Halfling Monk Build... No Suprise :P

[Inspire]

So This Is What I Will Be Making Upon Mod7(If No Suprises)

Water Monk 101

Base And Capped(Before Stance):

14Str +4(Lvls) +6(Item) +2(Tome) = 26
16Dex +2(Enh) +6(Item) +2(Tome) = 26
13Con +6(Item) +1(Tome) = 20
11Int +2(Tome) = 13
15Wis +3(Enh) +6(Item) +2(Tome) = 26
8Cha +Why? = 8

Ac Breakdown:
10 Base
8 Dex
8 Bracers
5 Protection
4 Centered
8 Wisdom
1 Size
5 Combat Expertise
8 Dodge (Feat + Ring + Icy Raiments)
1 Ritual
4 Insight

62 Before Buffs

5 Paladin
5 Ranger Barkskin
10 Tumble
1 Stance (Water/Wisdom)
4 Bard
1 (Dex Crafted Item/2 If +3 Tome And +9 Dex Item)
4 Shield Clicky

90 MAX Buffs

Feats Will Be:
Dodge/2 Weapon Fighting/Improved 2 Weapon Fighting/Greater 2 Weapon Fighting/Imp Critical Blunt/Weapon Finesse/Toughness/Combat Expertise/Stunning Fist

Hit Points :
128 Base
80 Constitution
20 Heroic Durability
10 Draconic Vitality
18 Toughness
20 Racial
30 Greater False Life
45 Crafted(Mineral 2)(+6 Concentration Skill Too)

351(Add 16 With A +3 Tome)


Uses Mainly Water/Air Stances.

Edit; Mod8 2 Weapon Fighting With Unarmed.

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Untouchable 
Level 16 Lawful Neutral Halfling Male
(16 Monk) 
Hit Points: 218
Spell Points: 0 
BAB: 12\12\17\22
Fortitude: 15
Reflex: 16
Will: 16

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats          Modified Stats
(32 Point)       (Level 1)             (Level 16)
Strength             14                    20
Dexterity            16                    20
Constitution         13                    14
Intelligence         11                    13
Wisdom               15                    20
Charisma              8                     8

Tomes Used
+2 Tome of Strength used at level 1
+2 Tome of Dexterity used at level 1
+1 Tome of Constitution used at level 1
+2 Tome of Intelligence used at level 1
+2 Tome of Wisdom used at level 1

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills         Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)            (Level 16)
Balance               7                    24
Bluff                -1                    -1
Concentration         6                    21
Diplomacy            -1                     2
Disable Device        n/a                   n/a
Haggle               -1                    -1
Heal                  3                     5
Hide                  8                    26
Intimidate           -1                    -1
Jump                  3                    21
Listen                3                     7
Move Silently         8                    26
Open Lock             n/a                   n/a
Perform              n/a                   n/a
Repair                1                     1
Search                1                     1
Spot                  3                     5
Swim                  3                     5
Tumble                5                     6
Use Magic Device     n/a                   n/a

Level 1 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Dodge
Feat: (Selected) Two Weapon Fighting


Level 2 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Weapon Finesse


Level 3 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Combat Expertise


Level 4 (Monk)


Level 5 (Monk)


Level 6 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Stunning Fist
Feat: (Selected) Toughness


Level 7 (Monk)


Level 8 (Monk)


Level 9 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Two Weapon Fighting


Level 10 (Monk)


Level 11 (Monk)


Level 12 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Bludgeoning Weapons


Level 13 (Monk)


Level 14 (Monk)


Level 15 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Greater Two Weapon Fighting


Level 16 (Monk)
Enhancement: Halfling Dexterity I
Enhancement: Halfling Dexterity II
Enhancement: Halfling Cunning I
Enhancement: Halfling Cunning II
Enhancement: Halfling Guile I
Enhancement: Halfling Guile II
Enhancement: Halfling Luck I (Fortitude)
Enhancement: Halfling Luck II (Fortitude)
Enhancement: Lifting the Veil
Enhancement: Ten Thousand Stars
Enhancement: Way of the Elegant Crane I
Enhancement: Way of the Elegant Crane II
Enhancement: Way of the Elegant Crane III
Enhancement: The Receptive Earth
Enhancement: Restoring the Balance
Enhancement: Monk Improved Recovery I
Enhancement: Fists of Light
Enhancement: Rise of the Phoenix
Enhancement: Difficulty at the Beginning
Enhancement: Unbalancing Strike
Enhancement: Adept of Wind
Enhancement: Disciple of Breezes
Enhancement: Master of Thunder
Enhancement: Disciple of Pebbles
Enhancement: Disciple of Candles
Enhancement: Adept of Rain
Enhancement: Disciple of Puddles
Enhancement: Master of Sea
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom I
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom II
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom III

[Inspire]

Guess This Is A Pretty Vanilla Build, Heh, Gl With All Your Builds Out There, Looking Forward To Seeing An All Monk Shroud

Cheers - Inspire

[Kadagan]

Couple questions for you...

Why weapon finess? You have both a 26 str and a 26 dex... don't you have the same ATR without the feat?

Have you considered picking up the string of dragonmarks? Looking at the list and considering my above question.. It appears that you could drop mobility, spring attack, and weapon finess to pick up the three levels of healing... With the monk +30% heal bonus that'd help out your dragonmarks as well.

Thanx

[Draclaud]

Um, How in the world do people post builds requireing 4 +2 tomes? Those things don't grow on trees you know... ANY Build with 4 +2 tomes and a 32 point build will be good. If you want a "real" reply how about posting an attainable build, say no more than a +2 favor tome and +1 tomes per stat?

[Rickpa]

I have always loved unexpected builds, and I thoroughly enjoy my halfling barbarian and fighter. They are pure joy to play! Likewise my elven bard. For me, D&D doesn't stand for Dwarf & Drow ........ though I do have a drow sorcerer.

I came to this party expecting to make a halfling or elven monk. I came to realize that halfling is a great choice, and possibly the best choice.

I am now trying to work out the possibility for a warforged monk. I have my suspicions about such a build, and the exceptional isn't always the obvious.

[Inspire]

Couple questions for you...

Why weapon finess? You have both a 26 str and a 26 dex... don't you have the same ATR without the feat?

Have you considered picking up the string of dragonmarks? Looking at the list and considering my above question.. It appears that you could drop mobility, spring attack, and weapon finess to pick up the three levels of healing... With the monk +30% heal bonus that'd help out your dragonmarks as well.

Thanx

26 And 26 Is Correct, In Water Stance Thats 24Str 26Dex 28Wis, The +1 To Hit Is Nice, And Spring Attack Is Gonna Keep My AB When Attacking Mobs While In CE, Anything To Help With The -5AB.

[Inspire]

Um, How in the world do people post builds requireing 4 +2 tomes? Those things don't grow on trees you know... ANY Build with 4 +2 tomes and a 32 point build will be good. If you want a "real" reply how about posting an attainable build, say no more than a +2 favor tome and +1 tomes per stat?

I Have These +2 Tomes, Including A Couple More I Will Most Likley Be Selling/Trading When Monk Come Around.

[Dungnmaster001]

50 Way Of The Turtle

Unfortunately I haven't been able to play much on Risia so I haven't been able to get high enough for the 2nd rank to test it for sure, but I've heard reports Way of the Turtle's HP doesn't stack per rank, so it'd only be 20hp total with 4 ranks. If I'm wrong (I hope I am) could someone verify this please?

[Inspire]

Unfortunately I haven't been able to play much on Risia so I haven't been able to get high enough for the 2nd rank to test it for sure, but I've heard reports Way of the Turtle's HP doesn't stack per rank, so it'd only be 20hp total with 4 ranks. If I'm wrong (I hope I am) could someone verify this please?

Addtional Hps Stack, So Does Concentration.

[Dungnmaster001]

Addtional Hps Stack, So Does Concentration.

so you're saying that with rank 2, you had a total of +3 concentration and +15 hp? The screenshot by itself doesn't mean anything, I'd already seen what it gives, what I'm asking is if it stacked with the previous one or overwrites it. By the wording the hp should stack (though I'd be very surprised if the concentration bonus did). I've got a monk that's level 4.1, I'll log him in and try to grind out a level to test for sure.

[Inspire]

My Correction, Your Statement Is Correct, They Do Not Stack, Changes Made.

[Inspire]

Absolutly Loving This Build, To All The Monk Haters Out There, Ill Be 16 Soon Then You Can See What A Foot Can Do!!

[Snoggy]

8Cha +Why? = 8

Come on now. Even with a haggle bot, there's still alot of junk we all sell at vendors. So ... + stat item + Haggle item. Why subject yourself to a money loss when you don't have to?

[Inspire]

Come on now. Even with a haggle bot, there's still alot of junk we all sell at vendors. So ... + stat item + Haggle item. Why subject yourself to a money loss when you don't have to?

True Lol, But You Have To Ask Yourself, Is The 80Pp Worth A Couple Stat Points? Ring Of Lies Ftw!

[Snoggy]

Anything To Help With The -5AB.

By the time you get all of that stuff working, you're at the level cap. And at the level cap, the -5 BAB doesn't really come into play on any content I've experienced thus far with my halfling fighter (I've been levelling a monk so haven't tried any of the new raids on my capped toon yet). Monks have really good BAB so I'm just guessing the experience will be similar.

Another way to put it is ... when "turtled" my fighter's never had a problem hitting bosses on elite quests. And in The Shroud, everyone's usually buffed to the gills, especially with combat buffs, so again, hitting things was never an issue. Just looking at monks and their offense, they shouldn't have any problem hitting things easily even with CE activated.

The problem with CE, for monks at least, is having to reactivate it frequently.

[Snoggy]

True Lol, But You Have To Ask Yourself, Is The 80Pp Worth A Couple Stat Points? Ring Of Lies Ftw!

Nah, Cha is totally the dump stat for monks.

It's just you know, even on my most uncharasimatic toons, I still carry a haggle item and a cha item to swap into when approaching a vendor. It's kind of habit now, heh.

[Inspire]

Nah, Cha is totally the dump stat for monks.

It's just you know, even on my most uncharasimatic toons, I still carry a haggle item and a cha item to swap into when approaching a vendor. It's kind of habit now, heh.

/Agree. I Hate When The Potion Vendors Try To Abuse My Barbarians For All Their Shiny Coppers!


Vendor: "Hey! You Cant Just Take Those Potions!"

Monk: *Waves Hand* "These Arent The Coppers Your Looking For"

Vendor: "Move Along"

[Rekker]

Have you updated your build since you posted this? The screenshot of Untouchable in another thread looks like its stats don't match this build.

[Inspire]

Have you updated your build since you posted this? The screenshot of Untouchable in another thread looks like its stats don't match this build.

The Screenshots You See Are Actually "Huckabie", Untouchable's Prototype On Risia;

Untouchable Is Currently 14 On Thelanis Server.

[Inspire]

By the time you get all of that stuff working, you're at the level cap. And at the level cap, the -5 BAB doesn't really come into play on any content I've experienced thus far with my halfling fighter (I've been levelling a monk so haven't tried any of the new raids on my capped toon yet). Monks have really good BAB so I'm just guessing the experience will be similar.

Another way to put it is ... when "turtled" my fighter's never had a problem hitting bosses on elite quests. And in The Shroud, everyone's usually buffed to the gills, especially with combat buffs, so again, hitting things was never an issue. Just looking at monks and their offense, they shouldn't have any problem hitting things easily even with CE activated.

The problem with CE, for monks at least, is having to reactivate it frequently.

You Bring Up A Good Point, However I Will Not Soley Be Running The Shroud, And I Do Not Expect To Be Constantly Buffed, Currently Considering How I Can Sneak In 3 Dragonmarks.