Modified builds for update 3

[lyeman]

My recommended builds for the current state of the game:

Elf

STR 16 <--level points here
DEX 16 <--racial points here
CON 12
INT 8
WIS 16 <--class points here
CHA 8

Feats: Toughness, Stunning Fist, Power Attack, xTWF, dragonmarks (shadow), Improved Critical: Bludgeoning

High AC, good DPS, good DCs on moves, displacement

Halfling

STR 12
DEX 16 <--level/racial points here
CON 16
INT 8
WIS 16 <--class points here
CHA 8

Feats: Toughness, Weapon Finesse, Stunning Fist, Dodge, Power Attack, xTWF, Improved Critical: Bludgeoning

Very high AC, good DCs on moves, good DPS against most living enemies.

Human

STR 15 <--racial point here
DEX 16 <--level points here
CON 14
INT 8
WIS 15 <--class points/racial point here
CHA 8

Feats: Toughness, Weapon Finesse, Stunning Fist, Dodge, Power Attack, xTWF, Improved Critical: Bludgeoning

Good AC, Good DCs, decent DPS, light path with human and monk healing enhancements would be extremely survivable.

[Bashiba]

Your Elf Monk won't be able to take improved or greater two handed fighting without a dex tome.

[lyeman]

Your Elf Monk won't be able to take improved or greater two handed fighting without a dex tome.

Understood, but +1 tomes are so easy to come by that I didn't feel it was worth mentioning

[gavagai]

Looking good.

Cheating is how winners play. ;D

[lyeman]

I think you meant to say "level/racial points here" by Dex for the little ghoul monk build. No Con racials.

No, I was actually advocating cheating

Thanks.

[Jakarr]

No WF Build

[lyeman]

No WF Build

With update 3, I am no longer advocating WF monks, and will be TR'ing mine into a rogue/paladin.

[epochofcrepuscule]

wf monk str 67 dex 24 con - int 20 wis 32 cha - Thats just lvl 1. Not advocating wf monks? They are the best. Not to mention rogue paladins are a little overrated. To each his own....

[Dylvish]

I would assume the drow would be similar to the elf, but where is the Dwarf? Must have a dwarf build.

[LAWPRE]

1) I do not like any of the builds. However, I tend more towards skill play and the neg Int just does not work for me. Also, I am still working on Monk multis and can't skimp on Int - even Cha on a couple of them. Next, these build are rather bare bones. This gives me WAY too much to tweak and pay with!!!

2) Drow do not get dragonmarks. So, they would not work with the build. Also, Drow are Int and Cha - which makes them rather useless for most people on a pure Monk. Even I would have a Drow Monk with 10 Cha and 12 Int (I am a skill monkey so ...). Same with Dwarf. They do get dragonmarks but do not have stat adjustments that are beneficial to playing the monk. This doesn't mean that you CAN'T play either race but that for maximum benefit you should not.

[Arvess]

With update 3, I am no longer advocating WF monks, and will be TR'ing mine into a rogue/paladin.

why is that?

[Samadhi]

Two of your three are dex builds? Not buying it. DPS is too important to sacrifice that much; not to mention you can save a feat. You can still get plenty of AC for the majority of content.