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<blockquote data-quote="AllOlive" data-source="post: 8419336" data-attributes="member: 7030096">I've spent a lot of time thinking about how to fix the Monk class, including playtesting a &quot;Martial Artist&quot; from 3rd-8th level. I found even one special technique per level from the base class to be a lot; add in subclass features, racial features, feats, and there's a lot of opportunities to forget about something you can do at the one time it comes up. And that was for me, who'd designed the class in the first place. So I'd suggest that this class, with over 2 goodies per level all told, is gonna be more than most can handle.Also, I find in play that defensive reactions just &quot;feel right&quot; for a class like this. I think there should be defensive reactions available not just for missiles, but for melee attacks and saving throws, and there should be reasons to take them. After all, 1d8 for a largely-close-range martial character, with only-middling AC and several other ability scores besides Constitution to worry about, is not that great.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AllOlive, post: 8419336, member: 7030096"] I've spent a lot of time thinking about how to fix the Monk class, including playtesting a "Martial Artist" from 3rd-8th level. I found even one special technique per level from the base class to be a lot; add in subclass features, racial features, feats, and there's a lot of opportunities to forget about something you can do at the one time it comes up. And that was for me, who'd designed the class in the first place. So I'd suggest that this class, with over 2 goodies per level all told, is gonna be more than most can handle. Also, I find in play that defensive reactions just "feel right" for a class like this. I think there should be defensive reactions available not just for missiles, but for melee attacks and saving throws, and there should be reasons to take them. After all, 1d8 for a largely-close-range martial character, with only-middling AC and several other ability scores besides Constitution to worry about, is not that great. [/QUOTE]

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