Tanks are wonderful I will bestow upon your Barb a two handed fine steel sword hehe... then you will be able to deliver some damage.... find you guild leader for the warrior guild in the pit of doom(Thats what its called hehe) and give him the note you start with.. then right click on him and he will give you some free practice points..( you get five per lvl) put them all in two hand slash... you get access to new skills as you raise in lvls..
I think at lvl13 you get duel wield.. then you might want to take up two one hand slash weapons.. but till then you will deal alot of damage with a two hand sword ehe
Also wander around Halas for a bit and find the Banker( gives you a place to store stuff. an extra eight slots for Backpacks and items) also stores coin... your guild leader and trainers( the trainers will sometimes have quests for you) Then take the raft across the little lake and goto everfrost... there you will go down a ramp and find small Gnolls and Gobbies to kill.. I am waiting for my wife to goto her parents before getting on... she says I play too much heh