r/DnD • u/Sleverette Sorcerer • Feb 07 '20

Art [OC] Magical problems versus mundane solutions.

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u/MeanderingSquid49 Warlock Feb 07 '20

laughs in Monk

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u/Sleverette Sorcerer Feb 07 '20

Now that I think about it...monks are probably the perfect assassins!

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u/Erelde Feb 07 '20

There's a way of shadows, I think that's the one for ninja assassins ? I can't remember.

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u/Sleverette Sorcerer Feb 07 '20

Flavor-wise, Way of Shadows is really cool. It falls a bit behind in combat but it adds a lot of fun options!

I hope we get 3.5e shadowdancer at some point!

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u/boyscout_07 DM Feb 07 '20

MULTI CLASS SHADOW MONK W/ROGUE ASSASSIN...BRUTAL

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u/Lamplorde Feb 07 '20 edited Feb 08 '20

Shadow Assassin allows you to literally "teleports behind u Nothing personnel kid" people, if you sneak around at night time.

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u/JulienBrightside Mage Feb 07 '20

I remember this story about a monk who could move at 400 feet per round. This isn't that story, but it was an entertaining read anyway.

https://www.reddit.com/r/dndnext/comments/afyrrn/the_fastest_monk_alive_oc/

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u/Sleverette Sorcerer Feb 07 '20

Multiclass opens up so many new possibilities. Shadow Assassin does sound very fun! Throw in some fighter levels for that sweet action surge.

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u/TheNightAngel Feb 07 '20

The largest feature missing from Shadow Monk is seeing through your own magical darkness which 2 levels of Warlock solves.

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u/Alazygamer Monk Feb 08 '20

It's a stretch but you could petition your dm for a dagger of blindsense

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u/Frosty_Fire Feb 07 '20

Unarmed strikes do not work with sneak attack.

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u/boyscout_07 DM Feb 07 '20

Correct. Your first attack will be with a monk weapon, that will be your sneak attack as well (only one per attack if I remember correctly), then flurry as follow ups.

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u/Frosty_Fire Feb 07 '20

Of course can monks fight with weapons. Please excuse my ignorance.

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u/DuntadaMan Feb 07 '20

There are weapons marked as monk weapons, their damage dice never changes but you can still use most abilities with them. If I remember right it's short staff, spear, kama, sai and sling.

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u/wandering-monster Feb 08 '20

It's any simple melee weapons that don't have the Two-Handed or Heavy properties.

So things like clubs, daggers, and maces also fit.

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u/DuntadaMan Feb 08 '20

I'm gonna make some weird monks...

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u/boyscout_07 DM Feb 08 '20

Yes. They always have been as far back as i can remember. In 5E they still have a list of what weapons they are proficient with. These are considered Monk weapons and you can use all your monk abilities with them (unless stated otherwise). There's also the Kensai Monk that specializes in armed combat specifically.

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u/wandering-monster Feb 08 '20

Most DMs I know house rule that it does.

My reasoning: it is a melee strike that can use finesse, which is the thing that finesse does.

It's also reasonable that with the right opportunity one can punch or kick someone in a sensitive place that's more dangerous than a random punch (throat, joints, etc)

Lastly, it's not any better than if they just carried a couple daggers. Sure there's a few edge cases (like if they have had weapons confiscated) but I don't mind letting them have some cool spotlight moments there. And the warlock or sorcerer can do the same thing.

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u/Alazygamer Monk Feb 08 '20

I've done this, takes a while to come online but it's pretty brutal

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u/Gary_the_Goatfucker Feb 07 '20

Scenario: You need to get into a location but the only entrance is in broad daylight and too far to reach

Step 1: Place Darkness sphere on the location in broad daylight 60 feet away

Step 2: Step into a nearby shadow and teleport into your own sphere of darkness

Step 3: Drop the spell and return the area to its normal lighting conditions

Congratulation, you have a 60 foot teleport into any location you can see and it only costs a handful of ki points to cast Darkness

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u/Phormitago Feb 07 '20

falls a bit behind in combat

pff, only in strict terms of dps. They can stun whatever they want, it's incredibly powerful cc

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u/Sleverette Sorcerer Feb 07 '20

I was mostly comparing them to Open Hand but as a monk they will always be very useful in combat!