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<blockquote data-quote="Mephista" data-source="post: 9069544" data-attributes="member: 6786252">Which is a shame.&nbsp; I know a number of people are kinda bland on the new Elemental monk, but I'm loving it.&nbsp; The level 6 ability could use work, but the subclass is very attractive.&nbsp; It really does feel like an insult that I'm denied feats or weapon masteries to use with the subclasses though. Like... I actually don't think its a bad class fantasy to have the monk being the Simple Weapon warrior.&nbsp; But... the effects of that decision (weapon mastery, feats, no martial arts damage to simple weapons) make it so much worse. Why on earth is giving the DRUID of all things martial weapons okay, but not a martial class?&nbsp;&nbsp; Like, if we're going to be bringing some kind of balance between casters and martials, then keeping casters away from martial weapons could be a good start.&nbsp; Why are we giving Rangers and Paladins access to weapon masteries but the monk gets neither?&nbsp; I just... don't understand.&nbsp; And I have to agree with Chris when he said it was deliberate decision.&nbsp; The way they were messing with short swords does make it feel like they were specifically planning on denying monks access to weapon mastery feats.&nbsp; If its deliberate... why would they do that?&nbsp; What on earth prompted them to do this?&nbsp; I mean, it'd be one thing if they were testing to see how improvements to the subclasses would affect how we feel about the base class.&nbsp; But they ripped so much away...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mephista, post: 9069544, member: 6786252"] Which is a shame. I know a number of people are kinda bland on the new Elemental monk, but I'm loving it. The level 6 ability could use work, but the subclass is very attractive. It really does feel like an insult that I'm denied feats or weapon masteries to use with the subclasses though. Like... I actually don't think its a bad class fantasy to have the monk being the Simple Weapon warrior. But... the effects of that decision (weapon mastery, feats, no martial arts damage to simple weapons) make it so much worse. Why on earth is giving the DRUID of all things martial weapons okay, but not a martial class? Like, if we're going to be bringing some kind of balance between casters and martials, then keeping casters away from martial weapons could be a good start. Why are we giving Rangers and Paladins access to weapon masteries but the monk gets neither? I just... don't understand. And I have to agree with Chris when he said it was deliberate decision. The way they were messing with short swords does make it feel like they were specifically planning on denying monks access to weapon mastery feats. If its deliberate... why would they do that? What on earth prompted them to do this? I mean, it'd be one thing if they were testing to see how improvements to the subclasses would affect how we feel about the base class. But they ripped so much away... [/QUOTE]

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