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.

 

[THEMNGMNT]

Yeah, that's why I want mounted combat to be its own subclass. So you can opt into those mechanics when they fit your campaign...and opt out if mounts are not a good fit for your campaign.

 

[Parmandur]

Yeah, that's why I want mounted combat to be its own subclass. So you can opt into those mechanics when they fit your campaign...and opt out if mounts are not a good fit for your campaign.

More robust for mounts would be cool...but theybare probavly best handled more like magic items, math wise.

 

[THEMNGMNT]

Thor is the Tempest Cleric note for note (which I am gonna just predict coming along here eventually), and the Cavalier being the Defender class in D&D goes back to before I was born:

There's a barbarian subclass in Level Up 5E that is Thor and it's cool.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Changing the name of the Drunken Master is odd, unless they're expecting both the 2014 and 2024 versions to coexist at the same table. But in that case, why not rename all of these subclasses?

If you're interested in the drunken master, you almost certainly have heard of drunken masters in various media over the years.

In any case, it does feel like we're getting an idea of what the next Everything-style book is going to have on the player-facing side.

I'm still gonna call it the "Dronk" or "Drunk-Munk".

 

[UngainlyTitan]

I am thinking about calling the subclass the Slosh.

Let us resurrect an old term "Lush"

 

[Sacrosanct]

Warrior of Intoxication Monk (formerly Way of the Drunken Master)… man, poetry is dead! Who named it that?

Presumably because "Way of Inebriation" monk was already taken.

*Edit: Also, nice nod to Fireball whisky

 

[Parmandur]

There's a barbarian subclass in Level Up 5E that is Thor and it's cool.

I'll believe it: but if you look st the Tempest and Trickery Domains in the Old PHB...they are pretty clear the Asgsrdian brothers from the MCU, beat for beat.

 

[Remathilis]

Storm Herald...is supposed to be about storms, I guess. You know, Thor. Yet the features are named after terrain. What, exactly is the difference between a sea storm and a desert storm? And why would you name them this way? Something's just...off?

Having played one, the vibe I got was storms come in all different types. Thunderstorms, blizzards and of course...

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Holy...so stupid.

It's so obvious, too - if they feel the need to change the name (I can't really fathom why) then the obvious name would be...

Warrior of the Brew Master.

That was cooler when I typed "Way of the Brew Master" before I remembered that they already stopped using "Way of..."

Which is also weird, IMO.

 

[Yaarel]

Thor is the Tempest Cleric note for note (which I am gonna just predict coming along here eventually), and the Cavalier being the Defender class in D&D goes back to before I was born:

Thor is the enforcer of oaths. He can translate well as a kind of Storm Paladin with lightinf-thunder smites.

There are some stories about him manifesting a spell - but he prefers warrior combat. Still a gishy animistic Storm Cleric can work. I would definitely play it and use it to stat an avatar of Thor.