Top 10 D&D 5e Monk Magic Items | Nerd Immersion

[@calebelliott2629]

I'm pretty sure someone has mentioned this already, but one of the best benefits of flying in combat is that only ranged attacks can hit you. This get's kind of hilarious when you recall that the Monk has an ability called deflect missiles, which just makes flying an even better boon.

[@jambamenome8481]

I hadn't thought about that point

[@simonkelly1410]

Oooh nice

[@Daves_Faves]

That would use our Reaction, which is limited to once per round isn't it? It's a cool ability either way, it's saved me from taking damage a few times already (and I'm only Level 3).

[@karlcooke8151]

Eldritch Claw tattoo now gives you +1 to unarmed/natural weapon hit and damage. And once a day for a minute, 30ft reach on your attacks and 1d6 bonus force damage.

[@rolancritz1853]

Thanks for posting all of these lists! I find myself as a DM going back and rewatching them over and over for ideas on what to give my players!

[@coreyflynn8445]

Low key, the Staff of Thunder and Lightning deserves to be on this list. Just saying...pretty damn good features, it has

[@Blackwolf83ad]

I always umm and err between that staff and Striking, both are so tempting.

[@jamiewalburn3341]

I would put shortsword of flametounge on this list. It's a big boost to damage on hit, even if it is a commonly resisted type. Specifically I would also add bracers of archery as a ranged option for specifically kensai monks

[@mamneo2]

I haven't seen the video. But cloak of displacement would be great. Those monks are falling like flies out there.

[@alanschaub147]

mamneo2 I gave that to a monk character in a campaign that I DM. He was getting damaged way more often, and more severely, than the other characters. The last session, four guards with heavy crossbows took a shot at him in one round. They all missed, and one attack would have been a Crit without the Cloak of Displacement.

[@Klaital1]

@@alanschaub147 Personally, I feel like monk is the melee class who needs that item the least since they already have the option to spend a ki point to give attacks against them a disadvantage as bonus action.

[@alanschaub147]

Klaital1 Good point!

[@unwithering5313]

@@Klaital1 'The fact that Ki points tend to drain out super quickly': Allow us to Introduce ourselves

[@RoadAveku]

One rivalry: Blink dogs and Displacer beasts, hint: blink dogs hunt displacer beasts and things that are like displacer beasts lol

[@sethradke501]

If anyone else doesnt know, during the staff of striking section he brings up doing 1d8 at early levels, and while that would be a good low level high damage item, not all low level parties have access to that many magic items with that many active bonuses (at least in my experience) so if your curious on a nom magic item that yiu can do 1d8 stsrting at 1st level use the “Yklwa” weapon, its a base starting weapon for monks available in dnd beyond, one or two handed , does 1d8 slashing and has the thrown property for short range enemies , ive been using it in my current campaign, great item,

[@typoko]

The list is super solid. Few additions might be -Staff of Defense for insane AC stacking- and Wand of Magic Missile is a nice tool to have some ranged prowess without attunement when needed. I had a monk in my game use Circlet of Blasting from early levels to have an ranged attack and he still had it at level 10 as it only requires the helmet slot and no attunement. I'm just not sure if it is a top 10 item even when it is useful.

[@NerdImmersion]

Staff of defense is solid, though the inability to cast Shield unless it's on your spell list hampers it

[@typoko]

@@NerdImmersion Oh yeah. I had completely forgotten that! Without the spell it isn't worth it.

[@smile-tl9in]

i'd argue that the cloak of displacement is better on mages or ranged character than anyone in melee. Unlike melee character you are not trying to get hit so the reload time of the cloak when hit doesn't happens often and it is generally enough to save your life when it come up. Beyond that it is technocally not armor so mage and sorcerer can wear it without problems

[@Juncboks]

The items that should be the main focus of the video are cordoned off into a corner. As someone who tends to watch on my phone, none of that was legible. Don't get me wrong, your face and the dim void on the left is cool... but the main focus of the video was the items. Maybe switch so that your on half the screen with the item on the other half? Rather than an 90/10 ratio.

[@AllThingsFascinate]

@Michael Johnson this is 5e lol. . .

[@cyrusttoille]

Boots of Speed are crazy on a monk.

[@Ghastly_Grinner]

I always go for a magic weapon +1 or above it's always better than hitting with your fists Ring of spell storing is another always take. Cloak of the bat is amazing for a shadow monk especially if you are going to be doing some solo adventuring. And lastly this isnt in the book but if anyone is interested on DMs guild *Magic Items for Monks* has a bunch of really cool things for monks

[@zhangbill1194]

Personally, I like the style of hitting someone with your fist, so I asked my DM to give me hand wraps that gives a plus to attack rolls

[@Ghastly_Grinner]

@@zhangbill1194 I can see that when going way of the Open hand which is your brawler but I much prefer playing a Shadow Monk and will almost always end up taking a couple lvl dips into Rogue so a weapon always a great thing If not shadow monk then Kensei Monk and a possible dip into fighter is delightful Kensei makes the Monk even tankier than it already is.

[@zhangbill1194]

@@Ghastly_Grinner yea, I see no reason to take 20 levels in monk. monk 19 for the ASI but perfect self is pretty bad.

[@Ghastly_Grinner]

@@zhangbill1194 Personally I always like a 15 Monk 5 Rogue or 4 Fighter split

[@zhangbill1194]

@@Ghastly_Grinner I always take at least 17 levels into monk, because the capstone abilities of monks subclasses are usually really strong

[@Neutral_Tired]

Open hand monk, bracers of defense, brooch of protection and cloak of displacement, at lvl 11 with max dex and wis, wis save vs dc 17 or can't attack you, disadvantage to attack and ac 22 and immune to magic missile, so pretty much immune to being hit.

[@Ukayeah]

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[@masterreaper115]

Who gives a cloak of displacement that early though? My campaign we are lvl 9 and getting enough money for +2weapons is hard enough

[@Almighty_Mage]

@@masterreaper115 we have had the cloak since level 5 maybe lower

[@lycopersicum962]

Thank you for the video, I appreciate great editing, especially d20s between different items, however, have you considered using d10 instead? It would make more sense since it is top 10 video.

[@NerdImmersion]

Not a bad idea actually, I hadn't thought of it

[@fireblast8972]

But don't d10s treat 10 as a 0?

[@ShugoAWay]

@@fireblast8972 no 10 is 10 i think you're thinking of % dice as the ones i had at 1st were confusing

[@alexandersvideopicks8735]

Great stuff. Thanks for posting. I just started playing a 5e monk. I usually DM and have not played in a long time, but have not played a monk since 1st Edition. I am excited and will be looking for these items.

[@MGsubbie]

Some other nice options are the Boots of Striding and Springing and the Ring of Jumping. Combined with step of the windn you get x6 the jumping distance. Even with a strength score of only 10, you can now jump 60 feet far and 18 feet high. And as a monk, you'll have the movement speed necessary to cross those distances.

[@bigwig8657]

Every edition I get surprised that Wizards can't come up with much to modify monk attacks creatively.

[@gopro_audio]

boots of striding and springing + ring of jumping

[@Rexir2]

I'm a bit surprised that the belts of giant strength weren't included on this list (most aren't legendary, only the top two). Monks have very few ways of increasing their damage output, and assuming they aren't building for strength will often have a relatively low score in that stat; this helps solve both of those issues for an attunement slot.

[@bartlester1221]

I am playing a monk and im haveing an issue with running out KI points and items that could store said points would be any thouts on an item that would. Alow me to do so would help me

[@bartlester1221]

@Michael Johnson thank you

[@dracoargentum9783]

But, the Beard, man, the Beard!

[@ericpeterson8732]

#1 reason for belt of dwarven kind. The other stuff is nice, but the ability to quickly grow a thick and beautiful beard (implied beautiful as the belt gives you advantage to Cha checks against dwarves) puts this above the amulet of health.

[@valarkov6455]

Beard +3

[@Greyhawk88]

Gloves of soul catching are an amazing item for monks.

[@alhrune]

All good choices. I always love giving my monks gloves of missile snaring. As far as I'm aware it should stack with a monk 2d10 +( dex mod ×2) + level Not too shabby

[@NerdImmersion]

Both utilize your reaction, so under normal circumstances you could utilize one or the other but not both

[@alhrune]

@@NerdImmersion thats fair. I think i ran an npc with this ability once so my players started doing it.

[@dracoargentum9783]

Actually, I understand the game mechanics, and why they say that these two don’t stack, however I would say as a DM that since the reaction that both are activated by (reaching out and plucking up the projectile) is the same, the magic of the gloves would aide the natural action of the monk, just as a magical weapon aided the attack, even though they both are activated by the same action (by swinging the weapon).

[@Faircrow]

we need an update with eldritch claw tattoo

[@Mackinz92]

In your other Top 10 lists, you were doing a great job listing the item rarity, attunement requirements, and sourcebooks. This video, not so much. Where is the Staff of Striking from?

[@NerdImmersion]

Dungeon Master's Guide

[@NerdImmersion]

Follow up, everything is Dungeon Masters Guide except Insignia of Claws which is heard of the dragon queen

[@Gogofan240]

did insignia of claws got updated to eldritch claw or can you have both and have em stack? cause eldritch claw requires attunement unlike the insignia

[@NerdImmersion]

As far as I can tell they'd both stack

[@BrunoHF131]

And today with Tasha Cauldron To Everything, we have Eldritch Claws Tattoo giving you +1 unarmed strikes and 15ft of range. Best item of the game.

[@hectoravila4682]

Instead of insignia of claw should be belt of gaint str since ur atk are already magical and the belt give u more +s to all atk not just unarmed and set ur str whick is way better should be number 1 in the list jump distance, now u can grapple or shove or push still have good ac

[@NerdImmersion]

I mean a belt of giant strength increases your base to hit and attack bonuses sure, if you're focusing on a Strength based monk. More often than not, most monks focus on Dexterity as they're able to get benefits from Unarmored defense for it. So if you wanted to focus on Strength based attacks and not use your Dexterity for Unarmed Strikes (an ability you're given at level 1), sure. But because you can't use both Str and Dexterity combined for those attacks, I didn't think it was worth it on the list

[@ericpeterson8732]

Yeah, for a tortle or other STR based monk.

[@bobbugoff7216]

I actually totally agree about the belts should be on here. You don't need to be strength focused, that's the beauty of the belts. You don't make any mention of having to be constitution focused for the necklace after all lol. In fact it is better if you are NOT str focused cuz it means you get all the benefits of having insane strength while still getting the ac, saves, stealth, initiative, ranged attack bonuses of dex as well. Your martial arts feature allows you to use either at will, it doesn't lock you into one, and monks imo actually benefit from giant belts more than any other class due to being able to synergize with the extra jumping ability and really wanting to be good at grappling and being able to easily have free hands for it.

[@bobbugoff7216]

In addition to being an increase in hit and dmg of up to +4 for up to 4 attacks, starting as early as level 5

[@popularopinion1]

yessss paladin next

[@superj1010]

If Winged Boots were your number 1, I can only imagine where you'd place the Eagle Whistle...

[@DM-MilkMan]

Can't wait for the Pally. Also my favourite class.

[@zacadamswrites9187]

Tell me you think monks have a low AC for their role without telling me you think monks have a low AC for their role.

[@johnpaullogan1365]

my dhampir is enjoying a ring of jumping

[@lockskelington314]

Stack Bracers of Defense get +6 ac, become unstoppable.

[@drandysin2796]

They called me a madman. Lol

[@lockskelington314]

@@drandysin2796 Even better is do it while being a Tortle. Say something offensive to your enemy and withdraw into your shell getting an additional +4. Totaling to 27 AC while your in your shell.

[@markuskeler758]

Does not work. It is explizitly Stated that you cannot Benefit from the same item multiple times

[@kingmasterlord]

No Ring of the Ram?

[@matthewjennings7645]

So what you're saying is to play an Aarakocra Monk if the DM allows it? LOL

[@NerdImmersion]

I mean if they will, absolutley

[@CallMeClass]

@@NerdImmersion my friend plays an aarocokra ranger

[@talonblack8250]

I was told by an adventure league dm that a monk cannot use any item that provides an ac bonus.

[@KingMJAH]

Talon Black you have to be carful if the item gives you an alternative Ac calculation it would override your in armoured defence, if it’s just a flat pulse one it should work, make sure there aren’t any class specific atonement requirements tho

[@jinxtheunluckypony]

Saying Monk has high AC is deceptive. If you go all in on Dexterity and Wisdom you can get respectable AC but that’s at the cost of valuable feats you could be getting. Sure you can bolster your AC with magic items but so can everyone else.

[@Ghastly_Grinner]

I just saw a kensei Monk end up getting 21 AC by lvl 14

[@Np7ExR6]

@@Ghastly_Grinner my tabaxi shadow monk has max 540 movement speed with 29 ac

[@Np7ExR6]

At level 8 monk 4 rouge

[@finalfantasy50]

Monk with half elf or human can have ac of 16 at level 1, kensei can have 18 at level 3. Is that not high enough

[@Ghastly_Grinner]

@@finalfantasy50 uh...No!

[@ChapterGrim]

I'd have popped the Staff of Defence in there...

[@NerdImmersion]

Its good but the fact that its just the +1 AC seems pointless. It doesn't say it can be used as a magic quarterstaff and you can't cast Mage Armor or Shield from it unless "the spell is on your class's spell list". Given the fact that most monks won't typically be multiclassed into Sorcerer or Wizard, again, I don't see the point.

[@ChapterGrim]

@@NerdImmersion all staffs are quarterstaffs and foci, but yeah I didn't realise there was a class limitation on the spells which sucks, otherwise this would be pretty handy for many classes...

[@NerdImmersion]

@@ChapterGrim actually all staffs are not quarterstaffs. For example, the Staff of the Woodlands states: "This staff can be wielded as a magic quarterstaff". Another example is the Staff of the Spider: "The staff can be wielded as a quarterstaff." A staff is described as: "An arcane focus is a special item designed to channel the power of arcane spells. A sorcerer, warlock, or wizard can use such an item as a spellcasting focus, as described in the Spellcasting section." Also per the DMG's description on Magic Staffs: "Unless a staff’s description says otherwise, a staff can be used as a quarterstaff."

[@darkbblood]

Algorithm comment

[@Tornxs]

every video this dude sounds depressed

[@NerdImmersion]

every video this dude is recording between 1am and 3am after working for 10 hours, caring for 2 children under 3 years old and also streaming for another 2-3 hours prior. So not depressed, just tired

[@Tornxs]

Nerd Immersion just saying dude, I like ur videos but just seem really depressed in all them

[@ericpeterson8732]

@@Tornxs not depressed, just low energy. And not all of them, he was positively giddy after meeting with Jeremy Crawford at that con that one time this past summer.

[@jackthenippleripper4791]

Video was very helpful, thank you :)

[@victoria4987]

You look like a teacher that went to work with a hangover.

[@lockskelington314]

So every High School Teacher Ever?

[@zEr-ne5ri]

@Jaune Wukong oof

[@blubblubwhat]

haha thought somthing simmilar

[@samuellillge9319]

You seem absolutely overjoyed to be here.

[@TheRiptaco]

He looks like a man with chronic fatigue.

[@ameerulbasheer]

Bracers of Defense

[@tarvox14]

The kensei aarokra monk in my game has gotten himself a cloak of the manta ray. So, even tho, he has a crazy good fly and walking speed, he can swim even faster...

[@Kebelix47]

A flying ronin penguin

[@CosmicBingo]

Brooch of Shielding is a notable item as well. Resistance to force damage, and immunity to magic missile are nice things to have.

[@brianmurphy9039]

I mean come on gotta give those low fort save casters a chance against the monk speed, SR, evasion, improved evasion and stun. Taking a couple magic/force missiles to the dome is only fair before stun-locking them in to oblivion and boots to the head. what else can they do?

[@jacobk9918]

I love looking at the things in the background! This time I can see pumpkin candy! Hehehe

[@greed3574]

Heck yes!! I was asking for this back in the fighter list, thanks for this one man.

[@Wanderingsage7]

Winged boots and by extension Flight are hit or miss. Admittedly with deflect missiles monks are better protected.

[@haildorothygale]

This is fair, but as a melee class monks get pretty boned in combat by things that have the ability to fly or levitate, as it renders most things they're good at, useless. Flight (for 4 hours that can be used incrementally and of a kind that isn't concentration based to boot - heh) levels that out pretty spectacularly.

[@zhangbill1194]

@@haildorothygale just throw a dart at them wut?

[@haildorothygale]

@@zhangbill1194 It's very early in the morning so I can't tell if this is sarcasm, but a level 15 monk doing 1x1d4 attack every round, no unarmed strikes, no ability to apply ki related effects, as opposed to 2 to 4 1d8 attacks? Sure have fun with that.

[@zhangbill1194]

@@haildorothygale yea no nvm, for some reason I though a dart was a monk weapon throw a dagger insted

[@dracoargentum9783]

haildorothy well, actually you can throw as many darts as your monk has weapon attacks, so if s/he was doing 3-4 attacks on the ground, you would still be able to throw twice for 1d4+dex each. Or if you really want to be special, go Kensi monk, for the Calligraphy set... (I kid...); with the Kensi, make ‘dart’ your Kensi weapon and when you hit with each, you will be able to do 1d4+dex+1d8 (or however much your martial art damage is). If you _really_ want to be special, since Kensi are able to assign any weapon that is non-heavy as a Kensi/monk weapon, the sky is the limit; longbow? Sure. Whip? Why not. Net? Now you are just talking dirty...

[@clukskin]

I believe "magic can neither reduce your speed nor cause you to be paralyzed or restrained." means any magical effect, whether it's a natural magic that the monster possesses or an item/spell. ofcoarse physical restraint or paralysis poison etc. would still have an effect

[@masterreaper115]

agreed, tie them up? restrained, cast hold person? nah lol

[@doubleg281]

Animated shield is also good as it gives you the benefit of a shield without interfering with your unarmored defense

[@NerdImmersion]

For monk it states: "Beginning at 1st level, while you are wearing no armor and not wielding a shield, your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Wisdom modifier." So you can't wield a shield and still get Unarmored Defense as a monk. Furthermore a monk isn't proficient with shields, so they couldn't gain the benefit from it anyway

[@doubleg281]

@@NerdImmersion are you still wielding the shield if your not holding it?

[@NerdImmersion]

@@doubleg281 it says it's "as if you're wielding it" so I'd say yes, but I could be wrong

[@dracoargentum9783]

Another note is that the monk doesn't even gain shield proficiency solo, you would have to multi or take a feat to even wield an animated shield.

[@zhangbill1194]

@@NerdImmersion But you can also interpret as if you're wielding it as not wielding it, personally I think it's up to the DM

[@NRush1100]

I feel the staff of defense would also fit great on this list. Boost to AC while it's on your person, plus free uses of shield and mage armor. Mostly shield, if your Wis and Dex are both 16 or more, mage armor is useless

[@NerdImmersion]

Staff of Defense only let's you cast Shield and Mage Armor if you have those spells on your spell list. As a monk, you more often than not would not have access to those spells, so I didn't put it on the list

[@NRush1100]

I just came back to edit that in. My mistake

[@alanschaub147]

I like those recommendations. The biggest challenge the monk in my campaign has is a lack of effective ranged attacks. What do you suggest to compensate for that issue?

[@dannylewis5410]

paired with winged boots the monk becomes the ranged attack. with all that movement you can just fly whoever you want to hit.

[@alanschaub147]

First name Last name This monk took the Mobile feat, so his base movement is 50 already. A flying speed of 50 feet, with no Attacks of Opportunity, would make him pretty powerful. Maybe I will allow him to quest for them at a little higher level.

[@earlmcgrath220]

Kensei monk

[@chiweweman2010]

Bracers of Archery: gains long bow proficiency, and +2 to damage when making ranged attacks.

[@ibrahimharmoush6942]

Bracers of flying daggers, a dagger is a monk weapon so the damage will increase with your martial arts die. You can use an action to summon and throw 2, which i think +1 daggers

[@masterreaper115]

wait... you have to burn 4 solid hours of use with a minimum of 1 full minute to count.. but it recharges 2 HOURS for every 12 that its not active... how the fuck does anyone EVER use up a Winged Boots enchantment lol

[@trollface1334]

FUCK YES

[@kingsknight95]

All around solid list. I might switch the winged boots with a cloak of flying. Both require attunement, but the cloak gives you 60 feet of movement right off the bat, and it increases with unarmored movement. The drawback of course is the time limit of an hour, and the massive amounts of fall damage you won't take cause you're a monk who is smart. Also maybe the boots of spider climbing in place of elvenkind.

[@kyleprashek7056]

Yes been waiting for this.

[@danieldosso2455]

Same, Theory crasfting a Wood Elf Shadow Monk 18 Rogue 2

[@Ghastly_Grinner]

@@danieldosso2455 why rogue 2?

[@NerdImmersion]

my guess would be expertise, and dash/disengage/hide as a bonus action (without spending ki), while still getting all the good monk abilities

[@danieldosso2455]

@@NerdImmersion exactly, I don't find the Monk Capstone ability to have any value. It's Way too situational and if you're a good Monk you'll never have used up all your Ki

[@Ghastly_Grinner]

@@danieldosso2455 But what I mean is why only 2 lvls if you are going to dip 2 you might as well dip 3-5 you would only be losing Empty body from the Monk and Opportunist (which kinda sucks) and the D10 damage dice which kind of hurts but not really but in exchange are getting At 3rd a *Roguish archetype* (probably go Assassin) at 4th an *Ability Score improvement* and at 5th *Uncanny dodge*. and on top of that at 5th lvl you have the Rogues *3d6 sneak attack dice* so you will be turning monsters into a fine pink mist. When I did it I went "Variant" Human for RP reasons ( no one ever expects the Human of being a sneaky assassin *Shadow Laugh* also you get a feet) but a Lightfoot halfling could be fun. That said GLHF 🤘

[@DG-mk7kd]

rope of entanglement- stun them then restrain them, no attunement

[@ericpeterson8732]

Great video. I am disappointed that monks get no love for unarmed strikes as they are not finesse weapons (So no sneak attack) and they are not weapons (So no smiting). Every way a melee combatant can increase their damage or to hit bonus is closed to the monk. Like you said, you can use a monk weapon, but that only accounts for half your attacks every round. I'm betting that they didn't want anyone else to come close to monk's unarmed damage. By the time your fists hit like a warhammer (1d8+dex), all other melee combatants will probably have a +2 weapon, thus making your unarmed strikes still subpar in damage. Thank heaven for stunning strike.

[@damian_bubble6287]

unarmed strikes do count as weapon attacks, according to wizards.

[@wolfknight6031]

@@damian_bubble6287 I thought I read that too in a post from 5e raw on facebook.. and the unarmed info is a subset under melee weapon attacks.. I gave one of our monks an earring with 3 charges of Mirror Image for run and defense.. :)

[@bluecoconut9543]

This was cool content. Here’s a like 👍

[@MadLadGam1ng]

Me who wears all of them

[@bsmith6784]

10, 8, 5, & 4 are all things I put on my monk 😊 I've got to disagree w/ that top placement, though. Winged Boots' speed scaling w/ the wearers does make them a great choice for monks, but they only _shine_ on the likes of a Sun Soul monk- something that'll be focusing on ranged combat. - Which makes it particularly weird that you'd put that at #1 for monks, but completely leave it out for rangers. Well, that, and the fact that the areas flight opens up to you is already partially opened by monks' vertical unarmed movement. In other words, Winged Boots are largely *redundant* on monks, especially melee-focused monks (so most of them).

[@YourMomsBoy]

I think that one of the reasons that the winged boots were on first place is because it is so Clutch when fighting a creature with a fly speed. Because there is nothing more boring than being a monk on the ground when the group is fighting a Dragon.

[@bsmith6784]

Melee-ing flying enemies is the big saving grace here. Of course, that's only really a factor if you're out in the open, and if you happen to regularly come across such enemies. Not so much if you're actually dungeon-crawling. But even then, the fact remains that its more general benefits are relatively wasted on a typical monk. (Sun Soul and Kensei not withstanding.)

[@carlosbarreto4695]

A monk with the Mobile feat can do really well with the Winged Boots.

[@bsmith6784]

@@carlosbarreto4695 effectively becomes Flyby :) But not all _that much_ more effective on a such a monk than just running normally.

[@carlosbarreto4695]

​@@bsmith6784 Yeah, Mobile feat and Winged Boots make the effect of the Flyby feature. That said, it will not be a strategy effective 100% of the time because there will be indoor fights where the ceiling will not have enough heigth to put the monk out of the reach of melee weapons. In addition, hit-and-run monks also relies on the party's tanks to deviate aggresion from themselves. In either case, flight is a very powerful feature and the fact that your flying speed is based on your enhanced natural speed is really awesome. Now I'm really interested in giving my Wood Elf Mobile Monk a pair of Winged Boots.

[@gabriellaini]

Since Tasha's magic itens, Eldritch Claw Tattoo has been amazing with my Kensai Monk. hes got a dip in genie Warlock so with proper setup, with a monk weapon longsword +1 he does 1d10 + 5 (dex) + 4 (genie) + 1 + 1d6 (deft strike) + 1d6 (necrotic - hex) + 1d6 (force tattoo). This is only in his first attack. other ones loose the +4 genie damage. on top of that 15ft reach for the attacks. and since the first ues a ki from deft strike, the bonus action one can be another longsword attack. amazing caracter

[@saarthak421]

Padlock with staff of striking XD 8d8 force and 5d8 radiant damage doubled XD plus the normal weapon stuff XD if ya have a portent wizard in your team and they have a 19-20 (hex blade curse) then you can use the 3rd spell slot to cast banishing smite and booming blade and just go ULTRA NOVA

[@archmagemc3561]

Bracers of defense should never be on anyone's list for a good magic item due to how it only offers +2 AC for an attunement slot with a heavy restriction, while a cloak or ring of protection is +1 AC +1 saving throws with no restriction. If it didn't need attunement, it'd be way, way better.

[@peterrasmussen4428]

I agree with getting defensive items on a monk, but you keep talking like monks have good AC. Pretty much only the kensei monk has good AC, the rest have moderate at best. Monks use their mobility to stay alive, not their AC and hit points. Also amulet of health is a really nice item on monks in particular, good call with that one.

[@jordanhansen5934]

Boots/cloak of spider walking/climbing would also stack well with a monk.

[@mason7108]

FINALLY!!! YESSSS!!!!!!

[@jakubguziur7522]

Does it really mean another top 10 video? DOES IT?

[@NobodyDungeons]

So, one of my characters was a sorcerer and I had rolled for stats and gotten some really good rolls and one roll was a 4 so what I did was put the 4 into strength and once possible I cast a 24 hour long fly spell to give my character a way to move around without needing high strength and combined with mage hand I could even pick things up and eat them also the GM let me twin cast mage hand for free out of combat so that I could do things like eat a steak dinner and not need to worry about cutting the steak

[@NobodyDungeons]

and with an 18 in constitution eventually 20 along with the war magic feat I wasn't going to fail my concentration check anytime soon I also went levels into wizard to get arcane recovery which would allow me to stock pile sorcery points so I would have way more sorcery points then I was supposed to and every day after taking a long rest I spend 4 hours taking short rests to build up sorcery points

[@MrMossMan7272]

How did he move for the first 5 levels?

[@anthonynorman7545]

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[@scottd521]

@@MrMossMan7272 guessing he was carried.

[@dracoargentum9783]

Three problems with your story: a) low Str doesn't reduce your speed, your speed would be 30 (or 25) just like everyone else; 2. There isn't a "24 hour flight spell", it would have to be personally researched, and it should be higher than the third level that normal flight has, previous editions had "continuous flight" at fifth level for eight hours; ∆: mage hand doesn't need DM tomfoolery to allow one to cut up their food, if you need an attack action to cut up your food, one should inquire if you are eating live prey, or if you are feasting on the undead. Conversely, your mage hand has worse Str than you have: mage hand has an equivalent Str of 2.

[@winterwolfcr7]

I really feel like with the Paladin one you should make the exception for the Holy Avenger. It is after all an item made specifically for the class.

[@NerdImmersion]

I'll mention it for sure, but I don't want to change the rules I've been using so far.

[@jasonandrews1770]

My understanding of the ring is that any effect that would inflict those conditions wouldnt work but if a creature or object was physically holding u there it wouldnt save u

[@patrickgfalck]

i wish your list was a list i could ad to a charekter. like if i could give these 10 items to my charekter. but whit 2 boots and 3 cloaks. its kinda hard. also 6-7 attunement if iam not mistaken...

[@NerdImmersion]

Yeah they're not specifically for a singular character. And in 5e there is no rule that says you can't wear multiple pairs of boots or cloaks. Since they typically magically resize, I don't see any issue

[@dracoargentum9783]

That's it, I'm reskinning my Boots of the Winterlands into Thick Woolen Socks of the Winterlands!

[@sebastiangraetz]

@@NerdImmersion DMG p141 says to "(u)se common sense to determine whether more than one of a given kind of magic item can be worn. A character can't normally wear more than one pair of footwear, (...). You can make exceptions; a character might be able to wear a circlet under a helmet, for example, or to layer two cloaks." So not a flat-out rule, but the guideline not to do it ;)