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<blockquote data-quote="Undrave" data-source="post: 8383112" data-attributes="member: 7015698">True but you can build for different stat line. The Monk is very strict: You need your DEX to hit, dmg and AC, you need your WIS for your AC and your saving throw AND you need CON to make sure you don't fold the moment someone hits you. I'm also not a fan of their durability. They have a very low HD for somebody in melee and their AC isn't THAT good that they can't expect to take hits. They should be a D10 class. And their damage doesn't feel high enough to qualify as a 'glass canon', especially if you expand Ki to take bonus action dodge or disengage.It probably doesn't help that the other two melee characters in my party are a Paladin and a Barbarian, so the DM is used to characters who can take some SERIOUS hits so he might be over compensating in his encounter building. The damage is okay but I feel like I hit a Fighter that's not optimized for damage. Which I do. I just mean that Stunning Strike sounds amazing on paper but it never really pulled through for me. Either it was the bad pick or people just shook it off. That might be it yeah.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Undrave, post: 8383112, member: 7015698"] True but you can build for different stat line. The Monk is very strict: You need your DEX to hit, dmg and AC, you need your WIS for your AC and your saving throw AND you need CON to make sure you don't fold the moment someone hits you. I'm also not a fan of their durability. They have a very low HD for somebody in melee and their AC isn't THAT good that they can't expect to take hits. They should be a D10 class. And their damage doesn't feel high enough to qualify as a 'glass canon', especially if you expand Ki to take bonus action dodge or disengage. It probably doesn't help that the other two melee characters in my party are a Paladin and a Barbarian, so the DM is used to characters who can take some SERIOUS hits so he might be over compensating in his encounter building. The damage is okay but I feel like I hit a Fighter that's not optimized for damage. Which I do. I just mean that Stunning Strike sounds amazing on paper but it never really pulled through for me. Either it was the bad pick or people just shook it off. That might be it yeah. [/QUOTE]

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