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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Milieu" data-source="post: 9397590" data-attributes="member: 7041560">My notes from the video:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Monk and the ranger are "largely new classes".</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lv 1 Martial Arts:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Monk weapons are Simple Melee Weapons and Martial Melee Weapons with the Light property.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Unarmed strike can be used as a bonus action, no longer tied to Attack action.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Unarmed strike can do damage, grapple, or shove.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Can use Dexterity instead of Strength to set DC for Grapple and Shove (does not mention using it for damage as in UA8?)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Martial Arts Die starts at d6 and goes up to d12</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lv 2: Monk's Focus - Ki points are now Focus points (not Discipline as in UA8)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Features under it return "in name only".</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Flurry of Blows - Spend 1 Focus point to make 2 Unarmed Strikes as a Bonus Action. (Doesn't have a free option, because you get that at level 1.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Patient Defense - Can take Disengage action as a bonus action. Spend 1 Focus Point to also Dodge action.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Step of the Wind - Can Dash action as a bonus action. Spend 1 Focus Point to also Disengage and double jump distance.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lv 2: Uncanny Metabolism: When you roll initiative, once per long rest, you get all Focus points back and a certain number of hit points back.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lv 3: Deflect Attacks: deflect attacks that do Bludgeoning Piercing, or Slashing. Reduce damage by 1d10 + Dex mod + Monk level. If it's reduced to 0, spend a Focus point to redirect to another creature. Target makes a save. If they fail, they take Force damage based on your Martial Arts die. (In UA 8, the damage type was the same as the original attack.)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lv 13: Deflect Energy: upgrades Deflect Attacks to work on any damage type.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Stunning Strike - "One of the only places in the monk where a feature got toned down a bit". Can only be used once per turn. If the target fails the save, they are stunned; if the target succeeds on the save, their speed is halved until the start of your next turn and the next attack roll against them has advantage. (In UA8, target took some damage on a successful save.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lv 10: Self-Restoration: Combines at elements they used to have in other features. At the end of your turn remove Charmed, Frightened, or Poisoned. No longer has an action economy cost.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lv 10: Heightened Focus - upgrades the Monk's Focus options.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Disciplined Survivor - lets you reroll saving throws (no level mentioned, but was 14 in UA8)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lv 18: Superior Defense - not explained apart from helping survivability, but in UA 8 it let you spend 3 points to give resistance to all damage except Force damage for 1 minute or until incapacitated.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lv 19: Epic Boon</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Subclasses - subclass names have been unified to "Warrior of __" format, similar to Sorcerer and other classes<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Warrior of Mercy (from Tasha's Way of Mercy):<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pretty much the same, with minor tweaks</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Warrior of Elements (replaces Way of 4 Elements):<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lv 3: Elemental Attunement - Spend focus points to turn on increased reach of unarmed strikes using tendrils of air/water/fire/earth</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lv 3: New Elementalism cantrip - can be used to shape elements around them</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lv 3: When you hit a target with Elemental Attunement, you can change damage type to elemental, and make them save or be pushed.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lv 6: Can use the Magic action and spend Focus Points to cause an elemental explosion in a 20' radius sphere, range 120 ft, damage based on martial arts die.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You aren't locked to one particular element. You can pick the element every time you use one of these features.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lv 11: You get a fly speed and a swim speed.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lv 17: Elemental Epitome:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Choose elemental damage resistance at the start of each turn: acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Increases speed when using step of the wind and causes damage to foes you move by.</li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Warrior of Shadow:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Can still cast Darkness, but can now see in it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lv 11: Spend 1 focus point to make Shadow Step not require starting or ending dim light or darkness. Can make an Unarmed Strike as a bonus action after teleporting.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lv 17: Cloak of Shadows: Turn invisible and partially incorporeal: pass through occupied squares as difficult terrain. Can use Flurry of Blows for free while in this state.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Warrior of the Open Hand:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wholeness of Body: Heal as a bonus action, multiple times per day</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Can use Step of the Wind after any bonus action (except when using the bonus action to Step of the Wind in the first place).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Quivering Palm: Deals "a truckload of damage" on a failed save, and "a smaller truckload of damage" on a successful save. No longer instant death.</li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul></blockquote>

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