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<blockquote data-quote="UltimaGabe" data-source="post: 1969686" data-attributes="member: 16019">Well, considering it directly refers to a character class in the first half of the sentence (mentioning that most Drunken Masters are Monks), I'd be inclined to assume they were talking about the character class Barbarian as well. Unless, of course, &quot;Monk&quot; just means a person from a monastery (as opposed to a class)- in which case &quot;Barbarian&quot; would just mean a less civilized person. But that's stretching it a bit.Anyway, the flavor text really isn't what bothers me- it's the Flurry of Blows requirement. The flavor text is a direct carry-over from Sword &amp; Fist- but in 3e, in Sword &amp; Fist, &quot;Flurry of Blows&quot; wasn't a requirement at all (simply the Evasion class ability, and some skill ranks). Thus, in 3e, it was quite possible for a Barbarian to take the Prestige Class (assuming he multiclassed with Rogue first). In fact, right before Complete Warrior came out, I had made a Barbarian who was about to take Drunken Master- since, heck, in the description, it specifically mentioned one! Then, Complete Warrior came out, and they had added in the Flurry of Blows requirement (which I don't even understand to begin with, since the class is no more Flurry-oriented than it was before), barring my character from becoming one, even though it fit his character concept better than anything in the game. So they upped the prerequisites, requiring you to be a monk first (and if there's one thing I detest, it's Prestige Classes that require you to be a certain class or alignment), but they still left in the flavor text.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="UltimaGabe, post: 1969686, member: 16019"] Well, considering it directly refers to a character class in the first half of the sentence (mentioning that most Drunken Masters are Monks), I'd be inclined to assume they were talking about the character class Barbarian as well. Unless, of course, "Monk" just means a person from a monastery (as opposed to a class)- in which case "Barbarian" would just mean a less civilized person. But that's stretching it a bit. Anyway, the flavor text really isn't what bothers me- it's the Flurry of Blows requirement. The flavor text is a direct carry-over from Sword & Fist- but in 3e, in Sword & Fist, "Flurry of Blows" wasn't a requirement at all (simply the Evasion class ability, and some skill ranks). Thus, in 3e, it was quite possible for a Barbarian to take the Prestige Class (assuming he multiclassed with Rogue first). In fact, right before Complete Warrior came out, I had made a Barbarian who was about to take Drunken Master- since, heck, in the description, it specifically mentioned one! Then, Complete Warrior came out, and they had added in the Flurry of Blows requirement (which I don't even understand to begin with, since the class is no more Flurry-oriented than it was before), barring my character from becoming one, even though it fit his character concept better than anything in the game. So they upped the prerequisites, requiring you to be a monk first (and if there's one thing I detest, it's Prestige Classes that require you to be a certain class or alignment), but they still left in the flavor text. [/QUOTE]

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