ThePolarBear
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I do not understand this statement. You mean that, even without looking at the math, you think monks are underpowered?
Unless i'm really tired and can't do math... no? Even discounting critical hits and assuming he can get its bonus action each turn a Fighter hitting at 45% (+3 to hit, ac 15 -> 12+ on a d20, that's 9 useful results.) does {(8.33+15)*[(24*2)+24+4]}*0.45+(10*4.5). That's about 843 damage.
This is without extra damage from critical hits, w/o using precision attack when appropriate (but assuming there will be at least 10 hits, so battlemaster damage is not reduced), not counting that 2 consecutive misses in a round = 3 misses, since no death = no GWM... w/o a concrete situation, really.
The monk gets Extra Attack and a d8 weapon (Quarterstaff 2 handed.). Even if two-handing a quarterstaff you do not lose access to any monk ability since the quarterstaff still hasn't the two handed propriety.
To which we add another 8 unarmed attacks due to the "Martial Arts" feature when the monk runs out of Ki.
That is +8 to hit for: 48 1d8+5 attacks + another 40 1d6+5 attacks. At 15 AC, it means that there's a 70% to hit, with the above restrictions, so {(4.5+5)*48+(3.5+5)*40}*0.70. That is about 557 damage.
Then again, no crits, no monastic tradition, no stunning strike (that would give advantage to EVERY attack if not saved against), not a realistic situation. But at least this is consistent since it does not require conditions that might not happen. [edit] At least in regards to having more attacks. Attacking each turn with enough enemies around etc etc are conditions that might not happen
And disregarding that damage is not the only thing.
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