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Stairway to... slime?
Apr. 14th, 2010 01:40 pmSunday we played some D+D, with our newly de-levelled characters. One of Tom's kids -- Christa, I think? -- joined the party playing a spear-wielding monk.
( game summary )
Monk wouldn't be my choice of character classes for a new player -- they're 'special'. They use weapons but only as implements, including an improved unarmed attack, specially made for them, that they NEVER USE because all their attacks are implement powers.
Well, okay, they use it for opp attacks. Although their opp attacks suck unless you specifically build to make them not suck, since their prime stat is dex instead of strength and none of their attacks count as basic melee.
To make things even less well suited for newbies, all their powers tend to move themselves around, making them all about tactical positioning. ASM mostly ended up using basic melee attacks to stab things with the spear, because the other options were confusing. Although she did use an encounter attack once because it did more damage.
( game summary )
Monk wouldn't be my choice of character classes for a new player -- they're 'special'. They use weapons but only as implements, including an improved unarmed attack, specially made for them, that they NEVER USE because all their attacks are implement powers.
Well, okay, they use it for opp attacks. Although their opp attacks suck unless you specifically build to make them not suck, since their prime stat is dex instead of strength and none of their attacks count as basic melee.
To make things even less well suited for newbies, all their powers tend to move themselves around, making them all about tactical positioning. ASM mostly ended up using basic melee attacks to stab things with the spear, because the other options were confusing. Although she did use an encounter attack once because it did more damage.
