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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CubicsRube" data-source="post: 8049035" data-attributes="member: 6848185">As someone playing a monk of the four elements from 5th to (currently 15th) level, I have to say that when people start breaking out the numbers as a justification on whether a class is good or not seem to forget this is a game, and the only measure is FUN.I am having a ton of fun with this monk! He is a styled Whirling Dervish with absorb elements and produce flame (magic initiate) and he has more variability than any other martial I have played now he's at high levels.I can be a normal monk, moving and stunning. (this can be quite effective against multiple drow btw).I can can in the middle of a group and use defensive stance to "tank"I can keep my distance and strike with flaming tendrils without engaging in melee (very useful against trolls and creatures with certain melee reactive effects)I can fly (utility possibilities endless) and with slow fall I never worry about falling damageI can cast fireballs (doesn't matter that it's much later than wizards, it's still awesome fun and it's good to double up with the wizard)I can trip from a distance (water whip)I can thunderwave monsters off high cliffsI have proficiency in all saves now, and can spend a ki point to reroll a failed saveI'm immune to poisonI have evasion so for many area effects I have a good chance at taking 0 damage. Even if I do, I can use my 1/day absorb elements to take a half of the half damage, and use it to add a d6 of extra damage on my next meleeI can speak and understand all languagesThere are a ton more things I can do both in utility and in combat. And despite not having the highest HP, I am resistant/good at saving at a huge number of things, and often find myself barely damaged at a scrap next to the fighters, despite the lower AC.It's true that it comes into it's own at higher levels, (a bit like a quadratic martial?).It's a shame that people bemoan the class, because I find all the choices I have and things I can do make the monk an absolute blast to play.</blockquote>

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