Need some help with a Half Elf Dark Monk

[Xaniver881]

Im looking for a bit of help. I just recently went vip and really want to play a monk despite not having 32 point builds. After thinking about it, I could play a class I hate to farm the favor or I can make a monk and farm it then GR once I unlock 32 points if my understanding of that is correct.

I wanted to play a dark monk that could solo, so Half Elf looked like what I wanted with wand and scroll healing. And I wanted a High DC for my abilities and AC so all build points are going into wisdom.

Ive played a few toons up till about 8-9 so I still have a lot to learn. One thing I need to find is a guide on crafting gear I hear about all this Green Steel stuff and dragontouched but I digress, What I need help with is this: 1.) How do the feats look? and skills? I like the jump skill so i dont need buffs to jump =D 2.) Enhancements, I dont know the best way to handle these. Id like a level by level breakdown if anyone happen to has the time. Im mainly going to be soloing because I play late nights and like the challenge.





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Level 20 Lawful Good Half-Elf Male
(20 Monk)
Hit Points: 284
Spell Points: 0
BAB: 15\15\20\25\25
Fortitude: 14
Reflex: 17
Will: 18

Starting Feat/Enhancement
Abilities Base Stats Modified Stats
(28 Point) (Level 1) (Level 20)
Strength 14 14
Dexterity 16 20
Constitution 14 14
Intelligence 8 8
Wisdom 14 22
Charisma 8 8

Tomes Used
+1 Tome of Dexterity used at level 3
+2 Tome of Dexterity used at level 18

Starting Feat/Enhancement
Base Skills Modified Skills
Skills (Level 1) (Level 20)
Balance 7 32
Bluff -1 -1
Concentration 6 35
Diplomacy -1 3
Disable Device n/a n/a
Haggle -1 -1
Heal 2 6
Hide 3 9
Intimidate -1 -1
Jump 5 26
Listen 2 6
Move Silently 3 5
Open Lock n/a n/a
Perform n/a n/a
Repair -1 -1
Search -1 -1
Spot 2 6
Swim 2 2
Tumble 4 8
Use Magic Device n/a n/a

Level 1 (Monk)
Feat: (Half-Elf Dilettante) Half-Elf Dilettante: Cleric
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Toughness
Feat: (Selected) Two Weapon Fighting
Enhancement: Improved Jump I
Enhancement: Improved Tumble I


Level 2 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Weapon Finesse
Enhancement: Human Improved Recovery I
Enhancement: Way of the Elegant Crane I
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom I


Level 3 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Dodge
Feat: (Monk Path) Path of Inevitable Dominion: Fists of Darkness
Enhancement: Elven Dexterity I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I


Level 4 (Monk)
Ability Raise: WIS
Enhancement: Static Charge
Enhancement: Improved Jump II
Enhancement: Improved Tumble II


Level 5 (Monk)
Enhancement: Way of the Elegant Crane II
Enhancement: Porous Soul


Level 6 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Power Attack
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Stunning Fist
Enhancement: Improved Cleric Dilettante I
Enhancement: Monk Ninja Spy I


Level 7 (Monk)
Enhancement: All-Consuming Flame
Enhancement: Winter's Touch


Level 8 (Monk)
Ability Raise: WIS
Enhancement: Adept of Wind
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II


Level 9 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Two Weapon Fighting
Enhancement: Touch of Death


Level 10 (Monk)
Enhancement: Elven Dexterity II


Level 11 (Monk)
Enhancement: Improved Cleric Dilettante II


Level 12 (Monk)
Ability Raise: WIS
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Bludgeoning Weapons
Enhancement: Monk Ninja Spy II
Enhancement: Master of Thunder


Level 13 (Monk)
Enhancement: Adept of Rock


Level 14 (Monk)
Enhancement: Way of the Elegant Crane III
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom II


Level 15 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Greater Two Weapon Fighting
Enhancement: Improved Cleric Dilettante III


Level 16 (Monk)
Ability Raise: WIS
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom III


Level 17 (Monk)
Enhancement: Fists of Iron
Enhancement: Adept of Rain


Level 18 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Toughness
Enhancement: Grandmaster of Storms


Level 19 (Monk)
Enhancement: Way of the Elegant Crane IV
Enhancement: Unbalancing Strike


Level 20 (Monk)
Ability Raise: WIS
Enhancement: Monk Serenity
Enhancement: Monk Improved Recovery I




Well I thank you guys in advance for any help you can give.

[dummeskind]

Why not buy the 32 Point Unlock,it make no sense u wait till u get the Fav. and then buy a GR to get ur Monk to a 32 Build.



What Stance way u wanna go?If u wanna Splash ur Build,not many run a pure Monk^^,u can mix 6 lvl Pala inside to get high Saves and u can be a tank.My Monk is 12M,6Pala,2Fighter dex Build.

[Rusty_Can]

I wanted to play a dark monk that could solo, so Half Elf looked like what I wanted with wand and scroll healing.

Cleric Dilettante feat works very nice.


And I wanted a High DC for my abilities and AC so all build points are going into wisdom.


Uhm... I don't think this is really needed: without spending lvl-up points and with minimal gear, your WIS would be 14 base + 6 item + 1 human adaptability + 3 monk class enhancements + 2 tome + 2 (at least) ocean stance = 28 (+9 modifier); this means your Stunning Fist, finishing moves and Touch of Death would have 39+ DC. This is plenty for normal content and even for some epic quests.

You should spend your lvl-up points for DEX (since you are picking Weapon Finesse) or STR (if you forego Weapon Finesse).

[Silverr]

One important thing to note is the requirements for Ultimate stances. You need to have a base amount of that stat to get it, and from your build, the only one you're gonna get is water, which kinda sucks. Fire, Earth, and Air are all decent. Earth is very good for the strikes. Air is very good for the fast attack speed and increased chance of doublestrikes. Fire means more ki strikes, and more base damage from STR.

[Xaniver881]

Well I dont have the money for 32 point builds. and Im going with the air stance for attack speed. I dont want to splash which is why I posted the build for full monk =D

As Far as build points go Ill have enough dex for the grandmaster air stance by the time I get to that point since by then ill be able to get a +2 tome.

I got the idea for wis based dark monk from

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=210181

Where she says "Some of monks' signature abilities -- stunning fist and quivering palm, and prestige-based abilities -- are based on wisdom. Having a great wisdom score not only gets you the AC but also the ability to incapacitate trash mobs very quickly. And don't forget your touch of despair, unbalancing strike, dark punch, and curse of the void. Triple 500s from touch of despair are gravy." And I liked the Idea of it

[Purgatory]

Id change your wis and str around. and lower your dex to 15 and use a +2 dex tome to get to 17 for GTWF. Level up goes into str. and use sun stance for more str and generate ki fasster for touch of death, shadow fade, and abundent steping.

[Rusty_Can]

Where she says "Some of monks' signature abilities -- stunning fist and quivering palm, and prestige-based abilities -- are based on wisdom. Having a great wisdom score not only gets you the AC but also the ability to incapacitate trash mobs very quickly. And don't forget your touch of despair, unbalancing strike, dark punch, and curse of the void. Triple 500s from touch of despair are gravy." And I liked the Idea of it

Wisdom is definitely important for monks; however, all that nice stuff (ToD, stunning fist, etc.) assumes you are actually hitting mobs and WIS doesn't affect your attack rolls (only exception being Zen Archery, which isn't your target): your attack rolls rely on STR or DEX (if Weapon Finesse build).

[Xaniver881]

Well correct me if my math is wrong but lets take a look at it here 16 base + 2 tome + 2 enhancement + 6 from items + 4 Wind stance = 30 and it could be more with better gear

[Rusty_Can]

Well correct me if my math is wrong but lets take a look at it here 16 base + 2 tome + 2 enhancement + 6 from items + 4 Wind stance = 30

In my experience, you won't be spending all your time in Wind Stance; thus you will be relying on 26 DEX, which will drop to 24 in Mountain Stances.

In particular, you will need to swap to Sun Stances in order to gain Ki, especially while you try to grab hold of Oremi's necklace (i.e. the only item currently in game which helps Ki regeneration); situationally you might need to enter Ocean Stances to boost your saves or Mountain Stances to boost your hp.

I can also foresee your Power Attack being switched off a lot, due to poor "to-hit".


it could be more with better gear

Better gear includes:
- profane bonuses, provided by very few items (e.g. Litany of the Dead);
- +7 items: epic stuff;
- +3 tomes: raids;
- +4 tomes: epic raids and "The Devil You Know";
- +1 and +2 exceptional bonuses: ToD rings would be the obvious choice, but you will need to craft alignment (e.g. holy) and elemental (electric is a very common choice) burst effects on them; thus +2 exceptional bonuses are hard to slot for monks.

None of the above-mentioned gear is THAT easy to come by.