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5 months ago ::
Jan 01, 2013 - 10:11PM
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A dragonborn barbarian|cleric hybrid could work out ok (possibly with Hybrid Talent: Thaneborn Triumph), if your friend prefers barbarian powers to avenger ones. No ranged option, though, outside certain items.
Hybrid talent for Thaneborn Triumph is kind of a wasted feat. He would be much better off with Rageblood Vigor or Channel Divinity.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 01, 2013 - 10:48PM
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Thank you for your replies!
I get the impression that the furious, berserking intensity of the Barbarian driven by a divine power might be what's tickling his imaginative process. Which is why I thought the Avenger would be a good alternative. The fluff difference between the Avenger and Invoker that stands out, I suppose, is the Invoker's more personal/close relationship with his god (rather than the social, religious initiation that Avengers/Clerics/Paladins generally gain their powers through). "You, however, channel your god's power directly. No mere symbol can contain it, for you speak the words of creation, shaping the universe to your and your god's will." I think that's some appealing fluff. Although, all of this doesn't leave a lot of character explanation for the primal power source of the barbarian.
He likes the idea of being a striker in combat, but also of channeling divine energy and being able to call it down upon his enemies from afar when necessary. Sounds like an Avenger with an Invoker mulitclass? 
Sounds like a refluffed Sorcerer or Warlock (Star Pact with a Divine MC)
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5 months ago ::
Jan 02, 2013 - 7:13AM
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A lot of combinations besides the one he picked can work. Str/wis cleric barbarain is one of your better options with rageblood as your hybrid talent option. Take a couple of the cleric reaction implement encounter powers like deaths call and maybe an at will like icon of fear. And some of the cleric dailies will work well since the barbarian dailies lag a bit at higher levels. You could even mc invoker and get a little out of that.
Str/cha and thaneborn talent works, but its not quite what your player would want and all the cleric strength ranged powers are pretty bad.
Avenger mc invoker works and so does a regular barbarian mc avenger. Or barbarian/cleric mc avenger.
Barbarian/paladin hybrid also works. Hybrid talent for paladin armor for plate mail and then go str/wis or str/cha. Str/wis works well and can mc invoker, but str/cha will let you take the good paladin implement powers that work at range and are often immediates.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 02, 2013 - 8:41AM
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The fluff difference between the Avenger and Invoker that stands out, I suppose, is the Invoker's more personal/close relationship with his god (rather than the social, religious initiation that Avengers/Clerics/Paladins generally gain their powers through). "You, however, channel your god's power directly. No mere symbol can contain it, for you speak the words of creation, shaping the universe to your and your god's will." I think that's some appealing fluff. Although, all of this doesn't leave a lot of character explanation for the primal power source of the barbarian.
The thing is, you can use that Invoker fluff on anything. You could be a straight Barbarian and just say that your power is channeled from your diety. Getting hung up on fluff is never helpful to making a character. The best path is to decide how you want to fight mechanically and then pick and choose fluff to make it cool. There are of course limits, but in a case like this where the issue is the completely non-mechnical issue of "where my awesome comes from," you can literally make up anything for any class and it can work.
If he just wants to smash things and only occassionally call down divine wrath, you don't even have to hybrid. You can grab a power from a theme like Ordained Priest. Or just take some of the AOE thunder-type barbarian powers and fluff them as speaking those awesome words of creation. I really can't stress enough though that Invokers in no way have exclusive rights to that fluff. WotC just wanted to make a Cleric that fills the controller role and tweaked the fluff to make it seem different.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 02, 2013 - 10:32PM
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Thank you to everyone for your help! I have shared this with my friend and it looks like he's going to try a Barbarian/Cleric (warpriest) hybrid (definitely passed on your specifics, GelatinousOctahedron). You make an excellent point about fluff, Scatterbrained. It will definitely serve him in the long run. 
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