Monks in D&D sure do get a bad rap, but I’m here to talk about why they’re good, or rather, they are fine.Go check out the Petero’s Tome of Adventure! https:…
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I love monks, I really do. But they are not as strong as other martials.
They have fun theme, martial artists are always super fun to play. But when the optimized route for good damage on (almost) every single monk is a 1st level dip into fighter for Unarmed Fighting style or a feat at level 1 to pick up Unarmed fighting style? It’s not a well designed class.
I do think the pre level 10 is where a lot of Monk issues are apparent, as you will just burn through Ki in 1 combat and maybe not rest for 1-3 more encounters (depending on DM).
On low encounter days a monk can feel really nice. On high encounter days when you’re out of Ki? It’s a bummer to play.
Punching stuff is always super fun. But if you care about optimal, monk ain’t it.
Totally agree, it was also the message of the video that monk is good in pretty much everything but being optimized! I personally have optimization pretty low on the totem poll of class traits, so I am cool with that.