Recent content by Morlaf

glad I posted this. quite a few ppl agree with me - it's nice to not be alone when you moan about sommat - and those who don't most offer some valuable explanations/alternatives. shame about the ppl who tried to turn it into a racist argument (!?)

"worse" ?? usually ppl mean from a "balance" point of view. If that is what you mean then i might agree. But it made more sense..... and balanced is usually addressed in game..... you have a crazy barbarian who finds some PHAT armour/weapons and becomes unbalancing? you give sommat PHAT to the...

that is definitely the way to making more realistic anything.... charisma is also very problematic.... but with the existing 6 stats 3.5 did a much better job of making monks and offering customizability.....

and at the risk of digressing a little (not a big risk especially as some have taken this into a racism kind of territory) this touches upon many issues. For example the way 5th edition handles "finesse" any clown can pick up short short and use it with finesse; negating the need for strength...

i specifically try to find loads of str checks and saves..... if there are monks at my table..... ;-)

yeah.... any monk in my sessions that try and blag a jump/climb/swim check with acrobatics, rather than athletics I explain the situation to them ONCE and if they dare double-insist on me I increase the DM by 5 and put a mind-flayer on the other side. Not a fully capable one. One able to only...

no1 is doubting that they have carefully chosen their descriptions to fit their models.... monk not needing str? silly..... :)

i will definitely have a look at that unearthed arcana thing you mentioned - thanks! as for monks being "magical" that is the only way you get a "pass on strength"..... as do sorcerers, wizards, etc.....

i would say Usain Bolt is much stronger than he is dexterous.... but the exact definition of what is dexterity and strength is unnecessary..... DnD adopts its own (imperfect) version and I am happy with that. Monk with str as a dump stat? silly................

agreed..... all of which is quite nicely address in 3/3.5 by having str=melee and dex=ac with the options of SOME feats allowing you SOME customization......

I agree.... so why is str needed at all..... for melee.... that is the whole premise of the simulator....

this "speed strength" you mention is what DnD calls (paraphrasing) "your chance to hit with melee comes off str because the stronger you are the faster your weapon moves" with 3.5 rules i made a fat monk with a dex of 8. high str, high con, high wis focusing on grapple/sleeper-choker. but that...

I am respecting its individuality perfectly.... which is why I only complained about monks. Everything else works fine. I am usually the one laughing at ppl who say things like Ranger Beastmasters are under-powered. I don't mind possible imbalance issues. The entire "philosophy" of monks that do...

not sure i would go as far as to say all stats equally important to all classes.... my main 2 issues are: a) dex is (to use an overused phrase) OP and b) monks (as I envisage them) should need high str.

"...will break them."?? they are already broken..... that is my point..... they have paid too much attention to "multi-stat-dependency"..... when there was a system in place already that was perfectly fine while more adaptable and customizable....