D&D 5E (2014) Would you allow this if you were the DM

[Jack99]

Kung Fu panda...

I see your Kung-fu Panda and raise with a WoW Pandaren. Point proven.

 

[Fanaelialae]

I'd allow the combination, but I wouldn't allow a natural attack to be used as an unarmed strike. They're two different things.

I don't see anything wrong with restricting abilities gained by multiclassing to forms that meet the prereqs.

 

[Warmaster Horus]

I think it's kind of nifty, actually! He would lose his Monk unarmored AC bonus, though since techically he's armored (natural armor) at AC 11 in bear form.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

IOW, yes.

But it would be better if it were a llama...IYKWIMAITTYD.

 

[Black_Staff]

I think it's kind of nifty, actually! He would lose his Monk unarmored AC bonus, though since techically he's armored (natural armor) at AC 11 in bear form.

He actually wouldn't lose it since he wouldn't be wearing any armor. Assuming a WIS of 20, it would go up to 15

 

[Paraxis]

Your AC would be 10+(animal form Dex mod)+wis mod, not the AC of the animal +wis mod.

 

[Black_Staff]

Your AC would be 10+(animal form Dex mod)+wis mod, not the AC of the animal +wis mod.

Bear dex is 10, so I omitted it since it would add nothing

 

[BoldItalic]

No problem. This also gives us a delightful new monster - a monk who died and was reincarnated as a bear. A monkbear

 

[SkidAce]

No. Multi-class synergies have to make at least a little sense at my table, not just be the product of some weird interpretation of the rules as written. A martial arts bear. Seriously?

Kung Fu Panda.

 

[SkidAce]

I would not allow it. The Martial Arts and Unarmored Defense abilities exist to model a martial artist performing specific styles of martial arts, which are optimized for the humanoid physique. Bears just aren't built to practice kung fu.

Kung Fu Panda.