While it grants access to some martial weapons, the damage boost doesn’t scale. Way of the Kensei aims to address that by opening up some new options. The weapons available to the Way of the Kensei monk are very limited. Over the course of a fight you will burn through points early and find yourself just throwing single punches while the rest of your party is doing the cool stuff. The class has some other good damage options with exploding orbs of light and Burning Hands, but they come at a high ki points cost. You’ll need to spend ki points to fire multiple blasts, and you’ll still be outpaced by other classes damage-wise, even though the damage die scales up with your Martial Arts die.
While it sounds like it could really stand out for a monk, it only does 1d4 damage. This is a ranged attack in the form of an energy blast.
The centerpoint of the subclass is the ability to fire Radiant Sun Bolt. Unfortunately, it falls short in these efforts and is essentially a worse version of Way of the Four Elements. The subclass is built around blasting balls of magical energy at your opponents like something out of Dragonball Z. I wanted so badly for Way of the Sun Soul to be good. Most of these options aren’t necessarily bad, but there are a lot of situational powers and suboptimal options. While there are clear winners and losers among these subclasses, the monk class is not as top-heavy as Warlock subclasses are. Without further ado, let’s dive into our Monk archetypes 5E Guide. Be that as it may, there are a lot of fun options here. The major issue is that most of the subclasses fail to address the core weaknesses of the Monk class. Sure, they aren’t necessarily terrible, with many of them bringing some fun and powerful features. A big part of why this subclass is not particularly popular is the weakness of the subclasses. His "capstone" means he can react twice as much.As we have discussed before, the monk is an underrated class in the 5th Edition of D&D. The whole style is based on Reactions.With Flowing Strikes, he can potentially Ready an Action to Attack when he is attacked, then counter-attacking.hard.
His style often resulted in him being attacked and *then* attacking in a burst back at them.A couple times he is hit with an attack or a table and completely ignored it.This also encourages a Monk of the Way of Drunken Boxing to carry and drink alcohol *during the fight.* Making them immune to the negative effects of Intoxication also encourages this. He sometimes used bottles and other things in the fights.The style itself is based around "looking unbalanced but never actually BEING unbalanced" and in Jackie's performance he often fought while on his knees/on the ground, so I made the "prone" changes to emphasize that.Watched The Legend of Drunken Master recently and took a few cues from the movie. I wanted to make a Monk who felt like he just moving and reacting to other people's attacks, and just flowing with them. You may spend 2 Reactions per round instead of the normal 1, though you may only use 1 reaction per turn. When you are attacked within 5ft, you may spend a Reaction and 1 Ki point to make a melee attack against them.Īt 17th level you have attained perfection of form. When you are successfully attacked you may spend a Reaction and 2 Ki points in order to gain Resistance to all damage from the attack.Īt 11th level you have honed your ability to react to your opponents' predictable movements, punishing any who would attack you. Treat these weapons as Monk weapons.Īt 6th level you have learned to endure great pain by simply ignoring it. You gain Proficiency with Improvised Weapons. Enemies do not have Advantage on attacks against you while prone, you do not have Disadvantage on attacks while Prone and you can stand up without using any Movement.Īt 3rd level, you have learned to use just about anything around you while fighting. Additionally, you fight just as well when Prone as you do standing regularly. Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you become immune to Intoxication. A Drunken Boxer always appears off guard, but never truly is. Others freely wish to teach others the way, though many find it far more difficult than they anticipate it. The style is very difficult to master, and is guarded jealously by those who know it. The style is known for being able to strike while appearing unbalanced, and lends itself to reactionary fighting ("rolling with the punches"). Monks of the Way of Drunken Boxing are trained in the secret art of fighting while (appearing to be) drunk.
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