Clint_L
Legend
That's the thing - a paladin without spell slots, for example, is still a great tank and strong combatant overall, with excellent utility. They can't nova, but they still have aura, lay on hands, lots of HP, a high AC, solid melee damage, channel divinity. A paladin is good enough without casting spells that they can basically save most of those spell slots up for when they need to nova, or when they roll a critical. A monk can't save up their resources.The thing is the non-caster half of the Half-Caster sucks without the caster half, unlike the Eldtrich Knight or Arcane Trickster or Ranger or Paladin. You NEED your Ki to keep up the damage, but you NEED your Ki to keep up your defences... basically wasting your slots just to get up to the level of a basic Fighter. It's a stupid design.