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<blockquote data-quote="Asisreo" data-source="post: 9060982" data-attributes="member: 7019027">So you're saying that a monk must always use their fist to be an unarmed combatant and even the faintest touch of a ranged weapons eviscerates its identity? Can a wizard not use a crossbow just because he's the funny &quot;magic man?&quot; We're talking about level 1 &amp; 2. By level 3, the monk has options to do melee attacks and still be the elusive skirmisher that uses their speed to stay out of the enemy's range. Because no, you don't have to take melee damage to be good at dealing melee damage. So if the elemonk wants to hit the enemy from 15ft away and push it back, then they're perfectly viable. Plus, like, why are we getting so bunched up over your fantasy? How come my fantasy of the monk is suddenly wrong? It can literally be both. They don't have to have a single, repetitive task every combat. That's actually what makes monks so fun, they don't rely on the same tactics they did the previous fight even though they're a martial. And it doesn't have to be a single hit, as long as you can down the enemy in a turn, you can immediately go to the next and potentially soften them up with any leftover attacks you didn't use yet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Asisreo, post: 9060982, member: 7019027"] So you're saying that a monk [I]must always[/I] use their fist to be an unarmed combatant and even the faintest touch of a ranged weapons eviscerates its identity? Can a wizard not use a crossbow just because he's the funny "magic man?" We're talking about level 1 & 2. By level 3, the monk has options to do melee attacks and still be the elusive skirmisher that uses their speed to stay out of the enemy's range. Because no, you don't have to take melee damage to be good at dealing melee damage. So if the elemonk wants to hit the enemy from 15ft away and push it back, then they're perfectly viable. Plus, like, why are we getting so bunched up over [I]your[/I] fantasy? How come [I]my[/I] fantasy of the monk is suddenly [I]wrong[/I]? It can literally be both. They don't have to have a single, repetitive task every combat. That's actually what makes monks so fun, they don't rely on the same tactics they did the previous fight even though they're a martial. And it doesn't have to be a single hit, as long as you can down the enemy in a turn, you can immediately go to the next and potentially soften them up with any leftover attacks you didn't use yet. [/QUOTE]

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