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Based on the current rules, the GP equivalent for Bastion Points varies wildly. If you extract the value for GP from how many additional points you get when you pay for advantage, it varies from 40 GP per BP for 1d4 (level 5 facilities, or maintenance), to 26 GP/BP for 1d6 (level 9 facilities)...

Right. Let's look at some of the early levels, step by step. At these low levels, everyone kinda sucks. Level 1 Monk: Martial Arts. Barbarian: 2 Rages Fighter: Fighting Style, Second Wind Rogue: Sneak Attack, Expertise Ranger: Spellcasting, Expertise So: Monk's Martial Arts is roughly...

You asked for how it happened, and I gave you the math. And if you want to take away Rage, then you can also remove Flurry of Blows, since they're both a basic class resource. You already granted FoB to the monk, so I gave Rage to the barbarian. If you want to remove Rage (12 damage per round...

How is it being overly generous in what they grant? I was applying exactly what they provide. Please elaborate. If it's illustrating other issues in the playtest, then that's exactly what should be getting discussed. If you think the comparison isn't useful, then please provide the parameters...

If you're referring to the highlighted section in your image, I'm not using that for my calculations. Technically it's doable, but it's inordinately complicated since the PAM build is already using the bonus action for the PAM attack. You'd have to determine under which circumstances you'd...

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It's in the Expert Classes UA, playtest 2.

At first I was going to call this a bad faith argument, but on further reflection I realize that not everyone is good at math, and, while I've posted a link to my spreadsheet for others to examine, not everyone is going to be willing to do that, so that's not the best way of explaining things...

I would not consider Charmed to be a perceptible effect. I would, however, consider the casting of the Friends spell to be potentially noticeable due to the somatic component and 10' range, and thus something the target could be aware of, and take into account once the charm wore off.

So, the Miss Step idea evolved from the mention of the Drunken Master subclass getting a free disengage when you use Flurry of Blows (plus an extra 10' speed for that turn). This also seems related to Step of the Wind. Looking at Step of the Wind and features tied to it: Step of the Wind gives...

So my first draft of spreadsheeting the monk was lacking in a few areas. I've updated it, and will give an explanation of how I modeled the subclass features for clarity (and correction, if appropriate). Here's a general comparison of some monk builds: Discipline Points: I set a reserve pool...

That isn't the right way to calculate the average DPR against the barbarian. Rounding after averaging is not a valid approximation. You'd want to apply the rounding before averaging. Recalculating: The goblin does 1d6+2 damage, so potential outcomes are {3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}. Applying the damage...

Uh, no. It means 2d6(+Dex) + 1d4 + 2d10(+Dex), plus Vex, is more damaging than 4d10(+Dex) without Vex. And yes, the numbers confused me a bit at first, too, when I first did the comparison, before remembering that Vex was part of the equation.

What do you mean by "DI"? I don't recognize the abbreviation. For Flurry of Blows, I used 50% of the Discipline Point (DP) pool per short rest, up to a max of 6 (two fights of 3 rounds each), out of a max of 6, to determine the percent of time Flurry of Blows was used. So from level 12 up, it...

How about a graph for your comparisons? This shows two monk builds. The first build is just straight hand-to-hand. The second build dual wields a handaxe + dagger (Nick), which leaves the bonus action free for the bonus martial arts strike or Flurry of Blows. The dagger adds very little to...

Not sure why you're comparing those. Shillelagh would come from Magic Initiate, which is a level 1 feat, and isn't competing with Great Weapon Master, which is a level 4 feat. Not sure who this would be for. Your response seems to be on whether Shillelagh would work for barbarian, but barbarian...

Yeah, it's a very strange feature grant so late in the game. In fact... If I get rid of the damage scaling dice from Shillelagh, and just give +PB damage as a subclass feature from level 3, and only expect a 1d6 typical improvised damage die, then the overall curve is right on par with the...

Granted, it's still up to the DM. However this basic condition in the rules is why you can have anything other than the default damage dice at all (1d4), and the premise for why using improvised weapons can be considered anything above garbage tier in the first place (part of the original...

So I never put the Brawler into my spreadsheet, as it just felt clunky, and I wasn't sure how to frame it. However, I saw an interesting idea mentioned as a side effect of the cantrip updates, and went back to look at the Brawler in terms of damage. First, a feature I'd missed (or forgot) was...

I misread this at first, and while this idea was shot down, my reading was: You have, and can spend, a number of discipline points each turn equal to your Proficiency Bonus. (I would have used Wisdom modifier, but that gets into weird issues with stat progression.) You essentially never run out...