They are not only alternatives to what you already get but the Way of Elements monk is too expensive.A hundred years passed and Wizards of the Coast discovered the new Monk playstyle, a bow user using Dedicated Weapon. But when most of your spells are combat spells and you're casting one burning hands for two stunning fists it really isn't going to work. The Way of Shadows Monk gives you places to spend ki points that aren't combat.
All equipment was priced using the AncientWhiteArmyVets D&D 5e Magic Arms and Armor Price Guide and AncientWhiteArmyVets D& D 5e Wondrous Magic Item Price Guides.Way of the Four Elements Revisited The original Way of the Four Elements is widely considered the worst option of the monk archetypes available in the Player’s Handbook or other official sources. Here you will find pregenerated character sheets that take this PC from levels 1 through 20. Publishers blurb: Meet Erlan Quickfoot, a Rabbitfolk (UA) Way of the Four Elements Monk for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. Of those, players looking for the best monk build possible. But I believe the Four Elements Monk can be a viable subclass.There are six official subclasses to choose from: the Way of the Open Hand, Shadow, Four Elements, Drunken Master, Kensai, and Sun Soul.
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Ah c’est la vie, but it still means I can share this build here! WHAT IS THIS BUILD?In short Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything gave the Monk two very important key features that make playing a Monk with a Shortbow viable. Honestly this is a build that I have wanted to play for awhile but it always sort of fell on the backburner because I have other characters I want to play more. But unlike most of my builds I’m going to go fairly in-depth into this and provide as detailed of a guide as possible on playing a vanilla Four Elements Monk with a Shortbow. Welcome back to the semi-infrequent “here’s a random build I thought would be cool that doesn’t fit any League of Legends characters” series of posts on this Tumblr.
While this does accentuate other subclasses (such as the Way of Shadow) this was primarily added to allow the Four Elements Monk to still attack after using its Elemental Disciplines.The important wording here is that you can make a Monk Weapon attack with this feature, meaning that you can fire your Shortbow as a Bonus Action after using an Elemental Discipline. And I mean you could’ve honestly picked a better class than Monk for a Crossbow Expert build.The second feature that makes this build semi-viable for a Four Elements Monk is Ki-Fueled Attack, allowing you to make an unarmed strike or Monk weapon attack as a Bonus Action if you use a Ki point on a class feature with your main action. This sadly means that you can not use a Longbow (as the Longbow has the Heavy property for some reason) but this does make the Shortbow a somewhat viable option for Monks!Crossbow Expert can be used in this build but you will be losing out on a lot of the value.
If you want something stronger just play a Crossbow Expert Fighter. Like, you’d honestly just be better just playing an Improved Pact Weapon Warlock.In short the literal only reason to run this build is just to try to make Four Elements Monk viable. (You’ll have all the problems of Four Elements Monk, notably the insane Ki consumption and rather underwhelming spell scaling.) You’re still playing Four Elements Monk lmao. Your DPS will be subpar in comparison to other dedicated ranged builds. Very limited use of your other core Monk abilities (notably Stunning Strike.)
Has some flaws that don’t stack up well, or simply doesn’t provide enough to be chosen over other options. 👍 OK - Decent enough but mostly for roleplay than actual practicality. ⭐ GOOD - Strong option in its own right but perhaps not too powerful for the build at hand. 🌟 GREAT - Very good option with no weaknesses / losses in opportunity cost. ✨ OPTIMAL - Grants unique abilities that empower the build specifically.
You shouldn’t be making Charisma checks. There are honestly better races to get damage resistances from.You’re a Wisdom class. 👎 DRAGONBORNWhile it’s certainly flavorful you’re hardly ever going to get into range to use your breath weapon, and since it scales off Constitution it likely won’t hit even if you get to use it. Your damage resistances will be situational at best. There are other options that are just objectively better.So remember how I said I’d go far more in-depth with this guide? Well I’m going to cover all the races, and the pros and cons of each.
Thankfully Tasha’s allows you to swap the proficiencies from Dwarven Combat Training with tools (or possibly even a Hand Crossbow if you swing that way) but you still won’t be able to use a Longbow because lol “Heavy weapon.”Both Enlarge / Reduce and Invisibility can be useful, but they’re both Concentration spells which means you can’t use them at the same time as your Elemental Disciplines. 👍 DWARFAn amusing prospect but there aren’t many Dwarf subraces that work well for a Monk. And again: both your breath weapon and your damage resistance will largely wind up being redundant. Having a (non-Concentration!) Flight ability once per Long Rest can be useful! Thing is you’ll likely be using Ride the Wind in this build quite frequently, so Flight loses a lot of its value. Doesn’t stop the breath weapon from being largely useless.The Metallic breath weapon can be nice to give yourself some space, but it’ll come up so rarely it’s not worth taking an entire race for it.Now this is mildly interesting. It’s up to you if you think tanking a shot is worth it to shoot back but I’d sooner just play a race with more useful abilities overall.Total damage immunity is neat.
The one thing that’s worth mentioning is that Elves do gain access to the Elven Accuracy feat, but since you’re likely going to be using Clench of the North Wind (Hold Person) your attacks are going to be auto-critting anyways, so it’s not as useful for this build as it is for an average Monk using Stunning Strike.Regarding the Aereni, Valenar, and PHB High / Wood elves (Eberron) - The Aereni Elves get Expertise in one skill, making them by far the best Elf if given the option to choose. But of course what we’re really here for is the subraces, as the baseline Elf package doesn’t provide much. Can’t go wrong with the Elf Archer. 👍 ELFAh an all-time classic. A +1 ASI isn’t worth the completely worthless armor proficiencies in my opinion. Take it if you want to dump CON like a gamer.None of the spells you get are that good, and you likely aren’t going to be making Investigation / Thieves’ Tools checks as a Monk.I mean if you want to powergame for that sweet +2 DEX / +2 WIS.
(I’m actually playing a High Elf Monk right now!) But again: the real reason to play a High Elf is the Fey Teleportation feat.A nice cantrip, a boost to stealth, and (most notably) the Invisibility spell. With all that being said I may be tempted just to play a High Elf for the Fey Teleportation feat.The cantrip can be useful if you take a utility cantrip like Message, Mending, or even Prestidigitation. I’d primarily opt for the Spring variant for some utility with allies, but Winter and Autum can also be useful. Sunlight Sensitivity takes an already suboptimal choice and makes it actively detrimental.Teleportation is never not useful.
⭐ GNOMEGnomes arguably became one of the strongest races in the game in general now that Tasha’s allows you to move their Intelligence boost elsewhere. The Wood Elf Magic feat isn’t all that useful for you unfortunately. Just be ready to be called an edgelord for playing the death elf.5 extra feet of movement goes a long way for a Monk, and being able to hide goes a long way for an archer. Are you not in an aquatic campaign? Then this subrace is almost completely pointless.Pretty much objectively better than the Eladrin, and offer a compelling argument to be played with their Necrotic resistance and damage resistant teleport. The real utility however is the Advantage on Insight checks, which for a Wisdom character will be consistently useful! Advantage on Investigation checks is also nice to have.Are you in an aquatic campaign? Well here’s your subrace.
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