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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NitesShade" data-source="post: 7983689" data-attributes="member: 7022827">In a recent session my halfling monk landed what should have a stunning blow on a winter wolf (Large Size). However the DM ruled that as a small sized creature he could not stun a creature two sizes larger than himself. Not one to disrupt game flow with lengthy debates, we continued the session without lengthy debate.I am now putting together thoughts for our continued discussion of the Monks Stunning ability. I wanted to get some feedback prior to revisiting this discussion. I feel his thinking that a monk cannot stun a creature more than one size larger than he is focused only of the size of the PC. By looking at this in one dimension it ignoring the fact of how a monk actually stuns an opponent. The monks stunning blows are not empowered by the size of his fist and strength but in his dexterity and skilled ability to disrupt the flow of the body's energy (at key pressure points). The amount of Ki a creature has is not determined by size alone. Clearly a 20 level fighter will have more Ki than a level 5 creature. Based on the current interpretation a 5th level monk can stun a 20 level fighter with +100 HP (failed save require) but not a level 1 creature if it happened to be large. Flipping this around a 20 level small sized monk cannot stun an ogre. Expanding this to M sized monks, they now cannot effect Giants. Mean while my rangers giant slayer as a % chance to knock them on their butt with every blow landed. Also if the size of the attacker is linked to how special abilities impact foes our halfling’s rouges sneak attack should not have worked as stated on a large sized foe. Any thoughts on why this is not a great rule?</blockquote>

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