Possible to build a WoW Brewmaster?

[tadkins]

Just kind of weirdly curious. I'm playing a Brewmaster Monk in WoW right now and was curious if it can be ported to D&D/PF.

If you're not familiar with them, Brewmasters are basically...

-Sturdy martial artists. (They are rather tanky)
-Fights mainly with hobo sticks. (staves with bottles/kegs attached to them)
-Ignores pain by getting drunk. This is what helps them tank. They have different drinks for different effects.
-Throws kegs of beer at people for damage and to douse them in alcohol, which slows them and prepares them for the next thing...
-Breathes fire. Lights alcohol-doused people aflame.

I'm not sure how well it'd work. Just curious to see if it could. What do you guys think?

[weckar]

Well, there is literally the Drunken Master prestige class. By 10th level I think they get everything you want. Their main drawback is that to use most of their abilities you have to tank(ard) your AC.

[Florian]

Very easy in PF, the "Drunken Master" Monk archetype has been around for a while and also has a good number of supporting feats. Use it on an Unchained Monk, slab on VMC Alchemist, get Drink Is Life and you're golden.

[tadkins]

Thanks folks. That was easy enough it seems. :)


Well, there is literally the Drunken Master prestige class. By 10th level I think they get everything you want. Their main drawback is that to use most of their abilities you have to tank(ard) your AC.

Ahh, ouch. In WoW they're literally one of the tank classes. They're very good at taking hits. Just a minor nitpick anyway, they have pretty much everything else listed.


Very easy in PF, the "Drunken Master" Monk archetype has been around for a while and also has a good number of supporting feats. Use it on an Unchained Monk, slab on VMC Alchemist, get Drink Is Life and you're golden.

Sounds perfect as far as the PF side goes. :)

[weckar]

There is technically nothing about the class that prohibits the wearing of armor, and a monk dip satisfies most of the requirements. So you could double-dip Martial monk and still have 3 levels to pick up armor proficiencies . Although the loss of Evasion may be sad, the fact that wisdom/int loss doesn't hurt your AC anymore may be worth it. Better to get some magical armor that doesn't reduce your speed, though (because the class relies on Tumble a lot) or be a Dwarf.

[Florian]

Problem is more that WoW-style "tanking", as in Aggro mechanics, is not supported in the d20 system.
We can talk about the "fluff" or we can talk about the "functionality" and we will end up with extreme differences here.

[tadkins]

Problem is more that WoW-style "tanking", as in Aggro mechanics, is not supported in the d20 system.


I know that aggro/threat doesn't really translate well to d20. I'm more thinking along the lines of just someone who can take a few hits and still remain standing. Someone who isn't afraid to get up in the face of that dragon or ogre or giant. Where it would be better, if someone was going to take a swipe of that dragon's claws, for it to be this person rather than the rest of the party. xD

[ChrisAsmadi]

There's a Barroom sphere in PF's Spheres of Might with a focus on drunken combat, too.

[weckar]

I am thinking about quickly statting up a Monk/Paladin/Drunken Master later. I'll get back to you with that.

[Fizban]

Well there were Warcraft setting/RPG books for 3.5. No Brewmaster PrC, but there are Pandaren stats in some official capacity, and they made spell versions of a lot of skills from the games including Breath of Fire and Drunken Haze.

Otherwise, yeah just whatever drunken martial artist mechanics float your boat. If you're using 3.5, you'll want some sort of AC boosting monk fix, dunno how PF holds up. The keg on a stick makes for a fairly weighty improvised weapon for up to 2d6 by Complete Warrior, more if you're bigger than medium or your DM doesn't read the 11-50 line as a cap- but if you're going Drunken Master then all your improvised weapons deal the same damage so it doesn't matter.

Dousing people in booze can be as simple as a grenade-like weapon, no initial damage but they catch fire if they take any fire damage, the only catch is that its not really worth doing past the lowest levels. Forcibly inflicting some sort of drunk penalties would require its own ability.

[digiman619]

A character with the Guardian sphere (http://spheresofpower.wikidot.com/guardian), the Barrom sphere (http://spheresofpower.wikidot.com/barroom) and the Unarmored Training talent (http://spheresofpower.wikidot.com/equipment-sphere#toc30) can do what you want. So a Sentinel with the Drunken Brawler tradition who spent his first talent for Unarmored Training can do it.

[ShurikVch]

Well there were Warcraft setting/RPG books for 3.5. No Brewmaster PrC, but there are Pandaren stats in some official capacity, and they made spell versions of a lot of skills from the games including Breath of Fire and Drunken Haze.The Brewmaster (https://wow.gamepedia.com/Brewmaster) is PrC in the Dark Factions (https://wow.gamepedia.com/Dark_Factions).

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[Fizban]

Huh. Didn't like the 2nd ed much anyway- too much WoW. Sadly, not seeing it on rpgnow or drivethrurpg, so you'd have to hit up amazon for some ridiculous prices.