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Monk Subclass - The Kensei (5e)

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The Kensei is a subclass for the monk. In order to use it, you should have a copy of the Player's Handbook.

The Kensei is a student of a particular weapon of their choice, or the speciality of the school or monastery they trained under. As their mastery of the weapon progresses, it becomes an extension of their physical, and even spiritual self.

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Steven K February 13, 2016 5:35 pm UTC
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I've been playing with this class, and may have found a bit of a balance issue at high level play. 6th level you get Kensei Flurry (4 weapon attacks per round) At level 11 player gains Kensei clarity ability, (restores a Ki point on a crit). Great so far! Now dip in 3 levels of fighter and take great weapon and battlemaster. Now you're critting on 19 or 20's (10% chance). Each time you use flurry, you have a 40% chance of getting your point back during that turn. This is even greater if you play with flanking rules, which doubles the chance to 80% if you're attacking with advantage. plus you're re-rolling your 1s and 2s. That's a ton of damage at little to no cost. As such, perhaps the verbiage for Kensei clarity should be changed to a natural 20 for balance reasons.
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Andrew P February 16, 2016 4:13 pm UTC
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The probability math doesn't quite work like that. It helps to look at it like the inverse of failing. In this case, the odds of not rolling a 19 or higher is 0.9, and you multiply by itself for each die. For 4 attacks with advantage, you get an odds of 57%. High, but the damage is still commensurate with a Champion's damage output.
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