Introducing D&D's Monk: Way of the Drunken Master In Xanathar's Guide To Everything

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@Troommate 6 жыл бұрын

I like the Idea of all the developers in a room watching a load of old kung-fu films and people walking past like what???

@Nerdarchy 6 жыл бұрын

Troommate sup dude! Nerdarchist Dave

@Troommate 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Nerdarchist Dave Keeping up to date :D

@Nerdarchy 6 жыл бұрын

Oh yea hill dwarf drunken master! Nerdarchist Dave

@Xorgrim 5 жыл бұрын

I am doing one. I imagine, his unarmed strikes can come in as a hit with the beer belly. Beer belly bounce of doom.

@AsheandCinders 6 жыл бұрын

Me: I am so Making a Tabaxi Drunken Master Mike: I'm sure someone will make a Tabaxi Drunken Master, just to like maximize the chaos they can bring to a game. Say what you will about Mike, he knows his playerbase

@mfcRogue 6 жыл бұрын

Yup as soon as I saw the leaked documents and Drunken Master I instantly wanted to play it with Tabaxi

@13krg 3 жыл бұрын

I thought I was original lmao

@pranakhan 6 жыл бұрын

I just wanted to say, as a martial artist, I appreciate your description and understanding of the Drunken Master BETTER than any practitioners explanation I've heard. You nailed it right on the head, well done.

@mega17 6 жыл бұрын

That's probably because they're catering to fantasy and accessibility. For real martial arts application, it'll always be more complicated.

@Shaso1000 6 жыл бұрын

Drunken boxing isn't a real martial arts it's more of a dance / meditation thing. Even kung fu looked down on it and that's another style that'll get your ass kicked against anyone who knows how too fight.

@GarrettKingdom 4 жыл бұрын

@@Shaso1000 Kung Fu is a branch of martial arts, with multiple styles within it. There are styles of Kung Fu that are far from useless in a fight (although yes, a lot of them are relatively useless).

@heinwilliamrich 6 жыл бұрын

Made a high-elf drunken master who uses his mage hand cantrip to steal liquor. XD

@finnianquail8881 6 жыл бұрын

william heinrich Look over there! *STEALS IDEA*

@floopthevolcano2330 6 жыл бұрын

Well that's interesting...hmm well I mean that's, LOOK MISDIRECTION! *STEALS IDEA

@alineoliveirasilva54 6 жыл бұрын

william heinrich im a wood elf with a background of making wine KD

@fiendishmia506 5 жыл бұрын

“We’re gonna give you what you want because it’s your game”. Blizzard take notes

@Crouza 6 жыл бұрын

4:53 "Someones throwing their big attack at you and you just redirect it back at them." Mada Mada.

@manchld 5 жыл бұрын

But according to the rules you can't redirect an attack back on the attacker themselves. If they had allowed that I would have considered playing this subclass.

@DungeonDad 6 жыл бұрын

Yes! Such a fun archetype. Fun fact, drunken boxing is actually a real style. Check it out. There are some crazy clips out there.

@jsizzlesaurusrex 6 жыл бұрын

Dungeon Dad if only it was a good martial art

@huntermcintosh8173 6 жыл бұрын

Bo Rai Cho for the win

@Nerdarchy 6 жыл бұрын

jsizzlesaurusrex good is relative. When it's someone who's trained a long time style ceases to matter. My buddy teaches wing chung and has been told by many mma fighters that doesn't work. After a short demonstration they generally end up asking if he's taken new students. Nerdarchist Dave

@renoblevg5375 5 жыл бұрын

@@conorfoster2337 most styles of defense end up not working in sport fighting because, get this, there are rules

@renoblevg5375 5 жыл бұрын

@@conorfoster2337 I'm in the military, our martial training is not that impressive. I wish we learned Krav Maga and BJJ. Yes, a lot of martial arts and self defense practitioners don't do well in fights, especially in sport fighting, but this is because there's a lack of sparring (since the techniques are for defense, not sport) and because of the RULES when the do try to use it sport fighting or try to spar. It's difficult to spar with these types of fighting styles especially when they're dangerous, it's not like in the old days where if you spar, and die it's an oh well situation, if it happens then you gotta do legal work to not be in trouble

@JakeB7734 6 жыл бұрын

Jar Jar Binks is a drunken master

@rayclawicefire2503 6 жыл бұрын

get the dwarves ready boys

@msanta1984 5 жыл бұрын

Dwarf drunken master monk with dwarven fortitude feat. With patient defence you can dodge and heal yourself and you should roleplay it like dwarf sips some booze while dodging attacks. Hilarious consepts IMHO :D

@asdrubalvect6328 5 жыл бұрын

@@msanta1984 Not just that, you're getting Drunk on Dwarven Beer, which has the same proof as Vodka.

@karlniarb 6 жыл бұрын

"Someone's gonna play a Tabaxi (Drunken Master Monk)" *Slowly raises hand* I play a Tabaxi Drunken Master Monk who has a pirate background. Basically Jack Sparrow.

@zachukens1307 6 жыл бұрын

Today is the day you almost caught captain Cat Sparrow

@thelast749 6 жыл бұрын

Dood SAME, except it's a human

@asdrubalvect6328 5 жыл бұрын

You're /mad./

4 жыл бұрын

I play a Tabaxi Drunken Monk with a background as an actor! While he was training he had a Theater Troupe with his colleagues and other friends. A drunken Kung Fu former actor kitty.

@DarthMeesa 5 жыл бұрын

I'm running a drunken master monk who is a hafling with the lucky feat. Let the the chaos begin

@animepuffinmaster5467 6 жыл бұрын

Ayyyyy, there it is! This is gonna be awesome to play

@crazedl3mmings 6 жыл бұрын

Sad to see the Tranquility Monk get no love.

@Crouza 6 жыл бұрын

To be fair, it had the ability to get an almost broken level of AC.

@huntermcintosh8173 6 жыл бұрын

that was redemption pally, with the 15 base ac plus dex and you get shield, Tranquility monk has the free sanctuary spell every minute the better-than-pally lay on hands, advantage on persuasion checks to council peace, the ability to stop a person from fighting, and a bonus to damage as the capstone

@robbiehussey4723 6 жыл бұрын

Yes! Now I'll be able to play a Tortle Monk with the Way of the Drunken Master. Chaos with a tough shell.

@talongreenlee7704 3 жыл бұрын

Strength based Tortle monks are really cool. Being able to reflect damage as well gives me this mental image of a spikey shell like Bowser.

@redoryx1872 6 жыл бұрын

Finally a monk subclass video!! :D

@msanta1984 5 жыл бұрын

@timothyferguson8333 6 жыл бұрын

HELL YEAH!!!! THANK YOU!!

@johnsonwhitman1687 6 жыл бұрын

DM's worst nightmare. Tabaxi Multiclassed as Drunken Master and Bard.

@Telleryn 6 жыл бұрын

The iron fist series had a great drunken master monk in one episode (regardless of how you feel about the series overall). Also the idea of using other ppls attacks against them would work really well multiclassed with an oath of redemption paladin perhaps (though yuo'd have to be rather high level to make it work)

@darkblade190 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to see the designers looking to the playerbase for inspiration. I know this is a bit late, but I would love to see a more pugilistic monk tradition, with less mystic trappings and fisticuffs. I have an AL Barb/Open Hand Monk, with lots of reflavoring that scratches this concept (Stunning strike is a haymaker, Open Hand's prone ability is sweeping the legs, etc) but I'd like to see an official take on the concept. And, I would love to see some mechanical support for a strength-based monk that doesn't rely on the barbarian class and belts of giant strength to be viable.

@BoaConstuctor 6 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

@UndeadGary 6 жыл бұрын

As someone who has never watched old martial art movies I didn't really appreciate the way they went with the drunken master subclass since I was wanting something more akin to an old drunken master prestige class in 3.5 that had it's abilities fueled by intoxication with like a fire burp if I remember correctly. Pretty much you were playing Bacchus. This video has opened my eyes to this more traditional drunken master fighting style and the niche it fulfills so I'm looking forward to giving it a shot now and will go back and re look over the unearthed arcana and see what I can come up with. Love these insider videos keep them up! Still going to homebrew a subclass powered by alcohol but I think I'll either make it a cleric domain so I can direcrly worship Bacchus or make it a barbarian path of drunken recklessness, say the alcohol numbs my pain while raging as a more thematic explanation of rage resistances and undying rage.

@bardssinisterstories2607 4 жыл бұрын

I made a Tabaxi Drunken Master named Garfield. He hates monday's and is on a quest to save his friends Jon and Odie from the Dark Lord Nermal.

@SirMethos 6 жыл бұрын

It would be cool to see a Bardic type of monk. The "performance" skill allows for physical types of performance, such as dancing or acting, so it would be easy to imagine a dancing performer, that turns it into something usable for combat(such as the capoeira martial arts style). It could either be a sub-class to either bard or monk, or something like a prestige class applicable to either of the two classes(I've sorta home-brewed a character along those lines by multi-classing monk and bard)..

@lordilluminati5836 5 жыл бұрын

yeah, capoeira monk/bard sounds awesome

@salmffron2003 6 жыл бұрын

Mike is awesome

@marcusblacknell-andrews1783 26 күн бұрын

Me: I made a Harengon Drunken Master as Pirate Captain in the Land of Theros!

@stephdrain9730 6 жыл бұрын

I love this man.

@Roxxis666 6 жыл бұрын

I used previous UA to make a drunken master between the college of satire bard and open palm monk, works surprisingly well

@ericw7463 6 жыл бұрын

Great analogy with the knuckle ball

@Speverban 6 жыл бұрын

Eric Woltemate Way of the Knuckleball

@iamabigfatbutt 6 жыл бұрын

In the process of making a Totem-Barb becoming a Drunken master. His totem is already a keg.

@Hades8103 3 жыл бұрын

Playing as a Drunken Master Dragonborn in a saltmarsh campaign

@negljbreakergaming 6 жыл бұрын

I sure hope way of the kensei is gonna be in Xanathar's as well

@smokybros1267 4 жыл бұрын

Me: Looking up ways to build a Tabaxi fist-fighting drunken master. Come across this video. Mike: I'm sure someone will make a Tabaxi Drunken Master, just to like maximize the chaos they can bring to a game. Me: Purr-fect.

@danerd101 6 жыл бұрын

Kinda sad there STILL isn't a rework of Way of the Four Elements....

@abouttime837 6 жыл бұрын

every discussion that goes into a Yogg Story is a good discussion

@Chunkerstein 6 жыл бұрын

Drunken Master Monk is like a drunk paladin.

@bobsyouryouknowthething6751 4 жыл бұрын

I want a better version of the pugilist in 5e. I like the flavor of someone that can be a dwarf that fights with fists and doubles people over or knocks someone out with a sound punch.

@nintendonerd1293 6 жыл бұрын

My level 2 drunken monk wild magic sorcerer is very happy.

@vikashv1 6 жыл бұрын

Raven Queen Warlock please :D

@potemadunne1350 6 жыл бұрын

Ha ha, my very first D&D character was an alcoholic Monk. Maybe taking the Drunken Master style a bit too literal but this would have been perfect for them

@elliottbolton78 6 жыл бұрын

QROW BRANWEN

@mikelsmith6803 6 жыл бұрын

I want the tranquility monk, I want it soooo bad.

@chuckythekillerdoll Жыл бұрын

i'm going to be playing a Harengon drunken master, that's a pirate chick too XD all the chaos that's gonna be in this session

@TVMAN1997 5 жыл бұрын

drunken boxing is a real form of fighting and it’s awesome!

@MyJC19 6 жыл бұрын

lol so I made a natural born werewolf monk in a homebrew game awhile back so now imagining a drunk werewolf just messing with people

@wolvesleather 6 жыл бұрын

Dwarves with tankard chucks.

@mjmoore87 6 жыл бұрын

Dude we're playing DnD, the baseball reference is literally going over our heads...

@charlieb8735 5 жыл бұрын

Is this a baseball pun?

@matthewmaurer6100 6 жыл бұрын

Is the Artificer going to be in the book too?

@treedude4246 6 жыл бұрын

YESSSS

@trunglerfevr 6 жыл бұрын

Yay!

@ethanwhite2210 6 жыл бұрын

As excited for this class as I am, I am a little disappointed that they didn't include a feature to the class that the Pathfinder Drunken Master archetype had: namely, being able to spew a cone of fire and deal a huge blast of fire damage.

@NecromancyForKids 6 жыл бұрын

Ethan White That originated in 3.5, not Pathfinder. But I agree, it will be missed.

@Rathkryn 6 жыл бұрын

Then play a Gold or Red Dragonborn drunken monk. You'll get your cone of fire breath.

@ZenodudeMC 6 жыл бұрын

Ethan White improvise!

@karpmageddon4155 6 жыл бұрын

That's an easy fix. Grab Magic Initiate, pick druid for the produce flame cantrip and you have your fire attack. Then just choose the other cantrip and first level spell that works for your character concept and you are good to go.

@weshverified 6 жыл бұрын

My WoW Monk is gonna be reincarnated in D&D, no doubt.

@kazoosc 5 жыл бұрын

second to Jackie Chan for me is the section in _Heroes of the East_ where the husband tries to learn Drunken God fist .. the master won't take new pupils, so friends of the husband pick a fight with the master

@firetarrasque4667 6 жыл бұрын

More true to life without drinking.

@UnforgivenVagabond 6 жыл бұрын

Should've given us Way of Zen Mastery, a load of abjurer/conjurer abilities based on ki. That would've been awesome.

@UnforgivenVagabond 6 жыл бұрын

Or maybe it would be Abjuration/Divination... either way, still feels like Drunken Master is just another typical archetype.

@Uminar 6 жыл бұрын

Is it April 1st already?

@SkylordMorgana 6 жыл бұрын

im makeing a druken master Tabaxi monk That ill grab the mobility Feat And the alert feat its gona be funn

@mooxim 6 жыл бұрын

OH SHIT YAAAAAY!

@ryanstoyan8980 6 жыл бұрын

I'd love to play a tabaxi drunken master Mike! Not allowed in adventures league though :/

@DAMitAlI 6 жыл бұрын

I'm currently playing a drunken master tabaxi. No one can keep me in one spot for too long!

@laoxep 6 жыл бұрын

Even in taverns?

@kyleellis9177 6 жыл бұрын

one of m players really likes the ganja sow e reskinned it as a stoned Monk

@17joren 5 жыл бұрын

It’s not just that drunken boxing is unpredictable, you’re also fluid in combat. If you watch actual d. boxers like on KZfaq, they are flexible and roll around punches. The redirect attack feature is nice, but I think it should have been available at an earlier level.

@castlebroknhed8065 6 жыл бұрын

My only issue with this is that if you're going to make classes that people are asking for, why is there not a Jester class yet? They are a classic, and fill a huge void in the Bard sub-classes.

@killcat1971 6 жыл бұрын

Be nice if they just fixed the 4 Elements Monk.

@2buildornot2build 6 жыл бұрын

Fixed 4 Elements Monk and fixed Beast Master Ranger would've been nice :(

@DarkonFullPower 6 жыл бұрын

Did the UA Ranger not fix it for you?

@2buildornot2build 6 жыл бұрын

I mean, UA is fine, but if we're taking that train of thought, why bother introducing these new subclasses in Xanathar's at all when you can just keep them in UA? (Other than making money, but you could just sell them on dmsguild) The problem I have with it is the lack of official release. Does this mean that the designers don't think it's balanced? Will this keep people from using it since it won't be in an official book? Maybe I'm asking too much, I dunno, I just think that if it's supposed to be a fix then it should be official.

@morphias1008 6 жыл бұрын

2buildornot2build the ranger will be rereleased in XGE from my understanding

@2buildornot2build 6 жыл бұрын

I thought I'd heard differently, but I sure hope you're correct! If that's the case then I have no problems with it at all!

@woahquill1334 4 жыл бұрын

Lowkey wanna make rock lee

@cheeseburgerdave2463 6 жыл бұрын

NINJA CLASS PLEASE

@josukex42 6 жыл бұрын

i am that guy who made a Drunken master Tabaxi

@crowofrevelry 6 жыл бұрын

So no Kensei. Damn.

@lysandriah8290 6 жыл бұрын

...Kind-of Yoda-ish, no? Still wise and powerful, but let's face it: mischievous as all getout.

@timothyferguson8333 6 жыл бұрын

So.. seems like it will be unchanged from the Unearthed Arcana version.

@armogohma2 6 жыл бұрын

Timothy Ferguson Not entirely. Sounds like Tipsy Sway costs ki now. (Which is nice, because the 1/sr mechanic was my biggest complaint.)

@FFICupcake 6 жыл бұрын

I found the biggest issue with this class is that once you reach a certain level of monk, you become immune to poison; including alcohol poisoning. Therefore you can't get drunk as a monk at a certain point, which makes playing this class feel incomplete.

@Rathkryn 6 жыл бұрын

Your monk was doing all that drinking in order to train his body into becoming immune to poisoning. And once (s)he becomes immune the monk is able to drink even more than (s)he could ever drink before!!!

@MumboJ 6 жыл бұрын

Mike Mearls has the best job! So jealous. :)

@Jeffk1 6 жыл бұрын

I like that most classes have a primal, or an "oopsy" archetype now. Like they got their power not from being well-trained and instead are really primal combined with experience.