Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Enchanted Trinkets Complete--a hardcover book containing over 500 magic items for your D&D games!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
How is a Monk viable?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 1699163" data-attributes="member: 259"><p>When we played through RttToEE with 32-point-buy characters, I think the rogue/monk was the only PC never to die. When the rest of the party started going down under overwhelming numbers, he was able to escape to form a rescue/raise dead party. When the bad guys captured us and were going to sacrifice us to their dark masters, he kept making insanely high escape artist checks to get free.</p><p> </p><p>Our primary party comprised a druid, a sorcerer, and him, with other characters appearing and disappearing throughout the course of the campaign; as such, he was our primary fighter. Sure, he didn't dish out quite as much damage as a fighter would--but he had stunning blows to spare, and would usually make the first attack in a flurry be a stunning attempt. When it succeeded, he'd get multiple sneak attacks to follow it up with.</p><p> </p><p>Generally he got buffed with mage armor and barkskin, rarely anything else. The mage armor came from wand he'd purchased for the sorcerer, thereby getting a cheap +4 AC that a fighter couldn't benefit from. His treasure consisted primarily of dex and str boosting items. His AC rarely dropped below 30.</p><p> </p><p>It seemed pretty fantastically effective to me <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.</p><p> </p><p>Daniel</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pielorinho, post: 1699163, member: 259"] When we played through RttToEE with 32-point-buy characters, I think the rogue/monk was the only PC never to die. When the rest of the party started going down under overwhelming numbers, he was able to escape to form a rescue/raise dead party. When the bad guys captured us and were going to sacrifice us to their dark masters, he kept making insanely high escape artist checks to get free. Our primary party comprised a druid, a sorcerer, and him, with other characters appearing and disappearing throughout the course of the campaign; as such, he was our primary fighter. Sure, he didn't dish out quite as much damage as a fighter would--but he had stunning blows to spare, and would usually make the first attack in a flurry be a stunning attempt. When it succeeded, he'd get multiple sneak attacks to follow it up with. Generally he got buffed with mage armor and barkskin, rarely anything else. The mage armor came from wand he'd purchased for the sorcerer, thereby getting a cheap +4 AC that a fighter couldn't benefit from. His treasure consisted primarily of dex and str boosting items. His AC rarely dropped below 30. It seemed pretty fantastically effective to me :). Daniel [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
How is a Monk viable?
Top