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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SkredlitheOgre" data-source="post: 5728222" data-attributes="member: 99513">True, but I think that's where the Monk's increased speed comes from.  In a metagame sense, medium humanoids move a rate of 30 ft. per round.  So, from an metagame perspective, if a humanoid general is expecting someone to move 30 ft. and have placed their soldiers 40 ft. away and is standing 10 feet behind them, then they're going to be surprised when a Monk who moves 50 ft. per round sprints up, jumps over or tumbles past their soldiers and lands a solid blow to his face.With increased speed and the Acrobatics skill, a Monk CAN navigate any battlefield.  Granted, it's not the "move from one opponent to the next while laying down a beating on each one," but given the damage output of a Monk (my 7th level Monk does (1d8 +3 (Str) +1d6 Frost) per hit), you're not going to be able to do that unless you're fighting very low level enemies.By which I assume you mean the Flurry of Blows.  Flurry of Blows is a full attack action, which means it takes an entire round.  I mean, I get what you're saying, but if you allow the Monk to move AND use a full attack action, then I think, in fairness you have to open that up to everyone, which I think could get out of hand.</blockquote>