In 3.5 D&D, it is a viable tactic for Monks to get Wizards to light them on fire to attack enemies

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• Fossilmaiden

  2015-11-25 16:29:22

  Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
  

  False.
  
  3.5 monks are never viable.
• Tachyon

  2015-11-25 16:30:10

  ^{i will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch}
  

  hm.
• Calica

  2015-11-25 16:40:51

  Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.

  i mean, ninjas can't catch you if you do that, so good idea imho
• Odradek

  2015-11-25 18:02:37

  My dreams exceed my real life

  You don't have to deal with the grappling rules either.
• Haven

  2015-11-25 18:46:51

  Let me tell you. About Fallen London.

  Fossilmaiden said:

  False.
  
  3.5 monks are never viable.

  
  
• Haven

  2015-11-25 18:48:43

  Let me tell you. About Fallen London.

  Though I did play a playtest for the 4e monk during which I got hit with ongoing fire 5...while having fire resistance 5. So I just ran around on fire for the whole rest of the fight.

  
  

  I should've asked for extra damage or something, but honestly being on fire is its own reward, is it not
• Yarrun XIX

  2015-11-25 18:55:39

  Whores! we want "poems that kill."
  Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
  guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
  and take their weapons leaving them dead

  Haven, did you just reject a situation in which someone is set on fire?
• Haven

  2015-11-25 18:59:49

  Let me tell you. About Fallen London.

  I reject only the praxeology behind it.
• Yarrun XIX

  2015-11-25 19:01:37

  Whores! we want "poems that kill."
  Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
  guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
  and take their weapons leaving them dead

  You made a statement claiming that a situation where someone is set on fire is not ideal

  
  

  This will, naturally, discourage one from creating that situation

  
  

  Your words are reducing the amount of fire in our future
• Fossilmaiden

  2015-11-25 19:05:14

  Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
  

  A monk on fire is an improved monk, but still not a viable monk.
• Odradek

  2015-11-25 19:05:31

  My dreams exceed my real life

  Haven said:

  I reject only the praxeology behind it.

  I don't think that word means what you think it means.
• Haven

  2015-11-25 19:06:25

  Let me tell you. About Fallen London.

  I'm saying that it doesn't make the monk any more viable to be set on fire, but I agree with the basic situation of a monk being on fire.

  
  

  Also, the 3.5 class that is everything the monk wanted to be can just light things on fire themselves anyway.
• Odradek

  2015-11-25 20:05:00

  My dreams exceed my real life

  TIL Haven is a libertarian
• Haven

  2015-11-25 20:08:15

  Let me tell you. About Fallen London.

  
• Odradek

  2015-11-25 23:16:15

  My dreams exceed my real life

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• glennmagusharvey

  2015-11-25 23:38:13 edited 2015-11-25 23:38:19

  But when is the sometimes in which a monk on fire is just a monk on fire?
  
• Fossilmaiden

  2015-11-25 23:49:14 edited 2015-11-25 23:49:21

  Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
  

  A handy guide to player classes less viable than monks, but which are improved by the application of fire: Paladin, CA Ninja, Rokugan Ninja, Swashbuckler, Soulknife, OA Samurai, Knight, CW Samurai,                                                                                                                     Truenamer.
  
• glennmagusharvey

  2015-11-25 23:58:22

  rokugan no rona
  
• Alduin

  2015-11-26 06:35:49

  Monks are even worse in Pathfinder.
• Haven

  2015-11-26 06:43:42

  Let me tell you. About Fallen London.

  Fossilmaiden said:

  A handy guide to player classes less viable than monks, but which are improved by the application of fire: Paladin, CA Ninja, Rokugan Ninja, Swashbuckler, Soulknife, OA Samurai, Knight, CW Samurai,                                                                                                                     Truenamer.
  

  Wait, Paladin? They at least get full BAB and armor, good saves and some spellcasting. (And the horse, which could probably beat a monk on its own.)
• LOAD Cherry

  2015-11-26 20:56:24

  Splat Charger Specialist

  Acererak said:

  Monks are even worse in Pathfinder.

  Then Pathfinder Unchained happened, making them playable
• Alduin

  2015-11-27 18:57:06

  yeah except their Will save sucks now
• Corvina

  2015-11-27 18:59:51

  Vampire Lady of Corvidia
  
  (The other Jane)
  

  Monks aren't bad in D&D 5
  
• Alduin

  2015-11-27 19:41:29

  Yeah, Monks got buffed big-time.

  
  

  Although that isn't saying much...
• LOAD Cherry

  2015-11-27 20:38:01

  Splat Charger Specialist

  Acererak said:

  yeah except their Will save sucks now

  I'll take functionality over being the only class with no bad saves. And at least the bad save uses the monk's best stat.