Everyone ' s talking about the bong and I ' m just thinking , man , let me help you with your steak marks . <| sep |> I ' d recommend Abjuration or Enchantment wizard Bear , or Eagle totem . Abjuration wizard will let you be as aggressive as you want , and you keep the temporary hit points while raging . Enchantment wizard gives you a charm spell like ability that you can use while raging . Bear totem lets you be better at things barbarians are already good at , taking less damage and doing strong people things . Eagle totem gives you great mobility and the level 7 path feature does interesting things with spell sniper and dark vision . ~~ You can ' t cast wizard spells with a material component without an arcane focus so two handed weapons will be clunky to make work . One one handed weapon or two weapon fighting will both work well . ~~ Any weapon setup is manageable , take what you like . It ' s worth noting that a quarterstaff is both an arcane implement and a strength based weapon . If you don ' t use medium armor you lose 10 ft of movement from a barbarian feature . You probably won ' t want to use a shield because you can ' t cast spells with material components or somatic components while using a shield and a weapon unless you have the war caster feat . Starting Wizard gives you proficiency in wisdom saving throws and more wizardy skills , starting Barbarian gives you proficiency in constitution saving throws and perception , so the decision there is up to you . I ' d personally start Barbarian .