Omnimonk Multiclass

This character is a high DPS monk hybrid with good HP, full rogue skills and survivability. The build can also meat tank with a reasonable 80% hate generation bonus and obtain a decent AC and/or healing amp bonus to combine with incorpreality. There are difficult to obtain items and this character has several past lives, so replication isn’t entirely simple.

Just popping the details down in case anyone else fancies something similar. Any improvements (other than using a half-elf ;)) considered. I'm also undecided on which past life to get, currently swinging between choosing monk/fighter/paladin.

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Level 20 Lawful Neutral Human Male
(6 Fighter \ 12 Monk \ 2 Rogue)
Hit Points: 394
Spell Points: 0
BAB: 16\16\21\26\26
Fortitude: 17
Reflex: 17
Will: 15

                  Starting         
Abilities        Base Stats       
(36 Point)      (Level 1)         
Strength            16           
Dexterity            14           
Constitution        16           
Intelligence        12           
Wisdom              14           
Charisma              8           

Tomes Used
+1 Tome of Dexterity used at level 3
+2 Tome of Intelligence used at level 7
+3 Tome of Strength used at level 11
+3 Tome of Dexterity used at level 11
+3 Tome of Constitution used at level 11
+3 Tome of Intelligence used at level 11
+3 Tome of Wisdom used at level 11
+3 Tome of Charisma used at level 11
+4 Tome of Intelligence used at level 15

Level 1 (Rogue)
Skill: Balance (+4)
Skill: Concentration (+2)
Skill: Disable Device (+4)
Skill: Hide (+4)
Skill: Jump (+4)
Skill: Move Silently (+4)
Skill: Open Lock (+4)
Skill: Search (+4)
Skill: Spot (+3)
Skill: Tumble (+1)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+4)
Feat: (Selected) Dodge
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Barbarian
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Fighter
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Fighter
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Monk
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Paladin
Feat: (Human Bonus) Toughness


Level 2 (Monk)
Skill: Disable Device (+1)
Skill: Search (+1)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+1)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Toughness


Level 3 (Monk)
Skill: Disable Device (+1)
Skill: Open Lock (+1)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+1)
Feat: (Selected) Past Life: Disciple of the Fist
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Stunning Fist


Level 4 (Fighter)
Ability Raise: STR
Skill: Search (+1)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+1)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Two Weapon Fighting


Level 5 (Monk)
Skill: Search (+2)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+1)
Feat: (Monk Path) Path of Inevitable Dominion: Fists of Darkness


Level 6 (Monk)
Skill: Disable Device (+1)
Skill: Search (+1)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+1)
Feat: (Selected) Weapon Focus: Bludgeoning Weapons


Level 7 (Monk)
Skill: Disable Device (+3)


Level 8 (Monk)
Ability Raise: STR
Skill: Disable Device (+1)
Skill: Search (+2)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+0.5)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Toughness


Level 9 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Stunning Blow


Level 10 (Monk)
Skill: Concentration (+6)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+0.5)


Level 11 (Fighter)
Skill: Disable Device (+2)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+0.5)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Improved Critical: Bludgeoning Weapons


Level 12 (Rogue)
Ability Raise: STR
Skill: Disable Device (+2)
Skill: Open Lock (+1)
Skill: Search (+4)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+4)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Two Weapon Fighting


Level 13 (Monk)
Skill: Open Lock (+2)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+1.5)


Level 14 (Monk)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Open Lock (+1)
Skill: Search (+1)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+1)


Level 15 (Monk)
Skill: Concentration (+3)
Skill: Disable Device (+1)
Skill: Search (+1)
Feat: (Selected) Power Attack


Level 16 (Monk)
Ability Raise: STR
Skill: Concentration (+2)
Skill: Search (+2)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+1)


Level 17 (Fighter)
Skill: Disable Device (+1)
Skill: Search (+1)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+1)


Level 18 (Fighter)
Skill: Disable Device (+2)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+1)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Greater Two Weapon Fighting
Feat: (Selected) Past Life: Student of the Sword


Level 19 (Fighter)
Skill: Disable Device (+2)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+1)


Level 20 (Fighter)
Ability Raise: STR
Skill: Disable Device (+1)
Skill: Use Magic Device (+2)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Weapon Specialization: Bludgeoning Weapons
Enhancement: Fighter Armor Class Boost I
Enhancement: Fighter Haste Boost I
Enhancement: Fighter Haste Boost II
Enhancement: Fighter Critical Accuracy I
Enhancement: Fighter Critical Accuracy II
Enhancement: Fighter Stalwart Defender I
Enhancement: Human Adaptability Wisdom I
Enhancement: Human Greater Adaptability Charisma I
Enhancement: Human Versatility I
Enhancement: Human Versatility II
Enhancement: Human Versatility III
Enhancement: Human Versatility IV
Enhancement: Static Charge
Enhancement: Way of the Patient Tortoise I
Enhancement: Way of the Patient Tortoise II
Enhancement: Touch of Death
Enhancement: Porous Soul
Enhancement: All-Consuming Flame
Enhancement: Monk Ninja Spy I
Enhancement: Monk Ninja Spy II
Enhancement: Winter's Touch
Enhancement: Adept of Rock
Enhancement: Master of Stone
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II
Enhancement: Improved Intimidate I
Enhancement: Improved Intimidate II
Enhancement: Improved Jump I
Enhancement: Improved Jump II
Enhancement: Improved Tumble I
Enhancement: Improved Tumble II
Enhancement: Rogue Dexterity I
Enhancement: Fighter Strength I
Enhancement: Fighter Strength II
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom I
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom II
Enhancement: Fighter Toughness I
Enhancement: Fighter Toughness II
Enhancement: Rogue Wand and Scroll Mastery I

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Basic breakdown of important stuffs:

Feats (15 Total: 4 Fighter, 3 Monk, 8 General)
Toughness x 3 xxx
Stunning Fist x
Stunning Blow x
Two Weapon Fighting x
Improved Two Weapon Fighting x
Greater Two Weapon Fighting x
Improved Critical: Blunt x
Weapon Focus: Blunt x
Weapon Specialization: Blunt x
Power Attack x
Dodge x
PL Monk x
PL Fighter x


Saves:
Fortitude (con): 8 monk / 5 Fighter / 12 con / 3 resistance : 28
Reflex (dex) : 8 monk / 2 Fighter / 3 Rogue / 7 dex / 3 resistance : 23
Will (wis): 8 monk / 2 Fighter / 10 wis / 3 resistance / 5 Jitz : 28

Stats:
Base Tome Level Lit Stance F M R Human Items Ship Total
Str 16 3 5 1 2 2 7(1) 2 40
Dex 14 3 1 -2 1 6 2 24
Con 16 3 1 5 6(1) 2 34
Int 12 3 1 6 2 24
Wis 14 3 1 3 6(1) 2 30
Cha 8 3 1 1 6 2 22

Gear Plan:

Helmet Pirate Hat + 15 Concentration +6 Seeker
Trinket Litany of the Dead
Goggles Supreme Tyrant Conc Opp +6 Wis
Necklace Oremi’s Necklace: +1 Ki +6 Con
Armour Icy Raiment -Dodge Bonus +4, Protection +4, Resistance +3, Dodge +1 Ritual
Cloak Epic Cloak of Night - Invisibility Guard, Ghostly, Deathblock, Nightmare Guard, Dodge Bonus +2, DR 5/Good
Gloves Epic Brawling - Spike Studded, Glass Jaw Strike, Sneak Attack Bonus +4, Strength +7, [Yellow]
Bracers Epic Jidz-Tet'ka-Armor bonus +8, Exceptional Wisdom +1, Will Save +5, Tet-zik, The Enlightened Change[Yellow][Colorless]
Belt Spare Hand (Tier 3)-Riposte, Exceptional Combat Mastery +5, Staggering Blow, Disable Device +15, Open Lock +15, Use Magic Device +3, Doublestrike 3%[Blue:][Colorless:]
Boots Greensteel triple earth, protection +5 and (importantly) fortification
Ring1 Oremi's Ring - Ring: Wisdom +6, Exceptional Constitution +1, Incredible Potential ◦ Set Bonus: 1d6 Fire Damage per Attack, extra damage is also applied to glancing blows (holy burst)
Ring2 Kormor's Ring - Intelligence +6, Confounding Enchantment - ( Random Exceptional Ability +1)
Quiver Quiver of Alacrity

AC
Going to be 60-70 range with a couple of clickies. Not too fussed.

To hit and damage
19 BAB Monk
15 str
6 wraps
4 gh
4 goggles
2 past lives
1 Litany
1 weapon focus
+52

Average Damage Per Hit

2d10 11
+ 15 Strength
+6 Base Calomel Gloves
+1 Litany
+1 Monk Past Life (1)
+ 2d6 Good 7
+2d6 Acid 7
+1d4 Piercing 2.5
+ 1d6 Fire 3.5
+1d6 Cold 3.5
+1d4 Water 2.5 (Calomel, 2d8 crit)
2 Weapon Specialisation
10.5 Average Calomel Crushing Wave
9.3 Average Calomel Corrosive Salt
Calomel Lifedrinker Calomel Weapons, L20 Tier 3
81.8 average damage (non crit)

Health

60 Fighter
96 Monk
12 Rogue
20 Toughness on Epic Item
20 Large Guild Slot Goggles (when wearing)
45 Greensteel Boots
110 Toughness Feats (5)
240 Constitution Bonus 12 x 20
30 Human Racial Toughness 3
20 Fighter Toughness 2
30 Greater False Life
10 Draconic Vitality
10 Monk Path

110% = 742.3

Skills

I'm a little bit unsure about the numbers here. I've planned to hit certain breakpoints based on the info on ddowiki for traps etc. If any of my skill plan numbers are too low (refer to the build above), please let me know.

Note: All skills can be raised by +5 using a Human Skill Boost, I have not incorporated these numbers into the below calculation because I’d rather use the to hit/damage boots for more useful things.

Balance (Dexterity, class skill monk/rogue)
Target: As high as possible
+7 Dexterity bonus
+4 GH
+2 Luck
+4 Points Spent
Total 17

Concentration (Constitution, class skill monk)
Target: As high as possible
+12 Constitution bonus
+15 Pirate Hat
+4 Greater Heroism
+2 Luck

Disable Device (Intelligence, class skill rogue)
Target: 57
+7 Intelligence
+15 Spare Hand
+4 Greater Heroism
+2 Luck
+7 Thieves Tools
+22 Points Spent
Total 57

Jump (Strength, class skill monk/fighter/rogue)
Target: Soft skill cap at 40
+15 Strength
+15 Jump Spell clicky
+4 Greater Heroism
+2 Luck
+4 Points Spent
Total 40

Open Locks (Dexterity, class skill rogue)
Target: 48
+7 Dexterity
+15 Spare Hand
+4 Greater Heroism
+2 Luck
+7 Thieves Tools
+6 Exceptional Dexterity (greensteel item swapout)
+9 Points Spent
Total 48

Search (Intelligence, class skill rogue)
Target: 48
+7 Intelligence
+15 Tharnes Goggles
+4 Greater Heroism
+2 Luck
+20 Rank
Total 48

Tumble ()
Target: 1
+1 Rank
Total 1

Use Magic Device (Charisma, class skill rogue)
Target: 39 healing scrolls, 53 silver scrolls.
+6 Charisma
+3 Spare Hand
+4 Greater Heroism
+6 Supreme Tyrant Conc Opp Goggles
+2 Good Luck
+23 Rank
Total 44


And thats it out there. A multiclass, multipurpose character with solid DPS, health and (when I actually reincarnate into it) soloability from lvl 1 onwards.

I think you would get more out of the build if you went Kensei instead of SD, Stunning Blow instead of the 5th Toughness, snapped up a couple Stunning Blow enhancements, and got Haste Boost. Unarmed with Haste Boost is just a buzzsaw. With 14 Strength bonus (with no more SD stance), you would be at...

10
15 bonus
5 Exceptional
1 Kensei
2 Stunning Blow enhancements
2 Fighter past life
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34 Stunning Blow base

-5 bonus, +10 level for Stunning Fist, and that's a 39. Even without Stunning wraps you can do some good work with a 39, and throw in some nice Cannith +8s and you can go to town with Stunning Blow too.

I also think you could palpably increase your survivability by pumping your healing amp. Things that stand out to me as droppable:
-Ninja Spy 2, throw in your Way for 5 AP. The SA is good, but if you're soloing a lot it's pretty pointless.
-Your various stats. 10 AP for 1 Stunning Fist DC and AC, for instance, is pretty harsh.
With that 15 AP alone, you could get Monk 2 and Human 2 for a 144% increase on everything. Your Heal scroll goes from 143 to 205, bang.

Even if you stick with the stats, at least go Human Adaptibility instead of Monk Wisdom 3. Save 4 AP and get identical benefit.

edited to add: Improved Sunder instead of another Toughness, too.

Some very nice feedback, thank you.

I'll now be taking Ninja spy II at L16 and dropping it once I've finished running Abbots. Water walk isn't a good enough reason to keep the prestige.

Very nice tip on the Human Adaptability also.

I've had some good luck with epic drops recently, with Chimera's Crown/Hyena Claw Necklace/Grims bracelet also opening up to me so I may well modify the build a bit.

Having played 2 pure Kensai to 20 in my fighter lives, I'm definately going to be using Defender this life for the most part. I might consider a later respec to Kensai if Defender doesn't output enough damage.

Regarding the past life feats: fighter for +4 attack bonus and a full BAB (net +5) strikes me as more useful than +3 attack/damage that a Paladin could offer. Which would appeal more to you? Do bards have a luck damage bonus buff that would confirm this choice for me?

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Originally Posted by Dace

Helmet Pirate Hat + 15 Concentration +6 Seeker

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Same pirate hat my 20 monk wears! I still like it. Eventually, I'm sure I'll find some epic thing I like better, but it's pretty good.

Nice build, btw. I concur with Kinerd's suggestions.

Epic ring of the stalker gives seeker 6. It's a great ring you might want to look at.

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Originally Posted by Dace

Some very nice feedback, thank you.

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Welcome! :)

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Regarding the past life feats: fighter for +4 attack bonus and a full BAB (net +5) strikes me as more useful than +3 attack/damage that a Paladin could offer. Which would appeal more to you? Do bards have a luck damage bonus buff that would confirm this choice for me?

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According to this thread, the fighter life only lasts 1 minute, so I would rather have 6 minutes of atk/dmg than 3 minutes of a little more atk. Bard stuff is all morale, the stuff that doesn't stack with Divine Power are things like Prayer and Recitation.

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Originally Posted by Kinerd

Welcome! :)According to this thread, the fighter life only lasts 1 minute, so I would rather have 6 minutes of atk/dmg than 3 minutes of a little more atk. Bard stuff is all morale, the stuff that doesn't stack with Divine Power are things like Prayer and Recitation.

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So with a wand of Recitation, plus the fighter past life BAB/attack bonus, thats a total of +7 to hit and +2 to damage, vs +3 to hit and +3 to damage (as the fighter past life will be able to get the full luck bonus from the wand, and the paladin past life will get nada). Granted, the to hit bonuses are only a minute long BUT its a lot.

I'm not a big fan of hitting clickies a lot myself, but thats a lot of attack bonus over accepting an "easy" +3/3. I see your point though and I'm still undecided.

Well, it looks like I timed my TR nicely.

No sooner had I reached L6 than Turbine announces the 8>16 experience taxi. Fantastic :)

As far as playability goes, L1-8 was very comfortable soloing Elite quests (even the harder ones). I did learn that its a better idea to keep the search skill maximised here rather than anything else.

Playability at L16 is better than expected. I pulled a load of gear out of my TR bank and popped it on, then hopped into an Elite Devil Assault. The entire party died halfway through the second wave, except for this character who basically killed everything from that point onward. AC was low 60's, nothing could actually hit him hard enough to out damage vampiric stonedust healing. With no monk combos on the toolbars, no gear hotswaps etc it was great survivability with zero effort.

Very much looking forward to seeing the performance of this guy at 18/20 when I get everything set up to play properly. At the moment, very pleased indeed.

I suggest swapping a toughness for improved sunder. That will improve the rest of your combat feats afterwards. I played almost the same build before except I was a dwarf and had a bit more wisdom and had Kensai. The Reaver Bracers can be a swap item to add to DD and OL because they stack. I wouldn't really bother with wearing an int item all the time.

Early game light monk, stunning fist, stunning blow, trip and curse of healing keeps you very self sufficient.
Mid game you swap from light to dark and meditation with vampiric stonedust handwraps can keep you up most of the time without healing assistance and touch of death is nasty.
Late game I dropped AC for more guard and DPS.
Almost no issues with traps even though I was only 1 level of rogue and took the second at 20.
Possibly the only complaint is how many buttons you constantly rotate. (imp sunder, stunning fist, TOD, trip, elemental curse, etc.)

Storm