D&D 5E What are people hoping for in Monk UA?

[cbwjm]

I was thinking the OA Shaman from 3e which I had created a variant to make a little more "clericy"

That would be good too. I was actually looking at the 3e oriental adventures book last night or the night before for ideas for subclasses.

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[Greg K]

Please no.

Can we just have one class or two (Monk, Barbarian) reserved for those of us who don't want casters?*

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*Or casting archetypes. I'm looking at you, Eldritch Knight and Arcane Trickster.

Then don't use them and stick with the default PHB monk in your campaign if you don't like them. 3e Oriental Adventures had a shaman/monk hybrid base class. 3e also had the divine fist. More importantly priestly monks knowing martial arts, turning spirits, having some mystical healing and other divine abilities or even arcane is not unheard of in some myths and legends in various Asian cultures. Because you do not like it is no reason to deny their inclusion to others that might want it.

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

Way of Weirding - blink teleportation, suggestion abilities, and draw on ancestral memories.

 

[Cyber-Dave]

Sword Monk/Spear Monk...

 

[cbwjm]

Way of Weirding - blink teleportation, suggestion abilities, and draw on ancestral memories.

For some reason this has made me think that a zerth monk might be interesting. I think they had the githzerai prestige class in 3e. I've no idea what it would look like, but something based on the githzerai monk could be interesting.

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[SkidAce]

I like;

Zen Archer, Weapon Master, and Grappler Monk.

I don't think we need a clerical monk. I made a European style monk order. They start as level one monks, then most of them level as clerics. A few gain a second level of monk at some point.

If they do gain a 3rd level of monk (the max trainable in the "Order") they must take Way of the Open Hand. They use a quarterstaff as a monk weapon.

In flavor, they act as cloistered monk/clerics that study and preserve knowledge.

 

[SkidAce]

It occurs to me that I may sound hypocritical. "Dont' need cleric monks cause we can use multiclass" while saying I like Zen Archer as a concept.

Can't put my finger on it. I could make a zen archer by using a ranger or fighter and adding levels of monk. Or just add longbow as a monk weapon. but it seems like it needs something more mechanically, while the cleric monk seems to fit as multiclass.

IMO.

 

[Parmandur]

I like;

Zen Archer, Weapon Master, and Grappler Monk.

I don't think we need a clerical monk. I made a European style monk order. They start as level one monks, then most of them level as clerics. A few gain a second level of monk at some point.

If they do gain a 3rd level of monk (the max trainable in the "Order") they must take Way of the Open Hand. They use a quarterstaff as a monk weapon.

In flavor, they act as cloistered monk/clerics that study and preserve knowledge.

I'd say a "Western" (Christian) style Monk would be a Wizard with the Acolyte background.

 

[Carlos Barreto]

1 - Revised Way of the Four Elements Monk
2 - Revised Perfect Soul, making a full monk class more appealing up to level 20.
3 - Revised Tranquility (Level 11 Open Hand Class Feature).

 

[Xeviat]

Sunsoul Monk does a decent DBZ monk, minus the ability to fly.


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