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DnD’s new Mystic Arts Monk: fun idea, but the execution needs a TON of help.
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Way of the Mystic Arts Monk, new in
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Unearthed Arcana, mystic subclasses,
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this one finally adds actual
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spellcasting to the monk. We've seen
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classes that can cast a couple of spells
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by spending focus points, most notably
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the Way of Shadow Monk and the 2014 Four
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Elements Monk, but they've never
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actually just given us a spellcaster
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monk. So, the easiest comparison here is
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to either the Arcane Trickster Rogue or
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the Eldrich Knight Fighter. Like those
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subasses, the mystic arts monk is a
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one-third spellcaster. So you get spell
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casting at one/ird the full caster and
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then you're drawing your spells from the
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sorcerer spell list instead of the
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wizard spell list like the arcane
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trickster and the eldrich knight. I like
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the idea of putting spell casting on a
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monk. There could be really fun
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combinations here with the sorcerer
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spells. Buffing yourself with magic
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could be really, really powerful on a
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class that's generally limited to what
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they can do with focus points, which
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usually amounts to moving around and
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slapping people. But beyond the ability
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to cast spells, the subclass really
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doesn't give us very much. We get a
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similar ability to the Eldrich Knight,
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to the Blad Singer, where we can use
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extra attack and replace an attack with
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the cantrip. and perhaps most novel in
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the subclass. We can use focus points
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with our spell slots similar to the
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sorcerers font of magic where we can
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turn spell slots into focus points or
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turn focus points into spell slots. So
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like that's really neat. You'll be able
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to recharge a lot of your spell slots on
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a short rest because focus points come
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back on a short rest. So like there's
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interesting stuff there. Maybe we see a
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lot of monks using like armor of agthus
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and false life and mage armor and shield
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and things like that. So yeah, that
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could be really interesting. But that's
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really where the interesting bits stop.
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And you get that at level six. At level
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10, advantage on concentration. Fine. If
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you want that, take warcaster. And then
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the capstone for the subclass straight
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up doesn't do anything. It was basically
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copy pasted from the Eldrich Knight
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fighter. You when you take the attack
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action, you trade two of your attacks to
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cast a level one or two spell as part of
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the attack action. but you only get two
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attacks. So, you're taking the attack
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action to give up all of your attacks to
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cast a level one or two spell as an
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action. So, you're spending an action to
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cast a spell that takes an action to
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cast. Wellded.
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