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<blockquote data-quote="Helldritch" data-source="post: 8050476" data-attributes="member: 6855114">This is one of the rare times where I fully support [USER=6788736]@Flamestrike[/USER]. A lot of the monk weakness relies on the fact that the class needs short rest. I usually recommend 2 to 3 short rest per day with 6-8 encounters per day. So far, this enable short rest character to shine, long rest character tend to nova a lot less and I have no need for deadly encounters all the time so this means that the characters have a wider array of tactical choices before them.In situations where you can nova all the time and you do the 5mwd, almost never have short rest, the monk and other short rest classes become poor character choices as you will not be able to use their strength to the fullest.When you follow the guidelines, 6-8 encounters per day, everything fall neatly into place. The only thing I do give the monk, is Ki based on wisdom. Low level monks need a bit more ki. So I gave them their wisdom bonuses in Ki. It is not that much, but surprisingly, it helps a lot, even the monk subclass of Way of the 4 elements gets good with just 2 points of Ki added... And it causes some monks to ASI their wisdom, giving them both AC and Ki. On a two short rest, it can be anywhere from 4 to 6 more Ki points. On a 3 short rest, well, it 6 to 9. That can be a big difference in the long run.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Helldritch, post: 8050476, member: 6855114"] This is one of the rare times where I fully support [USER=6788736]@Flamestrike[/USER]. A lot of the monk weakness relies on the fact that the class needs short rest. I usually recommend 2 to 3 short rest per day with 6-8 encounters per day. So far, this enable short rest character to shine, long rest character tend to nova a lot less and I have no need for deadly encounters all the time so this means that the characters have a wider array of tactical choices before them. In situations where you can nova all the time and you do the 5mwd, almost never have short rest, the monk and other short rest classes become poor character choices as you will not be able to use their strength to the fullest. When you follow the guidelines, 6-8 encounters per day, everything fall neatly into place. The only thing I do give the monk, is Ki based on wisdom. Low level monks need a bit more ki. So I gave them their wisdom bonuses in Ki. It is not that much, but surprisingly, it helps a lot, even the monk subclass of Way of the 4 elements gets good with just 2 points of Ki added... And it causes some monks to ASI their wisdom, giving them both AC and Ki. On a two short rest, it can be anywhere from 4 to 6 more Ki points. On a 3 short rest, well, it 6 to 9. That can be a big difference in the long run. [/QUOTE]

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