Re: Grunker's Comments on the Classes Thread
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:54 am
A few quick remarks:
Death Knight's Lifedrain:
I think it's fine as it is. The way I see it, it isn't something you use instead of attacking, but when you can't attack at all. Say you are grappled(or grapple someone). You can't attack normally, but you can use lifedrain. Or when the enemy has too high an AC, so you should use it since it's a touch attack. Or if your weapons can't penetrate the DR. Or if you can't make a full attack for some reason. Plenty of ways for it to be useful. So, it's point is flexibility in my book, allows for a variety of tactics.
As for Monk and pounce:
As I said in the monk thread, I fear Pounce would make monks use (heavy)weapons, since there's no point in using unarmed if you have pounce. Just use a greatsword and charge at the enemy, since it'll do a lot more damage if properly enchanted(which it likely is. Suppose a simple +1 holy greatsword, that's 4d6+1 against most foes already. Plus strength bonuses for a 2h weapon. More than the monk can ever do!). If Pounce doesn't exist, the monk is likelier to use his feats for something else than Weapon Group 2h-swords. And Tiger's Leap is meant to be a bonus, I thought, something to give a boost to the monk. Now, if Flurry worked with Pounce, I guess it might be a different case. The original monk-poll was a variant between 2 totally different monk builds, so it might be worth thinking about again. If it's Medium BAB, and Flurry works with Pounce, I can live with it.
Death Knight's Lifedrain:
I think it's fine as it is. The way I see it, it isn't something you use instead of attacking, but when you can't attack at all. Say you are grappled(or grapple someone). You can't attack normally, but you can use lifedrain. Or when the enemy has too high an AC, so you should use it since it's a touch attack. Or if your weapons can't penetrate the DR. Or if you can't make a full attack for some reason. Plenty of ways for it to be useful. So, it's point is flexibility in my book, allows for a variety of tactics.
As for Monk and pounce:
As I said in the monk thread, I fear Pounce would make monks use (heavy)weapons, since there's no point in using unarmed if you have pounce. Just use a greatsword and charge at the enemy, since it'll do a lot more damage if properly enchanted(which it likely is. Suppose a simple +1 holy greatsword, that's 4d6+1 against most foes already. Plus strength bonuses for a 2h weapon. More than the monk can ever do!). If Pounce doesn't exist, the monk is likelier to use his feats for something else than Weapon Group 2h-swords. And Tiger's Leap is meant to be a bonus, I thought, something to give a boost to the monk. Now, if Flurry worked with Pounce, I guess it might be a different case. The original monk-poll was a variant between 2 totally different monk builds, so it might be worth thinking about again. If it's Medium BAB, and Flurry works with Pounce, I can live with it.