It would be interesting to see if Larian makes any changes to the monk.
Amongst the table top community, it's considered one of the more underpowered classes, and there are numerous discussions about "fixing it".
However, the high magic item and resting system of BG3 might actually just naturally fix the Monk's issues (running out of Ki, need many stats). Will be interesting to see.
While the prevalence of magic items should buff the monk, BG3's resting system will make the monk
less powerful because monks are a Short Rest class. In PnP, unless you have a strict GM or frequently explore places you can't short rest, monks can easily enter each (at least moderately difficult) combat with full Ki. But in BG3, wizards+etc can get all their spell slots back ~just as easily as monks can get Ki back.
I'll add that in BG3 it's likely that monks will be able to BA unarmed strike / flurry of blows even if they don't take the Attack Action on their turn, a slight buff. I just think this is how Larian will implement that ability.
I also disagree that they're underpowered (at mid+ levels). The problem, in my opinion, is Stunning Strike - an overpowered ability because it can be attempted multiple times per turn (and, again, you get Ki back upon a short rest). Even though many of monks' other abilities might be relatively weaker than other classes', this ability elevates them to being absolute monsters past level 5. In my experience, if your monk spends all their ki attempting stunning strikes, they're
at least as powerful as other classes. If they don't use it much, they're underpowered.
