"If you had a strict mother you know that the open hand is something to be feared" It would be funny if it didnt hurt so much

@Dootteh318

5 жыл бұрын

Does that mean that sandals can be counted as Monk weapons?

@agentdelta569

5 жыл бұрын

@@Dootteh318 hahahaha

@the-wisest-emu

4 жыл бұрын

Literally

@Kamehameha350

4 жыл бұрын

Way of the wooden spoon

@somedrunkdude5728

4 жыл бұрын

Bonus action to take my belt off.

If high level wizards can cast 9th level spells like wish, I think it's okay that the monk can punch really good.

@kylermellen2911

5 жыл бұрын

Love that outlook

@rileybursey7513

4 жыл бұрын

Realist

@caleblindsay-manning8895

4 жыл бұрын

You mean a 9th level fisting?

@e4ehco21

4 жыл бұрын

But HADOHKEN

@e4ehco21

4 жыл бұрын

@Elijah kamah hamah hah

"immune to dying from death"

@shanerooney7288

5 жыл бұрын

I'm jealous. I am actually allergic to death.

@zten9092

5 жыл бұрын

Life needs things to live

@j.w.7608

5 жыл бұрын

Can someone explain this one to me? Is it a skill?

@TPaether

5 жыл бұрын

@@j.w.7608 In the "way of the long death" the final ability is that you can't die if you have a ki point remaining.

@heathenpride7931

5 жыл бұрын

People die when they are killed.

The Player's Handbook actually specifies that you dont need a free hand to use an unarmed strike. It gives examples like elbow, knee, headbutt, et

@tom92vdb

5 жыл бұрын

do you have a page reference for that so i cn show it to my DM?

@trequor

5 жыл бұрын

@@tom92vdb I dont have it on me, but it is in the monk section (page 70-something) for sure and I believe it is also in the weapons section (something like page 135-145)

@Benjen97

5 жыл бұрын

Also the two handed property on a weapon only means you need two hands to make an attack with it, not to wield it. So for a monk with a longsword it's perfectly reasonable within RAW to attack with a two handed weapon and then bonus attack with a unarmed strike since your offhand is only occupied while swinging the sword not while holding it

@thealgorithm3412

5 жыл бұрын

@@Benjen97 this gives me ideas I shouldnt get

@Benjen97

5 жыл бұрын

@@thealgorithm3412 lol

So The subclasses are 1) monk monk 2)rogue monk 3)druid monk 4) fighter monk 5) Dunk monk 5) wizard monk 6) necromancer monk

@joeywarren60

5 жыл бұрын

*Dunk Monk* The monk gives people bad times as Megalovania plays in the background.

@wyattunrue5354

5 жыл бұрын

I mean I dunno. Take the 6th one, add some land Druid, shifter as your race, and you’re a Wendigo

@barrybend7189

5 жыл бұрын

Monk Warlock.

@hiroeze9101

5 жыл бұрын

Is fighter monk good

@barrybend7189

5 жыл бұрын

@@hiroeze9101 little bit counter intuitive.

How to make a boxer Step 1. Make a monk Step 2. Change ki points to K.O. points Step 3. Profit

@mmeers89

5 жыл бұрын

I just did a fighter or barbarian focused on unarmed combat.

@ripinchaos906

4 жыл бұрын

I once made a strength based monk barbarian that I reflavored to be a boxer, it was a lot of fun.

@thomasshepherd8909

3 жыл бұрын

If you want to play a boxer you could play a fighter and use the unarmed fighting style

For those wondering, here's the joke Xanathar makes about the Kensei Monk: "Why did the samurai cross the road? ... Now you say 'Why?' ... Okay, here's the joke part. I kensei. Get it? What? Why aren't you laughing? The joke is solid gold and my delivery was perfect. Maybe you didn't get it because you're stupid."

@krabbekage2124

3 жыл бұрын

Gotta love the Xanathar

@couragew6260

2 жыл бұрын

Joke is solid. Delivery? Not so much

An entire tribe of Kobolds being trained in the way of the Shadow Monk. The stuff of nightmares, for any party, to be sure!

@howaboutnow1895

4 жыл бұрын

With a small group of shadow sorcerers

@master-ofmanga2792

3 жыл бұрын

@@howaboutnow1895 The sneak squad.

@TheRotten1166

3 жыл бұрын

You just terrified me so much. But imagine goblins were training like that

@Nyrufa

3 жыл бұрын

@@master-ofmanga2792 Flurry of Blows + Pack Tactics!

@VikingMale

2 жыл бұрын

Hobgoblins…

Best party composition: Barbarian of Zeal, Cleric of the Grave, Monk of the Long Death, Sorcerer of Shadows. This party shall never die.

@xandermcdonald8543

2 жыл бұрын

All half-orcs, you know, just in case

@rj8563

2 жыл бұрын

@Aadi jain Damn the new suicide squad movie lookin hella weird

@trennantpiccolo5817

2 жыл бұрын

@Aadi jain exactly which is why it never happened nor existed ;)

@johnciolli7086

2 жыл бұрын

And if you have a wizard or sorceror with lots of abjuration spells, it becomes even more broken

@solahaze8948

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnciolli7086 Ah yes, I forgot the abjuration wizard with the shield that can take damage for its allies. And also a paladin. An ancients paladin is best, but pretty much any paladin works. Aura of Protection, baby!

1) Be an Aaracokra 2) Be a Sun Soul Monk 3) ***NYOOM***

@unsuspiciousdweller8967

5 жыл бұрын

Me and my friend tried to math out how fast a lvl 20 aarakocra monk could go while dashing. I think we messed up somewhere because we went past the speed of sound

@BlueSun_

5 жыл бұрын

@@unsuspiciousdweller8967 You certainly messed up, that build can only go to 27mph.

@TerrariaGolem

5 жыл бұрын

@@unsuspiciousdweller8967 i multiclassed an Aaracockra and went 75-90 ft a turn

@joeywarren60

5 жыл бұрын

Ha! I have something even better. *Be me, Tabaxi Monk with 2 Fighter levels and Boots of Speed. *Be not me, twin wizard brothers. *We all are level 20 total. *One wizard casts Fly on me, the other casts Haste. * *ULTIMATE NYOOOOOM*

@aster1760

4 жыл бұрын

@@joeywarren60 my guy that's fun and all, but if you also put some rogue and barb levels into that action and pick up some extra spells and items you can go 16,800 feet in one turn

*MUSCLE WIZARD CASTS FIST*

@NinjaSushi2

5 жыл бұрын

Ha. Word. *MUSCLE WIZARD CAST RAGE*

@theatheistbear3117

5 жыл бұрын

*ESPECIALLY THE WIZARD*

@Chilllaxxinn

5 жыл бұрын

lol

@queencyrys6309

5 жыл бұрын

Bálint Vasvári my muscle wizard created his own school of wizardry, the School of Gains. Aside from changing the casting modifier to strength and the somatic gestures to flexes, this archetype gives you a 1d6 punch and the ability to punch at range using magehand, which can now be buffed by feeding it spell slots to add additional d6s to your mage hand.

@barrybend7189

5 жыл бұрын

@@queencyrys6309 so you just made a stand user.

The best monk build ever: Tavern brawler feat Way of the drunken master You’re not actually a monk you’re just an alcoholic who can kill somebody with a blueberry muffin. You’re welcome.

@sineadthomas2024

4 жыл бұрын

Blueberry muffins and fish

@lukedeakin7124

3 жыл бұрын

I made a Loxadon Monk based on this idea

@hamburgersandwich4273

3 жыл бұрын

John wick but drunk

@caesarspeaks

3 жыл бұрын

Hamburger Sandwich so Jackie Chan?

@hamburgersandwich4273

3 жыл бұрын

Caesar Speaks yes

"i cast fist" i nearly died, i was eating cake and it went in my nose

You want me to throw fireballs out of my fist....and not say Hadoken? NO DEAL

@aster1760

4 жыл бұрын

instead just yell MASENKO HA!

@GustavoMartins-hg9wl

4 жыл бұрын

Go Tabaxi monk, 4 element, and mobile feat. Rush in your enemy, using your feline agility, and when you meet the enemy, use unbronken fist to do 3d10 damage. You had just did a Pegasus Meteor from Saint Seya

@lanefunai4714

4 жыл бұрын

Kamehameha

Remembering that explaining to somebody that they are already dead takes an action will never fail to amuse me.

@MrLung1991

5 жыл бұрын

Omai wa shinderu XD long death is just bullshit i love it XD

@zhangbill1194

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrLung1991 no thats the open hand monk...

@MrLung1991

4 жыл бұрын

zhang Bill i know thag. But long death is even MORE bullshit..... you just REFUSE TO FUCKING DIE . Pare that whit the babarian bear totem youre litteraly harder to kill then a fucking druid and THATS hard.

*uses quivering palm* Enemy:NANI?

@TheKrilicious

5 жыл бұрын

AJ BROWN Monk: Omae wa, mo shindeiru!

@maxl.7527

5 жыл бұрын

Krazy K Monk: REEEEEEEEEE

@The_Court_Poet

5 жыл бұрын

Omae wa mou shindeiru!

I’m trying to imagine a Kensei using a musket as one his monk weapons.

@werewolftapus7630

3 жыл бұрын

Take this my ultimate technique! G U N IS MY TECHNIQUE

@unknownentityenthusiast6765

3 жыл бұрын

Joseph and his tommy gun from JJBA part 2

@miguelmialichi6367

2 жыл бұрын

Tbh a musket can kinda be used like a quarterstaff that can shoot Add a bayonet and you have a spear gun

@JaelinBezel

2 жыл бұрын

A set of four flintlock pistols made into a pair of nunchuks that also combine together into a bostaff

I made a shadow monk rogue assassin and it was wicked, nothing like teleporting through a shadow, getting sneak attack, attacking 4 times with flurry of blows, and all those hits being crits

@dragonrider1817

5 жыл бұрын

kiiper13 yeah, I almost went down that road myself recently with my current shadow monk/rogue, but for campaign reasons (and devil’s sight and hex are awesome) I went warlock instead.

@jacobfreeman5444

5 жыл бұрын

So you made a ninja.

@alucardbunche4197

4 жыл бұрын

Jacob Freeman pretty much

"I cast FIST!!" Best thing I've seen all week.

Open Hand: Kenshiro Shadow: Naruto Four Elements: Aang Drunken Master: Joseph Joestar Kensei: Ichigo? Sun Soul: Goku Long Death: also Kenshiro

@Silverwind87

4 жыл бұрын

@Siper maybe, but I wanted to include a JoJo reference, and this video was made before Way of the Astral Self

@solerosable

3 жыл бұрын

Personally I think kensei would be closer to Zoro since sharpen the blade is too similar to armament haki to ignore.

@Silverwind87

3 жыл бұрын

@@solerosable But that's not an anime.

@solerosable

3 жыл бұрын

Albert Nave Zoro from popular anime One Piece

@Thekapo8

3 жыл бұрын

Drunken master: Borraicho from mortal kombat

4:21 unless they are *IMMUNE TO DYING FROM DEATH!*

I designed a monk subclass called Way of the Hourglass where you cast slow, haste, store time for later use, freeze time around you, send your body through time to heal yourself and steal your own luck from your future self. It's pretty cool.

@jeffswetlikoe2469

5 жыл бұрын

That sounds pretty cool. Could you link a pdf or something?

@ninjabluefyre3815

5 жыл бұрын

I'll take your entire stock!

@arigilos8552

5 жыл бұрын

That sounds really interesting.

@unknownentityenthusiast6765

3 жыл бұрын

Seems a very fun subclass

@kingme1313

Жыл бұрын

ok now I need the link to this cause that sounds amazing

*I CAST FIST*

@darkmatterpancake9824

5 жыл бұрын

> shadman

@dustinsangrey6091

5 жыл бұрын

*But I cast AK-47*

@Nitram4392

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@somebodyRED7

5 жыл бұрын

@@dustinsangrey6091 *but I cast M-16*

@graemesmith5231

5 жыл бұрын

@@somebodyRED7 but i cast death

‘Keeps up the d&d tradition of stabbing its problems away’

4:20 control vibrations? I think u mean hamon

@thechosenfundead6626

5 жыл бұрын

@Ingrid Stumo Nooooooo!

@phivosschran2493

5 жыл бұрын

You, you just said that, didn't you?

@bru9383

4 жыл бұрын

Hella nice!

@lukasschiaffo7179

4 жыл бұрын

Fury rush? You mean Stand, right?

Way of the Open Hand + 2 levels of divination wizard = the ability to force an enemy to die 75% of days, or 33% of days if they're extremely tough.

1:20 "SCREAM" *PEOPLE DIE WHEN THEY ARR KILLED*

Way of Long death is a hilarious character to play. One of my favorites for one-shots.

I'll never forget Laos Uzukita, my level 1 monk who got grabbed and slammed into the ground by an ogre, which was a crit, instantly killing him

Aasimar Sun Soul Monk sounds so much fun to play. Heavenly Chi and flight. That or an Air Genasi Kensai Monk with scimitars and parkour ala Prince of Persia.

@ActionCow69

6 жыл бұрын

RatchildUK i had someone play an aasimar sun soul monk in a one shot i ran, she was basically a dragon ball character. It was pretty cool.

@ninjabluefyre3815

5 жыл бұрын

@@ActionCow69 I've recently made an Aasimar Sun Soul monk called Mezu (Maize), as a basic Saiyan character (although I honestly know very little about DragonBall).

@aer0340

4 жыл бұрын

Aaricokra (forgot if its with k or c) with Sun Soul and you basically become The Flash.

@krabbekage2124

3 жыл бұрын

I just got reminded of how much I loved playing Prince of Persia on PS3.. Good times..

1:22 But... But, people die when they are killed

@lisalisa3635

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah but it is a monk

@TheSeptet

5 жыл бұрын

Normal people die when they are killed, but monks? Monks don't die even if you kill them...

@kaz6556

5 жыл бұрын

The monk class is made up of monks

@Gangus450

5 жыл бұрын

Not monks

@CatOnACell

5 жыл бұрын

At level 20 their body and their soul are essentially the same thing. So when their body dies it doesn't actually do anything.

Davvy, my buddy showed me your channel and we literally binged every single video you’ve ever put out. Great work man. You deserve way more subs. Keep up the great 5e work. You’ve saved this noob a whole lot of time. I think i’m gonna multiclass my druid as either a way of the open hand monk, long death, or way of the shadows. Cheers!

I had this fun idea of reflavoring the monk as some kind of a feral wildman. You get crazy mad enhancements to all your natural abilities, you get super senses, you get great unarmed ability, you don't need armor, all that. Outlander Monk is one of those ideas I wanna do at some point.

One of my favorite against-type monks is the Scout from Team Fortress 2. If you think about it he can easily fit the role. He's very mobile, he's got the agility for a high-dex build, he's got a good bit of street smarts (wisdom), his baseball bat can be either a club or a quarterstaff for the purposes of monk weapons. His shotgun can be a reflavored version of the Burning Hands offered by the Way of the Sun Soul's Searing Arc Strike, and his pistol a reflavored version of the subclass's Radiant Sun Bolt.

@ActionCow69

6 жыл бұрын

TheOtakuGamer alternatively he can be a kensei, with his bat and pistol as his weapons. Grab the Mobile feat so you don't even need to use disengage most of the time.

Monks are definitely my second favorite class, only losing first place to Divination Wizards. (Come on, who doesn't want to roll a 1 at the start of the day then force a save or die spell on something?). I really want to try out the homebrew Elemental Monk mainly because well... I love avatar. This was a good video!

@falamurilo749

6 жыл бұрын

if you can see my response,please try and use druid and monk as a multy-class character,i think that they would get some excellent roleplay contente and some great op abilities

@Ashley-of6ro

6 жыл бұрын

Could be interesting! personally druids are too much bookkeeping for me, and the min-maxer in me says its not actually that great. Still, would like to see someone else try it- as you said could be fun RPing ^^

@falamurilo749

6 жыл бұрын

The only thing you have to worry as a druid is running out of times you can use your beast form before a rest and using the best circle possible(by the way it's pretty much just the circle of the land),and you can also see guides to being a druid on youtube,they actually explain all that you need to know!

@Ashley-of6ro

6 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry circle of the moon is by far the best druid circle, not circle of the land. Just mechanically on its own, maybe not as good when with a monk but just in general its the best. I know all about druids and every class, thats not the issue for me its just that there's a lot to keep track of. I'm someone who would need to have *every* beast in the game I can change into written down and that's a lot of beasts, so i'd rather just not.

@falamurilo749

6 жыл бұрын

just go and write down the really cool ones(as long as you can transform into them depending on your level)

I think my 3rd character ever is gonna be a Monk. After starting with a rogue and moving onto a Paladin, a Monk seems a good next step

I don't understand why some people don't like the concept of Monks in DND. It allows you to have Aragorn and Liu Kang fighting side by side and why would you not want that. And Way of Shadows is literally just "Enter the Ninja", it's BRILLIANT.

" I cast power fist!"

Every D&D player seems to immediately jump to Oriental Adventures for the monk class, but what about the western monk, the fighting friar. Friar Tuck was a staff fighter and an archer in Robin Hood right?

@IMFSHN

5 жыл бұрын

ahh...yes, or Brotherhood of the Wolf.

@theeye8276

5 жыл бұрын

western monks don't do martial arts

@theeye8276

5 жыл бұрын

A friar is also not a western monk. They are different

@brentvermillion1315

5 жыл бұрын

@@theeye8276 friars we're generally monks of the mendicant orders which were are Catholic orders. Catholic s are European in orgin.

@brentvermillion1315

5 жыл бұрын

@@theeye8276 Even fencing or wrestling is a martial art.

10:54 Your memes are untouchable. I love Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom!! *KALIMA!*

One thing me and my dm do for the way of the four elements monk is give you an affinity. This means that you pick a base element and KI points cost 1 less for that element and it’s sub elements. We also made a few custom ki moves that don’t cost too much to help this subclass be able to do more with its KI moves than blow half on one move. Just some ideas to balance out this subclass

If I multiclass paladin with monk, I should be able to smite with my fists. Fight me.

@farkasattilapongracz2649

3 жыл бұрын

No

@Dezbood

3 жыл бұрын

@@farkasattilapongracz2649 there’s no good balancing reason not to allow it, so saying no just because the book worded it to not work is a lame reason. All it does is keep unarmed characters stuck with less ways to do damage compared to other melee characters.

@silcrow4045

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dezbood your fists are considered magical weapons. So therefore, go for smiting

@Dezbood

3 жыл бұрын

@@silcrow4045 ki-empowered strike does not mention the word “weapon”, and the semantics of the smiting rules require that they do. “Melee weapon attack” also does not imply a weapon, since unarmed strikes count as melee weapon attacks without weapons.

@unknownentityenthusiast6765

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dezbood put on metal gloves. Improvised weapon, smiteable.

Rising Sun Knee to the Drow Matron's Baby Box. Best Way to end a Boss Fight.

Paladin: I want to use my Long sword! Wizard: I want to use Firebolt! Monk: I want to use my fist!

That many puns within the first thirty seconds? You are truly a wise man.

I love all the music and movie references. Especially the Wayward Son one

@saibhorg1166

5 жыл бұрын

Shit dude, how tf u get in smash?

@zacharygoldberg6715

5 жыл бұрын

The Potted Piranha Plant It’s good someone else got that, that’s probably my favorite song ever

What a excellent breif and actually clear explanation of the different monk classes. Well done.

I made a monk with a hermit background who later followed the way of the Sun Soul, and because the Hermit's background feature is that they had some great discovery, my character's discovery was that you could actually talk to the sun, which then taught him how to use his ki to shoot out blasts of light energy. So whenever there was downtime he would take time to just look up at the sky and appear to just talk to himself as he asked the sun what else he could learn how to do.

JEEsus this was 3 years ago?! I keep forgetting 2020 wasnt just a hungover month and a half but a whole year wasted glad to find the content great even 3 years later davvy

Boy, I fuckin love your videos. They're not too nerdy as to be a pain in the ass to watch, yet they tell you enough about the game that you won't be poorly off starting with a character. Please keep making this stuff, they're wonderful.

My first monk was a Chaotic Good Monk of the Long Death named Zheng Sishen (which roughly translated to The True Dead Spirit) with spikey hair and dark clothes. I'm not sure if he's better than or worse than Dragon Ball Monks, but he's certainly not someone I'll show proudly as my first D&D character.

My monk is a gnoll raised by humans. We just renamed qi "temper." She's got a righteous temper.

@unknownentityenthusiast6765

3 жыл бұрын

Seems very fun

While it's currently only in a UA, I find the way of Tranquility is an interesting way to break the Anime stereotype and play a more occidental feeling Monk. The Franciscan Friar, the Zoastrian Devotee, the Talmudic Scholar. With a Mace or Quarterstaff, and the right tool proficiency pick, you can easily have Friar Tuck robbing oppressors or Cadfael solving crimes....

I haven't played since 3.5....im missing out on some great stuff about my favourite class. Great video man, got yourself a sub

That genji I need healing part was amazing. Good job

Isn’t a quivering palm based off of the idea Martial art masters could use a kill with just a touch . It was call the “Dim mock “ Probably not spelling it right but I believe that was the name of it

@TheSeptet

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the "dim mak" (but pronounced like you spelled it) also called the "touch of death".

@kaiceecrane3884

5 жыл бұрын

Death touch is a fantasy myth, great for story not so much for real life

@mathunit1

5 жыл бұрын

@@kaiceecrane3884 So just d&d in a nutshell.

@DragonKnightX12

4 жыл бұрын

KaîÇee Crane Not entirely, there are certain points where if you hit someone just right it could instantly kill them. That’s probably where the legend started from.

Thanks a lot, I thoroughly enjoyed this informative and punny overview!

I just realized how accurate your Shadow Monk description fit my character to the T. He was the luckiest ninja I have ever seen.

Bulletproof glass cannon

"Taking the dodge action will quite literally double your staying power" and half your damage while burning a limited resource. Unless you are very high level monks want fights done fast before they run out of ki.

Referring to Kensei: The only two handed non-heavy weapon is the great club unfortunately. I guess it's geared more towards a dual wield + longbow style. Choose two types of weapons to be your kensei weapons: one melee weapon and one ranged weapon. *Each of these weapons can be any simple or martial weapon that lacks the heavy and special properties.* The longbow is also a valid choice. You gain proficiency with these weapons if you don't already have it. Weapons of the chosen types are monk weapons for you.

As a current kensei, taking Defensive Duelist is INCREDIBLY HELPFUL

I’ve been playing a Way of the Shadow monk in a game for the past few weeks, and it is so much fun. Just teleporting around in darkness and walloping on enemies is friggin fantastic

"Striking Tiger, hidden Fireball" man, I lost it there! Great!

I have one thing to say Davvy; Carry on my wayward son. There will be peace when you are done. BTW, Awesome video. I look forward to watching more of them.

The memery is on point and has earned you a subscriber 😂👌

I play a shadow monk and honestly? That darkvision spell is really helpful when only one character in your party can’t see in the dark and you’re in the Mad Mage’s Dungeon

This is a damn good video, thanks so much! I'm excited to try my first Monk now.

dude, way of the open hand, I'mma kenshiro some poor bastard

@2MeterLP

5 жыл бұрын

Sam Boyd flurry of blows is pretty much the best move in D&D, so Im not gonna spend those precious ki points on some fancy stuff.

I just started playing this year and my first ever D&D character is a Dragonborn monk who's gonna be the Avatar. Fun video, learned a few things about the class I didn't think of before so hopefully I'll now be a better lizard monk.

"Immune from dying to death." I LOVE that.

You literally manage to make every DnD class sound cool lol

Completely disregarding the rest of this very helpful video - I saw Major Armstrong, I subscribed

Way of the Astral Self (Stand) - IF YOU SHOUT ORA WHEN YOU ATTACK ONE MORE TIME I SWEAR TO GOD

Just found your monk guide. Awesome!!!

4:58 what a godamn rollercoaster of plotwists that picture is!

O my goodness that four elements speech is LIT!!!!

I think theres a ton of ways to play monk, but people get way too bogged into cookie cutter monastery monk characters. Ive built old timey boxer with the class, and a "frog who turned into a prince" who actively hates being a human and is looking for a way to transform back. Not all monks need to do kungfoo or be ninjas.

@DavvyChappy

6 жыл бұрын

Ye, I did mention how I turned some of them into superheroes, and those were the ones that are generally stereotyped the hardest.

@Brutalyte616

6 жыл бұрын

I've always liked the idea of a monk who literally just goes from town to town, getting into fights and whooping ass in order to find enlightenment, because the traditional means of meditation never worked for him and his teacher encouraged him to do his own thing. Probably after an incident where he handed most of the other boys at the monastery their asses on a silver platter and thought 'Wow! I've never felt so at peace!'

@Fpwc2

5 жыл бұрын

My monk was a professional fighter, who went from city to city, fighting in professional arenas. He still dressed like a kung fu practitioner though.

@cyrusttoille

5 жыл бұрын

My favorite character is a Pirate monk kensai with a whip of wounding and a short sword that, when drawn, sings dirty sea chanteys. People always think I'm playing a drunken master because he's always drunk but then he pulls out weapons and it really confuses people. He has the bad reputation background feature but it's only a reputation. I play him like a deep undercover operative for the Harpers. So much fun to play and really kicks ass.

@tendrilartist3609

5 жыл бұрын

My current Monk carries a big rusted sword and is essentially aiming to become a sort of idealistic vigilante. Which is strange, considering her best friend/love interest is a master thief.

DAVVY is a god ~ loved the whole video ~

I remember my first Monk was a multi-class with one level in Rogue and the rest in Kensei to make them extra ninja. So they'd basically be a god at Stealth who just sneaks up and then gets a bow attack off from behind for Longbow damage plus basic Sneak Attack damage PLUS Kensei shot! And once he learned Extra Attack and Deft Strike, he became a DPS monster in a 2-on-1 situation while the party's Paladin went complete Glass Canon on them on turn 1 and the party's Way of the Open Hand Monk/Cleric tried to knock them down while having some backup healing. YUP, we just had two Monks doing fairly different things and just going for it, and it was awesome!

When I DM, I give our elemental monk extra ki points. The spells you get are really flavorful.

I made an alien robot catgirl monk who is essentially a talking vending machine. she was sent to harvest the planets precious metals by trading them for chips and soda, the fact that they programmed her to be a kung fu master is only an anti vandalism feature so they big baddies don't damage the merchandise.

@vincentlance

5 жыл бұрын

...Wot?

I love the Monk. Great video.

Casting darkness on yourself to teleport won't help you if you can't see where you're teleporting to. Only warlocks can see in magical darkness. My favorite archetype is long death. Free AOE crowd control with god level survivability; yes please.

@neotagatg3238

5 жыл бұрын

That's why you cast it in the air to make the entire battlefield if your lucky shadows that's what I do with my monk of shadows when their are no shadows around.

@StevenTheWonderPony

5 жыл бұрын

That's why you 2 dip into lock for Devil's Sight. Or 1 dip into Mystic if your DM is generous.

This video now makes me want to try monk. Thx for the video.

I love playing monk it’s honestly my favorite class to play. I get to play melee and kinda be magic. I’m currently playing way of the four elements and I love it from a role play perspective but I still need to fix a few things with my dm.

A good thing to note on Kensei monks is your Kensei weapons have the damage die increased with the martial arts table too, so you can do something like make a Sickle actually viable in combat.

Open the communication menu and ‘i need healing’ (by genji)

I always pictured the Four Elements monk ability "fangs of the fire snake" to be those firebending daggers Zuko uses in ATLA.

Striking tiger hidden fireball XD

Long death + death cleric.... Can't wait to try it

My first Monk was a Kensei Monk with 3 levels in Genie Warlock for Pact of the blade. The whole idea was to get the thrown weapons fighting style and have my Pact weapon be Javelins. My DM ruled that as long as the pact weapon was a thrown weapon my Dragonborn could dismiss the pact weapon, resummon it in her hand, then throw it again as if she had drawn it from her inventory via the Fighting Style. She was alot of fun and opened me up to the idea of playing Monk again in the future.

I thought the Avatar reference was gonna be a quick joke, but then you kept going and did the whole intro. Hats off for the effort.

"I ate a monk's soul once. It tasted like chocolate."

0:40 "a lot of Kool Ideas..." I get it

4:47 *I CAST FIST!*

I love the Monk, one of my favorite pc is an aarakocra Monk named Khaas(fun fact, he was a pigeon aarakocra because I thought it was funny), he was frigile like glass (19HP at level 3), but me and my master change some of the abilities to make a flying fighting stile, like we change the fall damage thing into a swoop attack when I'm flying with both of the talon and called it "Eagle strike!" (he was Monk of the open hand)

Dude you have charisma 20

My best monk character is actually just a doctor who invented his own fitness and diet routine, which worked out REALLY well for him. He plays as the party medic, who just so happens to be able to kick some SERIOUS ASS when he needs to, because he knows a LOT about anatomy and how to hurt it.

I’ve used an open-palm monk. I put most of his points in strength, with dexterity as a close second. I basically started doing wrestling moves and using enemies and the environment as weapons. It was fun.