digital insider: Monk in PH3, playtest in May

[JoeGKushner]

It can't be a martial class. Look at the box on page 54 of the Player's Handbook:

Other Power Sources: Additional power sources and techniques provide characters of different classes with powers and abilities. These will appear in future Player’s Handbook volumes. For example, barbarians and druids draw on the primal forces of nature, monks harness the power of their soul energy (or ki), and psions call upon the mind to generate psionic powers. Future power sources include elemental, ki, primal, psionic, and shadow.​

So, you know, we can argue about the monk's role - though I think striker is likely.

Well, perhaps we'll see two unarmed specialist? Martial Artist For Martial Striker and Monk for the whole running up walls and falling 50' without taking damage?

 

[catsclaw227]

My god! It's the Chuck Norris Power Source!

Only Rangers have access to that power source. (And only if they are from Texas).

 

[Cadfan]

Well, perhaps we'll see two unarmed specialist? Martial Artist For Martial Striker and Monk for the whole running up walls and falling 50' without taking damage?

More likely we'll see two builds, one with more special effects than the other.

Totally non magical melee guys who punch dragons to death without supernatural abilities have been a long sought after class by a few, but in spite of that they never seem to materialize.

 

[Rechan]

If I recall correctly, WotC said they would not be putting out any more Martial classes for a long while.

 

[JoeGKushner]

If I recall correctly, WotC said they would not be putting out any more Martial classes for a long while.

Well, one would hope 2010 qualifies then.

 

[Rechan]

Well, one would hope 2010 qualifies then.

Why hope? I don't see the point in putting a lot of emotional stock in "What powersource which class is".

Besides. By 2010, WotC will only have put out 1/4th of the power sources. I don't think they're going to double-back and go put out more of what they've all ready put out, instead of pushing the new stuff.

I honestly can't wait for May, because I'm really tired of seeing every single power source and role attributed to the monk. Finally getting that put to bed will be nice.

 

[mudbunny]

Only Rangers have access to that power source. (And only if they are from Texas).

Are they required to shill an exercise machine on TV shows they produce and star in??

 

[Fallen Seraph]

I honestly can't wait for May, because I'm really tired of seeing every single power source and role attributed to the monk. Finally getting that put to bed will be nice.

Then onto the next class

I would laugh if at the end of the Monk playtest they had a little blurb. Like, "oh and we have *class name* coming out next it may or may not be *power source* and if it is it may or may not be *role*"

Though that may be to evil for them to pull on us.

 

[Rechan]

Then onto the next class

It wouldn't be as bad. People have been obsessing over the Monk since before the PHB I came out.

 

[JoeGKushner]

It wouldn't be as bad. People have been obsessing over the Monk since before the PHB I came out.

Oh noes! Peoples is excited about a product featuring a class that many people feel has never been done right in the first place! A class many people wondered WFT it was doing in AD&D in the first place! A class already done up twice for 4e! Noes! Noes!

THE SKY IS FALLING!