New Unearthed Arcana Brings Back Five Subclasses

Five existing D&D subclasses are getting a rework in a newly released Unearthed Arcana. Four of the subclasses come from Xanathar’s Guide to Everything, while the fifth is the Oathbreaker subclass for Paladins from the 2014 Player’s Handbook.

The revised subclasses are:

• Path of the Spiritual Guardian Barbarian (previously Path of the Ancestral Guardian)
• Path of the Storm Herald Barbarian
• Cavalier Fighter
• Warrior of Intoxication Monk (formerly Way of the Drunken Master)
• Oathbreaker Paladin

The Path of the Spiritual Guardian has received a revamped Spiritual Protectors ability with a choice of effects. The Storm Herald’s Storm Aura now scales with Rage damage and the Raging Storm now has redesigned environments. The Cavalier’s Unwavering Mark no longer has limited uses. The Warrior of Intoxication now has the ability to create potent drinks that grant abilities when drank. The Oathbreaker has received some updates bringing its abilities in line with the revamped Paladin’s ability.

The survey for the new subclasses opens on November 6th.

 

[Kurotowa]

We have a new UA! One that updates several older subclasses, finally with a couple of Barbarian ones. We have the Spiritual Guardian Barbarian (formerly Ancestral Guardian), Storm Herald Barbarian, Cavalier Fighter, Intoxication Monk (formerly Drunken Master), and Oathbreaker Paladin.

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Designer insights.

 

[el-remmen]

Intoxication Monk

 

[darjr]

I wonder at what new books this hints at?

 

[TwoSix]

Yea, that's definitely a WTF name change.

 

[Selas]

So on the nose with that name

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I wonder at what new books this hints at?

The fix everything that remains part or the 2025 rules on the technicality of not having an updated version book*.


*May not be the actual title.

 

[Scribe]

Intoxication Monk

Holy...so stupid.

 

[Kurotowa]

I wonder at what new books this hints at?

Same book as all the other new and updated subclasses that aren't obviously for the Dark Sun book. There's been what? Horror, Arcane, Arcane2, and now this. Looking back to what UA have come out since last May, they've been alternating releases for the Dark Sun book (Psion, Apocalyptic, Psion2) and this one.

 

[TwoSix]

Holy...so stupid.

If you see a subclass get a really dumb rename, take a shot.