Did anyone rebuild the Black Monk using Unchained Monk?


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How did it play? I'm a bit worried that giving it flying kick might be a bit much.

If you have the statblock on hand, would you be willing to share?


I rewrote him/it as with unchained and updated feat selections as well. Might have added a level as well, and added some juju zombies. The fight was fun and a bit stressful, particularly since several party members were paralyzed in fear during their flight/ climb in. But I am running for six well built 25 point PCs, so...

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Not only did I do that, I also gave him the Serpent-Fire Adept archetype, describing his kundalini as pale green instead of vibrant orange.
I gave him flying kick & headbutt, considering his body was tightly bound. Unfortunately, I ended up describing him as floating face-down, then twirling rapidly through the air to attack. I also made the serpent-fire breath attack do a sort of cone-shaped enervation.

I don't have the statblock on hand, but he basically nearly caused a TPK until he ran out of kundalini qi and couldn't fly any more. Then everyone bum-rushed him.


You guys had some good ideas but, my Monk got beat in two rounds mostly due to the party crushing their saves against his Despair and Breath Attack and having the action economy advantage.

If anything I probably should have added a few Juju zombie monks to the encounter.

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