius]

I haven't played for awhile but I certainly have different beliefs about number one than those listed. You might want to test to make sure.

1 - I found that rage didn't stack with Bull's Strength. I don't know about items. I still found the rage useful as I usually buffed the barb with champions strength and I would use all the rages when CS wore off. But if the barb has bull's strength its kind of redundant.

2 - I agree with the heavy speed not working. I tested this with foot races.

3 - I have no idea

[Klorox]

I tested the STR bonus from Rage with spells also, and it didn't work for me either.

I'm about to help out a certain mindflayer, so I'll be testing this out soon and letting y'all know.