Unearthed Arcana Unearthed Arcana: Four New Subclasses

There's a new Unearthed Arcana from Ben Petrisor, Dan Dillon, Bill Benham, Jeremy Crawford, F. Wesley Schneider. This one has four new subclasses Path of the Beast (Barbarian), Way of Mercy (Monk), Oath of the Watchers (Paladin), Noble Genie (Warlock).

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[Weiley31]

It’s just bloody cool as hell.

I love how it allows me to be my fave kind of Fey as character.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I love how it allows me to be my fave kind of Fey as character.

Yep. I love the intersection of lycanthropy, Fey, and like...wild nature.

 

[Weiley31]

Yep. I love the intersection of lycanthropy, Fey, and like...wild nature.

I'll have to reskin the half elf/elf for it and the description of the Beast traits into other things (like the tail a spiked chain instead,) but it fits exactly what I would need with it.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I'll have to reskin the half elf/elf for it and the description of the Beast traits into other things (like the tail a spiked chain instead,) but it fits exactly what I would need with it.

Oh snap I just realized how good this subclass would be for a Shadar-kai warrior!

 

[Parmandur]

It’s just bloody cool as hell.

Notably, the Healer Monk, Genie Warlock and Lycanthrope Barbarian are concepts I've seen bandied about the community whenever people ask for ideas in what unserved archetypes remain (the Paladin seems to be descended from Mearls take on an Arcane Paladin on the Happy Fun Hour).

 

[TheCosmicKid]

I like the words "Part 1".

Path of the Beast seems cool. The tail attack raises a question (for me, anyway) about when opportunity attacks are provoked if you are wielding one weapon with reach and one without. Is this 3E spiked chain territory?

Way of Mercy is neat. No complaints, other than that the sentence "Your mastery of life energy opens the door to the ultimate respite technique" probably needs a few more editing passes to get to where the writer wants it to be.

Oath of the Watchers is basically Heimdall, right? I dig it.

I really don't think the Noble Genie Pact comes together flavorwise. Revolving the subclass around a tether mechanic seems kind of gamist to begin with, and I don't see what the tether has to do with being a genie's minion.

 

[Weiley31]

Oh snap I just realized how good this subclass would be for a Shadar-kai warrior!

naughty word, your right!!! I wasn't even thinking bout that too!

 

[Weiley31]

Oh snap I just realized how good this subclass would be for a Shadar-kai warrior!

Or Shadar-Kai Sorrowborn.

 

[Weiley31]

Oh snap I just realized how good this subclass would be for a Shadar-kai warrior!

You can even reflavor Infectious Fury as the Shadar-Kai Path of The Beast projecting Despair upon enemies, causing them to attack each due to hopelessness. The Psychic damage is if the enemies abandon all hope and despair.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

naughty word, your right!!! I wasn't even thinking bout that too!

Or Shadar-Kai Sorrowborn.

Yes!

oh! Adapt the Dragon Fear feat for Dragonborn and you could have a badass Doom Speaker or whatever it was called. The guys who excel at Crowing, and make their enemies tremble, and then rush in and destroy them!

I am using this for when my Eberron players have to help an old PC turned NPC with a backstory related story arc....and maybe a future PC if I get a chance.