D&D 5E 5E Survivor - Subclasses (Part VII: Monks)

[DND_Reborn]

I don't know what TWF change you're talking about, but Hunter's Mark and Hex are both concentration, so you can't use both...

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I hadn't considered Monks getting 3-4 attacks at lv1 with the TWF change. Then add Hunter's Mark and Hex on top of each of those hits if you want to get absurd...

They're going to have to revise with a bit heavier hand than they've shown so far.

So, monk/ranger, with magic initiate feat…oof.
I think it probably only brings them up to the top tier of warrior types, I doubt it’s gonna outshine the Paladin, but it might actually stand next to a Paladin. We are talking about limited resources and an MC build.

I don't know what TWF change you're talking about, but Hunter's Mark and Hex are both concentration, so you can't use both...

The playtest ranger doesn’t concentrate on hunters mark.

 

[DND_Reborn]

The playtest ranger doesn’t concentrate on hunters mark.

Ah, got it. Thanks.

They should have just gone with our MOD rule IMO: You add your proficiency bonus to damage against your favored foes.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I did misread the deft strikes bit. Read it as weapon damage die rather than martial arts die. So it does scale, but I was giving it more credit than it deserved for half the level range.

After re-thinking it, deft strikes does eventually give access to a sizable pool of per short rest damage adds (though it only pulls even with battlemasters at level 8, is more restrictive to use, comes with zero rider effects, and competes with other monk abilities).

I don’t care much about whether it keeps up with some other subclass or not, it’s fun to play and gets the job done.

I'm still not fond of it, but it's better than I thought.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Ah, got it. Thanks.

They should have just gone with our MOD rule IMO: You add your proficiency bonus to damage against your favored foes.

The hunters mark playtest is basically the same, but more fun.

 

[DND_Reborn]

The hunters mark playtest is basically the same, but more fun.

Is it only "free" against favored foes??? Or can you just cast it without requiring concentration now?

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Is it only "free" against favored foes??? Or can you just cast it without requiring concentration now?

There is no old school favored enemy, you just cast hunters mark on a particular enemy and don’t have to concentrate on it.

 

[DND_Reborn]

There is no old school favored enemy, you just cast hunters mark on a particular enemy and don’t have to concentrate on it.

Ah, that is what I was afraid of-- more power creep... sigh. Don't care for it.

Well, thanks for the reply.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Ah, that is what I was afraid of-- more power creep... sigh. Don't care for it.

Well, thanks for the reply.

It still costs a spell slot. It’s the same power level as adding PB to damage against a select group of creatures.

Well, in campaigns that don’t cater to the rangers choices it’s more powerful, but at most it’s as powerful as the ideal case for the ranger, ie getting the damage bonus about half of combats.

Beyond that, it’s just hunters mark. Like…that spell they already had, that was their signature spell. The big improvement is now melee rangers won’t lose it all the time, and they can use hail of thorns with it, if they want to really blow through spell slots.

 

[DND_Reborn]

It still costs a spell slot.

That is even worse IMO!

But it's a trade-off, d6 damage to any creature you cast it on vs. static damage against only certain type of creatures.

My preference is for the second (obviously LOL) since it more represents Rangers in 1E "giant-class opponents".