can Karlack wear better armor

[Viper]

Do Barbarians get debuffs for wearing heavy armor

[Orion Invictus]

Yes, they do. Read the description of the class.

[Sentient_Toaster]

Even if Karlach gets proficiency in heavy armor, wearing heavy armor removes most of the benefits of Rage, as well as disallowing Fast Movement.

[GrandMajora]

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Yes, they do. Read the description of the class.

Depends on their stats. Unarmored Defense only kicks in if you're not wearing any armor at all.

Even then, it caps out at an AC of only 18, and that's IF you decide to fixate on boosting up your Dex and Con (or Dex and Wis for Monks).

Heavy Armor is not affected by Dex bonus, but it also has a higher AC than 18, meaning you can get better defense out of wearing it.

[Viper]

Yes not easy to find. There is no summary of the Barbarian class In the notable Features list is the skill Unarmored Defense which stated Heavy Armor removes all positive effects of rage. Medium armor is okay however.

[Sammich]

Heavy armor is bad for Barbarians but there's plenty of good medium armor to choose from.

[von Langen]

My Karlach has 22 AC by Act 3. All light gear is appropriate for the barbarian class, and also 20 agility (stamina is only 16, so I could redistribute points and get a total of 24 AC). And bear rage reduces all damage taken by 2 times. So, look for gear, combine it correctly, - as well as character skills, - and you will have an invincible barbarian.

Look[ibb.co].

P.S. It is worth completely giving up points in the Strength skill to spend them on Dexterity or Endurance, compensating for the lack of strength with the "Elixir of Hill Giant Strength"

"Bracers of Defence" can be found in Act 1 in the Blighted Village. I still use "The Graceful Cloth" as armor (sells Lady Esther).

P.P.S. Pardon for "unoriginal" names of objects/skills etc., write from memory. English is not my native language). I think you got the gist anyway.

[GrandMajora]

Originally posted by von Langen:

P.S. It is worth completely giving up points in the Strength skill to spend them on Dexterity or Endurance, compensating for the lack of strength with the "Elixir of Hill Giant Strength"

In act 3, you can get access to both an amulet and a pair of gauntlets that effectively max out your CON and STR respectively.

Between the gauntlets and the potions, Strength is surprisingly the 'dump stat' for this game, where as it would otherwise be Intelligence for tabletop players.

[von Langen]

Originally posted by GrandMajora:

Originally posted by von Langen:

P.S. It is worth completely giving up points in the Strength skill to spend them on Dexterity or Endurance, compensating for the lack of strength with the "Elixir of Hill Giant Strength"

In act 3, you can get access to both an amulet and a pair of gauntlets that effectively max out your CON and STR respectively.

Between the gauntlets and the potions, Strength is surprisingly the 'dump stat' for this game, where as it would otherwise be Intelligence for tabletop players.

I understand these are items from "House of Hope". I haven't gotten there yet, so I'll compensate for the lack of parameters with elixirs).

In any case, I have already found my own effective "formula" for the barbarian.

[Simbolic]

Think can still wear light and medium armor which decreases armor benefits of that class. Though heavy armor will make it so she cannot use rage.

[Sir. Foxford]

Just respec her or give her some good medium armor, with some decent medium armor she can have higher AC then if she was wearing heavy armor.

[Wolfherz]

Yes. First step is killing Karlach and getting a really good robe from Mizora for the deed. Getting a nice sword for trading her head and avoiding a fight is also pretty fun. Both choices far outweigh everything else Karlach can possibly do.

[von Langen]

Originally posted by Wolfherz:

Yes. First step is killing Karlach and getting a really good robe from Mizora for the deed. Getting a nice sword for trading her head and avoiding a fight is also pretty fun. Both choices far outweigh everything else Karlach can possibly do.

What nonsense. This robe is not worth a cool berserker (especially Karlach), and instead of it you can wear something else for the time being.

[FunkyMonkey]

I always have her wear medium armor with 14 DEX. I find limiting her to unarmoured defense is worse unless you use potions etc. With unarmoured defense you can't use any gear that has armour type, so for example the helmet that gives WIS saves, can't use. Legacy of Masters, can't use. I rather give her crit immunity (medium armor), WIS saves (light helmet) and Legacy of Masters, which is effectively the same as +4 STR.