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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5964198" data-attributes="member: 57383">Eh? When you say &quot;Weapon Finesse is too obvious&quot; does that mean you're now against Weapon Finesse or still in favour of it?Might as well.Updating the Ninja Spirit Shadow <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5944308-post1175.html" target="_blank">Working Draft</a>.I wrapped the unarmed strike and flurry of blows together into a &quot;Martial Artistry&quot; special ability based on the one we came up with for the Sea Bonze.I toyed with the idea of adding a monklike AC bonus and ki strike ability, but 3rd level monks don't have them. I suppose we could give it the bonuses of a 6th level monk, or have get a 3-level &quot;credit&quot; that only gives if an actual AC bonus or ki strike if it acquires some appropriate class levels.Hmm, I'm not sure I like the &quot;ki strike&quot; though, mainly because monks get ki strike (lawful). It'd be simpler to just say a ninja spirit shadow's attacks are considered magical, it being a spirit being and all.Something like this...Martial Artistry Take 1 (Ex): A ninja spirit shadow possesses the flurry&nbsp; of blows&nbsp; and unarmed strike abilities of a 3rd-level monk, plus the AC bonus of a 6th-level monk. It adds its&nbsp; inherent monklike abilities to any monk levels it might acquire. Thus, a&nbsp; 6th-level ninja spirit shadow monk possesses the flurry of blows and&nbsp; unarmed strike of a 9th-level monk plus the AC bonus of a 12th-level monk.
I'm happy with the current unarmed strike &amp; flurry Martial Artistry, though. The +1 AC bonus doesn't seem worth the extra fiddliness. I suppose we could just give it the ability on credit...Martial Artistry Take 2 (Ex): A ninja spirit shadow possesses the AC bonus, flurry&nbsp; of blows&nbsp; and unarmed strike abilities of a 3rd-level monk. It adds its&nbsp; inherent monklike abilities to any monk levels it might acquire. Thus, a&nbsp; 6th-level ninja spirit shadow monk possesses the AC bonus, flurry of blows and&nbsp; unarmed strike of a 9th-level monk.
Hmm, I quite like that...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 5964198, member: 57383"] Eh? When you say "Weapon Finesse is too obvious" does that mean you're now against Weapon Finesse or still in favour of it? Might as well. Updating the [B][COLOR=Black]Ninja Spirit [/COLOR][COLOR=Black]Shadow [/COLOR][/B][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5944308-post1175.html"][B]Working Draft[/B][/URL]. I wrapped the unarmed strike and flurry of blows together into a "Martial Artistry" special ability based on the one we came up with for the Sea Bonze. I toyed with the idea of adding a monklike AC bonus and ki strike ability, but 3rd level monks don't have them. I suppose we could give it the bonuses of a 6th level monk, or have get a 3-level "credit" that only gives if an actual AC bonus or ki strike if it acquires some appropriate class levels. Hmm, I'm not sure I like the "ki strike" though, mainly because monks get ki strike (lawful). It'd be simpler to just say a ninja spirit shadow's attacks are considered magical, it being a spirit being and all. Something like this...[INDENT][B]Martial Artistry Take 1 (Ex):[/B] A ninja spirit shadow possesses the flurry of blows and unarmed strike abilities of a 3rd-level monk, plus the AC bonus of a 6th-level monk. It adds its inherent monklike abilities to any monk levels it might acquire. Thus, a 6th-level ninja spirit shadow monk possesses the flurry of blows and unarmed strike of a 9th-level monk plus the AC bonus of a 12th-level monk. [/INDENT] I'm happy with the current unarmed strike & flurry Martial Artistry, though. The +1 AC bonus doesn't seem worth the extra fiddliness. I suppose we could just give it the ability on credit... [INDENT][B]Martial Artistry Take 2 (Ex):[/B] A ninja spirit shadow possesses the AC bonus, flurry of blows and unarmed strike abilities of a 3rd-level monk. It adds its inherent monklike abilities to any monk levels it might acquire. Thus, a 6th-level ninja spirit shadow monk possesses the AC bonus, flurry of blows and unarmed strike of a 9th-level monk. [/INDENT] Hmm, I quite like that... [/QUOTE]

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