Hi,
First off, this is not supposed to be a flame thread about all the old issues/hate for the unchained monk.
I was one of the people to give some criticism to the unchained monk. I have since started such a character. So far he is kicking some serious ass, and surviving well. I am only level 3, so no Ki powers yet.At level 1 I had the most HP in the party. Playing a human with Toughness as one of my first feats. (the other being dodge and deflect arrows.) Favoured class bonus goes into HP as well.
All in all I wanted to hear if anyone has had a similar pleasant surprise when they actually tried the class out in a real game?
The aim for this character is to end up as a kind of "Muay Thai god of death". I was surprised when he started pulling it off very well from level 2 :P