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<blockquote data-quote="Starfire512" data-source="post: 9357100" data-attributes="member: 7045852">We started a new campaign in Jan.&nbsp; 3 Playtest 8 Monks and ran Lost Mine of Phandelver.&nbsp; It is meant for 4 players, I ran it with 3 Monks without toning down any encounter except the Wraith.&nbsp; 2 Monks remain and are at Level 7.&nbsp; Frankly, the Mercy Monk (with the doubled healing) can almost out perform a Cleric of the same level (who also has doubled healing) and remains EXTREMELY effective in combat even 1v2.&nbsp; At 1v3, she just goes dodge and lets the rest of the party do the damage.I had to nerf the Shadow Monk, as he was dominating most of the encounters.&nbsp; A Shadow Monk that can see through his own darkness and can cast it 5+ times PER COMBAT is insanely powerful.&nbsp; He would regularly tank 4 and 5 creatures (often including the boss) without a great deal of trouble. (Concentration checks were the only issue and I ruled early on that even a 0 pt damage hit required a Concentration check.&nbsp; It didn't really help.)Then I had to nerf DP recovery to 1/2 Level DP per short rest.Now the Monks seem better balanced vs the Druid and the Artificer.The Druid is not a Moon Druid, which the playtest version seems to need some help.&nbsp; I am just not sure exactly what type of help it needs.&nbsp; I am considering the following as a Moon Druid Sidekick is joining the party.---Shapeshifting to CR 0 creatures for free (no WS) with a cooldown of 1 min and NO TEMP HP GAIN.---Increase Max WS CR by 1 every 2 levels instead of 3 levels.&nbsp; This really should not break anything as you are no longer getting tons of HP or AC.---Allowing the Druid's spell attack modifier (sans any magic boosts) to be the tH and Damage modifier for the creatures attacks (thus allowing even a bear or spider to scale).&nbsp; Stat block AC is already overridden.&nbsp; Mind stats (specifically, spell {beast ability} DC) will remain unchanged.Thoughts?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Starfire512, post: 9357100, member: 7045852"] We started a new campaign in Jan. 3 Playtest 8 Monks and ran Lost Mine of Phandelver. It is meant for 4 players, I ran it with 3 Monks without toning down any encounter except the Wraith. 2 Monks remain and are at Level 7. Frankly, the Mercy Monk (with the doubled healing) can almost out perform a Cleric of the same level (who also has doubled healing) and remains EXTREMELY effective in combat even 1v2. At 1v3, she just goes dodge and lets the rest of the party do the damage. I had to nerf the Shadow Monk, as he was dominating most of the encounters. A Shadow Monk that can see through his own darkness and can cast it 5+ times PER COMBAT is insanely powerful. He would regularly tank 4 and 5 creatures (often including the boss) without a great deal of trouble. (Concentration checks were the only issue and I ruled early on that even a 0 pt damage hit required a Concentration check. It didn't really help.) Then I had to nerf DP recovery to 1/2 Level DP per short rest. Now the Monks seem better balanced vs the Druid and the Artificer. The Druid is not a Moon Druid, which the playtest version seems to need some help. I am just not sure exactly what type of help it needs. I am considering the following as a Moon Druid Sidekick is joining the party. ---Shapeshifting to CR 0 creatures for free (no WS) with a cooldown of 1 min and NO TEMP HP GAIN. ---Increase Max WS CR by 1 every 2 levels instead of 3 levels. This really should not break anything as you are no longer getting tons of HP or AC. ---Allowing the Druid's spell attack modifier (sans any magic boosts) to be the tH and Damage modifier for the creatures attacks (thus allowing even a bear or spider to scale). Stat block AC is already overridden. Mind stats (specifically, spell {beast ability} DC) will remain unchanged. Thoughts? [/QUOTE]

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