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Message: <blockquote data-quote="misttar" data-source="post: 305742" data-attributes="member: 1807">Something that I have really noticed in the campaigns that I have either been in or close friends have been in, the monk is the MASTER of one thing survival.This means that in a game where characters are generally not going to die alot, this strength just isn't that important.  But in some campaigns, characters drop like flies.  This is where monks really shine.I really noticed this when talking to a friend that believes that monks are actually WAY to powerful.  After talking to him I noticed one really important thing about the campaign that he was in.  They averaged a character death every 3-4 encounters. They usually got in about 6-8 encounters per session, so they had a character death or two every timed they played.  Now even with the fact that they had good access to resurrection magics, this means that the non-monks where out of the game alot more often.Funny thing is, the worst combat character was the one that just HAD to play a Half-orc barbarian.  So far he has died thirteen times in that campaign, died four times in one session.  Sure he could deal out 3 times the damage in a round.  But that didn't mean squat when you where out of alot of the combats all together.If it matters, the other classes in this game:Fighter/Duelist (super AC man)Mage/Monk (super Magicly AC man)Barbain/Frenzyed Berserker (Death magnet)Monk/1st level mageCleric War/Destruction DomainsWizard/Arcane Order/Incantrix</blockquote>

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