Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="AverageCitizen" data-source="post: 5124889" data-attributes="member: 57845">Can someone who understands the class balancing explain something to me?Since they shifted the PH3 monk to using implements more or less exclusively, it seems like they have dropped +3 from their attacks whole sale. Before they got unarmed combat on almost all their attacks, and now it's just for convenience in multi-classing. Now they use implements for every attack, which means they don't get their proficiency bonus, which means they're out +3 from the original version.Was the original wrong? Was wizards really off by that much, balance-wise? Isn't the monk final behind the curve for striker attack bonuses? Actually, I'm hoping I've missed something.Here are the articles, for your convenience:Debut Monk<a href="http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/drfe/20091117b" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Debut: The Monk)</a>Playtest Monk<a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/drfe/20090511" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Playtest: Player's Handbook 3, The Monk)</a></blockquote>