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What personality, bonds, flaws ect... did you select or roll for? Where is your campaign set and why would a forest hunter be there? What is your parties goal and who is the antagonist?

I considered the original unarmed rules (as a simple weapon you might or might not be proficient in) to be fine. It seemed perfectly reasonable that a rough-and-tumble fighter would know how to throw a punch, whereas a sheltered and academic wizard would not.

From the latest rules answers: http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/rules-answers-january-2016 "a druid/barbarian who transforms into a beast form that has natural armor can use either the beast’s natural armor or Unarmored Defense" Suggesting that you can still use class abilities while in...

I kind of like the "outsider" role for psychic ability. A lot of the superficial elements are the same, and an independent observer who didn't know the minutiae of how they work would have a hard time telling the difference between a psion and a wizard, but the approach and mind-set is wildly...

My initial reaction on reading the "Exacting query" ability (forces a target to answer one question truthfully) was a desire to ask an enemy soldier "Whats the worst thing you've done to a fellow soldier, that your comrades don't know about?"

I like the overall idea of the monk class but everything about how 5e did the monk just irritates me more the more I examine, think about, and play with it. A few of my gripes and proposed solution: -Mechanics The densely written legalese of the martial arts feature confounds me to this day...

I DM encounters at my FLGS myself. As with any D&D game, the experience can vary wildly depending on who is playing. At my table, I almost never saw the same player two weeks in a row, which made it hard to maintain any sort of ongoing campaign storyline, as well as to set up fights for PCs of...

Conan in the books is stated to have been raised as a child thief before returning to the norther wastes, then wandering the world, mostly as a mercenary. Over the course of the MANY Conan stories, he has also been a pirate, a slave, and a king. He uses nearly every form or arms or armor at...

Welcome back to D&D Marcoegringo! As an alternative to the above Rip van ideas- have you considered starting the group with new characters? ones who grew up years after the events of your last game, hearing second- and third- hand accounts of the previous characters exploits? Perhaps they...

Using bonus actions and Ki points is kind of the linchpin of the class- your damage, defense, and movement all depend on these tightly limited things, along with half the utility class features besides. A low-level monk who has just run up to and attacked an enemy has to make a choice: "Do I...

Monk guide is now here: http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?468609-Mediation-Meditation-Devastation-A-Monk-s-Guide 4-Elemnts monk subclass guide is now here: http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?473205-Avatar-The-4-element-monk-mini-guide

What would you recommend for a monk "built properly for grappling"? Multiclass into something like rouge or barbarian?

All fair points. Sorry if I snapped at you a bit there. I adored the monk in 4e and going over the flaws of this particular incarnation in detail always leaves me a little bitter. Enough at least that I interpreted your initial suggestion as "hey here's another class that does "elemental...

Re-posted my sub-guide in the charop forum since I wasn't sure when it would get moved out of the lifeboat forum. Would you kindly move the link to here: http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?473205-Avatar-The-4-element-monk-mini-guide&p=6767321

The Rune Scribe looks to me like an example of how the 4EM could have been done better. While you are not technically wrong, multiclassing into Rune Scribe raises a few issues: 1) Rune scribe and Prestige classes in general are still in the playtest stage and DMs are not guaranteed to allow it...

Reserved just in case

Disciplines: Mandatory: Elemental Attunement: You get this automatically. Like Druidcraft or Taumaturgy, its usefulness depends on your imagination. Light fires, create handholds in a sheer stone wall or cliff face (if your DM rules that "earth" includes solid stone and not just dirt)...

(Wasn't sure how to move a thread from the lifeboat forum to here so I'm just reposting it) The World Needs the Avatar, now more than ever: A "Way of the Four Elements" mini-guide So, you have decided to go beyond a mere fist and quarterstaff and instead choose to wield the very elements of...