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[@RulesLawyerDnD]

01. Martial Arts - more weapon options 02. BA unarmed strike no matter what you do. 03. 3 options for unarmed strike - damage, grapple, or shove. 04. Use Dex instead of Str for grapple and Shove DC. 05. Martial Arts Die starts at level 1- d6 and ends at level 17 - d12 06. Level 2 monks focus (used to be Ki) aka Focus Points. 07. Patient Defence BA disengage with no FP cost. Spend a point to add dodge 08. Step of the wind BA dash action for no FP cost. Spend a point to increase jump. 09. Flurry of blows - now give two attacks. So it's the same. 10. Uncanny metabolism - once per day regain all expended focus points plus some HP. 11. Deflect attacks now works vs all attacks that do Blud, Piercing, and slashing damage. So melee, ranged, and spells attacks. 12. Deflect energy on all damage types at level 13. 13. Superior defense and other abilities to help increase survivability. - healing, negate charm frightened and poison. 14. Heightened Focus level 10 - 15. Stunning Strike got a nerf - only once per turn. - But if they pass the DC then speed is halved and next attack on them has advantage.

[@TommyGunnThompson]

Thank you for this breakdown 👏👏👏

[@RulesLawyerDnD]

@@TommyGunnThompson I'm doing them for all the classes

[@Faytedsoul]

Dex shoves and grapples as a bonus action are an obvious but nice move for Monk.

[@verny.9986]

Thank you for the monk rebuild. Can’t wait to try it out!!

[@just_kos99]

I'm gonna give it a gander. It always seemed too complicated to me, as a DM, but I'd like to see the updated version.

[@RexYoung206]

Does "shove" only allow for pushing someone forward, or can it allow for a Judo-like flip (tossing an opponent behind them) if the monk wants?

[@aduinoch]

I'd allow that for flavor, put they also get back up immediately

[@TheJakeJackson]

Any character can move a grappled opponent to any square they want at the cost of some movement. Does not need an action. Shove only pushes away or knocks prone. If you want the flavour of hitting a perfect greco 5 pointer and crushing them with your throw just take way of the open hand, grapple them, and then use flurry of blows topple with a little movement readjustment.

[@AAron-gr3jk]

I have played a 5e monk and found it fun. So this will be more!?

[@PrinceIMC]

I’ve played so many monks. I have a hard time not picking it as a class.

[@aarndal90]

Can you also deflect radiant, necrotic, psychic and force damage at higher levels, or just elemental damage? I mean, that would be interesting, but I would introduce a deflection of these damage types at a higher level.

[@MantiShrimp494]

Based on what people who got the book early have said deflect energy applies to all damage types as long as it comes from an attack roll.

[@crypt1c_dr518]

The possibility to deflect magic missiles is very cool

[@RexYoung206]

Can a high-level monk deflect an acid-based ranged attack?

[@stargrace420]

And radiant. And psychic. Like the astral self subclass can. I had one in a long term campaign deflect a 9th level magic missile and avoid a tpk. Glad to see all monks capable of that now.

[@JasonOshinko]

They did say all damage types.

[@Mispehled]

They gave monks hands+1. Pretty much: You want these hands? I’LL GIVE YOU THESE HANDS

[@Wanderingsage7]

All in all, the changes are good, great even, but they can be improved as all things can. 1) either a larger hit die or armor boosts sprinkled throughout. The only class that gets as close to the enemy are rogues and they aren't MAD for their ac, also they have the option for magic armor and weapons and will be prioritized for them. 2) a decent range option. Let monks use ma for thrown or shot monk weapons. In a similar vein, remove the heavy restriction please because I want to use a naginata(glaive).

[@StrifeTheHorseman]

6:41 Finally, you can dish out some damage with your fists.

[@kurtoogle4576]

This looks like a lot of fun!

[@ricardomonteiro870]

Upset they didnt mention anything about level 15 perfect discipline. Its a garbage feature to have in general, especially at level 15. No joke would prefer to have tongue of sun and moon back cuz thats at least fun

[@WilliamBoccato]

I agree. Considering there is uncanny metabolism at lvl 2 it is quite unnecessary indeed! And tongue of sun and moon helped with roleplay and exploration

[@TVMAN1997]

“You don’t need them (focus points) for the identity of this class” Rich coming from the guys that made Ranger all about hunters mark

[@just_kos99]

As a DM from years ago, when the Monk came out I thought it was just too complicated. Maybe it's gotten easier over the years?

[@peterriverajr6899]

So can we get 5 attacks

[@Ashachu13]

And quivering palm get's the unwanted debuff 😅

[@StrifeTheHorseman]

Good rework overall

[@aarndal90]

I have to be honest at this point. Personally, I generally like the overall changes that have been made for the edition update so far. A lot of things have been made more straightforward and clearer. But... Currently it seems like the game designers have only considered the players. Many changes seem to be very powerful on the player side and make the game master's life even more difficult and complicated. I've been running D&D for over 7 years now and I can't see how many of the changes within the player classes help make the game more fun for the game master. This is what worries me the most, because gamemasters are rare, and these changes could make them even rarer.

[@Birthday_Shark]

Wait until they start getting into the DMG and MM content. Of course they’re front-loading the player content. The PHB comes out in two months.

[@tharrock337]

Personally the way I enjoy myself is when I see my players have fun. It's not as simple as me being happy when they do a lot of damage, of course they also like a challenge and want to be up against a worthy foe but so long as I can make their lives a little hard I am gonna be fine. That said I'm not sure I'll switch over yet, it's really up to them and so far we are enjoying 5e just fine.

[@stefanoleone6201]

Thanks someone notices it. The wizard with expertise when it is the most powerful thing on earth is outrageous. And the sorcerer who doubles the matamagics. Or the illusionist wizard that shields its summons with illusions. And the new spells such as the chromatic orb that bounce on multiple targets. Players may be happy, but what about us DM.

[@TheJakeJackson]

I'm sitting here writing all this PHB stuff down as abilities my BBEGs get to use too and I have to ask: what on earth are you GMs using to build your encounters? You realize you have access to every single thing players do *plus everything else in the world?* You can scale the game to be any difficulty level and you can outclass any power level, don't pretend you can't.

[@Zonewall]

Is this 5e or d&d 1?

[@JasonOshinko]

From what I understand D&D One is no longer a thing. This is an update for 5e.

[@robertdinsmore6583]

Yes, you improved the martial arts dice. But it still doesn’t keep up with damage output most other classes, especially at higher levels. And still have less equivalent abilities at higher level levels compared to other classes. Hopefully the subclasses that you talked about covered this.

[@havocwrecker6305]

Don’t compare this monk to other martial sin 5e, paladins can no longer smite and fighters won’t likely have great weapon master/sharpshooter -5 +10 features. Comparing it to the other martial classes in 1DND it’s pretty ahead at all levels.

[@RulesLawyerDnD]

​@havocwrecker6305 my man here said it before I could.

[@robertdinsmore6583]

Great weapon master can be used can used by anyone who uses heavy weapons. And sharp shooter is for those who use the bow. And I was referring specifically to all marshals should have a d10 for their hit die. Nothing to do with paladin’s smites.

[@RulesLawyerDnD]

@robertdinsmore6583 how do you not see the good of this class. If you are only looking at damage, then maybe you should go play a video game. This class just got some serious buffs. Outside of damage what's wrong with this class? By the way a monk was never ment to be a heavy damage class. Look at the utility and also possibility.

[@havocwrecker6305]

@@RulesLawyerDnD this is currently the strongest defensive class in the game, deflect energy/attacks, evasion, proficiency with all saving throws and the ability to reroll saves, ability to end charmed, frightened, or poisoned for free, resistance to all damage but force, and the capstone adds +4 to AC. Side note, open hand monk at high levels averages 119 damage if it lands all attacks and opponent fails save against quivering palm. And this is before their epic boon selection .

[@robertdinsmore6583]

Throughout this video you mentioned that you wanted the monk have more survivability. Make it the same as all of the other martial classes. Make the monks hit dice the same as all of other martial classes of d10 instead of a d8.

[@potatopotawto1412]

I agree with this. If you want a class to focus mainly on melee range then there’s no reason to have their HP pool limited.

[@robertdinsmore6583]

But thanks for the rebuild

[@linfordtyndall]

For titan cameraman :( 🍓🌺

[@TVMAN1997]

For Titan Camera man

[@aarndal90]

You can just end charmed, frightened and poisoned without any costs? Why don't you have to use a focus point here? This is terrible... As a GM I don't like this at all... A lot of effects of monsters or NPCs depend on these conditions. This would render them useless or at least greatly weaken them.

[@ricardomonteiro870]

This feature is actually a nerf to the original. Originally u were immune to poison and took an action to end charmed and fright

[@Nexsusthepro]

The entire first half is: "you can grapple and shove on an attack-(you could always do this) and we updated ki so that dash and disengage didn't cost anything -(it didn't for rogues early, this is an overpriced errata)

[@manuelsputnik]

Unarmed strike for free every bonus action is OP

[@potatopotawto1412]

You could do that already. This is not new.

[@Volthanis]

Doesn't sound to me like they made monks "better", just more complicated.

[@khaylinsnead3420]

It’s actually really simple features that are effective and all scale on them selves. The 2014 monk had the most ribbon features that were really ambiguous. A monks character sheet is twice as simple now.

[@robertdinsmore6583]

You start off this video by saying that the monk can push, grapple or do damage on his bonus action. Congratulations! You added nothing that everyone could possibly do but as an action anyway. This is mostly flavor with very little substance.

[@JasonCoulston]

Have you considered that D&D maybe isn’t the game for you?

[@robertdinsmore6583]

Monks are my favorite class

[@Louis-ef4eb]

​​​@@JasonCoulstonI have now. 😂 Who wants to buy some used books?

[@Birthday_Shark]

It’s a perfectly reasonable point to make considering the consolidation of abilities now under unarmed strikes and Monks being literally built around that mechanic - not to mention their immediate next point about monks being the only class able to use Dexterity to set the DCs. Did you even watch more than the first three minutes or did you just wanna be negative?

[@Ripoyla1]

At lvl 10 they can grapple, Push to prone, and attack with advantage with one Focus point with flurry of blows. And two extra unarmed strikes as an action with advantage