Personally, I love this class, and eagerly await the chance to play it. It is basically a monk that gives up Flurry, bonus feats, still mind, wholeness of body, and diamond soul. In exchange, it casts spells as a cleric, slightly increases unarmed attack damage, and bestows an ability that allows them to use their unarmed damage when using a weapon.
My DM and I are okay with it, but I would like to hear some thoughts on this class. Too strong? Not strong enough? If you were to play one, how would you go about it?
It's been a while since I've read that article, I I do remember it. While the sohei is flat-out stronger than the monk, I'm not sure it it's overpowered. Could you give me a comparison with the cleric? (if it's stronger than the cleric than it's broken, if it's weaker, than it's fine).
Personally, I love this class, and eagerly await the chance to play it. It is basically a monk that gives up Flurry, bonus feats, still mind, wholeness of body, and diamond soul. In exchange, it casts spells as a cleric, slightly increases unarmed attack damage, and bestows an ability that allows them to use their unarmed damage when using a weapon.My DM and I are okay with it, but I would like to hear some thoughts on this class. Too strong? Not strong enough? If you were to play one, how would you go about it?
We had a dwarven monk/cleric in one of my campaigns that would have made much more sense using this particular class, though, alas, the player:
1. Kept multi classing insanely and
2. left the campaign
They end up with the same armor restrictions as monks, with no channeling. I would have liked to have actually seen it in play, but alas, that was not to be. After my read through of the class, though, I didn't have a problem letting someone give it a try.