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@darkwin1977

5 жыл бұрын

you do age, you dont suffer negative effect from ageing

@doodledodo849

5 жыл бұрын

Didn't you forget the empty body feature?

@darkwin1977

5 жыл бұрын

he did

@firekeeper3421

5 жыл бұрын

So what does world anvil cost cause I got stuff I wanna make

@SkyEcho751

5 жыл бұрын

@@darkwin1977 I get so irritated by people who make it out like, hur dur you're a pseudo immortal, no monks are like Ooguay or Shifu from Kung Fu Panda, age doesn't hamper you but you can still die due to old age.

Quivering Palm - You instakill anything for 3 ki. That's a thing.

@ANDELE3025

5 жыл бұрын

Instakill anything that is no longer a threat as you are level 17 now and pretty much every threat is a dragon or undead have "auto" success on con saves with advantage/LR/average +11 (or literal auto success if using ported over monster 3.5 rules) AND with resist if not immunity or heal from necrotic damage.

@alfredwinchesterjr

4 жыл бұрын

@@ANDELE3025 ...quivering palm when you succeed the save deals like 100 damage. "When you hit a creature with an unarmed strike, you can spend 3 ki points to start these imperceptible vibrations, which last for a number of days equal to your monk level. The vibrations are harmless unless you use your action to end them. To do so, you and the target must be on the same plane of existence. When you use this action, the creature must make a Constitution saving throw. If it fails, it is reduced to 0 hit points. If it succeeds, it takes 10d10 necrotic damage." So like, you can make someone roll 10d10, lets see this is level 17 so you have 17 ki points combine each hit with stun and flurry you can make a target roll to not die, roll to not be stunnedx4 and if they dont die deal (10d10)x4 necrotic damage all in your first turn against them- and then be useless. oh and you can also Wait to trigger it until someone on your team makes them have worse con saves.(though I dont know what spells or abilities can cause that)

@kamilidczak1583

4 жыл бұрын

@@thaynes9799 What do you mean it takes and action to force the save? It doesn't, you can literally use all attacks (2 attacks + 2 furry of blows attacks) and make stun on every one of them if you have enough ki points and you hit the AC

@quincyking010

4 жыл бұрын

@@kamilidczak1583 dont forget u also spend the ki to activate the effect after hitting and legendary resistance can be burned by ur stunning strike

@Rainbow_Neos1

4 жыл бұрын

@@kamilidczak1583 No. The person meant that you have to sacrifice your possible four attacks on a turn to use your action to make the tremors stop and thus make them make the save. Why else would they bring up the 10d10 requieing an action? Later on, any boss you are fighting is most likely going to succeed that save. 10d10 is still pretty wicked for an action though.

Ah, the monk. The melee version of the warlock, running around and spamming one move over and over

@Biotic_Warlock

5 жыл бұрын

Melee warlock for the bants

@tobythenpc7040

5 жыл бұрын

not gonna lie I play a 1/1 monk warlock that uses a steel folding chair as a weapon.

@frost0996

5 жыл бұрын

@@tobythenpc7040 the undertaker 0_0

@TheNintendouler

5 жыл бұрын

Isn’t that all melee classes tho? Fighters and barbs have one spell (attack)

@tobythenpc7040

5 жыл бұрын

Those kobolds shall Rest. In. Peace!

Jacob: monk is so easy Everyone else: no fighter is easy Barbarian: *Angry Anger Noises*

@cheatcode436

3 жыл бұрын

MMM YES THE FLOOR HERE IS MADE OUT OF FLOOR.

@tl1326

3 жыл бұрын

i prefer shooting lightning out of my chest (thanks zee)

@silent_statement757

3 жыл бұрын

Rouge: *Staby Staby Noises*

@eman2198

3 жыл бұрын

bro monk-fighter-barbarian

@wirepirate343

3 жыл бұрын

I am a fan of angry anger noises

I love how confused the cat was while Logan was dying, yet it still refused to leave, because it's not the first time that's happened.

@Venslor

3 жыл бұрын

I was looking for this comment. My cat would be under the bed for a week if I did something like this! ahha

@therealsamtheman

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder what a cat expert would say, they way it's tail was up and it mewed.... poor kitty I hope it has a good life

@TheShuuman

2 жыл бұрын

Cat: Oh its just my human being overly dramatic again. Sheesh can't have any peace and quiet in this house. I'm going to lay down on his hands when he is online again and refuse to move.

My current campaign is literally just our DM throwing Monks at us because of the storyline and we've almost been TPK'd like four times

@briannaschmid4112

5 жыл бұрын

Are you really playing d&d if you haven't almost been tpk'd a thousand times

@ProgWhale

5 жыл бұрын

@@briannaschmid4112 and someone had sex with a dragon. Thats an essential

@lvlHive

5 жыл бұрын

@@ProgWhale dont forget our favorite edge lord

@vilgot9570

5 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget insta killing the end boss and revealing plot twists in the start of the Story

@ProgWhale

5 жыл бұрын

@@vilgot9570 also dont forget that one new player who made their character wrong so they don't have a stat below 15

We have a bugbear monk. Since 4th level, he likes climbing on cliffs and rocks and jump on enemies from above. Yes, we have a dropbear.

@dracofire1621

4 жыл бұрын

Ah I was a bugbear monk/Druid it was really fun

@OsvaldoChannel1

4 жыл бұрын

Does he scream PEOPLE'S ELBOW when dropping on them?

@TheXell

4 жыл бұрын

VAMOS LUCHA

@adromea5628

4 жыл бұрын

One of my friends is playing an awakened koala rogue and actually has an ability that gives her advantage on attacks from above on unsuspecting targets. She's used it once and instantly knocked out a couple of goblins.

@jordanpritchard5226

4 жыл бұрын

Gnome Monk that fights like Yoda in Attack of the Clones.

My first game consisted of all monk party that acted like power rangers. I joined them mid campaign, so in story I was just some street urchin that held pretty well in a brawl against two other homeless kids. They decided to adopt my character and train him as their successor. Good times.

@gen2763

Жыл бұрын

So you joined partway through. So green ranger

@WorldWalker128

Жыл бұрын

And THAT is how a good party welcomes a new player into the fold.

@briansanders8122

10 ай бұрын

So you were the Sixth Ranger? Were they all different subclasses at least?

@ordinarybro1241

10 ай бұрын

@@briansanders8122 Some, yeah. We had two monks of the same subclass. Two remaining monks had different subclasses, and I also had a different subclass. So there was only 5 of us (I was the fifth player) There was a sixth monk (technically the first considering they had a role of the red ranger), they were an NPC and a major character in the 1-3 level prologue campaign that I never witnessed (I joined in the mids of the second campaign). That monk NPC died at the beginning of the second campaign, and near the end of the story we did fight his reanimated corpse. He did almost TPK us, knocked 3 out of 5 players including me, I was the second to go down, and only because the first player to go down only had 1/4 of the health XD. Two remaining players had to fall back to a room with a bottomless pit in it, and an old bridge running through it (it was a temple to an ancient abyss god who's name was long forgotten, there was a LOT of homebrew in that game). Player 1 and player 3 could not beat the reanimated corpse of their old friend, so player 3 tackled the undead monk off the bridge, and they both fell into the bottomless pit never to be seen again. That did cost us our victory over the BBEG, they completed the ritual that would awake the ancient evil 1000 years in the future. We ended up continuing playing in that world, we had to move to gurps due to it being set in modern times now, 1999 specifically. (It was like a spin on YIIK but with cthulhu) The last campaign we did took place 160 years after the events of the 1999 campaign, trying to figure out why the world collapsed. Anyway, sorry about the long comment, I guess I got overexcited. XD Have a nice day you all. :)

@zr0fluxxx452

Ай бұрын

​@@gen2763Sir Thomas Oliver

"Hey remember that Jackie Chan movie?" is even better after the Way of the Ascendant Dragon UA.

@WillToNihilsm

3 жыл бұрын

Drunken master is a way better movie

@ophiuchus_kin

3 жыл бұрын

That one is like martial arts sorcerer

@ariannekobler8746

3 жыл бұрын

@@WillToNihilsm to years

@blackfang0815

2 жыл бұрын

@@WillToNihilsm Jackie Chan's Chinese stage name translates to something about dragons.

@kori228

2 жыл бұрын

@@blackfang0815 in that case it also refers to Bruce Lee, whose stage is "Little Dragon"

My friends: "And you, what class do you serve?" Me: "What am I supposed to say, Jesus?"

@toatahu2003

5 жыл бұрын

Jesus is a Cleric. One of the domains that grants martial weapons, because he is proficient with whips.

@Retrovorious

5 жыл бұрын

Toa Tahu LoL but clerics can’t walk on water

@toatahu2003

5 жыл бұрын

@@Retrovorious Yes they can. Better and earlier than Monks. Third level spell: Water Walk.

@ayoutubewatcher2849

5 жыл бұрын

@@toatahu2003 Honestly, I think Redemption Paladin fits the theme of Jesus far better for obvious reasons.

@GURGLEGUY12345

4 жыл бұрын

@@toatahu2003 Um, Divine Soul Sorcerer?

9:49 Level 10 means that Drunken Master Monks can't get drunk since alcohol is a poison.

@monhunterz5430

4 жыл бұрын

Where's the fun in that?

@tanith117

4 жыл бұрын

Technically the Technique is about looking like your Drunk than Being drunk, The Drinking adds to that Illusion.

@TheFrio937

4 жыл бұрын

@@tanith117 So you can drink insane amounts still be sober but people will never doubt you are drunk.

@troodon1096

4 жыл бұрын

No, it just means they can't get alcohol poisoning. Intoxication isn't a result of poisoning.

@The7Shannons

4 жыл бұрын

@@troodon1096 In*toxic*ation.

“You don’t age” *Me, a flying Aasimar who only lives >100 years* “Look who’s the true immortal now elves!”

@teamrockets01

4 жыл бұрын

"however you can still die of old age" rip

@jackthelucario

4 жыл бұрын

Aarekokra monk who still dies at age 30 :(

@jordanpritchard5226

4 жыл бұрын

That must be the biggest case of "WHAT'S UP, BITCHES?!" I have ever seen.

@thunderdrae7749

4 жыл бұрын

*Level 20 Halfling Mystic With Lucky Feat Would Like To Know Your Location*

@QuanTrietLOL

4 жыл бұрын

@@teamrockets01 Whattttt!!! Then what's the fkin point

“Way of the open hand” is the English translation of Karate. It basically means it doesn’t use weapons. (Like the rest of the sub classes)

@Technotoadnotafrog

3 жыл бұрын

Well, like the rest of the subclasses other than kensei

@sannogaming4766

3 жыл бұрын

Technotoadnotafrog i posted this before I knew about Xanathar. I know now

@johnclever8813

3 жыл бұрын

I would translate it as empty hands.

@davidstratton696

2 жыл бұрын

@@sannogaming4766 Well any monk can use weapons. It’s just Kensei gets more options. Short swords, daggers, and quarterstaff (and some others maybe). Those r all monk weapons. In fact using a quarterstaff is actually good for u for quite some time cause u can do a d8 worth of dmg instead of doing a d4 starting out. And dagger gives u a range weapon. And they all go up in dmg as well so that dagger will go up as your martial dmg goes up. The only problem is that unless your a kensei only your fists become magical automatically. But still don’t say non kensei monks don’t use weapon or shouldn’t. It some ways it’s good to (as for reasons I just talked about). And yea I know this is a little old but meh.

@bubbles9829

Жыл бұрын

I think about Hinata from Naruto

Astral self: it it become official Jacob Is gonna freak

@fancyb.p.6122

5 жыл бұрын

Yeehaw! time to put the nani in shenanigans.

@witchydragon106

5 жыл бұрын

JOJO!

@roomtempwater1

5 жыл бұрын

When you can quite literally become a stand user

@lukeplays9209

5 жыл бұрын

When you realise if you have haste and multiclass with fighter you can get 12 attacks for the first turn doing 13d10+132 damage

@PisaMansodeCapoeira

5 жыл бұрын

@@lukeplays9209 *ORA* *ORA* *INTENSIFIES*

You forgot to mention that, if you are a weeb, you can scream ora ora ora when doing the furry of blows

@brunop.8745

5 жыл бұрын

or , if you're an oldschool weeb, you can say you're dishing out Dempsey Rolls left and right

@unshackled2907

5 жыл бұрын

@@brunop.8745 if you're an older weeb you can scream ata ata ata ata ata.

@snekyboi2100

5 жыл бұрын

Caedes bee especially with the new subclass released. STANDO POWA!!!

@PokeBattlerJaze

5 жыл бұрын

Did you know they just added a new sub class that is BASICALLY just a stand user, it is called Way of the Astral Self.

@snekyboi2100

5 жыл бұрын

I just love video games One second has passed.

Litch: I've studied magic to learn a rutual that let's me cast away my humanity to gain immortality! lvl 17 Drunken master monk: I just got drunk and punched people untill i stopped ageing! (also according to the rules, alcohol counts as poison, so Drunken Masters can't get drunk)

@jayharr8839

4 жыл бұрын

They don't drink they just base their fighting on looking drunk.

@adamloga3788

4 жыл бұрын

That settles it, one of my next characters is gonna be a True Neutral monk that was studying to become a Necromancer because he wanted to live forever and found out that monks get the same thing without constantly being hunted by adventurers.

@SykoLiu

4 жыл бұрын

To clarify, monks still die of old age. They just don't suffer the effects of being old.

@alpactra1830

4 жыл бұрын

@SykoLiu im gonna pretend I didn’t hear that

@alexanderburch8925

4 жыл бұрын

I used the drunk to destroy the drunk.

Having also taught D&D to small children I can see where you're coming from on the "monks don't need equipment" front. The way most my players figured out their AC with armor is that I would figure it out for them and I had to walk them through the damage for at least a couple different weapons. If you'd never played the game at all a level 1 monk is probably as simple as it gets.

@TheSteam02

3 жыл бұрын

Monk is easy for people who aren't children and can understand how to fucking read the book.

@horserage

3 жыл бұрын

But the power being lacking, is annoying.

@Aodhan_Raith

3 жыл бұрын

@@horserage While that is true, monks are also the only class at lvl 1 to be able to attack twice.

@tomc.5704

2 жыл бұрын

​@@horserage I wouldn't even say the power is lacking. They don't HAVE to use the 1d4 monk die except for unarmed attacks. They can use a quarterstaff as a monk weapon and deal 1d8, plus their bonus action unarmed attacks. Then they get some cool utility class features and some absolutely broken class features (looking at you Stunning Strike and Empty Body) And then they get a subclass, which are all good in their own right.* *Except for Way of the Four Elements. Doesn't live up to the fantasy, far worse than every other subclass. Homebrew that crap. Start by reducing most of the abilities ki cost by one, and then give them more than four abilities. I'd double it. Maybe also give them an elemental cantrip. And probably expand the list of options by literally adapting most of the spells from Elemental Evil. If they want to be spend 10 ki points to cast Investiture of Wind, I'm not going to stop them.

“Hey remember that Jackie Chan movie? Yeah let’s make that a fucking class” Little does Jacob know that’s literally the reason Gary Gygax made the class

Monks look more complicated if you just glance at their phb entry. But in practice, they're a breeze to play.

@kingme1313

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, but I love the flavor that is apart of the class

@Ryuken_Raikiri

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's what I thought when I frist saw this was oh shit is complicated. Then I played it then realising oh this is easy

@Sarah12471

4 жыл бұрын

Fair enough

@gus6481

4 жыл бұрын

Step one: be a god

@Sarah12471

4 жыл бұрын

@@gus6481 step 2: ????????

oh man if they think stunning four enemies at once at the cost of all your ki (the resource fueling nearly all limited-use monk activities) is insane wait until they hear about a 3rd level wizard casting web once to restrain as many or more enemies and possibly for multiple rounds and for the cost of one 2nd level spell slot

@crowbar_the_rogue

Жыл бұрын

Exaaactly. People out there complaining that the monk has broken abilities while completely ignoring things like warlocks and wizards which have basically the same abilities but aren't limited by having a ridiculously small number of ki points.

0:03 "the one punch man but with alot of punches" Star platinum:||Am I a joke to you||

@lykos2327

4 жыл бұрын

Go back to Reddit you cringe normie

@nagtrimers1250

4 жыл бұрын

@@lykos2327 sick burn bro. I barely use reddit

@imbored3795

3 жыл бұрын

I like meme. Take like, my friend.

@ryanweible9090

3 жыл бұрын

ranma1/2 : whipper-snappers, all of you. now get rid of the hot water. (all anime jokes aside, monk actually did come from the pop-culture, it was based on a book series called "the destroyer"about secret mystical martial artists and were featured in the 80's movie "remo williams:the adventure begins")

@supreme_king_obama1158

3 жыл бұрын

Boy do I have the UA for you my friend. It’s called way of the astral self

I love how at 5:05 the cat walks in and then is just like "oh, this shit again. Whatever"

@Ranulfdatank

4 жыл бұрын

I`ll just wait here until he stops flailing then carry on with my day.

@poilboiler

3 жыл бұрын

The cat knows it can take on a level 1 commoner so it can take it easy.

I'm disappointed that you called out Way of the Drunkard for being Jackie Chan, but not Way of the Sun Soul for being Goku. But I appreciate that you acknowledge the OP possibilities of the monk.

@anakinligman3715

5 жыл бұрын

Way of the Sun Soul isn't Goku, it's Ryu from Street Fighter

@TheDeath7ofsb

4 жыл бұрын

@@anakinligman3715 this

@zhangbill1194

4 жыл бұрын

@cak01vej The fact that you say bullshit like this makes me think that you've never actually read, journey to the west. Sun Wu Kong Has rarely ever shot lasers or engrey blasts beofore(except out of his eyes at times, but still does not one of his prominent abilities)His proficient abilitys includes proficiency is with a staff weapon, Incredibly high strength, eyes that can see through disguises, being low key invulnerable and the ability to transform and duplicates himself(he also becomes god at the end of the book, but only at the very end, so it doesn't really matter)

@harry_ord

4 жыл бұрын

Best thing about sun soul is you can power daitarn 3.

@kori228

2 жыл бұрын

@cak01vej w0t? Sun Soul is completely different from Sun Wukong. Where's the 72 transformations, Ruyi Jingubang, Golden Eyes, immortality, etc.

5:12 I love that the cat checked Logan out to see if he really died and if he could eat him. Cats are so wholesome

I literally started my FIRST EVER campaign about 7 hours ago and we just finished a little bit ago. This new world is fucking awesome

@wellingtoncamargo7329

3 жыл бұрын

How's the campaign going, pal? Are you a monk?

@harlanhillis1774

3 жыл бұрын

@@wellingtoncamargo7329 no longer am a monk. My character died and my DM offered to bring him back somehow but I was honestly bored so I swapped over to paladin, and that class is pretty nuts

@komamix

3 жыл бұрын

Im on my first campaign, 10 hours omce a week, for the last 3 months, and weve barely put a dent in the dms story line. This is fuckin amazing!

@dodhethompson4841

3 жыл бұрын

Your paladin still kicking it?

Dragon: Are you gonna do that Stunning Strike thing where you hit me over and over again until I'm stunned? My party's Dark Hadou Monk who gets extra flurry of blows by spending Hit points: *Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!*

@horserage

3 жыл бұрын

Then, you run out of ki.

@Aodhan_Raith

3 жыл бұрын

Oh God. That's disgusting. Where can I find this?

@inferna3990

3 жыл бұрын

Is that a jojo reference

@christiantubehd2968

2 жыл бұрын

a random furry Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!

@GameNinja13

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like everyone ignores that legendary resistances exist.

We once had a monk use quivering palm to kill not one, not two, but three demon lords instantly Good times

@hlibtarabrov8387

4 жыл бұрын

*make a save or fucking die* Did I mention that it can be done >4 times ensuring at least 40d10 necrotic while eating all the resistances?

@KillKenny115

4 жыл бұрын

I became an abyssal lord summoner in one of my friends old campaigns.

@johnsmith-np2fj

4 жыл бұрын

Cant you only do it to one creature at a time?

@R0nder

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnsmith-np2fj yup, but it doesn't say u cant stack it on the same creature :>

@returnofthechickentendies2844

4 жыл бұрын

@Aidan Hall he didn't said it took 1 turn. Quivering palm costs 1 ki point, so the monk could have been just spamming that shit until they ran out of legendary resistances.

"Before that, we have a sponsor." Me: "Lemme guess, Raid Shadow Legends?" "It's... World Anvil"

As someone whose first DnD character was a Monk I can confirm that I chose monk, among many other reasons, because of how simple and straight forward it is Btw I was a tiefling monk who went with the way of the shadow

@Wampao

3 жыл бұрын

oh no, that's just seeing cat eyes in shadows but the cats are demons

@littletomato6561

2 жыл бұрын

I have a teifling monk too!

@jewmin7810

2 жыл бұрын

i chose monk because jojo

@ari.b1217

2 жыл бұрын

@@jewmin7810 you must be way of the astral self

@WishMouse2

2 жыл бұрын

I love way of shadow but my friends hate me because I can teleport and turn invisible.

Jacob the monk has taken a level in barbarian in order to harness the rage from people thinking monk isn't the easiest class.

@kylepessell1350

5 жыл бұрын

Barbarian Monk is a pretty strong option. *Wink*

@Shouziroku

5 жыл бұрын

@@kylepessell1350 I have a character that's exactly that. Hits CAN be calculated with STR instead of DEX, and if you go FIRST barbarian, you can calculate your AC with unarmored defense and get the hitdice of that class. So you can get by with a STR monk.

@ripinchaos906

4 жыл бұрын

@@Shouziroku you can calculate AC with either Wis or con with monk/barbarian regardless of which one you pick first. You just can't use both at the same time. Edit: fixed error

@futuza

4 жыл бұрын

@@kylepessell1350 I really like going level 3 barbarian for bear totem to get half damage from all the things and extra rage damage, and then 17th level monk for quivering palm instant death ability.

@kylepessell1350

4 жыл бұрын

@@futuza I mean that's good but Empty Body is stronger in my opinion. It gives you Greater Invisibility, doesn't require being hit or hitting so you have more combat options, and you only lose resistance to Force. Not to mention the ability to use Astral Projection has a lot of utility.

Fighter is harder to play then Monk because you're shunned if you pick human.

@dezvult3dezvult813

5 жыл бұрын

#Bringbackhumanfighters

@hogarthgaint6949

5 жыл бұрын

Just play a goblin fighter and become a derpy roughed using the goblins racial abilities to disengage and hide as a bonus action

@DHTheAlaskan

5 жыл бұрын

I don't really think you should be shunned. I personally think that playing human is boring in a world where you can be a kobold or elf or whether, but that's just my own opinion. Play what you want.

@bumberton7958

5 жыл бұрын

Man, one of my favorite characters was a human fighter. People need ta let people have fun

@cryw1092

5 жыл бұрын

@@DHTheAlaskan I find it interesting to be what is effectively a "normal" in a strange and interesting land.

As someone who's first DND experience was with playing monk, yeah, I agree. It'ss super nice for a new player to not have to worry about organizing crap and weapons. It's nice to instead of working around a million weapons and different things and just say; "I'm finna deck this nerd!" Simple isn't bad, it means there are options for people who'd rather worry about some other stuff like roleplay or just slowly learning more about the game. Also Pathfindermonkisabetterandmorebalancedmonk fight meeeeee!!!

That cat just trying to chill and you having a seizure 5:08

How to play Monk: Fist things, fist everything, just keep fisting. You only enjoy fisting.

@johnjustjohn5866

5 жыл бұрын

Help the bard fist the dragon

@srnigromante9214

5 жыл бұрын

;)

@gotenksta

5 жыл бұрын

Way of the Fisting

@lukeplays9209

5 жыл бұрын

Giggity

@superbrad3716

5 жыл бұрын

AND THEN YOU STICK YOUR FOOT INTO IT

I can only think of the neighbors saying "Theres that guy again walking out with that same book."

5:14 such a adorable cat with compassion and worries

5:14 That cat's like "What are these weirdos doing? Eh typical day" 😸

I’ve waited for so long, thank you JACOB. Keep up the great work Edit: also looking forward to what I assume is a tease for a How to Play Cleric

@andreataccone2564

5 жыл бұрын

rants 12 min. on how broken is the monk Cleric: laughs in OP

Does anyone else play monks that kick instead of punch

@thedoomslayer8900

5 жыл бұрын

Not entirely kicks, but yes

@dylanneal9281

5 жыл бұрын

YEEEEEES he was a homebrew race a half giant named lemme gedistrat and he was 13 feet tall so he couldn't reach down far enough to punch anyone but when he did kick he would use his quartersatff which in this case was just a large tree branch and use it like a broomstick and shew people away like they were rats

@ZhangHe2369

5 жыл бұрын

Since my monks use spears and quarter staves (1d8 versatile damage by using it two handed), kicking is the most logical way to use a unarmed strike while having both hands occupied. I also include shoulders, elbows, knees and headbutts for more options.

@dotmp3883

5 жыл бұрын

The Doomslayer whenever you play monks I hope you get plenty of glory kills

@ChileandRamen

5 жыл бұрын

Gnome monk, headbutts

I think the "fighters are easier than monks" idea comes from earlier editions, where monks had a huge set of skills that all had to be rolled for separately, whereas literally all fighters could to was hit things.

I love how enthusiastic this one was. Like, legitimately. It was a very enjoyable watch.

You just kinda.. missed an ability. 18th level they can become invisible and project themselves into another plane.

@44tuck3r

5 жыл бұрын

Ashley! A plane with portals to all the other planes

@aionicthunder

5 жыл бұрын

Also, becoming invisible gives you resistance to ALL DAMAGE ...Except force

@Ashley-of6ro

5 жыл бұрын

@@aionicthunder Oh yeah thats a huge part too. Its such a strong ability that solo's one v ones

@InquisitorThomas

5 жыл бұрын

Tucker Collins wait a minute, can you? Astral Projection allows you to leave your body behind and travel the Astral Plane, so if your mind entered a color pool then would your Astral form travel through the material plane?

@44tuck3r

5 жыл бұрын

Inquisitor Thomas If you go through a portal / colored pool on the astral plane, your physical body travels along the silver cord and rejoins your astral body in your destination

Rouge: you can’t defeat me Warlock: I know , but he can Monk shows up and stunning strikes the rouge a million times

@keksjanik2138

4 жыл бұрын

Why would a monk fight make up?

@ultraatari9298

4 жыл бұрын

They'd be doing the Colonel Armstrong and Meatshop guy manly handshake cause now that the monk stunned someone, all the sneak attacks

@nesh7288

4 жыл бұрын

Didn‘t know that Mista linkes DnD

@alexmansfield3268

3 жыл бұрын

Wait when did Rouge the bat become a dnd character?

@crimsonwizahd2358

3 жыл бұрын

@@ultraatari9298 The meatshop guy was Sig Curtis btw. Husband of Ed and Als teacher, Izumi Curtis.

Dude!!! Ever since you started this series I’ve been waiting for the cleric! And he’s finally going to show!!!

@RachaelTheFirboldDruid

4 жыл бұрын

Same here

4:45 - compressed air can fucking kill you before you even hit the floor. When you deal with testing high-pressure valves and components, water and hydraulic oil failures will just get you a little wet/dirty and no one cares about major safety precautions; air will punch a hole clean through your skull (and give you a pulmonary embolism for good measure) and you won't see an air test stand that isn't behind cinder blocks and bulletproof glass. Still not as bad as high-pressure/high-temperature steam that will instantaneously boil everyone in the room alive (read up on the USS Iwo Jima [LPH-2] where they had a catastrophic steam valve failure that killed 10 people almost instantly), but still lethal af.

How to play Monk Step one, use all your ki points on stunning strike Step two, watch it never work and be sad

@bezretmet

5 жыл бұрын

DC 14-15 which is what the dc usually is after level 5 isn't THAT easy to beat so in my games usually the monk gets it off pretty frequently.

@darkwin1977

5 жыл бұрын

i played an open hand monk that never stuns.. and it works perfectly

@gotenksta

5 жыл бұрын

@@bezretmet Except your DM throws you only creatures with a bazillion Con Save and Legendary actions.

@SteelDawn7

5 жыл бұрын

@@gotenksta I watched a 1 shot where the monk used stunning strike on an [undead?] dragon. Spending 1 Ki to burn it's legendary actions, allowing the rest of the group to get their big spells and abilities in without being roadblocked. That is seriously worth the trade of Ki points. 3 Ki points to allow the group the opportunities to get THEIR stuff off, is powerful.

@GhøstGïrll13

5 жыл бұрын

I played monk until 30th level (epic level supplement) and from 1st level to 30, I could count the amount of times my stun worked on my fingers.

Jacob: Monk of the easiest Everyone: fighter is easy Me: what about rogue

@megamudkip5913

4 жыл бұрын

It's not easy cause everything will try to kill you even more than before

@xavierspirit1811

4 жыл бұрын

As a Gm I balance rogue by punishing anyone unfortunate enough to roll a nat 1 in something they have reliable talent in and/or expertise. I also house rule that crits cannot be effected by the lucky feat. As a rogue you get reliable talent and expertise. I hate Marry Sues and I believe that a game with no stakes is no fun so I have to make a way for there to be stakes in a game with all classes I don’t ban (I’ve only banned Mystic).

@saltypork101

4 жыл бұрын

​@@xavierspirit1811 I would have a serious problem with nat 1s not activating reliable talent. Nat 1s suck. They are not fun for players. I do them very differently at the best of times, usually requiring a saving throw instead of something bad automatically happening. I also almost always give other members of the party a chance to react.

@xavierspirit1811

4 жыл бұрын

saltypork101, then you’d have a serious problem with me (or most of my friends) as gms. That’s fine. Luckily we won’t but heads over it in real life.

@saltypork101

4 жыл бұрын

@@xavierspirit1811 Not really a problem with you is it. It's a problem with your game. But you can make it personal if you want.

Okay but can we talk about how “diamond soul is an AWESOME name for a band?

"Evasion is the Hip-Hop Zip-Zop 'I can dodge a fireball' with the hoo-hah WHEEEE!"

Not the One Punch Man, but the 「MANY PUNCH MAN」 Also new UA Monk subclass gives you a 「STAND」

@ioandima4646

4 жыл бұрын

Gold experience

@ioandima4646

4 жыл бұрын

You should multiclass into sorcerer tp have the "stand abilities "

@tenletters5889

4 жыл бұрын

They could already use hamon and now you're telling me they have stands?

@Ukayeah

4 жыл бұрын

Ora ora ora

The new monk UA makes you a stand user and it’s great

@Ewafingmyth

5 жыл бұрын

Spagandhi it’s more like a susanoo tho

@haosmagnaingram6992

5 жыл бұрын

100 type guanyin bodhisattva

@rewindgamer3620

5 жыл бұрын

Ewafingmyth Cannotbebotheredtotell quiet, naruto fanboy. Let me use GER in peace

@rompevuevitos222

5 жыл бұрын

Chaotic Neutral rogue used to be the universal red flag, now there's a new one

Thank you so much for this! I'm going to play my second game ever today and I made a monk a few days ago... My first character is a drunk barbarian dwarf and I was nervous playing something else... But glad I seem to be able to play a drunk halfling monk after this. Love your humor too! :)

You have to love that confused cat at 5:06.

7:37 You could stun on all those attacks at level 5, at which point you have no Ki left for the entire fight. Meanwhile the Wizard uses one of their many 2nd level spell slots to use *Hold Person* to paralyze your opponents for multiple turns.

@mdcarroll1105

5 жыл бұрын

I think you are sweeping several things under the rug here. 1) the wizard could only use hold person max 5 times a day. the monk is the same so they are equal in number of uses. (Wiz does get more if they use 3rd lvl slots, but that is a lot of slots and turns) 2) the monk deals 1d6 + Dex on each of those attacks. The wizard deals no damage. 3) if the target makes the first save: the wizard is out a spell slot and a Action; leaving them to try to make up for it IF they have a bonus action they can use. The monk still has 3 attacks left (which is 3 more chances to stun + 3d6 + 3*Dex) 4) while the wizard can hold it up to 6turns, the opponent gets a save at the end of their turn, each round. The monk’s lasts until the monk’s next turn. That is a full round of advantage for the allies. If it is the first strike, boom, 3 attacks with advantage. I mean yeah the wiz has a wide variety of uses but the monk has the advantage in the combat scenario (not so much a peaceful one)

@TheFrio937

4 жыл бұрын

stunning blow isn't a bonus action. Never mind I was wrong.

@Natboof

4 жыл бұрын

You don’t play against many monster campaigns, do you?

@luiswi

3 жыл бұрын

What about Hypnotic pattern? Just mass stun all of the minions, take them out one by one and the effect doesn't even end at the end of their turn or after a saving throw, it only ends if they take damage or if someone uses their action.

@crunchevo8974

2 жыл бұрын

@@mdcarroll1105 what you're missing too though is that even so... Hold person is pretty much regarded as a meh spell for spellcasters cause there's better spells to be flinging around... ever heard of Fear, hypnotic pattern, fireball, invisibility, FLY and others? Like really you're comparing your most current powerful ability at level 5 to something the spellcaster has been able to do for 2 levels and better because all hits within 5 feet ARE CRITS... And they can do a lot of different stuff too depending on the sotuation.

Did I miss something or did he forget the Empty Body (Lv18) feature?

@LordOfBagels117

5 жыл бұрын

I think it may have been too much for his mind to take. Invisibility AND astral projection as BASE abilities? Sidenote, timeless body doesn't actually prevent ageing, it just makes you immune to it's drawbacks and you can't be magically aged, as well as no longer needing food or drink.

@MrJethroha

5 жыл бұрын

One of best monk abilities IMO. 4 ki points + 1 action to become invisible and resistant to all damage (except force) for 1 minute. So you have advantage on all attacks and other people have disadvantage on attack against you. Your invisibility can't be ended by ANY means, even falling unconscious. Any fight should probably consist of running around lighting fast, invisible to all attackers, bopping people to your hearts content. Faerie fire is the only way to get you, but with Dex proficiency, the ability to reroll failed saves, and the likelihood that any caster within a five mile radius is about to get BOPPED, it's probably not going to stick.

@LordOfBagels117

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrJethroha oh most certainly. I like it, I was just cracking a joke on it being too much for Jacob lol.

@yargolocus4853

5 жыл бұрын

@@LordOfBagels117 It's not even invisibility. It's GREATER invisibility and no concentration on top of that

@VOZmonsoon

5 жыл бұрын

Antimagic field or truesight might beat it, but are pretty rare

This is the best. Getting ready to play my first campaign tomorrow as….. a monk lol. Glad I stumbled across your video- super funny and helpful! I think I made a good choice for my first character.

5:06 this is the best 0 to 100 in a moment I've ever witnessed and I love it to death.

Astral self,,, it's JoJo. It's beautiful. It's op. It gets more attacks at lvl 17 than a fighter at lvl 20.

@TheNintendouler

5 жыл бұрын

Cameron Scott and it just gets free magic armor. which is sick

@jmclaughlin2009

5 жыл бұрын

My friend did the math, and if you play an Astral Self Monk 17/Samurai Fighter 3, you can get up to 9 attacks in a turn, all with advantage. They'd be radiant or necrotic damage and one of the attacks is 2d10. With max wisdom, it'll end up 10d10+50 damage.

@cameronscott9399

5 жыл бұрын

@@jmclaughlin2009 couldn't you get 14 attacks (6 with astral body +1 from the samurais turn advantage into another attack ability, + another 6 with action surge + 1 from samurai again)

@puppybork3054

5 жыл бұрын

In 3.5 I made a ranger who could make 7 attacks with 15/20 crit range (dual wielding rappers with all of the feats for it). It caused a decrease to the attack bonus, but it was worth it. It was only like a -4 which I used weapon finesse I think to make it just my base attack+masterwork because my dex was 18

@cameronscott9399

5 жыл бұрын

@@puppybork3054 honestly any dnd build that starts with "in 3.5" is always fucking hellish

Hate to be “that guy” Jacob... but there is a Monk Subclass you forgot: Way of Long Death from the Sword Coast Adventurer Guide.

@stevewondering6311

4 жыл бұрын

Also empty body...Great video though!

@The7Shannons

4 жыл бұрын

Necromonk!

@millo1095

4 жыл бұрын

Also the newest unearthed Arcana monk subclass way of Mercy which basically is Zenyatta from overwatch with healing and poisoning

@mr.gagreflex

4 жыл бұрын

@@millo1095 Jacob doesn't do unearthed arcana because he doesn't want to cover unofficial content that'll almost definitely change later or be removed.

@christofferhougaard

3 жыл бұрын

Meh it's fine. Long death is simple anyway. :P

world anvil: it works. My first campaign finally ended since I'm so organized with information now. not sponsored, just an opinion based on experience.

5:15 the cat just walking in on whatever the fuck is going on is hilarious

Hey wanna hear something gross Multi class 14 rouge 6 shadow monk who can teleport between shadows and make them

@ese.amador

5 жыл бұрын

Neat

@egoinigne3759

5 жыл бұрын

12 level assassin rogue 6 level shadow monk and warlock 2 to see in the darkness you make.

@greatstoryteller9459

5 жыл бұрын

Wild soul barbarian and druid. Enjoy your not dying.

@darkwin1977

5 жыл бұрын

i think the pass without trace is even cooler, add +10 to your roll.. which cant be less than 10... plus your skill mod that should be around +17, so a minimun of 37

@Scorpious187

5 жыл бұрын

I'll go you one better. In a campaign I'm in one of our players is a level 11 Drow with 8 levels of Shadow Monk, 3 levels of Sorcerer. Because fuck *everything*.

... just wait until realizes he missed Empty Body... invisibility and 9th level spell astral projection.

@alexandervaucrosson7841

4 жыл бұрын

@@DWargs yeah I agree with you at the end of the day it's a collaborative game, just saying it's a crazy feature that I'm surprised xp to 3 skipped over. Could've done some funny gags

@futuza

4 жыл бұрын

@@DWargs Yeah, but now you can split the party (you and everyone else) without that pesky wizard's assistance! Who wants to get charity spell handouts from that nerd? Not the monk.

@trollface1334

4 жыл бұрын

@@futuza in the words of Martin Luther King fuck that nerd.

Don’t mind me, crying in Long Death

@davidstratton696

4 жыл бұрын

Dirty Diamond Yea, sad he didn’t talk about it. I really want to play as a long death monk cause they look really good (the 11th lv ability mastery of death is fucking broken lol). I was gonna play one in a campaign but the dm doesn’t have swords coast so I wasn’t able to (so I had to pick the only other one that looked interesting to me and that was kensei).

@fiendishmia506

4 жыл бұрын

David Stratton “i couldn’t play the best monk so I played the worst monk”, brain expansion

@davidstratton696

4 жыл бұрын

Dirty Diamond I said it was the only other one that looked interesting to me, I didn’t say wether it may or may not be good. It’s just what looked fun to me. No reason to be rude, like can’t we all just get along?

@davidstratton696

4 жыл бұрын

Dirty Diamond Also the Kensei monk I feel is the easiest to multiclass out of (which I always do), especially at the lower lvs. I mean I went a lv into rogue and I’m only lv 4 (I mean I can use a raiper which will do more dmg then my fists, especially with sneak attack). I will be going swashbuckler for my rogue subclass. I like the Kensei but I honestly don’t care if it’s good or not.

Consecutive-normal-punches Man.

5:00 dem cat was really bamboozled, he is litteraly the most realistic reaction anyone could have of dnd drama

I like monks how they have a pool of points, and how they fully optimize their turn with actions and bonus actions

Thank you for this video you made something kinda confusing fun and help me understand quite a bit. Just got my monk to lvl 4 cant wait to drive the dm crazy with stunning strike at the next lvl. Would not be possible without the help of your videos good luck with your journey's good sir :)

way of the sun soul: "DON'T STOP DON'T STOP WE'RE IN LUCK NOW!!!"

The kitten was cute. . . I don't normally comment, but I wanted to say that. Also, your ending was vv nice.

@patrickduffin7912

5 жыл бұрын

How could I not like this ?

@mislavkrznaric1635

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed

7:31 The part with the spinning monk attacking the dragon killed me. 😂😂😂

Never thought I'd be inspired to start a character based on the phrase "fleshy nubs", but here we are.

I have watched most of the how to play videos. This one actually got me in tears from laughing so hard!

I don't think stunning strike is all that OP. I mean... if you are level 5 and wants to use 5 ki points to have 4 attacks and every attack having a chance of stunning, alright. But you now have no more ki points and you still have to keep going on the current fight and any other you have before resting. Sure it's great to stun lock that boss monster but it's still very resource heavy. It's a bit more OP on later levels but monsters should also be able to make those saves more often, so a level 15 monk can try it a lot more but won't necessarily get that many successes.

@thomasshepherd8909

3 жыл бұрын

The problem with stunning strike is that you can do it for EVERYONE of your attacks. While yes if you only got it on the fourth try you’ve used 4 ki for 1 stun, but you can also get it on your first try. In which case you’ve used 1 ki to stop your opponent from having a turn and in 5e where turn economy is the most important thing you start to see why this ability is broken. But don’t get me wrong, this ability in no way make the monk OP, In fact this is one of the monks only good ability’s and it would cripple the monk if you nerfed it

@horserage

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomasshepherd8909 everyone of your attacks? And? You are still burning for an only okay duration for an alright condition.

@blackmantis1511

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomasshepherd8909 There is a way to balance this, the dm only has to, not roll the con save instantly or not tell you whether the save was successful or not, that way if you want to almost guarantee the stun you have to spend all your ki, or you have to just hope, because technically your character wouldn’t know whether the stunning strike had worked anyway until the opponent tried to move.

@dophie3292

3 жыл бұрын

@@horserage one round stunned is huuuuuge especially for a boss

@yungsuccog8223

2 жыл бұрын

*also me being a Four Elements monk who spams cantrips when I'm out of ki. Helps that we don't have slots so we can cast 2nd level spells easy. That extra d8 onna shocking grasp be clutch

Man so many abilities just go "Fuck the bard!"

I'm fiending for info on the monk class. Got to stunning strike, immediately subscribed. You are awesome. Thank you:)

Monk almost never comes up for optimized OP builds and stuff but I honestly think Monk is one of the best single classes in the game along with bard and druid.

@connorhamilton5707

5 жыл бұрын

Definitely one of the classes that is best at self sustainment. In combat it has many features that keep it alive, and out of combat you start shunning things most people consider necessary for living while also being able to communicate wherever you are for the things you still need.

@Mare_Man

4 жыл бұрын

A Kensei monk with maxed Dex and Wis and Defensive Duelist can get 28 AC on reaction

@davidstratton696

4 жыл бұрын

Just an Average Dragon Maybe go bladesinger if u have enough intelligence and u could slap your intelligence on their as well when your in your bladesong. Idk if it works but it’s not considered unarmored defense so I think it does. And if u do u could also get shield as a spell which last for the whole round and not just for 1 attack (and u can do it when u know the enemy hits u and not sure if u can do that with defensive duelist). U could also pick up absorb elements for when the enemy tries to hit u with some things that aren’t attack rolls.

@Mare_Man

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidstratton696 I don't think Bladesong meshes with Unarmored Defense, but I could be wrong.

@iPhoneeditor

4 жыл бұрын

@@Mare_Man it depends on if it is considered another way to calculate ac or a bonus to AC. Considering unarmored defense for barbarian and monk don't stack, bladesinging likely doesn't stack either. Most things absorb elements will block are dex saves and you already have evasion and expertise in all saving throws at high levels. If you're really worried about getting hit use you ki points to dodge as a bonus action and don't bother with shield. If you're going to take a dip at all do 2 levels of warlock for hex and invocations because hex + flurry of blows does a shit ton of damage.

"More like the many punch man." Please, his name is Kenshiro.

@dleonidae

4 жыл бұрын

I mean,yes; Normal Series: but Consecutive Normal Punches is also a thing

monks: strong consecutive punches.

Like the lowkey spongebob reference. Squidward; "Oh no he's HOT!"

The video with enough passive-aggressive energy to power up the Sun

Actually, drunken fist is kung fu is an ACTUAL kind of kung fu is an ACTUAL fighting style that ACTUAL people ACTUALLY fought with to make their attacks unpredictable.

@frosty2579

4 жыл бұрын

@Zaktot1357 ACTUALLY yes you do

@unbanrofellos5786

4 жыл бұрын

*ACTUALLY unpredictable*

@morehbein6207

4 жыл бұрын

Jack Sparrow

@TheSpiritus0

4 жыл бұрын

"Actual"

3:39 my grandma DOES play this game, GET OB MY LEVEL

I would love to see Jacob's reaction to the astral self monk just to watch how many holes there will be in the desk from him slaming his head against it so many times.

"Evasion is the hip hop zip zop I can dodge a fireball with a hoo ha weee" Is probably my new favourite sentence

YES THE CLERIC IS COMING NEXT Hahahahahaha i have been waiting for this for YEARS

I Love how at 5:08 the cat in the background is like “What the hell is he doing” “Oh shoot, he’s dead... Anyways”

Tongue of the Sun and Moon: Learn languages by punching things a lot.

5:15 The cat is like "Is he alright?"

Damn im going to play monk in our new campaign, best timing ever

@aetriandimitri190

5 жыл бұрын

Same lol, was thinking of a new campaign and because of the other members in the new party, members in another party, and what I was currently using and planning to use in the other party the only options I felt were barbarian and monk and I felt like slapping things many times

@rita6355

5 жыл бұрын

Lol same I'm playing an acrobat girl

@majikkarp177

5 жыл бұрын

Playtested it last sunday, 41 damage in one turn at level 5 XD

@rita6355

5 жыл бұрын

@@majikkarp177 at level 1 my monk covered her hands in holy water and punched the shit out of ghosts

@thewarlocky

5 жыл бұрын

There's still time! Quick, create a new character! You can still be saved!

Holy shit, the idea you could stun an Adult Dragon from lvl 5 monk ability, a stun, like holy shit

every.single.video. is so goddamn funny while being really informative and useful

The song that plays when he's dying is called Memories of Mother and is from the God of War (2018) ost, awfully fitting too

So basically I'm Monk-y.

the spinning animation has me in tears

First video of yours I've watched and 30 seconds in I subscribed

Level 13: tongue of sun and moon My mute monk:...*signs* this is useless to me.

@akreid4614

5 жыл бұрын

Elizabeth Brown telepathy?

@charliecalamity9092

5 жыл бұрын

AKreid shit, I forgot about that, thanks for reminding me

@akreid4614

5 жыл бұрын

Elizabeth Brown no problem, fam!)

@fiercemushroom4840

4 жыл бұрын

Even if you can't speak, you still understand all spoken language, which is huge.

@charliecalamity9092

4 жыл бұрын

Fierce Mushroom I haven’t seen it in that way... thank you for enlightening me

*actually monks are the third easiest class in the game you forgot the M Y S T I C*

@eamonnryan8490

5 жыл бұрын

So the mystic is OP, but certainly NOT easy, it is comparable to wizard in terms of complication. Unless you were being sarcastic, then sorry.

@solerosable

5 жыл бұрын

Eamonn Ryan what are you talking about obviously the mystic is the easiest class it’s only a 25 page packet that’s nothing compared to how complex the barbarian is. I mean look at it, he has to keep track of his rage rounds and his lucky d12 and I think you’ll find that’s a lot more complex than the mystic.

@eamonnryan8490

5 жыл бұрын

@@solerosable You're right, my bad.

@Kerrmunism

5 жыл бұрын

Anon & Mouse I mean idk, I think personally the dice have a harder role *im leaving*

@Mark73

5 жыл бұрын

I play a Mystic. Mystics are NOT easy. They are overpowered. There's a big difference.

This was hilarious. I’m still laughing at the fan monk slapping the crud out of the dragon.

This is the funniest video xp has done so far.