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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 6989774" data-attributes="member: 413">Not really.&nbsp; Players learn pretty quickly how to figure out where dim-light/darkness is on their own and the DM can just veto it when they are incorrect.&nbsp; &quot;You can't shadowstep from there....there is a torch.&quot;&nbsp; &quot;You can't shadowstep next to the cleric.&nbsp; He's got a light spell going.&quot;Monks in melee want to use flurry of blows or other kewl abilities that are bonus actions.&nbsp; Shadow Step is a bonus action.&nbsp; That's what limits its use. Out of combat it just means the monk can bampf around with abandon in the right conditions but it's really not much more than a flavor thing.&nbsp; Sometimes it is very very useful for getting around obstacles like locked gates and the like so that can be kind of annoying (but they still have to be able to see where they are going!).&nbsp; If you find you really need it limited, make it cost a ki point but then make it part of their move action or something.&nbsp; Then the can bamf and still flurry of blows but at a cost of a resource.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Uller, post: 6989774, member: 413"] Not really. Players learn pretty quickly how to figure out where dim-light/darkness is on their own and the DM can just veto it when they are incorrect. "You can't shadowstep from there....there is a torch." "You can't shadowstep next to the cleric. He's got a light spell going." Monks in melee want to use flurry of blows or other kewl abilities that are bonus actions. Shadow Step is a bonus action. That's what limits its use. Out of combat it just means the monk can bampf around with abandon in the right conditions but it's really not much more than a flavor thing. Sometimes it is very very useful for getting around obstacles like locked gates and the like so that can be kind of annoying (but they still have to be able to see where they are going!). If you find you really need it limited, make it cost a ki point but then make it part of their move action or something. Then the can bamf and still flurry of blows but at a cost of a resource. [/QUOTE]

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