No.I’m just saying, if you want people to use the Dodge action, that’s how you do it.
Maybe I'd let Dodge be an action/ BA for 1 Ki, but give the monk an improved feature that replicate Deflect Missile but for melee attack within 5 ft.No.
The way you make Dodge be used is to allow attacking while dodging.
The Dodge action is really fighting defensively and you should be able to attack while doing so. This is where the standard Dex/Wis monk should excel. The STR build should be the pure offensive FOB & OP fiend.
Literally playing in a very crunchy, tactical combat 3.5 game at the moment....and I can say this is not my experience.Yes, you would provoke an Opportunity Attack for trying to circle the opponent, but if we are talking about medium creatures, all you had to do was a 5 ft step to flank them most of the time.
Literally playing in a very crunchy, tactical combat 3.5 game at the moment....and I can say this is not my experience.
The rogue and I make it a habit to flank, and even still its not always easy to get them in. Between that and the enemies the rogue can't sneak attack, the rogue loses sneak a fair amount.
5e SA is weaker, but it is significantly easier to land.
And even if flanking a medium creature in 3.5 is fairly easy - the flanking rules tend to leave characters a bit exposed. Either a fighter-type is moving around behind the opponent and getting themselves isolated amid the enemy's friends, or it's the rogue doing so. 5e does make it considerably easier.Literally playing in a very crunchy, tactical combat 3.5 game at the moment....and I can say this is not my experience.
The rogue and I make it a habit to flank, and even still its not always easy to get them in. Between that and the enemies the rogue can't sneak attack, the rogue loses sneak a fair amount.
5e SA is weaker, but it is significantly easier to land.
I though only assassins got to x7, the others were capped at x5 (?).Remember when Backstab was x*? Getting that x7 damage from an Thief Class Kit was great!
Oh, I deal 8 damage? Multiply that by 7, mofos!