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How Magical or Non-Magical Should the Monk Be?
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<blockquote data-quote="GreyICE" data-source="post: 6029996" data-attributes="member: 6684526"><p>I don't mean to be insulting, but have you ever actually looked at the 4E monk?</p><p></p><p>All monk powers were the 4E equivalent of full actions, and let you do a move action and an attack. So, for instance, one of the monk's attacks let him make a jump for distance up to his movement speed and then make an attack when he landed. Another let him shift 2 squares (essentially make 2 5' steps) and then do an AOE. </p><p></p><p>What does this mean? Well, say there's a pack of archers, fronted by some shieldsmen. The Fighter (in ANY edition) shrugs his shoulders, gets his weapon ready, and gets ready to rumble and block some arrows. The monk leaps 30' through the air, lands in the middle of them, next turn sweeps them all with his AOE and makes it impossible for them to shift away, and then gets to work.</p><p></p><p>The fighter should not have the ability to make 30' jumps, IMHO. The monk should. That sort of whirlwind movement power is really something totally unique, and not something the fighter class should have.</p><p></p><p>The fighter, of course, gets other toys. But not 30 foot jumps. Not dragon tail kicks that do blasts of fire damage. Not dancing through crowds of enemies perfectly safe and laying down a flurry of damage on everything around him. That's what a Monk is.</p><p></p><p>Seriously go look up the 4E monk, and you'll see something different from every fighter ever made, something that deserves its own class.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreyICE, post: 6029996, member: 6684526"] I don't mean to be insulting, but have you ever actually looked at the 4E monk? All monk powers were the 4E equivalent of full actions, and let you do a move action and an attack. So, for instance, one of the monk's attacks let him make a jump for distance up to his movement speed and then make an attack when he landed. Another let him shift 2 squares (essentially make 2 5' steps) and then do an AOE. What does this mean? Well, say there's a pack of archers, fronted by some shieldsmen. The Fighter (in ANY edition) shrugs his shoulders, gets his weapon ready, and gets ready to rumble and block some arrows. The monk leaps 30' through the air, lands in the middle of them, next turn sweeps them all with his AOE and makes it impossible for them to shift away, and then gets to work. The fighter should not have the ability to make 30' jumps, IMHO. The monk should. That sort of whirlwind movement power is really something totally unique, and not something the fighter class should have. The fighter, of course, gets other toys. But not 30 foot jumps. Not dragon tail kicks that do blasts of fire damage. Not dancing through crowds of enemies perfectly safe and laying down a flurry of damage on everything around him. That's what a Monk is. Seriously go look up the 4E monk, and you'll see something different from every fighter ever made, something that deserves its own class. [/QUOTE]
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