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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 9342483" data-attributes="member: 7030563">This is basic math.2 uses of patient defense and 1 stunning strike in the first two rounds of a fight is enough for a 6th level Monk to do that EVERY SINGLE FIGHT if you use normal RAW encounter pacing (6 fights and 2 short rests per day).The ki goes even further on tables that play with fewer encounters (and that is most of them).Most Barbarians are not very good Tanks unless they have AC-boosting magic or you have other PCs healing them all the time.   Their AC is weak and that translates to a ton of hits.Also since you talked about ki running out quick, I will point out Rage is pretty essential for a Barbarian to tank and Barbarians do NOT get a lot of rages.  I demonstrated above how a 6th level Monk won't run out of ki dodging 2 rounds and using 1 stunning strike per fight with normal encounter pacing.  A 6th level Barbarian however WILL run out rages in that scenario .... even a 16th level Barbarian will run out of rages in a standard adventuring day and at that point a Monk can spend Ki like a drunken sailor.</blockquote>