Lawful Good or Lawful Neutral?

[Fennario]

Since these will be the only 2 options for monks, which one has the most advantages? Or are they pretty much a wash? Most of my characters are True Neutral, with my Pally being the only exception of course. These are the only things I can think of:

Lawful Good
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Can use pure good weapons without UMD
Able to use Rez ring (not such a big deal anymore with Shroud items)

Lawful Neutral
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No unholy damage from weapons that some mobs use
No negative level from taint of evil items

Am I overlooking anything? Thanks.

[Draclaud]

That's about it. Pure Good weapons are the only thing you sacrifice by going LN. I find that the damage you DON'T take from all that evil damage spells/weapons makes it worth it to be N instead of good. Just my opinion though.

[Lithic]

I would expect unholy/pure evil weapons to be more and more popular with mobs, but the only ones in game right now (iirc) are in the desert.

[sirgog]

I would expect unholy/pure evil weapons to be more and more popular with mobs, but the only ones in game right now (iirc) are in the desert.

Not true, there's a lot in Mod 5 quests. Particularly in the Black Mausoleum.

[Lithic]

Not true, there's a lot in Mod 5 quests. Particularly in the Black Mausoleum.

That slipped my mind considering I have done 2 mod 5 quests since mod 6 came out

[sirgog]

That slipped my mind considering I have done 2 mod 5 quests since mod 6 came out

Ah ok, I've levelled a new toon and ran Inferno quite a few times for XP. With a competent group and knowledge of the quest, it's faster than POP, has more XP and more loot.

[Gol]

A lot of Unholy arrows all over the place. Several quests in GH, most of the gnolls in the desert.

If you're not splashing Paladin, LN is the way to go.

[FalcorDragon]

I got an Outfit of Stability offered, monk only, but it only works for True Neutral... what's up with that? *grin*

[Uska]

That's about it. Pure Good weapons are the only thing you sacrifice by going LN. I find that the damage you DON'T take from all that evil damage spells/weapons makes it worth it to be N instead of good. Just my opinion though.

You give up rez ring by going LN as well

[Solmage]

My own stance on this:

For a dex-based monk who can reach a pretty high AC, lawful good for chaosgarde. (High AC = unholy arrows don't hit)

For a strength-based significantly lower AC monk, neutral all the way.

[Fennario]

My own stance on this:

For a dex-based monk who can reach a pretty high AC, lawful good for chaosgarde. (High AC = unholy arrows don't hit)

For a strength-based significantly lower AC monk, neutral all the way.

Chaosgarde bracers are required trait: lawful, so they will work with either lawful good or lawful neutral.