10-03-2014, 09:02 AM
Not like I'd imply my own opinions are the end-all be-all for what needs to be done, they were simply my thoughts when comparing some of this to abilities as closely as I can but... for the most part a lot of this is pretty unique. Nice, but it makes setting it out more difficult.
It doesn't really feel like anything from the Monk is being capitalized on with this class, in honesty I feel like you'd have an easier time making this a Bard archetype. Mach 10 is typically better than unarmed full-attacks with Flurry gone, and you were even saying you were thinking of reworking/replacing the martial arts styles.
Just a thought, Bard would be a more fitting base class... though it's also sort of attack-oriented so maybe something with average BAB.
I feel like I fall back onto this one a little too often, but maybe Red Mage? Bard casting in place of Red Mage list, Arcane Pool can be used for Sona Point stuff, Ruby Arcanas and Spellstrike can be replaced with Mach 10 and Hypersonic maybe... and it's already a Cha-class. Getting cha for attack isn't implausible, for any class, but getting it to damage(on standard weapons, that is) as well is a lot more than it might seem like at first glance.
It doesn't really feel like anything from the Monk is being capitalized on with this class, in honesty I feel like you'd have an easier time making this a Bard archetype. Mach 10 is typically better than unarmed full-attacks with Flurry gone, and you were even saying you were thinking of reworking/replacing the martial arts styles.
Just a thought, Bard would be a more fitting base class... though it's also sort of attack-oriented so maybe something with average BAB.
I feel like I fall back onto this one a little too often, but maybe Red Mage? Bard casting in place of Red Mage list, Arcane Pool can be used for Sona Point stuff, Ruby Arcanas and Spellstrike can be replaced with Mach 10 and Hypersonic maybe... and it's already a Cha-class. Getting cha for attack isn't implausible, for any class, but getting it to damage(on standard weapons, that is) as well is a lot more than it might seem like at first glance.