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Thread: 4E Radiant Monk Question
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4E Radiant Monk Question
In the PH3 book the monk is introduced and never really having played a monk before I thought I would take a look. In the game I will eventually play (we haven't started) I will be playing a monk with a focus on the paragon path of Radiant Monk (fitting the character), but I have a question. The book states
You gain the Channel Divinity class feature, which means you can use a single Channel Divinity power once per encounter. You also gain a divinity feat of your choice.Yes, a tiny net is a death sentence, it's a net and it's tiny! -Master Betty (Kung Pow)
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Re: 4E Radiant Monk Question
Okay, just making sure as it seemed to indicate a class feature power, but at the same time doesn't so I wasn't sure.
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Re: 4E Radiant Monk Question
Yeah, you have a small selection of Channel Divinity feat options depending on the Domains of your chosen deity. IIRC, all the Divine power source classes have at least 1 channel divinity, so it isn't really a "class feature" so much as a "divine feature"
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Re: 4E Ra diant Monk Question
If there's a class specific divine channel ability that you really want, you can consider grabbing the divine channeler feat (from divine power). It counts as a multiclass feat for whichever divine class you want it to, and lets you add one of their channel divinity options to your list. Unless you plan on taking the revered one epic destiny, you can still only use one channel divinity ability per encounter.
While this is a significantly weaker MC entry feat than Disciple of Divine Wrath if you want to dabble in Avenger, or Soldier of the Faith if you want to dabble in paladinery (like a certain comic antagonist), it's much better than the cleric or invoker options - and both clerics and invokers offer interesting radiant synergy feats - namely Invoker Aura for invokers (which is probably not actually worthwhile unless you did take the Revered One epic destiny) and Radiant Advantage for clerics (which makes any enemy you hit with radiant damage grant combat advantage). But both are epic feats.
Cleric can also land you some minor things in paragon, if you took turn undead (you can take Undead Ward to make turn undead drop an undead-killing zone as an aftereffect) or worship the raven queen (take Raven Queen's Outrage to slide 1 to any enemy you hurt with radiant damage).
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Re: 4E Radiant Monk Question
This is a little after the fact, but I was having an issue with this very thing, as I am creating my first 4e monk.
In my opinion, the word 'also' implies that 'in addition to' the Channel Divinity class feature and power (in my reading, it means 'of your choice'), you are ALSO allowed to pick a Channel Divinity feat.
I feel that if it had meant for you to ONLY take a Channel Divinity feat, they would have worded it as such or used the word 'and' to indicate that it was in injunction with the class feature. Maybe that it's me, though.
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It gives you Channel Divinity, which lets you use Channel Divinity powers, BUT it doesn't give you any such powers, so it gives you a free feat to get one.
It's worth noting that Channel Divinity feats require the Channel Divinity feature, they don't grant it on their own, so you couldn't take the feats without already having the feature.LGBTAitP
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Re: 4E Radiant Monk Question
This. Do please note that in 4e, What You See Is What You Get. The Radiant Fist's Channel Divinity feature tells you that you get Channel Divinity. It does not tell you that you get a Channel Divinity power; you gain the feature which allows you to use the powers. And, incidentally, allows you to qualify for the divinity feat it gives you.
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