Twinkage: Warrior Advice

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Awesome guys, thanks for all the info so far! I suppose when I first posted this, I had a conflict of ideas in the back of my mind. My warrior friend does have the two obsidian shards, I think I was going back and forth as I wrote this about what's ideal at level 1 vs what would be ideal pre-raid at level 50.

All the repsonses have left me with a few questions though.

1) Comparing earrings: Is the Golden Black Sapphire (25hp) actually better than the Diamondine (2ac, 12hp, 3str)? It comes down to 13hp vs 2ac and 3str...my inexperienced melee mind would say the extra ac alone is worth that small amount of hp. But that's why I'm here, to talk to the pros!

2) I was wrong about the neck...thought he was using the Runed Lava Pendant I'd given him..but he has a Golden Opal Amulet (9STA, 6AGI). What's the conversion of Stamina to HP at level 1? And 50? I imagine it's low enough that the Black Sapphire with the 55hp is superior at level 1, but is the 55hp still more than the 9 stamina would give at level 50? Just curious which he'll end up with when all is said and done.

3) I admit I hadn't considered AC and Dex as highly as it seems I should have. With that in mind, my friend rolled a barbarian (I tried to talk him into Ogre, but he wouldn't listen to reason). Right now his Dexterity is 70, and he's equipped with everything I mentioned in the OP. For now i will have him use crafted vambraces instead of the mithril arms, get a grotesque mask, replace the hero bracer with another granite, and drop the hooded black cloak for a cloak of shadows. Is there anything else specifically I should swap to make him a more efficient tank now/later?