Re: Barbarian with more then 20000 life. How?
Assuming 255 points in Vitality, and all +life and +vitality is added to your total and then the percentage life bonus is calculated, you can get to around 15.4k. This also assumes the very best possible items and spawns of uniques/runewords. To get more than 20k life with this set up you would need to have 445 or more in vitality.
Helm: Shako: +2 all skills, +2 vitality, +148.5 life
Armour: Enigma: +2 all skills, +5% life
Right: BEAST: +3 Werebear, +3 Lycanthropy
Left: HOTO: +3 all skills, +45% life (Oak Sage)
Belt: Crafted Belt: +120 life
Gloves: Crafted gloves: +60 life
Boots: Waterwalk: +65 Life
Amulet: Echoing Amulet Of the Whale: +3 Barbarian Warcries, +100 Life
Ring1: Bul Kathos Wedding Band: +1 all skills, 49.5 life
Ring2: Bul Kathos Wedding Band: +1 all skills, 49.5 life
Switch: 2x BotD (+60 vitality)
Inventory:
9x Grand charm: +1 Barbarian Warcries, +50 Life
1x Perfect Annihilus: +1 all skills, +20 vitality
1x Perfect Hellfire Torch: +3 Barbarian Warcries, +20 Vitality
10x Small Charm: +20 Life
The 15k is calculated included the lvl 4 Oak Sage from HotO. Using a lvl 30 Oak Sage instead boosts it to 19k, but that would require being in a party with a Druid. Partying with the Druid and putting all your available points into Vitality would give you a massive 26,476 life. Of course, putting all your points into vitality may mean you are lacking in the strength needed to equip some of the items listed.
So, in short: possible yes, plausible no.