Has anyone built a party so that they are all capable of seeing in a monk’s magical darkness? Currently I am trying to build a party (my friends asked me to make their characters for them) with a warlock using devil’s sight, a shadow monk, a fighter using blindsight, and a cleric that is so far unable to see, but should be fine just staying away. Thoughts on better ways to optimize? Is it even worth it?
The problem with the cleric staying away is they can’t see you to heal you. Someone drops innocent that darkness, and it’s really hard to get them back up.
I’ve been playing a shadow monk, and it’s pretty annoying I can’t use one of my main class features without nerfing the rest of the party, so I feel your pain.
Edit to add: dwarf tremorsense can help situationally.
Exactly my thoughts. Gloom Stalker possibly duel classed with Twilight Cleric.
Problem with this - neither of these subclasses give a character the ability to see in magical darkness, as created by the Shadow Monk's Darkness spell. That would take a feature like the Warlock's Devil's Sight that lets you see in magical darkness, or a special sense like Blindsight or Tremorsense.
That said, I have played in a party that all found a way to see in magical darkness. The Fighter took the Blind Fighting style, as did the Paladin, the Rogue took the Skulker Feat, and the Warlock took the Devil's Sight invocation. Having the entire party able to easily get advantage on enemies that were in the Shadow Monk's Darkness was very potent, and trivialized a lot of encounters.
Has anyone built a party so that they are all capable of seeing in a monk’s magical darkness? Currently I am trying to build a party (my friends asked me to make their characters for them) with a warlock using devil’s sight, a shadow monk, a fighter using blindsight, and a cleric that is so far unable to see, but should be fine just staying away. Thoughts on better ways to optimize? Is it even worth it?
The problem with the cleric staying away is they can’t see you to heal you. Someone drops innocent that darkness, and it’s really hard to get them back up.
I’ve been playing a shadow monk, and it’s pretty annoying I can’t use one of my main class features without nerfing the rest of the party, so I feel your pain.
Edit to add: dwarf tremorsense can help situationally.
Other related builds that could be worth a look is Twilight Cleric, Gloomstalker Ranger and Shadow Sorcerer.
Exactly my thoughts. Gloom Stalker possibly duel classed with Twilight Cleric.
Problem with this - neither of these subclasses give a character the ability to see in magical darkness, as created by the Shadow Monk's Darkness spell. That would take a feature like the Warlock's Devil's Sight that lets you see in magical darkness, or a special sense like Blindsight or Tremorsense.
That said, I have played in a party that all found a way to see in magical darkness. The Fighter took the Blind Fighting style, as did the Paladin, the Rogue took the Skulker Feat, and the Warlock took the Devil's Sight invocation. Having the entire party able to easily get advantage on enemies that were in the Shadow Monk's Darkness was very potent, and trivialized a lot of encounters.