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[-] gerusz@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 year ago

Or: Monks have 3 stances: aggressive, defensive, and mobile. Switching stances costs a bonus action, and you can assume one stance freely when you roll initiative.

In aggressive stance Flurry of Blows is free.

In defensive stance Patient Defense is free.

In mobile stance Step of the Wind is free.

This way monks are not just a worse rogue, their basic abilities are now actual basic abilities.

[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's very cool but DND will never have that kind of tactical depth without tying it to per-rest.

The adventuring day is garbage and it strangles cool ideas like this.

[-] gerusz@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It could be tied to per-rest. Similar to the fighters' weapon mastery in OneDnD, switching stances could be tied to a long or short rest instead. Just call it something else, like katas. (Yeah, yeah, they are trying to move the monk away from the strictly Eastern roots, but they could give this as a flavor option.) You drill one of the katas in the morning and then you can use the basic ability associated with it for free:

  • Kata of the Wildfire: aggressive stance,
  • Kata of the Mountain: defensive stance,
  • Kata of the Zephyr: mobile stance.
[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but that's way less fun than the original. The original invites making tactical decisions every round.

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