I had this be used with my current monk and oh man are they having a blast. It doesnt make them overpowered it just gives them more options with less ki needed as this class should have been.

Great, I love the build of elemental powers over the levels, really consistent with the flavour of the 5e monk, introduced by one of my players in a campaign I'm running, I'm interested in playing this subclass myself or introducing NPCs with a focus on one of the elements along with elemental creatures of the same type.

Quickly becoming my go to monk - my only piece of advice is that (I feel) there should be four stance choices at each level. This gives the player a choice to build upon the element they have chosen or to diversify into another element.

Very much an improvement on the standard Way of the Elements. The monk feels like somehing from a kung fu movie or Avatar. Very characterful and easy to play.

My only bugbear is that the Earth Stance, which allows you to ignore around 7 points (wis+prof) blugeoning, slashing or peircing damage per hit, makes the monk all but impervious to low-level minions. The monk of my group basically tanked every encounter except bosses! I had to start crafting enemies specifically to take him on!

Regardless, I look forwaards to using this class option more often.

This is a well balanced and well thought out revision that fully achieves what it set out to do with style and with feeling. This tradition much more truly captures the feeling, function and soul, of a monk that uses elemetnal forces and energies, especially if you contrast it agaisnt the orignal four-elements monk, which was heavily diconnected in its aspects. The vanilla FE monk was just a monk with a handful of weak-for-level spells, and no extra perks. This reinvention of the tradition is something that I would consider an essential replacement for any campaign going forward, hands down.

The limitations of the traditon will be felt most keenly at the very beginning - at third level - however the pinch smooths by the very next level, and though the resource squeeze never goes away completely (which is a good thing), the overall balance is excellent.

Players may find themselves pining over the tough choices that must be made when it comes to the stances - a limit of four out of seven means that players wanting all four base elements won't be able to acquire any of the advanced stances, and those wanting an advanced stance must give up at least one basic elemental form choice to take it, and they are all appealing, and all have their charm. Difficult decisions aside, however, this certianly encourages replayability of the tradition with different characters.

I would recommend this as an essential consideration to anyone thinking of playing an elemental monk, or creating one for their campaign.

An excellent subclass for all those who actually want to have fun doing amazing martial arts attacks as a monk instead of being a second-rate spellcaster. It's concisely written and easy to understand as well as being expertly balanced. This archetype is a must have for everyone who is a fan of the wonderful High Rollers: Lightfall campaign. Don't let Yogscast's Kim Richards be the only one who can do these super cool finishing moves!