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<blockquote data-quote="Undrave" data-source="post: 8069255" data-attributes="member: 7015698">As a Monk player myself I never feel comfortable in melee. In a party with a Barbarian and a Paladin, when something hits me... it hits like a friggin' TRUCK because the DM is used to PC with huge HP that can take a hit. I have 18 in both DEX and WIS and I still feel like I'm way too easy to hit, and when it happens I am assured I'll have to spend 2 Hit Dice or more. For ONE hit.Maybe if the Monk had all the features of 'Mobile' baked into the class it's low HP would make sense, but as it is, it really should have been a D10 class.The Monk suffers from the 'Jack of All Trade, Master of None' symdrome, and that all these options are based on a SUPER limited ressource. If it was just a matter of stance, it would be different. As it is, you need to spend ki to be any good at what the other guys can be good at effortlessly and at-will. I think the boosts the Monk gets from Ki are over-valued in the class' balance and the Ki-less Monk chassis could use a boost.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Undrave, post: 8069255, member: 7015698"] As a Monk player myself I never feel comfortable in melee. In a party with a Barbarian and a Paladin, when something hits me... it hits like a friggin' TRUCK because the DM is used to PC with huge HP that can take a hit. I have 18 in both DEX and WIS and I still feel like I'm way too easy to hit, and when it happens I am assured I'll have to spend 2 Hit Dice or more. For ONE hit. Maybe if the Monk had all the features of 'Mobile' baked into the class it's low HP would make sense, but as it is, it really should have been a D10 class. The Monk suffers from the 'Jack of All Trade, Master of None' symdrome, and that all these options are based on a SUPER limited ressource. If it was just a matter of stance, it would be different. As it is, you need to spend ki to be any good at what the other guys can be good at effortlessly and at-will. I think the boosts the Monk gets from Ki are over-valued in the class' balance and the Ki-less Monk chassis could use a boost. [/QUOTE]

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