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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4026495" data-attributes="member: 19675">In no particular order:1) Ranged combat.&nbsp; Damaging, immobilizing, or otherwise inconveniencing the enemy before they close to melee (even taking reach into account) is a significant advantage, and the Dex monk will get a significant bonus there.&nbsp; If he's an elf, he'll have access to the Longbow- not too shabby. 2) Initiative. Getting to strike earlier in the round at some point means that your opponent never gets to strike back.3)&nbsp; AoOs in general.&nbsp; Yes, concentration of fire is an effective tactic- but AoOs don't detract from that.&nbsp; If you're facing multiple opponents, you still have to do all that damage.&nbsp; If your monk is doing 6.5 pts of damage/rd to one opponent, that's nice- but if the Dex Monk is doing 4.5 pts of damage to 2 or more opponents in a single round, the party is experiencing a net benefit in the attrition of his foe's mass of HPs.&nbsp; Heck, depending upon the course of events, your main target may get hit twice by the monk in the same round if he triggers an AoO.4) Reach + AoOs. Unless you're running the Monk in a solo adventure or he's the last one standing, he has allies.&nbsp; With proper positioning, he'll get to use the majority of his AoOs, and even if its only &quot;plinking,&quot; it will put a lot of opponents that much closer being waxed by the front-line fighters with Great Cleave.Overall, the Dex monk is a better battlefield controller than the Str Monk, but is worse in single combat.Were you to actually do a single combat of Dex Monk vs Ftr or even a Str Monk, I'd expect the Dex Monk to lose both fights (and I bet the Str Monk would lose to the Ftr unless he actually gets a Stunning attack in or 2).OTOH, in a standard D&amp;D combat with multiple opponents vs a typical party including a Monk, the Dex Monk's advantages in initiative, ranged combat, and getting the most out of his AoOs would result in his party getting an edge over the Str Monk's party given the same set of opponents.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 4026495, member: 19675"] In no particular order: 1) Ranged combat. Damaging, immobilizing, or otherwise inconveniencing the enemy before they close to melee (even taking reach into account) is a significant advantage, and the Dex monk will get a significant bonus there. If he's an elf, he'll have access to the Longbow- not too shabby. 2) Initiative. Getting to strike earlier in the round at some point means that your opponent never gets to strike back. 3) AoOs in general. Yes, concentration of fire is an effective tactic- but AoOs don't detract from that. If you're facing multiple opponents, you still have to do all that damage. If your monk is doing 6.5 pts of damage/rd to one opponent, that's nice- but if the Dex Monk is doing 4.5 pts of damage to 2 or more opponents in a single round, the party is experiencing a net benefit in the attrition of his foe's mass of HPs. Heck, depending upon the course of events, your main target may get hit twice by the monk in the same round if he triggers an AoO. 4) Reach + AoOs. Unless you're running the Monk in a solo adventure or he's the last one standing, he has allies. With proper positioning, he'll get to use the majority of his AoOs, and even if its only "plinking," it will put a lot of opponents that much closer being waxed by the front-line fighters with Great Cleave. Overall, the Dex monk is a better battlefield controller than the Str Monk, but is worse in single combat. Were you to actually do a single combat of Dex Monk vs Ftr or even a Str Monk, I'd expect the Dex Monk to lose both fights (and I bet the Str Monk would lose to the Ftr unless he actually gets a Stunning attack in or 2). OTOH, in a standard D&D combat with [I]multiple [/I]opponents vs a typical party including a Monk, the Dex Monk's advantages in initiative, ranged combat, and getting the most out of his AoOs would result in his party getting an edge over the Str Monk's party given the same set of opponents. [/QUOTE]

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