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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Undrave" data-source="post: 8050302" data-attributes="member: 7015698">By targeting someone within 5 feet of their allies? It's pretty easy.I said I was exaggerating. Anyway, all that means is that, IMO, a class where it's signature schtick comes online earlier is BETTER than one who comes online later, regardless of how well they perform at level 15 or 20. The Monk's most famous abilities are Flurry of Blows and Stunning Strike, and both are limited by Ki (So you don't get to do your thing often) and you only get Stunning Strike at 6th.A Rogue gets Sneak Attack and Expertise at 1st level, then, they get Cunning Action at 2nd level. By the time they pick a subclass, the Rogue has basically its play style online: Find ways to do sneak attack, get out of danger, and be the skill monkey when not in combat. Everything else they get afterwards, in their core class, is in service of those three core concepts. They get better at avoiding damage, they get better at hiding, they get better at skills stuff.The Monk's 'lock down skirmisher' styling only comes online at level 6 with Stunning Strike, and they keep getting stuff that doesn't really relate to anything else, like the language thing or astral projection. Design wise, they're an unfocused mess that makes low level play disappointing.Orgasm in French is 'orgasme'. La petite mort is a metaphor, a figure of speech, not an actual term.And yes, Comprehend Language only lets you, as the name implies, comprehend. It doesn't let you speak the language, but it does allow you to READ it, which is very useful. It's also a level 1 Ritual so you don't need to spend spell slots on it. Tongues has the downside of not being a ritual (which is dumb).It's not that speaking all languages at 13th level is a bad ability, it's just not a good enough excuse to play a Monk over anything else. Especially since it comes online at 13th level.</blockquote>

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