Stout halflings make especially good monks, since they have +1 Con and resistance to poison. +5 to initiative, prevents you from being surprised if conscious, negates the advantage hidden opponents have on attack rolls when hiding from you. at level 2, and continues to increase it as you gain levels. This often completely eliminates the need for armor, Unarmored Movement - Increases your speed by 10 ft. And it will help in many situations that require saving throws. I'm not saying this build is definitively superior, but nor do I think it's clear cut as you were suggesting either.Monk Weapons 5e. If Variant Human is allowed then they could start with a feat on top of all this too, such as Great Weapon Master (more damage) or Heavy Armour Master (more survivability). Their AC would be marginly worse but their hit dice would be better, and they'd likely have a starting 16 in Con too so they'd have an average of 11 more health. And once per short rest they could do all of that twice (8d6 +16 as a base) in a single turn. That's worse than your damage but they'd also be critting on 19's as well as 20s and rerolling any 1's and 2's on their damage die ( Great Weapon Fighting). Tasty.Дoes all that blow Fighters out of the water? Not necesserilyДЄs just one exmaple, and sticking to point buy (15, 15, 12, 12, 9, 8) a level 5 Champion Fighter with 18 Str and 18 AC (Plate armour), wielding a greatsword, could deal 4d6 +8 each round.

You'll then be able to use a bonus action to make an additional unarmed strike thanks to Martial Arts, or an additional two unarmed strikes, if you spend a ki point, thanks to Flurry of Blows.ДЄll of that will give you, as you stated, 19 AC and, assuming all your attacks hit, allow you to deal either 1d10+2d6+12 damage (single bonus action unarmed strike) or 1d10+3d6+16 damage (Flurry) each round.

Thanks to gaining extra attack at level five you can make two attacks as part of your attack action, and as long as one of those is unarmed you'll get an extra +2 to your AC, until your next turn thanks to Agile Parry.

You calculated your base AC of 17, based on Unarmoured Defense correctly.

A longsword is neither Heavy nor Special so is a valid choice for a Kensei Weapon, making it a monk weapon, which applying Martial Arts you can wield with Dexterity, even though it lacks the finesse property.You've correctly applied the ASI's for being a wood elf and for turning level 4.You've generated your ability scores correctly using point buy.It feels like it fights better than a fighter, itвЂ™s as hard to hit as a fighter if not more, has slightly lower HP, but moves way more and deals considerably more damage, which is what makes me doubt whether IвЂ™m interpreting the rules correctly. Is this interpretation and build correct? That is 24.5 to 31 average damage per turn, every turn, while maintaining a high AC. With a +4 Dex and +3 Wis that will result in: Use Agile Parry for a +2AC until next turn.Or use martial arts for just one additional unarmed attack. Use flurry of blows for 2 additional unarmed attacks for 1d6+dex each.

Make an unarmed attack with your extra action for 1d6+dex.Make an attack with your monk weapon (I.e.You gain a +2 bonus to AC until the start of your next turn, while the weapon is in your hand and you arenвЂ™t incapacitated. If you make an unarmed strike as part of the AttackВ action on your turn and are holding a kensei weapon, you can use it to defend yourself if it is a melee weapon. Dex: 18 (14 point buy, 2 wood elf, 2 ASI)

Kesnei monk feats 5e