Non-Ascetic Monk Stances

[Vlaid]

Some of the stances for ascetics are really cool, visually interesting  or just have plain interesting effects besides being powerful.

It would be nice if non-ascetic monks got some more interesting stances.  Generally the only ones you see are things like [Takes on a beetle  stance and gains some small passive +1-2 somewhere].

Why not throw some stances in that have more aesthetic appeal if not  mechanical appeal? Maybe some could even be more about RP. Stances that  aren't obvious passive comparisons to each other.

I would say the regular monk stances could use some work overall to make  it more about finding a stance that fits your dogma/RP style of a monk  and less about which passive +2 AC or whatever stance you can find.

Maybe with more powerful, identical versions available and ready to be handed out to Monks in lieu of DM loot.

[RagingPurpleGiant]

They're out there, man. I've found a few, but all the stances are just sorta rare, so it's a challenge to find and collect them, which I think is kinda cool.

I have no idea how many exist, but I've got my fingers crossed it's already a decent number.

[Vlaid]

Yeah I found quite a few on my ascetic. They all didn't do much or the effects were so minor I didn't really notice what they did. Other than one very specific one I got through unconventional means.

All I'm saying is for the stances to be a little more meaningful in style and flash and less focused on minor passives so it's not an easy case of compare passive x to passive y and use whichever one is better regardless of what makes sense for your PC.