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Monk

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20:24 Warrior of Mercy
22:23 Warrior of the Elements
30:34 Warrior of Shadow
36:05 Warrior of the Open Hand

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[DnDDeepDive]

From the bottom of my heart: thank you for helping my favorite class get to a happier place :)

[jnhensley]

This is the type of attention and scrutiny that the Ranger should have been put under. This feels like much more of an overhaul than what the Ranger was put through.

[RulesLawyerDnD]

01. Martial Arts - more weapon options
02. BA unarmed strike no matter what you do.
03. 3 options for unarmed strike - damage, grapple, or shove.
04. Use Dex instead of Str for grapple and Shove DC.
05. Martial Arts Die starts at level 1- d6 and ends at level 17 - d12
06. Level 2 monks focus (used to be Ki) aka Focus Points.
07. Patient Defence BA disengage with no FP cost. Spend a point to add dodge
08. Step of the wind BA dash action for no FP cost. Spend a point to increase jump.
09. Flurry of blows - now give two attacks. So it's the same.
10. Uncanny metabolism - once per day regain all expended focus points plus some HP.
11. Deflect attacks now works vs all attacks that do Blud, Piercing, and slashing damage. So melee, ranged, and spells attacks.
12. Deflect energy on all damage types at level 13.
13. Superior defense and other abilities to help increase survivability.
- healing, negate charm frightened and poison.
14. Heightened Focus level 10 -
15. Stunning Strike got a nerf - only once per turn.
- But if they pass the DC then speed is halved and next attack on them has advantage.

[amessinger]

During the whole Darkness monk discussion, I was imagining a talk beforehand being like "Okay guys, for legal reasons we CANNOT mention Batman when we talk about this subclass."

[uchihajunior]

I wished they gave this same amount of love and attention for the ranger too, but the monk definetly deserved to be a redesigh priority.

[MegaBendex]

It is criminal that, with the new Weapon Mastery feature, the Kensei didn't make it into this book over Mercy.

[Fisan]

I've been playing a monk in a long-running campaign for the past 3 years. I've never been more ecstatic about a change for a class so far!

[RulesLawyerDnD]

Warrior of Open Hand.
01. Level 6 wholeness of body is BA and can be used multiple times in one day.
02. Fleet step - when you use BA to do anything other than Step of the Wind you can now Step of the wind as apart of that BA but after the other ability was used.
03. Death touch now does a lot but unsure. No more instant drop to zero.

[socialcommentary]

"Every class got a lot of loving attention..." (everyone looks over at the Ranger...)

[chiepah]

Focus points is a good name, discipline points was kind of a mouthful. I just called them monk points since that made it easier to talk about.

[eliascabbio]

I love so, so much how they reworked this class, it makes me so deeply envious of how much difference in treatment there is with Rangers

[tylerswanson]

Uncanny metabolism is just Randy's "I didnt hear no bell"

[skippy]

I still prefer Ki but Focus is SO much better than Discipline Points

[RulesLawyerDnD]

Elemental Monk aka warrior of the elements.
01. Increase the reach of your attacks.
02. Cantrip elementalism
03. Elemental strikes - change damage type and force a saving throw to move the enemy around the battle field.
04. Level 6. Magic action spend focus points to do an AOE attack from 120 feet away. (Old Sun Soul monk ability?)
05. Must spend Focus points to use/ activit abilities.
06. Level 11 when you activate ability you gain fly and swim speed.
07. Level 17. Every level you cam gain/ change a damage resistance.
08. Speed increase plus damage from moving around.
09. Once per turn can do extra damage.

[RulesLawyerDnD]

Warrior of Shadow.
01. Level 3 - cast darkness and now can see in that darkness as well.
02. Shadow Step now at level 11 can spend a FP you don't have to start or end your turn in dim light or darkness.
03. As apart of the BA telelport you can make one unarmed attack.
04.Cloak of Shadows - Invisible and incorp. Plus use flurry of blows with no need to spend FP.

[Daedalus_Dragon]

So glad they started monk unarmed at a d6, d4 was dumb

[grootsarborist]

As a former monk player this is absolutely ridiculous. I love it! Please please please redo Drunken Master and include the actual moves in the movies in a future book

[veronwright]

I hope monks got the revamp they deserve

Edit: they frickin did and I'm happy beyond my wildest dreams:)

[Mark-kiic]

The art shows an Dragonborn monk so at 5th level he can use Breath Weapon as attack 1, staff as attack 2, kick and tail slap as flurry of blows. Least that's how I see it.

[CheddarPowder]

I can't fathom how in the nine hells the same team that has designed this incredible monk class, has also designed the new ranger that contradicts ITSELF