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2008-09-01, 05:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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#22
Re: Monks
I'm True Neutral on the Monk debate...
True: Monks can't stand up to any other class for sheer power (Fighters fight better, Rogues stealth better, etc.)
True: Monks have a range of abilities; they can fight better than a (non-cheesed) Wizard, they can stealth better than a Fighter and they can do weird stuff better than a (non-UMD-cheesed) Rogue
Therefore, like the Bard, they fill no particular role, but can stand in if the specialist is not around...to the powergamer/optimiser this means that Monks aren't worth playing...to anyone else it just means that they're a generalist class rather than a specialist class. Sure D&D supposedly promotes the specialist (if you think of D&D as purely about the combat), but it does not make the generalist worthless by any means...that's my opinion anyway
I apologise if I come across daft. I'm a bit like that. I also like a good argument, so please don't take offence if I'm somewhat...forthright.
Please be aware; when it comes to 5ed D&D, I own Core (1st printing) and SCAG only. All my opinions and rulings are based solely on those, unless otherwise stated. I reserve the right of ignorance of errata or any other source.