What would ya'll suggest for a warrior nun build, I'm doing aasimar as the race, I'm honestly imagining a secret bodyguard for the pope or someone similar
Just what are you actually striving for? Just a female martial that is a member of some religious order (essentially a female Paladin) or are you trying to go the whole females only, sworn to celibacy, bride of the deity semi cloistered religious order thing in addition to being a martial character?
The female Paladin is easy enough, the full on “nun” bit is a bit harder as you have to put the whole thing together and have it make sense in your world. Why does this religion separate the sexes in its orders? Why is this female order a militant one? Etc.
The first thing that my mind jumped to was Monk because nuns are essentially female monks. A cloister, or order of nuns is like a friary, or order of monks, nuns are called “sister” like monks are called “brother.” So there’s a parallel there, even though D&D Monks aren’t really synonymous with IRL monks. And it makes sense too since a nun wouldn’t really carry weapons on her, and you could reskin a quarterstaff as a set of prayer beads. Call them prayer beads, but just use the stats for a quarterstaff instead.
However, the more I think about it, the more I think Paladin would fit just as well. After all, nuns do swear oaths and follow specific codes of conduct too. The only thing that doesn’t really fit so well is a Paladin’s use of weaponry, but if your character is part of a militant sisterhood, even that could work.
I would stay away from Cleric however, it doesn’t fit as well. Clerics are essentially priests, and nuns specifically aren’t priests. And the full caster progression doesn’t fell like it meshes as well with what you’ve described.
I mean, the exact structure of a fictional religion doesn't need to match anything IRL, so I wouldn't rule Cleric out purely because of that dynamic. That said, it's definitely the least "warrior" option.
I had imagined that some time ago the religious leader at that time was given a vision by their patron to create an order female warriors and in return would gift the order divine warrior (Maybe the vision corresponds after a discovery of a divine artifact related to their patron or some dark artifact put under their protection and guard), this order was made to be the last line of defense after the paladin and clerics of said religious group
Well, if you’re using the show as inspiration, there were a few different kinds, some more fit rogues or monks, others fighters or paladins. Shotgun Mary (Top 10 character names, btw) would obviously be a gunslinger.
In a D&D world, I’d see them with a pretty broad cross-section of classes. You never know what kinds of missions they’ll have to go on (sure it was founded to protect an artifact, but there’s always mission creep), and want to be sure you have the right kinds of people for anything.
Oh, like the TV show. Paladin, cleric (life, order, peace, etc), monk, fighter would all work. An inquisitive rogue is an interesting take as well. Barbarian path of the Zealot would work too. You can make a case for multi classing from Paladin to celestial warlock (try and align the diety and patron) or divine soul sorcerer because they have a link to celestials.
That would be the Forgotten Realms, which has accumulated so much lore by this point that you could justify pretty much anything. Really, going by 5e's setup, you can give any class a background like Acolyte or Hermit or Sage and justify them having lived a cloistered life prior to the campaign. There really isn't a "right" or "best" answer to this question, it's a matter of what you think fits the character you have in mind and the setting your DM is running.
Zealot Barbarian is probably the most obvious choice, but if you don't want to be STR-based a Way of the Long Death Monk or a Phantom rogue would work as well. The problem with cleric, paladin, or fighter is the armour & shields which wouldn't fit with the depiction in the show. Lore should never be a constraint on character creation, and you can make up any kind of justification you want.
If the idea is the nuns are part of a religious order, then just make them that. Any character of any class can be religious to whatever degree they like. Some classes more or less require the character to be religious, but anyone can choose to be. It’s a role play choice; it doesn’t have to be reflected in the class mechanics.
If you want to stay away from western religious influences monk works well basing it off the legends of Ng Mui who supposedly was a Shaolin monk and the creator of the Wing Chun martial arts style. Probably either open hand or Kensai subclasses would work best.
If you want 5hemto be a secret bodyguard you might want to go monk as they do not need armor or weapons that would reveal their true nature. Otherwise I think everything has been covered, clerics are quite capable bodyguards but rely on spells more than the typical warrior, paladins are the obvious choice if wearing heavy armor any wielding a sword is not an issue but any warrior could also happen to be a nun maybe having the acolyte background
The more I actually think about it, I have more a battle nun than a warrior nun in mind (not sure on the difference between the two), I do appreciate the feedback though
The more I actually think about it, I have more a battle nun than a warrior nun in mind (not sure on the difference between the two), I do appreciate the feedback though
In that case you can g owith just about anything.
Classes with religious undertones (or get their powers from their god) are the more obvious ones:
Paladin, monk and zealot barbarian are more martial focused
Cleric, divine soul warlock and celestial warlock are more spellcasting focussed
But you could go away from the standard path for example.
If you serve a god a nature you could go druid or ranger
You could be an arcane caster who for background reasons has decided to join the order of nuns
You could be a rogue who has had a religious encounter that caused them to turn from their thieving ways and instead use their skills to serve their new found god.
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What would ya'll suggest for a warrior nun build, I'm doing aasimar as the race, I'm honestly imagining a secret bodyguard for the pope or someone similar
Monk, Cleric, or Paladin are the obvious choices. Fighter is an option as well. All depends how you want to play.
Just what are you actually striving for? Just a female martial that is a member of some religious order (essentially a female Paladin) or are you trying to go the whole females only, sworn to celibacy, bride of the deity semi cloistered religious order thing in addition to being a martial character?
The female Paladin is easy enough, the full on “nun” bit is a bit harder as you have to put the whole thing together and have it make sense in your world. Why does this religion separate the sexes in its orders? Why is this female order a militant one? Etc.
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The first thing that my mind jumped to was Monk because nuns are essentially female monks. A cloister, or order of nuns is like a friary, or order of monks, nuns are called “sister” like monks are called “brother.” So there’s a parallel there, even though D&D Monks aren’t really synonymous with IRL monks. And it makes sense too since a nun wouldn’t really carry weapons on her, and you could reskin a quarterstaff as a set of prayer beads. Call them prayer beads, but just use the stats for a quarterstaff instead.
However, the more I think about it, the more I think Paladin would fit just as well. After all, nuns do swear oaths and follow specific codes of conduct too. The only thing that doesn’t really fit so well is a Paladin’s use of weaponry, but if your character is part of a militant sisterhood, even that could work.
I would stay away from Cleric however, it doesn’t fit as well. Clerics are essentially priests, and nuns specifically aren’t priests. And the full caster progression doesn’t fell like it meshes as well with what you’ve described.
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I mean, the exact structure of a fictional religion doesn't need to match anything IRL, so I wouldn't rule Cleric out purely because of that dynamic. That said, it's definitely the least "warrior" option.
Are you talking about the show? Or something less specific?
I had imagined that some time ago the religious leader at that time was given a vision by their patron to create an order female warriors and in return would gift the order divine warrior (Maybe the vision corresponds after a discovery of a divine artifact related to their patron or some dark artifact put under their protection and guard), this order was made to be the last line of defense after the paladin and clerics of said religious group
Not exactly, but the show did give me the idea
Well, if you’re using the show as inspiration, there were a few different kinds, some more fit rogues or monks, others fighters or paladins. Shotgun Mary (Top 10 character names, btw) would obviously be a gunslinger.
In a D&D world, I’d see them with a pretty broad cross-section of classes. You never know what kinds of missions they’ll have to go on (sure it was founded to protect an artifact, but there’s always mission creep), and want to be sure you have the right kinds of people for anything.
What would you suggest in the dnd world?
Which world? There's a number of official settings, which themselves have diverse cultures, and then there's all the homebrew settings people make.
Let's say the basic campaign fantasy setting
Oh, like the TV show. Paladin, cleric (life, order, peace, etc), monk, fighter would all work. An inquisitive rogue is an interesting take as well. Barbarian path of the Zealot would work too. You can make a case for multi classing from Paladin to celestial warlock (try and align the diety and patron) or divine soul sorcerer because they have a link to celestials.
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That would be the Forgotten Realms, which has accumulated so much lore by this point that you could justify pretty much anything. Really, going by 5e's setup, you can give any class a background like Acolyte or Hermit or Sage and justify them having lived a cloistered life prior to the campaign. There really isn't a "right" or "best" answer to this question, it's a matter of what you think fits the character you have in mind and the setting your DM is running.
Zealot Barbarian is probably the most obvious choice, but if you don't want to be STR-based a Way of the Long Death Monk or a Phantom rogue would work as well. The problem with cleric, paladin, or fighter is the armour & shields which wouldn't fit with the depiction in the show. Lore should never be a constraint on character creation, and you can make up any kind of justification you want.
If the idea is the nuns are part of a religious order, then just make them that. Any character of any class can be religious to whatever degree they like. Some classes more or less require the character to be religious, but anyone can choose to be. It’s a role play choice; it doesn’t have to be reflected in the class mechanics.
If you want to stay away from western religious influences monk works well basing it off the legends of Ng Mui who supposedly was a Shaolin monk and the creator of the Wing Chun martial arts style. Probably either open hand or Kensai subclasses would work best.
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If you want 5hemto be a secret bodyguard you might want to go monk as they do not need armor or weapons that would reveal their true nature. Otherwise I think everything has been covered, clerics are quite capable bodyguards but rely on spells more than the typical warrior, paladins are the obvious choice if wearing heavy armor any wielding a sword is not an issue but any warrior could also happen to be a nun maybe having the acolyte background
The more I actually think about it, I have more a battle nun than a warrior nun in mind (not sure on the difference between the two), I do appreciate the feedback though
In that case you can g owith just about anything.
Classes with religious undertones (or get their powers from their god) are the more obvious ones:
But you could go away from the standard path for example.