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When the figher is using a Flaming Greatsword for 2d6+1d6+powerattack, why is a monk's 2d6 or 2d8 rediculous?

You know, I'd probably houserule that Firey Ki Defense uses are also Firey Fists - not only do you deal the 1d6 damage when someone hits you, but you do the 1d6 damage when you hit them. That seems to work a lot better, to my mind. And I don't really worry so much about the prereqs - it's...

Well, yes. After all, what's an ability but something that breaks a rule? But a good question is - did they have to break the rules so much? Possibly not.

I received my copy of PHII in the mail last night, and immediately took a look at the feats. Interestingly enough, there's three of them there which explicitly say are available as replacement Bonus Feats at 2nd and 8th level. This is a really cool idea, and I thank the authors for putting...

I never thought of trying that, but you're right - just dip your hands in a contact poison and hit someone. :)

Hmm. Re-reading Dimension Door, I think you've got a good point there. Since it's a Supernatural ability, you can use it when grappled, and it does let you bypass a lot of interesting effects. I'm puzzled what it's doing for the Monk class, but it's useful, especially because it looks like...

Good question. Let's go over the abilities by level, then. 1) Bonus Feat, Flurry of Blows, Unarmed Strike. Well, these are all required for the class, basically. The Bonus feat is a nice touch, letting you decide if you want to grapple people better (and lose your AC), or try to hit them...

I'm not asking him to be better than a fighter. I'm asking him to be as good as a fighter, at least. Or even as good as a ranger using two-weapon fighting. And considering that one focus of the character seems to be unarmed attacks, focusing on how poor the Monk's Unarmed attacks are seems...

I haven't read the new rules yet (PHBII hasn't arrived), but I'd like to repeat what Piratecat is saying here. Especially for feats - most characters get so few, and discovering that you're locked out of an interesting story opportunity for three levels because of a badly chosen feat at 1st...

Actually... no. At base, a 10th level character is going to have a +5 or +6 from attribute in their major skills (Say a Rogue and dex, or a Wizard and intellegence), but their skill ranks is going to be +13, and they might have additional bonuses from synergy (which comes from having bought up...

I'm guesing you meant Single attack +22 1d6+1d6+4 there. (11 + 8 (dex) + 1 (wf) + 2 (short sword)

One guy in the Denver area started up a living style campaign called 'Cheesy Munchkin Adventures', where he allowed any supplement from a range of publishers that didn't use rules that were too different from standard D&D, like VP/WP. So I took a first level mecha pilot from Mech d20, and said...

So, I've got this Monk/Wizard. He's rocking pretty good, generally, but I came up with an odd idea today and wondered how well the Duellist prestigue class would work for him. The question I have has to do with the first level ability, which says: For a monk, or anyone else with Improved...

Well, then he should more carefully say so, because that's not what I was reading. The reason to take a Fighter over a Barbarian are obvious: Feats and Choices. Fighters can use nearly any method of fighting and be good at it (or excellent, if specialized). Barbarians are restricted to certain...

So make the flurry of blows weaker. What do I care for flurry of blows? Fine, fine, flurry of blows is -5/-5/-5/-5 - whatever. And why do you keep bringing up the barbarian? What are you talking about?

Well, let me try asking my question a third time, and make it clearer. A) Monks don't do anything but fight. B) Monks are not very good at hitting things. C) Why shouldn't monks be good at hitting things? Armor? Monks don't need armor because they've got alternatives. (Wisdom bonus and...

Fighters Hit things. Monks Hit things. Bards occasionally hit things as they sing songs supporting their friends and buff them and cast the occasional Cure Light. Rogues occasionally hit things as they disarm traps, open locks, and cham the barmaid into the next room. (Well, unless there's a...

Did the fighter lose his 12 or so bonus feats somewhere? Has everyone stopped playing Fighters so they can get in on rangers and their yummy skill points and favored enemies? Monks are built around being able to do unarmed combat, or combat with funky weapons. (Although, let's face it - at...

The problem with Monks is they require a lot of high stats to do well - Dex and Wisdom for defense, Strength to hit and do damage, and Con for hit points. They get lots of neat, flavorful abilities, but I'm not sure if they balance out. Personally, I like the idea someone mentioned above of...

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