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<blockquote data-quote="Kel" data-source="post: 5139124" data-attributes="member: 32442">As an aside, IMHO, the way they purportedly tried to make &quot;weapon wielding monks&quot; a &quot;viable option&quot; is completely lame.&nbsp; Basically, other than for melee basic attacks, a weapon is completely useless to a monk (except, of course, when used as an implement, in which case the &quot;weapon&quot; may as well be a magic stick).&nbsp; There is no such thing as a weapon wielding monk in 4E, the way there was in 3E.What's particularly frustrating is that the original preview version of the 4E monk did things differently.&nbsp; Under that version, most of the monk's powers were WEAPON powers, not implement powers, and the monk could either use one of the weapons in which it was proficient, or its unarmed strikes (which were treated as weapons, and could be enchanted like weapons).&nbsp; I liked that system because it provided the capability of making a true weapon-wielding monk.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kel, post: 5139124, member: 32442"] As an aside, IMHO, the way they purportedly tried to make "weapon wielding monks" a "viable option" is completely lame. Basically, other than for melee basic attacks, a weapon is completely useless to a monk (except, of course, when used as an implement, in which case the "weapon" may as well be a magic stick). There is no such thing as a weapon wielding monk in 4E, the way there was in 3E. What's particularly frustrating is that the original preview version of the 4E monk did things differently. Under that version, most of the monk's powers were WEAPON powers, not implement powers, and the monk could either use one of the weapons in which it was proficient, or its unarmed strikes (which were treated as weapons, and could be enchanted like weapons). I liked that system because it provided the capability of making a true weapon-wielding monk. [/QUOTE]

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