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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7472630" data-attributes="member: 20564">I see the problem from a different angle.There are some things, like Stunning Strike, that cost only 1 ki that are amazing.&nbsp; If that was the standard calibration the monk absolutely does not need more ki.&nbsp; They&nbsp; are on-par or bettter than other weapon-wielder casters like Paladin or Ranger in terms of triggering special abilities.&nbsp; None of that type of class is balanced around being able to do their combat adds all day.Looking at some of the abilities (especially the Way of the Four Elements subclass), the cots are much higher for so much less.&nbsp; If this was the standard calibration (so Stunning Strike would be about 4 Ki), then Monks have too little Ki and should have more.In other words, the Ki costs between the utility of abilities is way off.&nbsp; Increasing Ki without raising the low ones would be unbalanced.&nbsp; Leaving Ki as it is leaves some abilities too expensive for what they return, causing you to miss out on using them so it's unbalanced in that you can't take advantage of your features.To sum up - I'd either keep things as they are and reduce some of the very high Ki costs, or I'd give more Ki but also increase some of the cheap costs.&nbsp; Just adding Ki I feel would be unbalanced against the other weapon half-casters as well as the BM fighter that's also a short-rest-add-to-weapon class.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7472630, member: 20564"] I see the problem from a different angle. There are some things, like Stunning Strike, that cost only 1 ki that are amazing. If that was the standard calibration the monk absolutely does not need more ki. They are on-par or bettter than other weapon-wielder casters like Paladin or Ranger in terms of triggering special abilities. None of that type of class is balanced around being able to do their combat adds all day. Looking at some of the abilities (especially the Way of the Four Elements subclass), the cots are much higher for so much less. If this was the standard calibration (so Stunning Strike would be about 4 Ki), then Monks have too little Ki and should have more. In other words, the Ki costs between the utility of abilities is way off. Increasing Ki without raising the low ones would be unbalanced. Leaving Ki as it is leaves some abilities too expensive for what they return, causing you to miss out on using them so it's unbalanced in that you can't take advantage of your features. To sum up - I'd either keep things as they are and reduce some of the very high Ki costs, or I'd give more Ki but also increase some of the cheap costs. Just adding Ki I feel would be unbalanced against the other weapon half-casters as well as the BM fighter that's also a short-rest-add-to-weapon class. [/QUOTE]

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