Quote Originally Posted by Asisreo1 View Post
Wait, hold on. If you use flurry of blows on an orc, you're not guaranteed to hit them all. Orcs don't have good dex saves and you'd have a roughly 40% miss rate on your flurry. If you miss one unarmed strike, you'd only do 13(1d8+1d4+6) damage which means the orc is still alive with another one unscathed.

Orcs are also better at strength saves than dex saves.

And that doesn't disprove the fact that you can fulfill the fantasy just fine if you play the darn subclass.
Fulfilling the fantasy requires that the abilities feel effective relative to the rest of the party. If you are in a 3 PC group with a Champion Fighter and a Life Cleric, you’ll feel fine.

If the party Wizard casts Dragon’s Breath on their familiar and it proceeds to do the same 3d6 fire damage three times over the next three rounds, you may feel a little underpowered. If the two of you wanted to work together, the Wizard could even Dragonbreath you while you use your Ki on patient Defense and close with the orcs to maximize the number caught in the damage cone.

Being a decent monk who can periodically act like a bad wizard when desired doesn’t match my fantasy of being an element-bender.