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<blockquote data-quote="ClockworkNinja" data-source="post: 6767321" data-attributes="member: 6801651">The Rune Scribe looks to me like an example of how the 4EM could have been done better. While you are not technically wrong, multiclassing into Rune Scribe raises a few issues: 1) Rune scribe and Prestige classes in general are still in the playtest stage and DMs are not guaranteed to allow it as an option. 2) Even if they do, it requires in-game materials (finding a rune, finding a rune-scribe to learn from) that also require DM participation. How you arrange this can be good or bad &quot;My character is on a quest to find [ITEM]!&quot; -versus- &quot;Hey DM, give me a [ITEM] in our next dungeon so I can complete this optimized build I read online.&quot; 3) The 13 INT and Arcana proficiency requirement for Rune Scribes is difficult as monks are already MAD as it is. 4) Taking levels in a class other than monk reduces your already limited Ki pool, as well as stopping other feature progressions like unarmed damage and move speed bonus. 5) Plenty of other character classes (and other monk subclasses) would benefit just as much from the Rune Scribe prestige class as the 4EM, if not more. Why build a house on sand when there is stone right over there? 6) Most of all, this really sums up the main problem of the 4 Elements monk: the best &quot;Elemental Monk&quot; is a character with levels in something other than 4 Elements monk.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClockworkNinja, post: 6767321, member: 6801651"] The Rune Scribe looks to me like an example of how the 4EM could have been done better. While you are not technically wrong, multiclassing into Rune Scribe raises a few issues: 1) Rune scribe and Prestige classes in general are still in the playtest stage and DMs are not guaranteed to allow it as an option. 2) Even if they do, it requires in-game materials (finding a rune, finding a rune-scribe to learn from) that also require DM participation. How you arrange this can be good or bad "My character is on a quest to find [ITEM]!" -versus- "Hey DM, give me a [ITEM] in our next dungeon so I can complete this optimized build I read online." 3) The 13 INT and Arcana proficiency requirement for Rune Scribes is difficult as monks are already MAD as it is. 4) Taking levels in a class other than monk reduces your already limited Ki pool, as well as stopping other feature progressions like unarmed damage and move speed bonus. 5) Plenty of other character classes (and other monk subclasses) would benefit just as much from the Rune Scribe prestige class as the 4EM, if not more. Why build a house on sand when there is stone right over there? 6) Most of all, this really sums up the main problem of the 4 Elements monk: the best "Elemental Monk" is a character with levels in [I]something other than 4 Elements monk[/I]. [/QUOTE]

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