The most common homebrew changes I’ve seen people make for monks is making things like ki = level + wisdom, hightening their damage die on each step (D4 to D6, D6 to D8, etc.) and, to a lesser extend, raising their hit die to a d10.
For people who have done all or at least two of these changes at once or have experienced another player do that, how did it go? I’m genuinely curious!
My group tried buffing monk, including some of your ideas.
Our conclusion was, that no matter how you buff them, there are some fundamental problems with 5e that monks bad to play. Monk is the tip of the iceberg, and until you address larger issues, monk will never feel great to play.
elaborate please?
movement is pretty irrelevant. after you get to your target you are done, no need to do drifts in the battlefield
disregarding ki being a problem with the assumption the +WIS fix helped, the actual uses for it are not very great
lack of martial options for battlefield control. if there is more than 1 enemy you are kinda out of your league
lack of monk magic items (and proper codified GM advice on distributing them that is beyond a lil rarity that doesnt help)
the entire existance of spells
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they get +x to hit and to damage and magical unarmed strikes with uncommon/rare/very rare versions now.
(wrappers from book of many things, or insignia of claws from another book that has been out a while)
that’s a good start, bc it lets you up your dmg just like other martials who get +1 wpns in tier 1 already.
there’s the dragonhide belts that add Ki points and up the DC of monk features, bracers of defense, boots of springing and striding… ring of walter walking (who wants to wait until 8th lvl anyways?!)
I don’t think there’s really a lack of magic items for monks. sure, heavily depends on the DM, but don’t most things??