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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 7194671" data-attributes="member: 6677017"><p>I think this is the best monk of any edition. Just the other day I was reading their feature that gives them proficiency in all saves, and realizing that it also includes the ability to spend 1 ki point to reroll a failed save. That's just an incredible ability.</p><p></p><p>I'm a major fan of the way they allow you to mix and match armed and unarmed attacks. With 3e monks, as soon as you got a decent magic weapon, you never punch or kick again. 5e did it in a way that makes sure you'll always be using your unarmed strikes, whether or not you choose to add weapons to the mix.</p><p></p><p>And they just get <em>so many</em> abilities. That's one of the things that always stands out when I read through the class (which isn't often, because I haven't dealt with many yet). Lots of abilities, and quite good ones at that.</p><p></p><p>Not only that, but they managed to throw a ninja into the PHB as an unobtrusive little sub-class of monk, and it feels right. (Sure, if there were a unique ninja class it could fit better, but Way of Shadow is definitely close enough for anyone who isn't running some sort of campaign that needs multiple types of ninjas.)</p><p></p><p>I do agree with the problems with Way of the Four Elements (it stood out to me as weak from my first read I think), and the issue with going Strength-based is unfortunate. Overall though, I think they did an excellent job of making a monk I can really like.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 7194671, member: 6677017"] I think this is the best monk of any edition. Just the other day I was reading their feature that gives them proficiency in all saves, and realizing that it also includes the ability to spend 1 ki point to reroll a failed save. That's just an incredible ability. I'm a major fan of the way they allow you to mix and match armed and unarmed attacks. With 3e monks, as soon as you got a decent magic weapon, you never punch or kick again. 5e did it in a way that makes sure you'll always be using your unarmed strikes, whether or not you choose to add weapons to the mix. And they just get [I]so many[/I] abilities. That's one of the things that always stands out when I read through the class (which isn't often, because I haven't dealt with many yet). Lots of abilities, and quite good ones at that. Not only that, but they managed to throw a ninja into the PHB as an unobtrusive little sub-class of monk, and it feels right. (Sure, if there were a unique ninja class it could fit better, but Way of Shadow is definitely close enough for anyone who isn't running some sort of campaign that needs multiple types of ninjas.) I do agree with the problems with Way of the Four Elements (it stood out to me as weak from my first read I think), and the issue with going Strength-based is unfortunate. Overall though, I think they did an excellent job of making a monk I can really like. [/QUOTE]
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