BlizzCon 09: D3 Heroes and Monsters Panel

Diablo 3 Heroes and Monsters Panel has just finished, and Blizzi.com, has a fact sheet about what the panel was about. It features, Monk details, New skills, monsters etc.
Monk
Why Monk?

• Inspired by pen and paper RPG characters
• Fragile, fast, melee is good gameplay
• Good contrast from the Barbarian
• Different

The Monks Kit:

• Feels like a fighting game (Combo moves)
• Holy magic
• Speed over Thoughness
• Complementary Skills
• A bit more challenging
  • The history is from Leonard Boyarsky
  • He is religious, Spiritual Warraior on the Side of Good
  • Wyatt Cheng (dude with skills)
  • Unique Combo system which adds Depth to Melee Moves
  • The Monk is like Diablo 2 Assasin or World of Warcraft Rogue
  • Crippling Wawe
  • *Exploding Palm (like exploding hearts etc)
  • You can make combined combo moves.
  • Changes to spider totem issues
  • Cleaned the noisy look
  • Bigger spiders
  • Stonekin issues like the look, which was hard to read
  • The new wizard is more bright crystalline look so its easy to read
  • Whirlwind irerations
  • Dune dervish steals the barb's thunder
  • The new barbarian whirlwind is more powerful (LOTS of Blood :)
  • The runes are very importent system, and are a key element to Diablo 3.
  • The rune designs, rune programming and rune fx, has been scrapped, but they will return.
  • Swarmers - weak, typically malee
  • Ranged - Projectile Speed, Arc, Direct
  • Lieutenant - Resurrect, Buff, Spawners
  • AOE - Point blank, line radial, cone
  • Weakener - Debuff, Slow, Drainer
  • One Offs: Sleeper, Alarm etc.
  • Sandwasp
  • Fallen Family (Fallen Sharman, Expand on Family, New Relationship
  • Dune Thresher - the mad overseer

Monks history Monk Skills - Compo moves The Skills:
Changes
Changes to Witchdoctor Wizard:
Barbarian Hero systems - fury There is a change to the fury system so its alot faster.

Runes
Other
Monster Archetypes
Monsters