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#1 Yunru Nov 18, 2014 3:15:55	*Inner Beast:* Starting when you choose this tradition at the third level, you can spend 3 Ki Points to cast Alter Form on yourself. line break no mobile *Running Pounce:* Beginning at the 6th level you can attempt to shove a target as part of your movement. If they succeed on the saving throw your speed is reduced to 0 until the start of your next turn. line break no mobile *Ruthless Strikes:* Beginning at the 11th level, when you make a melee weapon attack you can take a -5 penalty to the attack roll to gain a +10 bonus to the damage roll. line break no mobile *Spare None:*
#2 Elfcrusher Nov 18, 2014 9:08:40	Can you add some fluff?  I don't quite get the concept.     I like Running Pounce.   And I get that Ruthless Strikes is for some kind of parity with other classes (or some builds of other classes) but I don't like how that mechanic is getting abused so I personally would rather have lack of parity than increase the abuse. EDIT: And "Spare None" is missing its description.
(Reply to #2) Morukai	Elfcrusher wrote:
#4 Yunru Nov 18, 2014 13:07:39	Spare None isn't missing, it's unimagined.
#5 AKillingWord Nov 18, 2014 13:17:57	I think the idea is something along the lines of an animalistic martial artist - someone who takes on the physical aspects of beasts and monsters to be a deadly hand-to-hand fighter.   Tiger Style, taken literally.   I like it.  It's kind of like a FF-esque Blue Magic melee combatant.   That is, if I'm right.  If I'm not that it's stupid and dumb and I don't wanna play anymore.
(Reply to #5) Yunru	AKillingWord wrote:
#7 BRJN Nov 18, 2014 14:47:57	This is how a Monk can be a Druid too?   It also sounds like Wolverine: when terribly wounded he goes berzerk until there are no enemies left.
(Reply to #6) Morukai	Yunru wrote:
#9 cowleymen Nov 18, 2014 19:04:44	Morukai wrote:
#10 Elfcrusher Nov 18, 2014 20:23:18	cowleymen wrote:
#11 Yunru Nov 18, 2014 23:53:02	Or you could just, y'know, fluff that part, and not have subsubclasses.
#12 Elfcrusher Nov 19, 2014 6:57:24	Yunru wrote:
#13 Yunru Nov 19, 2014 9:08:44	Doesn't really fit with the rest of the Monk paths.
#14 cowleymen Nov 19, 2014 9:38:06	Maybe not, but does it have too? Elemental Way gives you lots of options you just pick from, and new ways to spend ki points with a type of mysticsm. Open Palm gives you all your "five fingers of death" you could want. Shadow is Ninja. Animal Styles are just as iconic as any of those
#15 Yunru Nov 19, 2014 11:40:45	Okay then: What'd be the difference? What can different animals offer that isn't covered by the genericness of the subclass or the abilities of the main class?
#16 AKillingWord Nov 19, 2014 15:00:15	In a word: panache!   If the monk subclasses were analogous to other classes, I would put Open Hand as Fighter, Four Elements as Sorcerer, and Shadow as Rogue.   Savagery?  That's your Bard (with a tiny Druid dip).   He's the showman, the exhibitionist.  The flashiest of the monks.  He's the smug, over-confident Bruce Wayne in a Chinese prison.  He's Jim Kelly in Enter the Dragon.  He's super-cool, and he knows it.  Growing actual claws and fangs is just the cherry on top.
#17 Elfcrusher Nov 19, 2014 15:26:07	Yunru wrote: