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<blockquote data-quote="ezo" data-source="post: 9288169" data-attributes="member: 7037866"><p>Nope. Not at all. It just depends on your monk's STR and the weight of the person they are carrying. A STR 14 PC could carry over 200 lbs without impact on movement by default in 5E.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I think you wrote that backwards?</p><p></p><p>You get the extra unarmed strike by <em>using your bonus action</em> in 5E when you attack. I'm guessing the new material lets you get the additional attack as an unarmed strike <em>without</em> using your bonus action??</p><p></p><p>While you might shrug at ki-empowered strikes, the fact remains that the way 5E was designed, monks are the only class IIRC which can deal magical damage without using a spell slot. (I'm sure I am forgetting something, but off-hand I can't think of anything...).</p><p></p><p></p><p>For you, perhaps, and I know for some others who've complained about the lack of ki (which I've already acknowledged), which is also why I've suggested bonus ki equal to your Wisdom modifier. That alone makes a significant difference.</p><p></p><p>Frankly, complaining about ki would be the same as complaining that barbarians have such limited rages (which refresh on a LONG rest), or second wind and action surge are only ONCE each between short rests at most levels, etc. Yet you rarely ever hear players complain about those.</p><p></p><p></p><p>All the other stuff I already mentioned. Faster movement, bonus unarmed strike every round, the ability to fight without weapons or needing armor (two things that severely hamper every other martial!), moving over water and up walls, etc.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Not at all. I just said those are three very simple house-rules which could help those who find the monk class lacking. I'm perfectly happy with them as is, and so are most players I know of. The only issue repeatedly brought up is ki, which again I've acknowledge from the beginning.</p><p></p><p>And like I said before, in your other thread everything you did in your awesome scenario was already allowed RAW, without any houserules. The <em>only</em> possible issue might be the carrying the barbarian, put that depends on your monk's STR, barbarian's weight, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ezo, post: 9288169, member: 7037866"] Nope. Not at all. It just depends on your monk's STR and the weight of the person they are carrying. A STR 14 PC could carry over 200 lbs without impact on movement by default in 5E. I think you wrote that backwards? You get the extra unarmed strike by [I]using your bonus action[/I] in 5E when you attack. I'm guessing the new material lets you get the additional attack as an unarmed strike [I]without[/I] using your bonus action?? While you might shrug at ki-empowered strikes, the fact remains that the way 5E was designed, monks are the only class IIRC which can deal magical damage without using a spell slot. (I'm sure I am forgetting something, but off-hand I can't think of anything...). For you, perhaps, and I know for some others who've complained about the lack of ki (which I've already acknowledged), which is also why I've suggested bonus ki equal to your Wisdom modifier. That alone makes a significant difference. Frankly, complaining about ki would be the same as complaining that barbarians have such limited rages (which refresh on a LONG rest), or second wind and action surge are only ONCE each between short rests at most levels, etc. Yet you rarely ever hear players complain about those. All the other stuff I already mentioned. Faster movement, bonus unarmed strike every round, the ability to fight without weapons or needing armor (two things that severely hamper every other martial!), moving over water and up walls, etc. Not at all. I just said those are three very simple house-rules which could help those who find the monk class lacking. I'm perfectly happy with them as is, and so are most players I know of. The only issue repeatedly brought up is ki, which again I've acknowledge from the beginning. And like I said before, in your other thread everything you did in your awesome scenario was already allowed RAW, without any houserules. The [I]only[/I] possible issue might be the carrying the barbarian, put that depends on your monk's STR, barbarian's weight, etc. [/QUOTE]
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