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Another aspect to consider is creating scenarios where items are completely or partially unavailable. Some examples: Ambush at night during a long rest. The party member who is on guard duty is fully equipped, but everyone else is unarmored. Players can pick up their weapons and can have some...

Wow, cool. I didn’t know about this. I lent my 2014 DMG a while back so can’t check, but good to know! EDIT: BTW, since this 2014 boon has not been rewritten for 2024, then by the RAW it should be allowed to take it as is in a 2024 game, right? I edited the OP to mention this. Thanks again!

These are the 2024 Monk class features:

I’ll kick things off by answering the last question… At my table, if I were DM and a player brought this up, I think I would allow familiars to attune to magic items, which is already quite strong, IMHO, but probably not game-breaking. As for tiny servants, I would probably house-rule that...

I was thinking about how to optimize the action economy of a Wizard and how to, in particular, not let the Bonus Action go to waste. I came to realize the same thing many others concluded before, which is that 5e Wizards have a dearth of options for using their Bonus Action without also giving...

Yeah, it's true that there could be awkward levels before this build comes into its own. One way to view it is that you are a support player, focusing on healing for a while. How it goes could also depend a lot on the sequencing... if you multi-class late, then you're essentially a pure class...

Yep, and with Warrior of the Mystic Arts, you can add 4 spellcaster levels, getting you a 6th level slot, so that can be 4d8. Plus one of your attacks can be a cantrip, so another 3d6 once per round via True Strike. It adds up.

Yep. Monk is one of the few where the 20th level class feature is actually attractive, making dips harder to justify... so while I think most gishes would for sure benefit, say, from taking a Fighter 2 dip for Action Surge and the other things, I find it a harder pill to swallow if comparing...

Actually, this has been brewing in my mind due to your Stormy EK build 😄 A pure Monk with Potent Mark of Storm could be pretty nice. On 1st round, cast CME and attack thrice, then on subsequent rounds, attack 5 times. Pretty simple, but should be fun.

Importantly, there is a change between 2014 and 2024. In 2014: In 2024: So the 2024 rules are simplified, but also more flexible. An Attack Action is no longer required (as it would be in TWF, for example). This opens up interesting combos, such as for an unarmed gish. Use an Action to...

This was an amazing book, and really suffused 3.5e with a new life. It was basically 3.75e, along with Complete Scoundrel (which gave us skill tricks) and Complete Arcane (which, IIRC, gave us reserve spells, an early version of at will cantrips, but with cooler mechanics IMHO). Too bad they...

Not going to get in the fray (yet) but I think this was a good thread on what constitutes power creep: D&D General - I'm a Creep, I'm a Powergamer: How Power Creep Inevitably Destroys Editions

If this is the Dark Sun book, I fear riots as fans feel short changed 😅 …

Wow, that’s a cool site concept! Though it’s a bit bare bones right now, but still interesting. I hadn’t heard of it. Maybe someone could build a better / more complete version of this…

That is true of the class system in general, not specific to multi-classing itself. Even if you create a brand new ninja class, it is likely that most players will opine that some of the baggage it contains does not neatly fit the theme they envisioned for their character. If the class system...

I think it’s very interesting, and I’m looking forward to seeing the final version coming out, if/when it does. Sorcerer spells keyed off of Wisdom, even at 1/3rd casting progression, will open up a lot of interesting build options. The EK-like class features are also good to have.

Totally agree. Those backgrounds are very fine ways to build a ninja, along with any regular class or multi-class on top. Yep, totally fine too! 🤝 You could, absolutely. I don’t think it’s necessary, but you certainly could. A Shadow Monk / Rogue multi-class could be a terrific ninja...

We are starting to beat dead horses, so I don’t think we’ll end up convincing one another either way… but I am surprised to read these posts (not just from you, others as well). It’s as if we’re not reading from the same rules book… The Monk and the Wizard classes, in a few numbers… - Core...

I am in the camp of "ninjas should be a background". To me, classes are a set of related game mechanics, e.g., weapons, or martial arts, or stealth/infiltration/deception, or arcane magic, etc… as far as historical ninjas go, they are a mix of the first three, and if we throw in folklore, they...

For sure it’s a judgment call, and to each their own… But I’m not trying to say build complexity outweighs round-to-round complexity. I’m just trying to relate my own empirical evidence of actually teaching the game to two players whose first classes they’ve ever played were Monk and Wizard...