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[Krug]

Review

5 Star review for Hammer and Helm at d20reviews.

http://www.enworld.org/d20reviews.asp?sub=yes&where=active&reviewer=JoeGKushner&product=HAME

 

[Staffan]

P.S. Since OA monk varies from the PHB version, could you add an OA variant of the epic-level monk class from the Epic Level Handbook?

The only differences between the PHB monk and the OA monk are:

1. The OA monk gets Knowledge (Religion) as a class skill.
2. Slightly different weapon proficiencies.
3. The OA monk can exchange some of the class abilities for martial arts feats.
4. No limits on multiclassing for the OA monk.
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   You can probably use the same epic-level rules for both.

 

[Krug]

Wrath and Rage cover

By the way, Green Ronin has released the cover for Races of Renown: Wrath and Rage. (I'm not sure if this has been covered yet, but ah heck...)

http://www.greenronin.com/cgi-bin/product.cgi?prodid=1102

This is to be released in September.

 

[Eternalknight]

Emerald Night has a new monster, the Claw Steed, available.

 

[Psion]

Staff reviewer Alan "Me" Kohler put up a review of Secret College of Necromancy

 

[Krug]

I was attacked by a Celestial Flumph. Thank you.

This bump was bought to you courtesy of Model Railroad.

 

[Ranger REG]

The only differences between the PHB monk and the OA monk are:

1. The OA monk gets Knowledge (Religion) as a class skill.
2. Slightly different weapon proficiencies.
3. The OA monk can exchange some of the class abilities for martial arts feats.
4. No limits on multiclassing for the OA monk.
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   You can probably use the same epic-level rules for both.

1. 
   I wonder if there are any further exchange of class abilities for martial arts feat between levels 21-30 and beyond, for the OA monks.

 

[Staffan]

I wonder if there are any further exchange of class abilities for martial arts feat between levels 21-30 and beyond, for the OA monks.

The abilities a monk can trade in according to OA are: Stunning Attack, Deflect Arrows and Improved Trip. These are all specific abilities, and rather close to the effects of various feats (though Stunning Attack is better than the Stunning Fist feat). They are also all "boolean" abilities - you either have them or you don't. You can't trade in the monk's Slow Fall, increased unarmed damage, AC improvement, and stuff like that - just those three, discrete abilities.

At level 21+, the monk only improves in "gradual" abilities: AC, Speed, and various things that use the class level to calculate something. None of these abilities should be tradable - they're just "doing stuff better", not "doing new stuff". In addition, they get epic feats every now and then (levels evenly divisible by 5) - that's what provides the customization for the monk.

BTW, I'm working from the playtest Epic rules here (haven't been able to afford the ELH yet, not to mention that it hasn't arrived at my LGS), so I might be mistaken about what monks actually get at level 21+. If so, oops.

 

[Krug]

Warcraft 3 for D&D is in the works. To be released Feb 2003
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...9092178/sr=1-9/ref=sr_1_9/103-9320190-3287047

 

[gamecat]

Damn, Krug, Udaman!