Are Monks viable?

[Slice]

Pure monk. Also, they should be ok at Slight of Hand checks, correct?

Thanks in advance.

[Daggy]

Ye monk is pretty dope. Starts out kinda crummy but gets better

[Slice]

Originally posted by Daggy:

Ye monk is pretty dope. Starts out kinda crummy but gets better

Thanks for the quick response.

[Xenomorph Kitty]

Yeah. Monk is one of those classes that feels crappy early game. You'll be spending a lot of, if not all your resources for one fight.

But it gets a lot better as you progress. There a lot of loot drops specifically tailored to monks out there too.

[✙205🍉🐆→]

This class should have at least some philosophy behind it, like druids or paladins

[Vizual]

Open hand STR based monk is one of the most fun classes IMHO in the game. Hits like a truck and still good with all the monk stuff except slight of hand since you're sacrificing dex.

I know you said pure monk... but I do multiclass my STR monk for 5 levels. 2 into fighter and 3 into rogue. Action surge and thief "for the extra bonus actions" add a ton of damage to the build. But you don't HAVE to do it for it to be viable and fun.

[Malaficus Shaikan]

Yeah sure.
Just a friendly warning.
Wizard, druids and cleric are tier 1 classes.
Nothing is as good as them.
Dont compaire yourself to them.
Monk is entirely viable.
Just not the best.

[coochieglock]

I love Monk. It def gets better as you level up

[elendil]

Open hand and especially way of the elements monks are super fun to play. I think every class is viable on highest difficulty, but monk is one of the stronger classes.

[Cruddy]

My friend did Open Hand and it was great, 4 elements though is kinda bad which sucks because it has totally unique animations, not unusable though.

[Veritas]

it's a lot better than it is in strict 5e and this campaign has lots of monk gear to alleviate their shortcomings.

[GodMan]

Tbh barb and monk are ok at the start and mid game, but at the end they lack AC to be a frontline melee. Heavy and medium armors are the game here and those two can't wear any of those.

[GodMan]

Originally posted by Malaficus Shaikan:

Yeah sure.
Just a friendly warning.
Wizard, druids and cleric are tier 1 classes.
Nothing is as good as them.
Dont compaire yourself to them.
Monk is entirely viable.
Just not the best.

druid tier 1 class lol

[Blame]

I know you said pure monk, but I found a multiclass monk (mostly still monk, though) what seems way more fun than a pure monk: Monk/Barbarian.

You should find a video guide of it called "Raging Monk" or something, and it seemed pretty strong and fun. Though it won't be good at Sleight of Hand because it's a strength build instead of dexterity.
https://youtu.be/lv1DYzFAjcE

[Noctoculus]

I dunno, the monk in my party insists that he doesn't need gear and likes to throw rare items into the abyss when he thinks we're not looking.

[boxinabox]

I just hit Level 5 with my monk. That's when it gets to be a lot of fun.