I had a thought, what about making a Chi Wizard subclass? But I can't decide if it would be a better fit as a Monk subclass or a Wizard subclass, deciding that would determine the way the class would be built.
That said, there could be another subclass for a Monk that allows them to dip into the wizard/sorcerer/warlock spell lists that isn't quite like the Chi Wizard called Arcane Monk, or rather a Path of the Arcane monk, I don't know if that's a thing at the moment.
Well, the Arcane Monk probably is basically a Way of the Four Elements Monk. But a Chi Wizard is the reverse, They're a Wizard with Monk aspects, and a few special spells that take the use of Chi and apply it in different ways.
I think you kinda answered that question youself If it's a wizard with monk aspects, rather than a monk with wizard aspect then you should put it under wizard.
I'd say build under the monk and see how that turns out. You'll have to heavily tweak it but I'm sure it can be done. Eventually the D&D Beyond team is gonna make it so you can edit more aspects of a subclass/class
Well this really depends a lot on what you are after.
A wizard base will be a 'book studied' individual that is primarily magic with extras. A monk base would be a more martial type with some magic to augment them (akin to how an eldritch knight augments with magic).
Now if you aren't set on the 'book studied' style and want predominantly magic an alternative could be a sorcerer as they already have the sorcery points aspect that could be reflavoured into a Chi points feature (essentially simply referring to them as Chi points instead of sorcery points). It would mean the magic side of thing is a bit more innate/internal (no prep, set known spells) to the character but would also mean the points aspect is already handled letting you focus more on the other features to really bring out the Chi 'Wizard' flavour.
While sorcerers are generally seen as their magic being innate the mechanics work for all sorts of other rationales.
I had a thought, what about making a Chi Wizard subclass? But I can't decide if it would be a better fit as a Monk subclass or a Wizard subclass, deciding that would determine the way the class would be built.
That said, there could be another subclass for a Monk that allows them to dip into the wizard/sorcerer/warlock spell lists that isn't quite like the Chi Wizard called Arcane Monk, or rather a Path of the Arcane monk, I don't know if that's a thing at the moment.
Well, we'll see what happens
Seems what you are looking at is a lot like the Way of The Four Elements that already is in the PHB, as far as your explanation goes.
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Well, the Arcane Monk probably is basically a Way of the Four Elements Monk. But a Chi Wizard is the reverse, They're a Wizard with Monk aspects, and a few special spells that take the use of Chi and apply it in different ways.
I think you kinda answered that question youself
If it's a wizard with monk aspects, rather than a monk with wizard aspect then you should put it under wizard.
I'd say build under the monk and see how that turns out. You'll have to heavily tweak it but I'm sure it can be done. Eventually the D&D Beyond team is gonna make it so you can edit more aspects of a subclass/class
Well this really depends a lot on what you are after.
A wizard base will be a 'book studied' individual that is primarily magic with extras.
A monk base would be a more martial type with some magic to augment them (akin to how an eldritch knight augments with magic).
Now if you aren't set on the 'book studied' style and want predominantly magic an alternative could be a sorcerer as they already have the sorcery points aspect that could be reflavoured into a Chi points feature (essentially simply referring to them as Chi points instead of sorcery points).
It would mean the magic side of thing is a bit more innate/internal (no prep, set known spells) to the character but would also mean the points aspect is already handled letting you focus more on the other features to really bring out the Chi 'Wizard' flavour.
While sorcerers are generally seen as their magic being innate the mechanics work for all sorts of other rationales.
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