Tavern Brawler is generally considered to be a better grappler feat than the Grappler feat. Other than that, though, it’s not considered very strong. One level rogue for athletics expertise makes anything into a grappler as long as they’re already pretty tanky, so that’s one thing to suggest to him.
What kind of weapon can you use in tavern brawler?
Vials of acid, for example, are considered improvised weapons. Any time you want to throw something at someone or hit someone with something that isn’t a weapon, improvised weapon proficiency comes into play. You are correct that 5e doesn’t support a full-on brawler – a fighter who uses fists as opposed to a monk.
What makes tavern brawler so worthless after errata?
But what really makes Tavern Brawler near-worthless is that post-errata, all characters are proficient with unarmed strikes. This makes improvised weapons the feat’s only unique proficiency, which barely matters because improvised weapons still deal the same d4 damage that unarmed strikes do.
Is the tavern brawler feat viable in RuneScape?
Gotta love them Tavern Brawling Hip Bumping Paladins. You could be a bit flexible with improvised weapons (giving the ‘light’ attribute which allows two weapon fighting for example), while still allowing them to grapple. This is up to you as the DM and breaks no rules, improvised weapons are entirely up to you and what you deem logical.
Why do you lose points with tavern brawler?
Grappling is really strong – drag someone away from an ally, into a pit of acid, etc. Sure, with tavern brawler, you’re losing out on a couple points of damage because you’re attacking at a d4+STR rather than a d8 or d12 + STR, but if you didn’t have tavern brawler, you’d be doing 0 damage instead of d4+STR.
Why is tavern brawler not supported in 5e?
Any time you want to throw something at someone or hit someone with something that isn’t a weapon, improvised weapon proficiency comes into play. You are correct that 5e doesn’t support a full-on brawler – a fighter who uses fists as opposed to a monk. That’s not the fault of the tavern brawler feat, though.
What’s the best way to build a tavern brawler?
The long answer is build a variant human fighter who focuses on strength, get the feat that makes you better at brawling, then get the grapple feat, and finally realize that you should have just gone with a monk. It’s certainly doable. The Tavern Brawler Barbarian will be tougher, the Monk will be more nimble.
