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Nerdarchy just seen this video. I did this build as a half-orc before. GM very picky about stuff like this without a good backstory. Backstory was a tribe warrior who’s tribe got over run and he was found half dead and was saved by some monks who took him in and trained him to control his rage. His god of course being the orcs deity.
I like the idea of a clergyman or magic student who met a luchador monk at a tavern who defeated an undead horde and then learned to control his natural bad temper to fight better.
you should look up a guy called ranton, he trained with the shaolin monks, and it turns out that most of that peace and tranquility stuff were for tourists and donation money, they are warriors first and foremost, and train their asses off to be the best they can be at kicking someone's ass.
Its a case of ying and yang. The monk presumes to be a balanced character, yet he is always peaceful, calm, and in-control. That's not balance - its one-sided. To truly understand the coldness and serenity of ice, one must understand the passion and fury of fire. Embrace the rage, it too is natural.
Plus with the Archetypes you get different ways to express your Rage along with ways to temper them...like travelling the Path of the Berserker using the Way of the Kensei.
I get what your coming from but I think in terms of some Martial monks in China studied a way far from peace this is called ashura it is a path where you let go of everything but rage and become destruction it's self
look at any Street fighter character and tell me they're not monk barbarian hybrid like there's some pure monks in there but a lot of them know how to use that f****** passion
So, monks can run across water and up walls, right? Does that mean that a monk can run *up* a waterfall? Because that may be one of the most badass things to ever badass in D&D.
Heh sounds totally awesome. Scientifically speaking, running across water requires counter-buoyancy, which a waterfall could not physically provide. But the idea is fun to think about. Lol
"The other monks fight their emotions, exhausting themselves before they even face an enemy; I embrace all aspects of my being, and thereby derive my strength." -Lo Dao
A badly injured 9th Level Barbarian is found by Monks from a secluded monastery. He learns to channel his Rage into Ki as he is nursed backed to health. The Abbot, noticing his potential, begins to teach him from an ancient secret scroll no one has been able to master for over a century. The Barbarian begins taking the first steps of learning "The Raging Fist of the Stormlands." The First Quest: Travel to the ruins of an ancient Elemental temple and retrieve the lost Gauntlets of Storms (+2 Ki Bracers of Defense; +2 to Unarmed Damage; +1-2 Electric Shock or Wind Concussion Damage.) I'm in!
@@rocksnrolls too bad Way of the Four Elements is so terrible practicality-wise. I literally made a homebrew version just to make it feel more complete
I like the idea of roleplaying this character because they would be super super calm and then just loose there god damn mind and then after combat just be super calm again
Famous quote from a not so famous movie, Mystery Men, fits this build amazingly. "Your rage is very quick my friend. But until you learn to master your rage, your rage will become your master!"
For background: he could have studied by a volcano and learned peace and violent eruption. Perhaps like Pacific Islander too, watching the peace of the sea and violence/relentlessness of the storms. So sailor?
I like this idea. I think you can take it more in terms of the PC or his master perhaps studied hurricanes and tempest, and was awed by the power and their nature of swirling rage and chaos with a center of inner peace and tranquility, the Eye of the Storm. And that true power comes from the point between Rage and Serenity. Perhaps he/she was a pirate or sailor who survived a such a storm and became a survivor on some deserted island where he became a hermit who trained in this way and is now making his way back into society. I don't know, just adding my 2 cents.
My personal build is Monk (Open Hand) 6 and Barbarian (Path of the Zealot) 14. That 1d6+7 Radiant damage on top of 1d6+8 for the first attack (that hits) is spicy as hell, and I think it's one of the few Monk/Barb builds that actually fits thematically. You're from a monestary to a war/strength god. No real need for any twisted reason to follow both paths; it's technically within your tenets to follow such a path.
This is kinda what my current Barbarian/Monk is going through. I was getting my party in too much trouble as the pure quick tempered Barbarian I kicked the campaign off with. After some time in prison he found religion in his totem spirit the bear and has as a result become a master of the Open Hand monk technique
I made a fire genasi monk/barbarian and basically she's a quiet girl with anger issues and is trying to control it. When she rages her hair turns from a fiery red to a blaze of blue fire I think it's a nice little detail
In the Legends of the Five Rings game they have some samurai that are called Dead-Eyes Berserkers. They can do the whole roaring berserk thing but most tend to go for an eerily quiet murderous rage that unnerves people. They tend to describe it as time slowing down while in combat.
Maybe the backstory that makes logical sense if you want to go monk first, is the monastery where the character studied, studied a particular form of martial arts that reflected a particular animal spirit (like various classical Chinese Kung-Fu styles). For example, a grappling style with hand strikes for bear, a mobility based style with rapid striking, and flying kicks for eagle, and a mobile, flanking style based low kicking and strikes designed to try and knock your opponent prone before finishing them off for wolf. A tragedy happens at the monastery which drives the character to grief, but this unlocks a spiritual connection to the totem of his style, fuelled by his grief and rage at the tragedy at the monastery. His first 2 levels levels of barbarian are when his rage takes him over, and he is learning to control it, that way when you choose your path at 3rd level as Path of the Totem, you can thematically link your training as a monk to your totem as a barbarian, and as you level up as a barbarian, I see the character learning to channel his rage through his previous martial arts training. What do you guys think?
Watch the 1980's anime Hokuto No Ken. Its totally raging unarmed martial arts. The main character, Kenshiro, goes into a righteous shirt-ripping rage, just before punching and kicking all the bad guys he ever fights, in to a pulp.
Grappler + Tavern Brawler seems a must have set of feats for this build... Adv on strength while raging, advantage to hit recklessly with free grapples on those punches and strong grappling? It'd be a nightmare for single targets.
If you use a shield, you lose the benefit of the monk damage die as well as the extra attack using your bonus action. I might also suggest the Water Genasi. You don't get bonus to Str, but the bonus to Con helps def and the Wis boost will help with your Monk class features. Plus you have a 30 swim speed, and the boost to movement from both barbarian and monk say nothing about it being land speed only. :)
Chops I agree. After watching this video i did some theorycrafting on this build. Lizardfolk do indeed give this build the best racial features. The 1d6 bite as an unarmed attack (which counts for the monk's martial arts), the lizard folk Unarmored Defense gives you an AC of 15 at level 1 (compared to 12 or 13 using the Monk or Barb feature), added swim speed, hungry jaws, and skill proficiencies. not to mention 15 minutes of holding breath (basically immunity to gas spells and effects, suffocation, and drowning) and Crafty Artisan flavor feature.
I've been running this build for about 6 months now on a half-orc. It is super powerful and works very well. For the most part, I don't worry much about Dex or Wisdom because you could still use Strength for unarmed, even as a monk. I feel to note the fluidity in mechanics is so good: reckless + bonus action attacks, Danger Sense + Evasion, Resistances + Deflect missiles, ect. However, I am building just a bit differently than your version here. I keep the d6 unarmed and go 9 monk and 11 Barbarian, for the Relentless feature. Flavorfully, I feel it better suits the brawler build this is going for and when stacked with the half-orc racial feature it becomes highly difficult to fell this character. High AC, Resistances, lots of hp, advantage on Dex saves that you only take half damage if you fail somehow, crazy mobility, and high damage output. This has become my favorite way to play and all straight from the PHB. Subclasses I go with: Totem of the Bear and Way of the Open Palm.
Street fighter Akuma anyone? the Shotokan way had that whole dark hado thing that channelled rage into power.... concept exists. Also Goku... just Saiyin ;D
Grappling is also an interesting aspect of this build. With a walking speed of 85 or so, you could easily pick up an enemy, walk him to a ledge and just push him. That's without spending a ki to dash. With it's high strength and speed it can reposition not only himself but anyone on the battle field
I really REALLY wish there was a class that wasnt monk but still specialized in unarmed combat. My favorite unexplored character concept is a hand-to-hand muscle man - think Zangief, Disney Hercules (for the most part), etc. But for the past three editions, d&d has this weird idea that the only hand-to-hand class players could possibly want is a monk.
Especially annoying when the more pugilistic unarmed martial arts like boxing, MMA, wrestling ect. Are far more realistic for actual combat, far more brutal and effective
Hmm, random thought. Would you allow a shield to be claimed as a monk weapon, as essentially an extension of your punching? If so, a shield could actually be your main weapon and you could go for a serious Captain America styled fighter running around with the high con, dex, and str, and only decent mental stats, doing shield bashes and throws and then relying on punches and kicks until you recover your shield.
I absolutely love the idea of an adopted half-orc in a monastery who sometimes lets his orcish rage take control of him and will rage when his tradition says he should be serene
I built a triton long death totem Barbarian bear (orca for flavour) with haunted one background. He’s being watched by an abyssal harvester that took his fellow monks and before his grand master was taken he was given the scroll of the long death, to help him destroy this thing. Later on he met a hermit that taught him how to channel the totem of the orca (bear) in an attempt to quell his anger over his lost comrades. He’s a decent tank/h2h combatant that is difficult to kill lol. Lvl 15
I like having a first level barbarian, for AC with con instead of wis, and the resistance while raging. From there go monk. Your ability priorities from most to least will be strength > con > dex > and then set up your mental stats how ever you want. You're essentially just playing a monk, who can afford to dump wisdom for another physical stat. The race I'd pick would probably be Goliath with the new UE brawny feat for double prof in athletics, and a x4 normal lifting capacity. After you're monk levels make your fists hit with a d6, you can dip back two more levels in barbarian for bear totem, for x6 lifting capacity. Then if you want to pick up tavern brawler for improvised weapon prof, you can use giant stuff like carts and wagons to beat people like the incredible hulk. You're also monstrous at wrestling, with the ability to grapple on your action, and knock people prone with your open hand flurry of blows, making them grappled and prone, with a possible 30+ grapple check to break, before they can even attempt to get up.
They stack because they aren't the exact same ability. If they had the same name it would be different, but they only have the same text. Like if a monk was also a war cleric then they would be able to get 3 attacks using the war cleric's war priest ability and monk's extra attack.
Curtis is right. The devil is in the details. For a Goliath, the wording is that for lifting capacity, you're considered a size category larger, and the same goes for the feat. They don't actually add a modifier, they just change the formula, but they both change it in exactly the same way.
I see what you're saying, but I still would run it as counting as one size larger twice. If you count as one size larger as a Goliath, then as far as I'm concerned you normally count as large for carrying capacity. If you then take brawny, your normal is more than other characters' normal, so one size larger for you is huge. I think that's how it reads, and that's how I would apply it if it came up in my game.
I actually made a barbarian monk but it was more for story reasons. The character was a Minotaur that wandered from his labyrinth and was reformed by a traveling high monk who brought him back to his monastery. As far as the rage tranquility thing, the martial arts are built into muscle memory meaning he'd be able to use them (though less effectively) while raging. As for the Ki aspect, Ki can come from emotions so him raging but channeling that into his fist as a sort of silent berserker would work narrative wise as well.
I just had a player in campaign go with a monk / kensai dip into barbarian. Her model was the Bride from Kill Bill with a focus on hunting down cultists. Special nod to Nerdarchy - I was inspired by the gnome monk chain build that Nerdarchy did a feature on and developed a similar idea within the campaign world. She was inspired by that idea of cult hunting monks and began her monk build and off it went.
Race: Tabaxi: Unarmed does slashing damage and gets str modifier added. Can double speed almost indefinitely. Totem Warrior Barbarian: 14 Levels: Bear, Bear, Tiger for options. Drunken Master Monk: 6 Levels Feats: Tavern Brawler, Fighting Initiate(Unarmed Fighintg Style), Maybe depending on stats, Slasher. 110ft Max movement by level 7, can grapple as a bonus action, lift and throw enemies, 2 ways to disengage from combat, loads of defensive features, can impose advantage for party members like a beast. Basically King from Tekken with amazing speed. Just add nifty magic belt.
I imagine the Half-Orc might have struggled with the rage inherent to their heritage, and so retreated from society in order to get a handle on it. Just get out, so they couldn't hurt anyone, and where they wouldn't have the stress of civilization setting them off all the time. And over the course of solitary contemplation, they studied the natural world, forming a martial art that channeled their rage in a focused, controlled manner.
Four ability scores? No. *Two* ability scores: CON and DEX. *Level 1 to 3: Barbarian* - get the barbarian unarmored defense, get rages for resistance to piercing, slashing, and bludgeoning. For those levels, use a finesse weapon and learn to live without your rage damage bonus. Having a single ability that adds to both your damage and AC (DEX) makes up for that. At level 3, take Path of the Totem Warrior and go with Bear for resistance to everything but psychic damage. *Level 4+: Monk* - one stills get the barbarian unarmored defense, so there is no need to sweat the WIS score, *and* one also has a great CON score for all the lovely HP, which a d8 combat squishy like the Monk needs, *and* one still has the benefits of *rage* with respects to damage resistance. As one's DEX is already high if not maxed, one gets one's full AC bonus, *and* the to-hit *and* damage bonuses for one's Martial Arts. Nearing the endgame, one will still be able to get one's top Monastic Feature at level 17. Because one only has two abilities to max out, missing out on the level 19 ability improvement/feat isn't really an issue - one can still has lots of improvement chances to max CON and DEX and still get all the feats one could realistically need. And considering all the resources available from magic potions, magic items, and spell-casting party members by that level, missing out on the level 18 and level 20 Monk features of Empty Body and Perfect Self are no big loss. *SO,* seeing as how one doesn't need STR for a to-hit or damage bonus or WIS for an unarmored defense bonus, the best race for this build is obvious: Stout Halfling. Here's where these little fuckers come in to their own. One gets +2 DEX and +1 CON which is exactly what one needs for this build. The *advantage vs. poison* and *resistance to poison* are fantastic. *Halfling Nimbleness* more than makes up for the 5ft less movement on a crowded battlefield. The *Lucky* feature means one will almost never make a crit fail (it essentially amounts to an advantage roll 5% of the time). *Bravery,* an advantage against being frightened is a solid, albeit situational defense. BTW, this is not entirely theoretical - I am currently using this model in an _Out of the Abyss_ adventure. The DM is leveling us by achievements, and right now the characters are level 9. I'm a Bear Totem Warrior and Way of the Kensei. So far so good.
I'm imagining something like Ron Swanson for the characters personality but him as a bare knuckle boxer. Variant human with a feat like mobile or defensive dualist, I would start as a barbarian and switch to monk at level 2 highest stats Str, Dex, Con and just enough Wis for the multiclass. Trade in that great axe for a dagger and go way of the open fist and just beat everyone unconcious while raging and stick all the stat upgrades into Str, Dex and Con.
@15:15 channelling their rage while not actually being angry: Made Windy and the Vaapad style from SW. Not actually angry, but being damn motherfuckin near close to it
I've been thinking about this before xD You should be able to dual wield bucklers with a blade attached to it as a punching dagger. I would also love to see a Monklock/warmonk
Ever see the show Badlands. There are several characters that are martial art fighters but when they get injured there eyes go black and they " rage out"
So i am playing a barbarian monk atm in our homebrew campaign and i gotta say its pretty neato. Also i wouldnt say they are opposed. My guy has kindof a hulk issue with having a chemical accident that puts him into constant subconcious rage, and the hand to hamd combat that he learned from monks helps him control it, it serves as kind of a vent for him.
I've loved the idea that the monks tranquil mind/spirit can easily fit with Barbarian rage in that it's less of frothing fury, and more a channeling of the eb and flow of their emotions. Instead of releasing the fury, anger, and passion like an explosion, the monkbarian let's it flow through them, and and controls their anger, releasing it in their strikes, or leaps, or in preparing to take damage. They take control of their passion, rather than letting the passion take control of them. And to the outside, it looks like a savage trance, and a brutal flowing of movement.
Gorulf Ironhand, Exiled Chieftain of the Daggertooth Clan Gorulf was a powerful and prolific war chief of his clan in his day. As he grew in age, so did his desire for wisdom and understanding of the world that he and his people inhabit. Not many chieftains had ever reached such an age, when 40 human years was the average lifespan for a raiding Orc. As is the way of his people, once a chief passes into the Wild Dark (dies), a new chief is chosen by blood combat. As his age and length of rule was unprecedented, many of the Hot Bloods wished to rule and conquer by their names. Two brothers, Kravek and Doloth, sought power through devious magical methods. Kravek's and Doloth's dark magics engulfed Gorulf after a savage battle, and dragged him farther than anywhere he, his father, and his father's father had conquered. Thought to be dead, Gorulf has spent many moons meditating and contemplating his direction, through the aid of the Hunting Moon (his deity). Hunting Moon has only begun to teach him the true meanings of calm air, the still night, and the savagery of the Stalkers (night predators). Half-Orc Totem Warrior Barb/Shadow Monk. Stealthy, quick, hard as nails melee fighter that his like a Mack truck when it counts!
The hard thing is to decide between how to allocate lvl's between the two classes, 14M for prof on ALL saves (and immune to all poison and disease) or 11B for Relentless rage (eg. Hard to actually die while raging). If you really want to add some damage then work at least one lvl of Hexblade into there for prof bonus to melee damage rolls and crit on 19+ (with 4 attacks/turn) + 1d6 necro damage per hit from basic Hex when not raging. Totem of the Bear for Barb is a given, the harder question is what to take for Monk I'm leaning towards Kensei (XGE) but Astral Self (UA) might work.
What's the level progression? It's great to make a 20 level build, but if you play it, you need to have a plan. You need monk 1 early to weaponize your bonus action. You need barbarian 1-3 for defenses. And monk 5 or barbarian 5 for extra attack as soon as possible. Monk 1, Barb 5, monk 2-4, that gets you to level 10. Back to Barb, then finish in monk? Tbh, I never play that high level. My highest level character was 13.
I did this build and pretty much make a sayain. Human and take mage initiate cleric and used guiding bolt as the level one spell light and thaumaturgy as the cantrips. I only made it to level 5 and didn’t really build much past it but it was bad ass. Did path of the sunsoul at lv 3 monk and put 2 lv in barbarian
From the old Kung Fu series (episode "Besieged: Death on Cold Mountain Part 1"); Tamo of Cold Mountain, Barbarian Monk: ua-cam.com/video/lk5bgx5OYSk/v-deo.html
base movement: 30ft. elk totem: +15. fast movement: +10. unarmored movement (monk lv 15): +25. mobile feat: +10. *final ovement speed at lv 20: 90ft* and of course the bonus action dash and feline agility will both double that.
So, here is how I built the same concept: Tabaxi, monk 17, barb 3, taking long death and wolf totem. I had a bit of an advantage with stats because we roll at my table, and reroll anything less than 13, so i generally have pretty high stats all around. Now this is an insanely crazy build because of the tabaxi ability to double speed, meaning that the max speed without feats is 120 every other turn. With the special abilities that come with the death class, you could zip around the battlefield to all sides and end your turn by almost guaranteeing a kill on an enemy at the cost of a few ki points, and be out of everyone else's range. Pair that up with rage and the other barbarian stuff and damn.
Have a barbarian but their anger and rage are uncontrollable and becomes an issue to their friends, they almost killed one of them. They take monk classes to control their rage and anger. They don't always manage to succeed, but they try. There you go, easy fluff for barbarian monk. The opposing nature of the classes can work in your favour, rather than against you. Works extra well with animalistic races to control their aggressive instincts. I don't think it's that uncommon of a trope either.
Hey Nerdarchy! A video request: D&Dize Bo Rai Cho from Mortal Kombat using the 5e Adventure League rules for character creation as a challenge. If that is possible, I would love to see it or any character from Mortal Kombat honestly.
In our current game I'm playing a mountain dwarf 6 barbarian (bear both aspects), and 3 monk (open hand). the build is 14 monk and 6 barbarian, and the rage comes from the alcohol he makes so the bear bonus at lvl 3 come from him being drunk, the idea is making a drunken master that when drinking goes into a rage. The background is the entertainer, gladiator slave option, the point buy for stats wasn't too bad (14, 14, 14, 13, 9, 8) post racial being (16 STR, 14 DEX, 16 CON, 9 INT, 13 WIS, 8 CHA) our DM allowed us to pick 1 rare item, I immediately grabbed a belt of Giant Strength for a STR of 21. hes been a blast to play and the mobile feat is almost necessary, pushing a creature using Flurry 15ft from a failed STR save is very satisfying. His main weapon is currently a quarterstaff. The only thing I'm thinking about asking my DM for is if the other masonic traditions can be from the Drunken master once Xanathar's Guide finally comes out since we only use "official material".
I like the idea of a human who studies at a monastery. There, they specialise in conserving rage for the battle, in which they ham on people and literal tear them apart. This person completed/flunked their test to be an 'elite' and are on a quest of the monastery to do something/gain redemption.
If you are using a monk weapon you can use dex for atk rolls and damage. You could focus just dex con and wis, and droop str (though you lose your rage bonus damage with monk weapons)
Base monk, go to level 3 for open hand style, take 3 levels of barbarian for bear totem resistance, finish chasing the monk to 17 for all the attacks, monk stuff and quivering palm. Build for dex/wis with con secondary for more hp. Easy hellishly damage resistant monk.
@@alexmatheson3860 In English "chi" would be spelled "chi". The D&D books are based in English and use the spelling "Ki". Which, according to Merriam-webster in English is pronounced "key". Other than that: fair point, but still the nitpicking asshole that is my brain couldn't help but twitch every time it was pronounced "kai". Then again, that's a "me problem".
Im a bit late, but i got the idea because one of my mates bought journey to ragnarok and they have a new strength based monk subclass. They also have the bear clan, basically some juiced up primitive barbarians living in the harsh mountains. I would like to play this heavily traumatized dude who keeps his volatile emotions under control with crazy breathwork techniques (Wim Hoff inspired) which also help withstand the biting cold in minimal clothing. I like to have a distinct voice from the start and i envision him always sounding very breathy, think Sean Bean but deeper. ("one does not simply walk into Mordor"). I might go for the charger feat since it could fit pretty well
Listening to the intro, I was suddenly struck that The Hulk would be a good fit - the berserker who seeks to control his rage through meditation until he achieves his secret - he's always angry! Background Sage. For the first couple of levels, he can get away with medium armor, then later buy into monk. If human, take the variant with the bonus feat of charger.
I was personally thinking about Kensei Monk with Juggernaut Barbarian. The Juggernaut for the knockback, no knockdown, and siege damage seemed pretty appealing. I am still green as grass to D&D so if this seems like a bad combo explain it to me like I'm an idiot. My backup character plan is a "commando" (assassin/battle master).
Interesting. I've been dealing with this idea for a few days now as I'd like to replicate Dragon Warrior from Battle Realms - kinda half-naked guy with a giant curvy sword that can be set on fire and they also have Chi shield that absorbs damage. As this would be a totally flavour-based character, I've decided to give him Counterattack (homebrew) due to the lack of armor. Counterattack: you can use your reaction to punch a counterattack (both armed and unarmed attacks) to block the incoming blow. Roll a full attack and if a number you roll is higher than the opponent's, the attack is deflected. Any thoughts?
So this guy sounds more monk than barbarian in flavor. Any good Kung fu movie where characters use different styles, especially animal theme styles seems perfect for him. Eagle style! Cl. Bear style! Puma style!
So this particular style of character as been on my mind for a while I have wanted to do an unarmed character for sometime but not a monk. So far the best I've come up with is elderich knight at 7th lvl using alter self to make there fists as hards as iron. This gives you 1d6 +1 combined with the dueling fighting style and a shield ( required to make the fighting style work). One should get better average dmg then a monk per round and spellcasting. If your unfortunate enough to lose concentration you can always summon a weapon
I actually made this combo trying to recreate the High Elf White Lions of Charce from Warhammer. As elves are more dex based the kensai monk ability to use dex over strength was a great way to go!
Would it be an issue if you just swapped DEX and WIS with STR and CON? Change up deflect missle, AC calculation, and your ki save DC. I don't see much of an issue letting a player have this, and you could just write it off as like hard style martial arts or something. If there is a homebrew like that plz send me a link lol.
Tried making a half orc barbarian monk in 3.5 and it worked kinda clunky tbh. focusing on Ki based feats and eventually gaining flying with dipping into barbarian for the rage eventually had me playing as a Saiyan almost. mechanically clunky but so much fun to roleplay.
Dragonborn w/dragon hide racial feat + Warlock + Pact of the Tome using the Primal Savagery druid cantrip gives a really nice unarmed(claw) attack for a d4+2d10 @ 5th level. You can use the True Strike cantrip to give advantage on your attack to make sure that you leave some really cool wolverine claw marks on your foe.
I played a 10F/17M in 1E and loved it. I would like to try a Burning Monk. I picture a Barbarian that wants to learn to focus his rage, not give it up. A Monk with a slow burn.
I'm currently playing a Barb1 Monk 5 Hermit Goliath who was kick out of his tribe cause he was too weak, and so he channels his rage from his desire to be stronger, but because he's been alone for so long and meditating on his own has developed his own martial arts style and way to survive.
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Nerdarchy just seen this video. I did this build as a half-orc before. GM very picky about stuff like this without a good backstory. Backstory was a tribe warrior who’s tribe got over run and he was found half dead and was saved by some monks who took him in and trained him to control his rage. His god of course being the orcs deity.
I like the idea of a clergyman or magic student who met a luchador monk at a tavern who defeated an undead horde and then learned to control his natural bad temper to fight better.
you should look up a guy called ranton, he trained with the shaolin monks, and it turns out that most of that peace and tranquility stuff were for tourists and donation money, they are warriors first and foremost, and train their asses off to be the best they can be at kicking someone's ass.
I don't know for some reason I keep thinking split personality when trying to role-play this
Wait but can't you use dex as the attack from martial arts
Its a case of ying and yang. The monk presumes to be a balanced character, yet he is always peaceful, calm, and in-control. That's not balance - its one-sided. To truly understand the coldness and serenity of ice, one must understand the passion and fury of fire. Embrace the rage, it too is natural.
Plus with the Archetypes you get different ways to express your Rage along with ways to temper them...like travelling the Path of the Berserker using the Way of the Kensei.
When I heard this I thought of cold rage when your so angry but you are so focused and don’t rage you calmly talk and get revenge
I get what your coming from but I think in terms of some Martial monks in China studied a way far from peace this is called ashura it is a path where you let go of everything but rage and become destruction it's self
look at any Street fighter character and tell me they're not monk barbarian hybrid like there's some pure monks in there but a lot of them know how to use that f****** passion
Aight Master Oogway :3
So, monks can run across water and up walls, right? Does that mean that a monk can run *up* a waterfall? Because that may be one of the most badass things to ever badass in D&D.
My head exploded...
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Only if you choose the Salmon archtype.
Heck.
Heh sounds totally awesome. Scientifically speaking, running across water requires counter-buoyancy, which a waterfall could not physically provide. But the idea is fun to think about. Lol
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Make a Barbarian/Monk Tortle and you've got Raphael
"The other monks fight their emotions, exhausting themselves before they even face an enemy; I embrace all aspects of my being, and thereby derive my strength." -Lo Dao
A badly injured 9th Level Barbarian is found by Monks from a secluded monastery. He learns to channel his Rage into Ki as he is nursed backed to health. The Abbot, noticing his potential, begins to teach him from an ancient secret scroll no one has been able to master for over a century. The Barbarian begins taking the first steps of learning "The Raging Fist of the Stormlands."
The First Quest: Travel to the ruins of an ancient Elemental temple and retrieve the lost Gauntlets of Storms (+2 Ki Bracers of Defense; +2 to Unarmed Damage; +1-2 Electric Shock or Wind Concussion Damage.)
I'm in!
I love this! What subclasses you thinking? For this, I think Storm Herald and I'm thinking either open hand or 4 elements
@@rocksnrolls too bad Way of the Four Elements is so terrible practicality-wise.
I literally made a homebrew version just to make it feel more complete
Rage and monk don't have to be philosophically opposed like that. You could simply reflavor the rage as a meditative battle trance sort of thing.
Like the avatar state but with fists.
The first steps on the path of the Luohan Arhat
the hulk is a barbarian monk. bruce banner is the tranquility monk, piss him off enough he transforms into a raging beast LOL
Raging barb': I would like to rage.
DM: You're already ragi-
Raging barb': Double rage.
😂
So the berserker?😂
So frenzy?
I like the idea of roleplaying this character because they would be super super calm and then just loose there god damn mind and then after combat just be super calm again
just like boxers and mma fighters irl.
super chill 24/7 up until they have to punch something
Famous quote from a not so famous movie, Mystery Men, fits this build amazingly. "Your rage is very quick my friend. But until you learn to master your rage, your rage will become your master!"
For background: he could have studied by a volcano and learned peace and violent eruption. Perhaps like Pacific Islander too, watching the peace of the sea and violence/relentlessness of the storms. So sailor?
I love it, so creative!
I like this idea. I think you can take it more in terms of the PC or his master perhaps studied hurricanes and tempest, and was awed by the power and their nature of swirling rage and chaos with a center of inner peace and tranquility, the Eye of the Storm. And that true power comes from the point between Rage and Serenity. Perhaps he/she was a pirate or sailor who survived a such a storm and became a survivor on some deserted island where he became a hermit who trained in this way and is now making his way back into society. I don't know, just adding my 2 cents.
Hermit would work. He could have sequestered himself to the island
Long fuse, big boom
My personal build is Monk (Open Hand) 6 and Barbarian (Path of the Zealot) 14. That 1d6+7 Radiant damage on top of 1d6+8 for the first attack (that hits) is spicy as hell, and I think it's one of the few Monk/Barb builds that actually fits thematically. You're from a monestary to a war/strength god. No real need for any twisted reason to follow both paths; it's technically within your tenets to follow such a path.
I can cast now too friend wizard, I cast FIST
I was thinking of a barbarian that started going to therapy
Assumes Monk class is Asiatic or Buddhist, and therefore reserved and pacifistic. Obsolete view of what "martial arts" are.
I did a spit take on that lmao
This is kinda what my current Barbarian/Monk is going through. I was getting my party in too much trouble as the pure quick tempered Barbarian I kicked the campaign off with. After some time in prison he found religion in his totem spirit the bear and has as a result become a master of the Open Hand monk technique
I made a fire genasi monk/barbarian and basically she's a quiet girl with anger issues and is trying to control it. When she rages her hair turns from a fiery red to a blaze of blue fire I think it's a nice little detail
I'm filled with tranquil rage and the confusion fuels my rage!!!.
Troommate budddy, that is comedy gold
Thanks :D
sounds a littlebit like Udyr :) "but here, among the monks, i have beceome something greater than myself. I have conquered my Rage"
Eric Kanns Our rage is beyond your control (:
Isn't this a super saiyan?
Tom Harris yeah but thats what makes it cool
Take the Way of the Sunsoul Monk and your super Saiyan is complete!
@@giorgoskotsadam7006 Sun Soul Monk and Totem Barb
sunsoul/Zealot or Sunsoul/totem yes
Lol yea
In the Legends of the Five Rings game they have some samurai that are called Dead-Eyes Berserkers. They can do the whole roaring berserk thing but most tend to go for an eerily quiet murderous rage that unnerves people. They tend to describe it as time slowing down while in combat.
Maybe the backstory that makes logical sense if you want to go monk first, is the monastery where the character studied, studied a particular form of martial arts that reflected a particular animal spirit (like various classical Chinese Kung-Fu styles).
For example, a grappling style with hand strikes for bear, a mobility based style with rapid striking, and flying kicks for eagle, and a mobile, flanking style based low kicking and strikes designed to try and knock your opponent prone before finishing them off for wolf.
A tragedy happens at the monastery which drives the character to grief, but this unlocks a spiritual connection to the totem of his style, fuelled by his grief and rage at the tragedy at the monastery.
His first 2 levels levels of barbarian are when his rage takes him over, and he is learning to control it, that way when you choose your path at 3rd level as Path of the Totem, you can thematically link your training as a monk to your totem as a barbarian, and as you level up as a barbarian, I see the character learning to channel his rage through his previous martial arts training. What do you guys think?
Watch the 1980's anime Hokuto No Ken. Its totally raging unarmed martial arts. The main character, Kenshiro, goes into a righteous shirt-ripping rage, just before punching and kicking all the bad guys he ever fights, in to a pulp.
You mean, Fist of the Northstar?
@@jackbuck6773 same thing
If your going for barbarian/monk multiclass, you definitely need to way of the drunken master for the monk side so you can be the drunken rager!
Grappler + Tavern Brawler seems a must have set of feats for this build... Adv on strength while raging, advantage to hit recklessly with free grapples on those punches and strong grappling? It'd be a nightmare for single targets.
If you use a shield, you lose the benefit of the monk damage die as well as the extra attack using your bonus action. I might also suggest the Water Genasi. You don't get bonus to Str, but the bonus to Con helps def and the Wis boost will help with your Monk class features. Plus you have a 30 swim speed, and the boost to movement from both barbarian and monk say nothing about it being land speed only. :)
I feel like Lizardfolk would just be overall better if you're going that route.
Chops I agree. After watching this video i did some theorycrafting on this build. Lizardfolk do indeed give this build the best racial features. The 1d6 bite as an unarmed attack (which counts for the monk's martial arts), the lizard folk Unarmored Defense gives you an AC of 15 at level 1 (compared to 12 or 13 using the Monk or Barb feature), added swim speed, hungry jaws, and skill proficiencies. not to mention 15 minutes of holding breath (basically immunity to gas spells and effects, suffocation, and drowning) and Crafty Artisan flavor feature.
I hadn't had a chance to really look at the Lizardfolk. I haven't gotten the Volo's Guide yet. That does sound much more effective.
Why would you lose your benefit of
Why would you lose your monk attack die and bonus attack action with a sheild? Makes no sense and doesn't state that in the rules.
A Firbolg Monk/barian sounds amazing, or interesting at the very least.
I've been running this build for about 6 months now on a half-orc. It is super powerful and works very well. For the most part, I don't worry much about Dex or Wisdom because you could still use Strength for unarmed, even as a monk. I feel to note the fluidity in mechanics is so good: reckless + bonus action attacks, Danger Sense + Evasion, Resistances + Deflect missiles, ect. However, I am building just a bit differently than your version here. I keep the d6 unarmed and go 9 monk and 11 Barbarian, for the Relentless feature. Flavorfully, I feel it better suits the brawler build this is going for and when stacked with the half-orc racial feature it becomes highly difficult to fell this character. High AC, Resistances, lots of hp, advantage on Dex saves that you only take half damage if you fail somehow, crazy mobility, and high damage output. This has become my favorite way to play and all straight from the PHB. Subclasses I go with: Totem of the Bear and Way of the Open Palm.
Fighting style: MMA
Or No Ring Deathmatch
Or Hardcore/deathmatch wrestling
That's precisely what I was going for, a half orc wrestler.
Monk barbarian is a Sith. Just use that flavor for RP, d&d wrapping. They can meld very well.
Street fighter Akuma anyone? the Shotokan way had that whole dark hado thing that channelled rage into power.... concept exists. Also Goku... just Saiyin ;D
Grappling is also an interesting aspect of this build. With a walking speed of 85 or so, you could easily pick up an enemy, walk him to a ledge and just push him. That's without spending a ki to dash. With it's high strength and speed it can reposition not only himself but anyone on the battle field
Wrestling after all is, historically speaking, older than boxing as a martial art.
Nerds know nothing of combat.
Would there be any way to add a little bard to the character to make it more like a pro wrestler
I really REALLY wish there was a class that wasnt monk but still specialized in unarmed combat. My favorite unexplored character concept is a hand-to-hand muscle man - think Zangief, Disney Hercules (for the most part), etc. But for the past three editions, d&d has this weird idea that the only hand-to-hand class players could possibly want is a monk.
Knightfall8 i know its late, but check out “pugilist”. You may like it.
Especially annoying when the more pugilistic unarmed martial arts like boxing, MMA, wrestling ect. Are far more realistic for actual combat, far more brutal and effective
Hmm, random thought. Would you allow a shield to be claimed as a monk weapon, as essentially an extension of your punching? If so, a shield could actually be your main weapon and you could go for a serious Captain America styled fighter running around with the high con, dex, and str, and only decent mental stats, doing shield bashes and throws and then relying on punches and kicks until you recover your shield.
I like the way you think
There is a fighter subclass for cap fans
Tiger or "Bear" Style monk both could channel ferocity to overwhelm opponents
I absolutely love the idea of an adopted half-orc in a monastery who sometimes lets his orcish rage take control of him and will rage when his tradition says he should be serene
I built a triton long death totem Barbarian bear (orca for flavour) with haunted one background. He’s being watched by an abyssal harvester that took his fellow monks and before his grand master was taken he was given the scroll of the long death, to help him destroy this thing. Later on he met a hermit that taught him how to channel the totem of the orca (bear) in an attempt to quell his anger over his lost comrades. He’s a decent tank/h2h combatant that is difficult to kill lol. Lvl 15
3 levels in barbarian and the rest in monk
I like having a first level barbarian, for AC with con instead of wis, and the resistance while raging. From there go monk. Your ability priorities from most to least will be strength > con > dex > and then set up your mental stats how ever you want. You're essentially just playing a monk, who can afford to dump wisdom for another physical stat. The race I'd pick would probably be Goliath with the new UE brawny feat for double prof in athletics, and a x4 normal lifting capacity. After you're monk levels make your fists hit with a d6, you can dip back two more levels in barbarian for bear totem, for x6 lifting capacity. Then if you want to pick up tavern brawler for improvised weapon prof, you can use giant stuff like carts and wagons to beat people like the incredible hulk. You're also monstrous at wrestling, with the ability to grapple on your action, and knock people prone with your open hand flurry of blows, making them grappled and prone, with a possible 30+ grapple check to break, before they can even attempt to get up.
Goliath powerful build doesn't stack with Brawny feat because the exact same ability doesn't stack with itself, sorry.
Damn, I thought Brawny was worded differently. That's fine though, there's nothing wrong with an ability score improvement.
They stack because they aren't the exact same ability. If they had the same name it would be different, but they only have the same text. Like if a monk was also a war cleric then they would be able to get 3 attacks using the war cleric's war priest ability and monk's extra attack.
Curtis is right. The devil is in the details. For a Goliath, the wording is that for lifting capacity, you're considered a size category larger, and the same goes for the feat. They don't actually add a modifier, they just change the formula, but they both change it in exactly the same way.
I see what you're saying, but I still would run it as counting as one size larger twice. If you count as one size larger as a Goliath, then as far as I'm concerned you normally count as large for carrying capacity. If you then take brawny, your normal is more than other characters' normal, so one size larger for you is huge. I think that's how it reads, and that's how I would apply it if it came up in my game.
I actually made a barbarian monk but it was more for story reasons. The character was a Minotaur that wandered from his labyrinth and was reformed by a traveling high monk who brought him back to his monastery. As far as the rage tranquility thing, the martial arts are built into muscle memory meaning he'd be able to use them (though less effectively) while raging. As for the Ki aspect, Ki can come from emotions so him raging but channeling that into his fist as a sort of silent berserker would work narrative wise as well.
I just had a player in campaign go with a monk / kensai dip into barbarian. Her model was the Bride from Kill Bill with a focus on hunting down cultists. Special nod to Nerdarchy - I was inspired by the gnome monk chain build that Nerdarchy did a feature on and developed a similar idea within the campaign world. She was inspired by that idea of cult hunting monks and began her monk build and off it went.
Race: Tabaxi: Unarmed does slashing damage and gets str modifier added. Can double speed almost indefinitely.
Totem Warrior Barbarian: 14 Levels: Bear, Bear, Tiger for options.
Drunken Master Monk: 6 Levels
Feats: Tavern Brawler, Fighting Initiate(Unarmed Fighintg Style), Maybe depending on stats, Slasher.
110ft Max movement by level 7, can grapple as a bonus action, lift and throw enemies, 2 ways to disengage from combat, loads of defensive features, can impose advantage for party members like a beast.
Basically King from Tekken with amazing speed. Just add nifty magic belt.
I imagine the Half-Orc might have struggled with the rage inherent to their heritage, and so retreated from society in order to get a handle on it. Just get out, so they couldn't hurt anyone, and where they wouldn't have the stress of civilization setting them off all the time. And over the course of solitary contemplation, they studied the natural world, forming a martial art that channeled their rage in a focused, controlled manner.
Needs a new monk school: Cobra Kai
Four ability scores? No. *Two* ability scores: CON and DEX.
*Level 1 to 3: Barbarian* - get the barbarian unarmored defense, get rages for resistance to piercing, slashing, and bludgeoning. For those levels, use a finesse weapon and learn to live without your rage damage bonus. Having a single ability that adds to both your damage and AC (DEX) makes up for that. At level 3, take Path of the Totem Warrior and go with Bear for resistance to everything but psychic damage.
*Level 4+: Monk* - one stills get the barbarian unarmored defense, so there is no need to sweat the WIS score, *and* one also has a great CON score for all the lovely HP, which a d8 combat squishy like the Monk needs, *and* one still has the benefits of *rage* with respects to damage resistance. As one's DEX is already high if not maxed, one gets one's full AC bonus, *and* the to-hit *and* damage bonuses for one's Martial Arts.
Nearing the endgame, one will still be able to get one's top Monastic Feature at level 17. Because one only has two abilities to max out, missing out on the level 19 ability improvement/feat isn't really an issue - one can still has lots of improvement chances to max CON and DEX and still get all the feats one could realistically need. And considering all the resources available from magic potions, magic items, and spell-casting party members by that level, missing out on the level 18 and level 20 Monk features of Empty Body and Perfect Self are no big loss.
*SO,* seeing as how one doesn't need STR for a to-hit or damage bonus or WIS for an unarmored defense bonus, the best race for this build is obvious: Stout Halfling. Here's where these little fuckers come in to their own. One gets +2 DEX and +1 CON which is exactly what one needs for this build. The *advantage vs. poison* and *resistance to poison* are fantastic. *Halfling Nimbleness* more than makes up for the 5ft less movement on a crowded battlefield. The *Lucky* feature means one will almost never make a crit fail (it essentially amounts to an advantage roll 5% of the time). *Bravery,* an advantage against being frightened is a solid, albeit situational defense.
BTW, this is not entirely theoretical - I am currently using this model in an _Out of the Abyss_ adventure. The DM is leveling us by achievements, and right now the characters are level 9. I'm a Bear Totem Warrior and Way of the Kensei. So far so good.
You need WIS for monk ability DC
You also need Wisdom to be able to multiclass to monk
I’ve always played with this idea in my head. A creature of great rage, something akin to an asura.
I'm imagining something like Ron Swanson for the characters personality but him as a bare knuckle boxer.
Variant human with a feat like mobile or defensive dualist, I would start as a barbarian and switch to monk at level 2 highest stats Str, Dex, Con and just enough Wis for the multiclass.
Trade in that great axe for a dagger and go way of the open fist and just beat everyone unconcious while raging and stick all the stat upgrades into Str, Dex and Con.
@15:15 channelling their rage while not actually being angry:
Made Windy and the Vaapad style from SW.
Not actually angry, but being damn motherfuckin near close to it
I've been thinking about this before xD
You should be able to dual wield bucklers with a blade attached to it as a punching dagger.
I would also love to see a Monklock/warmonk
note on the lizardfolk shield monk: monks can also kick, and you could use your bite melee as an unarmed attack as a lizardfolk
Ever see the show Badlands. There are several characters that are martial art fighters but when they get injured there eyes go black and they " rage out"
It's a great show.
Nerdarchist Dave
I see Zuko from last avatar, in mindset. Especially soon before he joins the crew.
So i am playing a barbarian monk atm in our homebrew campaign and i gotta say its pretty neato. Also i wouldnt say they are opposed. My guy has kindof a hulk issue with having a chemical accident that puts him into constant subconcious rage, and the hand to hamd combat that he learned from monks helps him control it, it serves as kind of a vent for him.
what would you start as a monk or a barbarian? and how would you level this character from lvl 1?
Starting class really depends on what unarmored defense you want. But I would start with Barbarian as that gives you the most Hp starting out.
I've loved the idea that the monks tranquil mind/spirit can easily fit with Barbarian rage in that it's less of frothing fury, and more a channeling of the eb and flow of their emotions. Instead of releasing the fury, anger, and passion like an explosion, the monkbarian let's it flow through them, and and controls their anger, releasing it in their strikes, or leaps, or in preparing to take damage. They take control of their passion, rather than letting the passion take control of them. And to the outside, it looks like a savage trance, and a brutal flowing of movement.
Gorulf Ironhand, Exiled Chieftain of the Daggertooth Clan
Gorulf was a powerful and prolific war chief of his clan in his day. As he grew in age, so did his desire for wisdom and understanding of the world that he and his people inhabit. Not many chieftains had ever reached such an age, when 40 human years was the average lifespan for a raiding Orc. As is the way of his people, once a chief passes into the Wild Dark (dies), a new chief is chosen by blood combat. As his age and length of rule was unprecedented, many of the Hot Bloods wished to rule and conquer by their names.
Two brothers, Kravek and Doloth, sought power through devious magical methods. Kravek's and Doloth's dark magics engulfed Gorulf after a savage battle, and dragged him farther than anywhere he, his father, and his father's father had conquered. Thought to be dead, Gorulf has spent many moons meditating and contemplating his direction, through the aid of the Hunting Moon (his deity).
Hunting Moon has only begun to teach him the true meanings of calm air, the still night, and the savagery of the Stalkers (night predators).
Half-Orc Totem Warrior Barb/Shadow Monk.
Stealthy, quick, hard as nails melee fighter that his like a Mack truck when it counts!
Hi guys, I came across this as I'm thinking of playing this kind of character. My main question is in what order would you take the different levels?
The hard thing is to decide between how to allocate lvl's between the two classes, 14M for prof on ALL saves (and immune to all poison and disease) or 11B for Relentless rage (eg. Hard to actually die while raging).
If you really want to add some damage then work at least one lvl of Hexblade into there for prof bonus to melee damage rolls and crit on 19+ (with 4 attacks/turn) + 1d6 necro damage per hit from basic Hex when not raging.
Totem of the Bear for Barb is a given, the harder question is what to take for Monk I'm leaning towards Kensei (XGE) but Astral Self (UA) might work.
What's the level progression? It's great to make a 20 level build, but if you play it, you need to have a plan. You need monk 1 early to weaponize your bonus action. You need barbarian 1-3 for defenses. And monk 5 or barbarian 5 for extra attack as soon as possible. Monk 1, Barb 5, monk 2-4, that gets you to level 10. Back to Barb, then finish in monk? Tbh, I never play that high level. My highest level character was 13.
We recently redid this video as a character build guide. We do the progression on that video extreme brawler.
Nerdarchist Dave
She could be a calm girl who controls her rage and uses anger to her advantage when needed.
I did this build and pretty much make a sayain. Human and take mage initiate cleric and used guiding bolt as the level one spell light and thaumaturgy as the cantrips. I only made it to level 5 and didn’t really build much past it but it was bad ass. Did path of the sunsoul at lv 3 monk and put 2 lv in barbarian
From the old Kung Fu series (episode "Besieged: Death on Cold Mountain Part 1"); Tamo of Cold Mountain, Barbarian Monk: ua-cam.com/video/lk5bgx5OYSk/v-deo.html
base movement: 30ft. elk totem: +15. fast movement: +10. unarmored movement (monk lv 15): +25. mobile feat: +10. *final ovement speed at lv 20: 90ft*
and of course the bonus action dash and feline agility will both double that.
So, here is how I built the same concept: Tabaxi, monk 17, barb 3, taking long death and wolf totem. I had a bit of an advantage with stats because we roll at my table, and reroll anything less than 13, so i generally have pretty high stats all around. Now this is an insanely crazy build because of the tabaxi ability to double speed, meaning that the max speed without feats is 120 every other turn. With the special abilities that come with the death class, you could zip around the battlefield to all sides and end your turn by almost guaranteeing a kill on an enemy at the cost of a few ki points, and be out of everyone else's range. Pair that up with rage and the other barbarian stuff and damn.
Have a barbarian but their anger and rage are uncontrollable and becomes an issue to their friends, they almost killed one of them. They take monk classes to control their rage and anger. They don't always manage to succeed, but they try.
There you go, easy fluff for barbarian monk. The opposing nature of the classes can work in your favour, rather than against you. Works extra well with animalistic races to control their aggressive instincts.
I don't think it's that uncommon of a trope either.
you guys should revisit this now that there's way more options for both.
Not only is a Barbarian Monk diametrically opposed, it is also a dichotomy and paradoxical in nature. *How exciting!*
Hey Nerdarchy! A video request: D&Dize Bo Rai Cho from Mortal Kombat using the 5e Adventure League rules for character creation as a challenge. If that is possible, I would love to see it or any character from Mortal Kombat honestly.
What’s the exact build in levels? I’m having trouble following along.
In our current game I'm playing a mountain dwarf 6 barbarian (bear both aspects), and 3 monk (open hand). the build is 14 monk and 6 barbarian, and the rage comes from the alcohol he makes so the bear bonus at lvl 3 come from him being drunk, the idea is making a drunken master that when drinking goes into a rage. The background is the entertainer, gladiator slave option, the point buy for stats wasn't too bad (14, 14, 14, 13, 9, 8) post racial being (16 STR, 14 DEX, 16 CON, 9 INT, 13 WIS, 8 CHA) our DM allowed us to pick 1 rare item, I immediately grabbed a belt of Giant Strength for a STR of 21. hes been a blast to play and the mobile feat is almost necessary, pushing a creature using Flurry 15ft from a failed STR save is very satisfying. His main weapon is currently a quarterstaff. The only thing I'm thinking about asking my DM for is if the other masonic traditions can be from the Drunken master once Xanathar's Guide finally comes out since we only use "official material".
I like the idea of a human who studies at a monastery. There, they specialise in conserving rage for the battle, in which they ham on people and literal tear them apart. This person completed/flunked their test to be an 'elite' and are on a quest of the monastery to do something/gain redemption.
I was hoping for recommendations on what Primal Path and Mondastic Tradition combos were probably the best.
I love that Dave knows how martial arts were first developed in China. Your History Skill paid off. Thumbs up on the video!
If you are using a monk weapon you can use dex for atk rolls and damage. You could focus just dex con and wis, and droop str (though you lose your rage bonus damage with monk weapons)
Base monk, go to level 3 for open hand style, take 3 levels of barbarian for bear totem resistance, finish chasing the monk to 17 for all the attacks, monk stuff and quivering palm. Build for dex/wis with con secondary for more hp. Easy hellishly damage resistant monk.
For the love of GOD, "ki" is pronounced as "key", not "kai"!
Depends where it's from, it could be pronounced as Kai, key or chi anyways it doesn't matter they are all representative of the same life force
@@alexmatheson3860 In English "chi" would be spelled "chi". The D&D books are based in English and use the spelling "Ki". Which, according to Merriam-webster in English is pronounced "key". Other than that: fair point, but still the nitpicking asshole that is my brain couldn't help but twitch every time it was pronounced "kai". Then again, that's a "me problem".
Its actually pronouced kee
@@gingercore69 erm...that's kinda how "key" sounds.
@@noerartnoe i was joking, ibforgot to add the "(?)" At the end ñwñ
Im a bit late, but i got the idea because one of my mates bought journey to ragnarok and they have a new strength based monk subclass. They also have the bear clan, basically some juiced up primitive barbarians living in the harsh mountains.
I would like to play this heavily traumatized dude who keeps his volatile emotions under control with crazy breathwork techniques (Wim Hoff inspired) which also help withstand the biting cold in minimal clothing. I like to have a distinct voice from the start and i envision him always sounding very breathy, think Sean Bean but deeper. ("one does not simply walk into Mordor"). I might go for the charger feat since it could fit pretty well
This sounds like the path ashura from the world of Martial arts a art that brings forth your rage as power
Listening to the intro, I was suddenly struck that The Hulk would be a good fit - the berserker who seeks to control his rage through meditation until he achieves his secret - he's always angry! Background Sage. For the first couple of levels, he can get away with medium armor, then later buy into monk. If human, take the variant with the bonus feat of charger.
So basically this is a build for those who want to play asura's wrath
I was personally thinking about Kensei Monk with Juggernaut Barbarian. The Juggernaut for the knockback, no knockdown, and siege damage seemed pretty appealing. I am still green as grass to D&D so if this seems like a bad combo explain it to me like I'm an idiot. My backup character plan is a "commando" (assassin/battle master).
guys Ki is pronunced like key not Kai.
Interesting. I've been dealing with this idea for a few days now as I'd like to replicate Dragon Warrior from Battle Realms - kinda half-naked guy with a giant curvy sword that can be set on fire and they also have Chi shield that absorbs damage. As this would be a totally flavour-based character, I've decided to give him Counterattack (homebrew) due to the lack of armor. Counterattack: you can use your reaction to punch a counterattack (both armed and unarmed attacks) to block the incoming blow. Roll a full attack and if a number you roll is higher than the opponent's, the attack is deflected. Any thoughts?
So this guy sounds more monk than barbarian in flavor. Any good Kung fu movie where characters use different styles, especially animal theme styles seems perfect for him. Eagle style! Cl. Bear style! Puma style!
Wolf Fang Fist!
what about water genasi (+2 con, +1 wis) earth genasi (+2 con, +1 str) and bugbear (+2 str, +1 dex) as racial choices?
Would the Charger Feat be able to add the +5 damage for this build? You're moving anyway...might as well take the damage bonus.
So this particular style of character as been on my mind for a while I have wanted to do an unarmed character for sometime but not a monk. So far the best I've come up with is elderich knight at 7th lvl using alter self to make there fists as hards as iron. This gives you 1d6 +1 combined with the dueling fighting style and a shield ( required to make the fighting style work). One should get better average dmg then a monk per round and spellcasting. If your unfortunate enough to lose concentration you can always summon a weapon
as a barbarian bear totem monk, would the deflect missiles come in after the damage is reduced?
What's the use of the rage damage if it doesn't apply when you punch stuff?
Doesn't this suggest you should take the Kensei path?
I actually made this combo trying to recreate the High Elf White Lions of Charce from Warhammer. As elves are more dex based the kensai monk ability to use dex over strength was a great way to go!
I got a question, im a noob at this and was researching, in a 1-6lvl adventure, how should i begin to build my character if i wanna focus on damage?
Would it be an issue if you just swapped DEX and WIS with STR and CON? Change up deflect missle, AC calculation, and your ki save DC. I don't see much of an issue letting a player have this, and you could just write it off as like hard style martial arts or something. If there is a homebrew like that plz send me a link lol.
kalkuta101 look up the pugilist on DMs guild
Tried making a half orc barbarian monk in 3.5 and it worked kinda clunky tbh. focusing on Ki based feats and eventually gaining flying with dipping into barbarian for the rage eventually had me playing as a Saiyan almost. mechanically clunky but so much fun to roleplay.
If you want a lot of movement the Nomadic Order from the UA Mystic can give you a lot. Teleportation, movement after a tp.
Dragonborn w/dragon hide racial feat + Warlock + Pact of the Tome using the Primal Savagery druid cantrip gives a really nice unarmed(claw) attack for a d4+2d10 @ 5th level. You can use the True Strike cantrip to give advantage on your attack to make sure that you leave some really cool wolverine claw marks on your foe.
My immediate thought seeing the title of this was X-Men First Class, with Charles' philosophy of true focus lying between rage and serenity.
I have a question with a monk barbarian build, could you replace the strength check or strength roll for dexterity since the monk part could do that?
I played a 10F/17M in 1E and loved it. I would like to try a Burning Monk. I picture a Barbarian that wants to learn to focus his rage, not give it up. A Monk with a slow burn.
I'm currently playing a Barb1 Monk 5 Hermit Goliath who was kick out of his tribe cause he was too weak, and so he channels his rage from his desire to be stronger, but because he's been alone for so long and meditating on his own has developed his own martial arts style and way to survive.
Would y'all consider updating this post-Tasha's?