Rhenny
Adventurer
I had a player play an elemental monk for about 5 levels. He wanted to change over to a shadow monk after that. He ended up loving the mobility but the elemental spell abilities were weak. He definitely felt that the ability to scout, move, dodge was the meat of the class. He also tried to do interesting jumps, climbs and tumbles mostly to roleplay and feel like an agile PC.
I agree with others who said that they are not really a class for combat optimization (especially elemental and shadow), but they can be fun to play as they do have a strong "feel" and a number of choices they can make using ki.
Note: The player in my group is also notorious for wanting to start/change to new pcs, so take that into account when evaluating our experience.
I agree with others who said that they are not really a class for combat optimization (especially elemental and shadow), but they can be fun to play as they do have a strong "feel" and a number of choices they can make using ki.
Note: The player in my group is also notorious for wanting to start/change to new pcs, so take that into account when evaluating our experience.