D&D 4E Question about a 4E Monk and their skills or feats.

[Banewolf1291]

I recently made a 4E monk for my weekly game, and, of course being the DragonBall nerd i am, started wondering if 4E had rules for Ki Blasts/Waves similar in style to DragonBall. I dug though the PHs and didnt notice anything, but i was reading fast. I'd appreciate the info guys!

 

[Garthanos]

I have the impression that in-spite of labeling it psionic the Monk is still closer to the original martial class character type than more modern Chi using characters we see in anime. To achieve those archetypes one will probably have to use multi-class or hybriding. Sorceror with Dex based lightning OR some CON based Warlock elements could achieve the results you want. -- > Based on lore arguably Chi is related to CON with a dash of WIS.

From the land of home brewing

Alongside a Martial Artist class I have been considering and for which I have been making martial practices.

I am thinking of making GMTs that might partake directly of the Chi user flavor (with using healing surges and similar effect)

 

[Banewolf1291]

yeah thats what it's sounding like from my research. ah well. spose i'll have to deal with being Bruce Lee. lol like thats exactly "Settling" though. Bruce was a bad ass.

 

[Garthanos]

yeah thats what it's sounding like from my research. ah well. spose i'll have to deal with being Bruce Lee. lol like thats exactly "Settling" though. Bruce was a bad ass.

There is a flavor of monk that I forgot which had fire attacks like this fellow



Oh definitely BRUCE does the bad-ass ... i think they should have admitted the monk was Mostly Martial of course.

There are also Themes (I think elemental ones) you might consider that would provide a ranged bolt of some sort.

 

[Banewolf1291]

Do you happen to have a source for these? i'd love to research into a style like this fire bender.

 

[Garthanos]

I got that out of Character Builder but I am not home to look it up (could be Dragon Mag or the Heros of Elemental Chaos)

 

[Garthanos]

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level 1
Elf, Monk
Monastic Tradition: Desert Wind
Elf Subrace: Standard Elf Racial Traits


FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 12, Con 10, Dex 18, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 15.


STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 12, Con 10, Dex 16, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 15.




AC: 16 Fort: 12 Reflex: 15 Will: 13
HP: 22 Surges: 7 Surge Value: 5


TRAINED SKILLS
Stealth +9, Perception +9, Heal +7, Endurance +5


UNTRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics +4, Arcana, Bluff +2, Diplomacy +2, Dungeoneering +2, History, Insight +2, Intimidate +2, Nature +4, Religion, Streetwise +2, Thievery +4, Athletics +1


FEATS
Level 1: Internalize the Basic Kata


POWERS
Monk at-will 1: Blistering Flourish
Monk at-will 1: Five Storms
Monk encounter 1: Light the Fire
Monk daily 1: Risen Sun


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[Garthanos]

I think my next purchase will be Heroes of Elemental Chaos, finding myself intrigued by the Themes and now Prince Zuko

 

[Tony Vargas]

I recently made a 4E monk for my weekly game, and, of course being the DragonBall nerd i am, started wondering if 4E had rules for Ki Blasts/Waves similar in style to DragonBall. I dug though the PHs and didnt notice anything, but i was reading fast. I'd appreciate the info guys!

Since the PH3 Monk is 'Psionic,' any Psionic close blast power with an appropriate-seeming keyword like force or thunder might do the trick. I assume the Psion would have some.

 

[Garthanos]

Since the PH3 Monk is 'Psionic,' any Psionic close blast power with an appropriate-seeming keyword like force or thunder might do the trick. I assume the Psion would have some.

Not sure how being psionic helps borrow from other classes since in this case no psionic points were abused to make this class were they?