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more D and D multiclassing combos. This
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time, ascendant dragon, monk, and rogue
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of whatever subclass we land on. So,
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this one's pretty easy. The ability
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scores overlap really nicely. You need
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dexterity and wisdom for monk, dexterity
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for rogue. Because you need high wisdom,
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you don't want to go for a rogue
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subclass that depends on intelligence,
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like arcane trickster or charisma like
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swashbuckler. So, basically any other
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rogue subclass would work. But the big
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question is what value are we getting
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here? And really there isn't a whole lot
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of it. Ascendant dragon works really
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well as a standalone subclass. You get
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the breath weapon which will scale with
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your martial arts damage dice and then
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once you hit level 11, it gets an extra
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die. So you're like you really want to
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rush up those monk levels as quickly as
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possible. So if you're going into rogue,
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there's probably something very specific
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that you want from rogue. The most
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obvious answer is just expertise.
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Expertise in skills like stealth and
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slight of hand or thieves tools if
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you're in the 2014 rules. Those will let
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you fill in for a rogue in the party
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much more easily. Expertise in
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perception is fantastic in literally any
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party on literally any character. Beyond
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that, Ascendant Dragon really doesn't
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get a lot of value out of the rogue
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subasses. There's a ton of competition
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for your bonus action between uh martial
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arts and unfurled wings and cunning
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action and literally anything else you
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might do. And unless you're spending a
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ton of levels in rogue, the sneak attack
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damage really isn't going to be all that
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impactful. So, personally, if you're
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going to take rogue on an ascended
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dragon monk, I probably wouldn't go any
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further than level one just to get
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expertise. Anyway, I'm RPGbot. If you
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want to know more about building
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characters for D and D, um, we just
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posted an Ascendant Dragon monk subclass
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build on rpgbot.net. If you need help
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with the character, let me know in the
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comments. I'll get to you when I can.
