[baalzy]

My experience as a necro, go STR.

I'm not trolling you. I 100% in all seriousness would have gone 20str/10 int or something along those lines if I knew then what I know now.

And the main reason is for hauling loot, I'd be higher level and have more platinum if I'd gone with 20-25 points of str at character creation. Maximum mana don't mean a thang when you regenerate 40+ mana a tick. But being able to haul around 5-6 more high price weapons or a few hundred more coins is invaluable, especially as a non-twink.

As far as the rogue goes, barbarians have HUGE starting str. Even with no points in str from the start you'll be stronger then any other race except for a dwarf that put 25 into str. As long as you put points in either str or sta you probably won't regret it. I do recommend sta over str though, I have a wood elf warrior twink (75 base str) which has 147 str in equipment that took me ~3 days to farm on my necro, I could get it higher too if I wanted to sacrifice AC. All of this equipment is usable by a rogue too, which would put you at 200str if you went all-str on a barb rogue. Throw in the equipment a warrior wouldn't wear and a rogue would and you'd probably be sitting at 220 str, unbuffed, before planar gear.

With that in mind, make your own decision. You don't really get a whole lot out of the sta until way later in the game, and even then it's marginal, but with equipment and shammy buffs you'll max out 255 str easily anyways.