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comrade raoul said:Yeah, you sure did -- sorry for not noticing that or giving you credit.
It's okay - convergent evolution happens. It's nice to know that others are thinking along the same lines as you are.
comrade raoul said:Yeah, you sure did -- sorry for not noticing that or giving you credit.
drdevoid said:
Anyway, the other changes are more along the lines of the OA options and work on the much maligned Flurry of Blows and Stunning Attack abilities. Remove Flurry of Blows and replace it with straight Ambidexterity (the character can still take TWF as a character feat) or use it as a bonus feat like in OA.
comrade raoul said:
Problems with monk unarmed base attack bonuses have been around since 3e was published. The dilemma is familiar: if a monk could stack base attack bonuses from other classes when attacking, then characters could take one level of monk
(already a front-loaded class) and get a very powerful favorable attack progression with unarmed attacks or monk weapons for the rest of their careers -- so unrestricted BAB stacking seems to invite abuses and be a very bad idea. On the other hand, the standard, PH route (preventing monks using base attack bonuses from other classes when making unarmed attacks at their favorable rate) is balanced, but it prevents monks who want to make use of their unarmed benefits from taking more than a couple of levels in other classes.
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Anubis said:
Problems? What problems? The PH rule is there for a reason, and it balances everything perfectly. If a monk wants full benefit from the good BAB progression, they must remain a monk. Forget the fact that monks can't multiclass to begin with except for a couple of Prestige Classes. It's about the dedication.
There's basically nothing to fix. If it ain't broken, don't fix it.