Today I found a rather interesting... Quirk? Bug? I don't know if this is the right way to actually describe this issue, even if this is an issue at all considering that minor changes are being made to the 2014 character sheets since the 2024 PHB is right around the corner of release-- but I took a look at my Kensei Monk's character sheet today and I noticed that her Damage Die had been bumped up from a D8 to a D10, and she's currently at level 11 and has a Dex score of 18, which would give her a +4 bonus. So, I had to look at the Martial Arts die chart and it seems as if I don't get an increase until I hit an ASI increase to Dex or hit level 13.
Can anyone tell me exactly what is happening here?
EDIT: Okay so... It seems like whatever is going on with 2014 Monk has gotten COMPLETELY screwed up with Martial Arts Die, Damage, and Proficiency Bonus in hitting... I created a level one Monk, and they're hitting with a +5 Bonus and a D6 damage dice.
Yeah, there's a bug with the Martial Arts die for the base monk class. My level 6 Ascendant Dragon monk is showing 1d8 for the damage die on Unarmed Strikes instead of the 1d6 that it should have.
Interestingly, this is only an issue with the base Monk class but it appears subclasses are not affected. My Ascendant Dragon breath weapon does damage "... equal to two rolls of your Martial Arts die..." and the breath weapon shows that it does 2d6 damage. So Ascendant Dragon still recognizes that my Martial Arts die is 1d6.
Today I found a rather interesting... Quirk? Bug? I don't know if this is the right way to actually describe this issue, even if this is an issue at all considering that minor changes are being made to the 2014 character sheets since the 2024 PHB is right around the corner of release-- but I took a look at my Kensei Monk's character sheet today and I noticed that her Damage Die had been bumped up from a D8 to a D10, and she's currently at level 11 and has a Dex score of 18, which would give her a +4 bonus. So, I had to look at the Martial Arts die chart and it seems as if I don't get an increase until I hit an ASI increase to Dex or hit level 13.
Can anyone tell me exactly what is happening here?
Character Sheet:
https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/83772831
EDIT: Okay so... It seems like whatever is going on with 2014 Monk has gotten COMPLETELY screwed up with Martial Arts Die, Damage, and Proficiency Bonus in hitting... I created a level one Monk, and they're hitting with a +5 Bonus and a D6 damage dice.
Yeah, there's a bug with the Martial Arts die for the base monk class. My level 6 Ascendant Dragon monk is showing 1d8 for the damage die on Unarmed Strikes instead of the 1d6 that it should have.
Interestingly, this is only an issue with the base Monk class but it appears subclasses are not affected. My Ascendant Dragon breath weapon does damage "... equal to two rolls of your Martial Arts die..." and the breath weapon shows that it does 2d6 damage. So Ascendant Dragon still recognizes that my Martial Arts die is 1d6.
I can confirm that the 2014 monk's damage is bugged. Same here for my 5th level monk with 1d8 unarmed strike damage (instead of 1d6).
It's a fun bug, but a bug none-the-less. Glad I'm not the only one with it.
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Known bug.