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.

 

[Gorck]

I can’t believe people are still confused by the Drunken Master name change. It’s pretty obvious: they changed the Monk subclasses from “Way of…” to “Warrior of…”. Way of the Drunken Master sounds perfectly fine, but Warrior of the Drunken Master sound like the monk works for the Drunken Master.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I can’t believe people are still confused by the Drunken Master name change. It’s pretty obvious: they changed the Monk subclasses from “Way of…” to “Warrior of…”. Way of the Drunken Master sounds perfectly fine, but Warrior of the Drunken Master sound like the monk works for the Drunken Master.

It’s not confusion - warrior of intoxication is a terrible name. Even worse than warrior of drunkenness, which would be the unchanged version. Indeed warrior of… sounds bad with a great many things.

 

[Chaltab]

You're both right. The insistence on all subclasses following a naming scheme is a needless albatross around the neck, but Warrior of Intoxication is particularly bad.

I'd go with Warrior of the Drunken Fist. Or just forget about the change and call it Way of the Drunken Master again.

 

[Azzy]

Warrior of the staggered step?