What to do with a vanara


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I have a gm boon for a vanara pc, and I was wondering what to do with it class wise. I was thinking gunslinger because of the ability score synergy and because I've wanted to play one for a while. Of course gunslinger seems to favor human because of how feat intensive it is. A lot of it depends on if you can use the prehensile tail to load a gun or not. I need to look into it. What do you guys think?

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I don't think you can reload weapons with the tail; all it can do is pick up and hold things.

If I had a vanara I'd be looking into a Wu Kong cleric/inquisitor/war priest.


I made a Leshy Warden with one because they seem like a class that would in tune with nature.

Monks seem like the most obvious though in terms of sendearment stats.

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Ascalaphus wrote:

I don't think you can reload weapons with the tail; all it can do is pick up and hold things.

If I had a vanara I'd be looking into a Wu Kong cleric/inquisitor/war priest.

Is Wu Kong cleric a thing?


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Cory Stafford 29 wrote:
A lot of it depends on if you can use the prehensile tail to load a gun or not. I need to look into it. What do you guys think?

The prehensile tail itself can't reload.

However, the prehensile tail can hold a gun while one of the vanara's hands reloads it. Also, similar to casters with a weapon and a light shield, passing a weapon between hands (or a hand and a prehensile tail) is a free action.

A vanara, since the weapon cord nerf, can pull off the two pistol gunslinger without needing to spend the extra feats on Weapon Focus, Dazzling Display, and Gun Twirling.

Dark Archive

That's good to know. Sounds like a solid choice for a gunslinger then.

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Cory Stafford 29 wrote:
Ascalaphus wrote:

I don't think you can reload weapons with the tail; all it can do is pick up and hold things.

If I had a vanara I'd be looking into a Wu Kong cleric/inquisitor/war priest.

Is Wu Kong cleric a thing?

Derp. Sun Wukong.

Not an exciting favored weapon, but very good domains. And the prehensile tail is good for fetching scrolls. Vanara make good casting-focused clerics.

If you develop your natural Climb speed to the point where you can hold onto dungeon walls/ceilings, it's easy to stay out of melee, too.

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I was thinking it was an unarmed cleric archetype. I'm not too familiar with non core deities.


They have the stats for a gunslinger, but I don't think you can reload with a tail. You can check with your DM. Though even without you aren't bad off.

Like Chromatic said, they make great monks (especially Zen Archers), with both their stat bonuses helping.

Empyreal Sorcerer, Ranger, Inquisitor.... all very nice options.

And there's only a few classes they're really bad at.

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