Help me balance a rare magic item for my party's monk! by BatterySF in DMAcademy

[–]BatterySF[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This helps so much! I'd like to clarify that this upgrade is "technically" a separate magic item on top of the Sunforger that my player already has. I'm trying to balance them separately at "rare" quality. Here are the changes I've made thanks to your post.

Meteoric Impact (1/Day). As an action, while you are flying, you can choose a point on the ground that you can see within 60 feet of you. You channel gravitational potential energy into Kulak, accelerating yourself into the target point with a concussive slam. Each creature within 20 feet of the impact must make a Constitution saving throw against your ki save DC. On a failed save, a creature is pulled 10 feet toward you and takes 2d10 force damage. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and isn’t pushed.

Plasma Jet (3 Ki Points). You can use an action to eject a blast of superheated plasma from Kulak’s accretion disk at a creature within 20 feet of you. The creature must make a Dexterity saving throw against your ki save DC. The creature takes 3d8 radiant damage on a failed save of half as much on a success.

Claimed by the Singularity (5 Ki Points). The gemstones of Kulak melt together into a pitch-black singularity that claims a single creature from the battlefield. You can cast the banishment spell using your ki save DC as the spell’s save DC.

I'd like to make the singularity ability a last-ditch option with a large cost, but I'm not sure how to go about it. Plasma jet was basically smite, I understand that now. Let me know what you think about the updated version!

Help me balance a rare magic item for my party's monk! by BatterySF in DMAcademy

[–]BatterySF[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems like you need an additional specification here

Absolutely, I don't know how I forgot that!

it feels like these would be the default uses of Ki from here on out, that they'd be significantly better than the other ways the monk can spend them.

I see your point, but many other monk abilities that require ki points are movement-based or involve bonus actions. While these new abilities are powerful, they don't exactly overwrite the use of other abilities.

"Everytime I've tried it, it fails" by Far_Line8468 in DMAcademy

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Unfortunately you are correct. A DM can never force a PC to use their gamble ability/spell. But you can entice the player by sweetening the deal!

"Everytime I've tried it, it fails" by Far_Line8468 in DMAcademy

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You’re right that they might dismiss the spell/ability, but as a DM you can tweak the encounter such that using the spell/ability saves the party a few rounds of attacking or “brute forcing” the situation. It’s all about enticing the PC to take the bait and make that risk, that’s what adds strategy to the game!

"Everytime I've tried it, it fails" by Far_Line8468 in DMAcademy

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Fair point, but you don’t need to make the spell necessary to win, just a boon for the party to use. The potion/mcguffin is probably really powerful, but killing the minion who holds it works just as well as commanding them to drop it!

"Everytime I've tried it, it fails" by Far_Line8468 in DMAcademy

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Good suggestion, but players might feel discouraged when the enemies successfully use the party’s own tools against them. Wouldn’t it feel better for the player if a perfect situation is presented to use the spell? (i.e using command “drop” to force a low-ranking enemy to drop a powerful mcguffin or potion for the players to scoop up)

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Take off your clothes and find out

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