So, earlier I mentioned Dex Barbs as a thing that you could sort of do, but were hampered by some features being hardwired to Strength. That discussion did make me notice, though, that when launching BG3 the tooltips for Rage and Reckless Attack did not specify melee attacks 'using Strength'.

In the name of science, then, I rolled up Dex, a Strongheart Halfling Barbarian with 8 Strength and 16 Dexterity. First findings, a rapier's attack accuracy with and without Reckless Attack:

("Reckless Attack")

Without:
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With:
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As you can see, the accuracy shot up. Reckless Attack would, it seems, appear to work with Dexterity-based attacks.

Second test: attack a few times with a dagger while Raging. With 16 Dexterity, a dagger should do at maximum 7 damage (4+3). If I could have an attack higher, that would indicate Rage bonus damage worked with it:

("Rage Damage")

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An 8!

What does this mean? Well, honestly, going Dex-based still loses you Barb's natural synergy for big ol' heavy weapons and Great Weapon Master. Hell, part of the appeal of Barbarian is probably being able to throw enemies around with impunity. But, assuming it's not patched out or altered to match PHB, for now it seems the Dexterity Barbarian can more or less be. Thought people might find it interesting.

Last edited by Lavaeolus; 16/02/22 08:05 AM.