I’m trying to determine if there’s some magical component to Monks ability to delay pain, or if I’m supposed to believe that when Ragnaros hits them, they’re just so drunk it’s delayed.
Monks, by and large, are a hard sell to my brain that’s thinking “Oh give me a break.” I’m hoping you can help me, wow forums.
I do not think lore can explain gameplay mysteries. I mean, they are Brewmasters after all, probably some sort of pain delaying brew that they drink every morning every day. 
you obviously have not had many bar fights people develop advanced pain maagement when they do not even notice they are being hit
they drink so much alcohol that they numb the pain.
meaning all dwarves should have this as a passive as well
Well there’s certainly a psychological reason for it. Alcohol is an inhibitor.
Adrenaline is a heck of a drug.
Adrenaline + Alcohol can lead to some incredible feats.
Your survival afterwards is not necessarily guaranteed.
Game mechanics do not equal lore, so whatever you wanna pretend it is is your own truth until they eventually shove it in a book and call it lore.
It’s when you try to walk the line the cops tell you to do when pulled over for suspected dui.
So lorewise, when my monk drinks to be able to tank, it’s tea. It’s all tea. That’s what brewmaster means and I’m sticking to it.
Some of the brews are magical, yes. They’re infused with chi.
That said, there’s a huge component to pain and injury and death that’s entirely mental. If you’re high on drugs, this can result in not going into shock as is natural when shot in the head. People who are high enough have been shot in the head and kept attacking.
Not only is this reasonably believable, it works super well in a magic universe. The monk uses a combination of discipline and maybe a little magic to avoid going into shock so the healing magic can work.
You hit the nail on the head!
…but i guess i never thought about it like that before. It is rather, uh, weird, that this exists.
Magni: get ready champion, we are about to fight n’zoth and save Azeroth!
Player: /chugsbeer WOOOO LETS DO THIS
Yeah? Do raid bosses go to your bar?
Take a gander at drunken boxing Kung Fu. In that nothing you do involves being drunk, it involves making your avoidance techniques look accidental. I think that was the inspiration for it, and beyond that it’s just game mechanics.
This was helpful, because I can just assume the brew provides super human something or other. And I’ll make him an alchemist so it’s all vibing.
Now I just need a race.
Being dunk can have some advantages like not tensing up and braking bones instead you just go with the flow i suggest if you cant understand drunken martial arts -its real- then watch drunken master