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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6612256" data-attributes="member: 6787650">My experience with monks is different. Monks excel as solo combatants. Against melee attacks, your movement rate keeps you safe (combined with Mobile feat). Against ranged attacks, Deflect Missile and high AC protect you (especially if you arrange for everybody to have disadvantage in ranged attacks by engaging at long range). Against conventional attackers, the monk hardly needs the party--in fact, not having them around just prevents them from being liabilities.Where the monk stumbles is her weak early saves. STR and DEX saves means she is quite vulnerable to paralytic poisons and stunning attacks (like chain worm humming, or illithid mind blasts). She has to keep the party close enough to back her up if something goes wrong on that front. Also, in case of traps.Presumably, at high levels she'll be a little bit less fragile due to Diamond Soul.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 6612256, member: 6787650"] My experience with monks is different. Monks excel as solo combatants. Against melee attacks, your movement rate keeps you safe (combined with Mobile feat). Against ranged attacks, Deflect Missile and high AC protect you (especially if you arrange for everybody to have disadvantage in ranged attacks by engaging at long range). Against conventional attackers, the monk hardly needs the party--in fact, not having them around just prevents them from being liabilities. Where the monk stumbles is her weak early saves. STR and DEX saves means she is quite vulnerable to paralytic poisons and stunning attacks (like chain worm humming, or illithid mind blasts). She has to keep the party close enough to back her up if something goes wrong on that front. Also, in case of traps. Presumably, at high levels she'll be a little bit less fragile due to Diamond Soul. [/QUOTE]

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