khopesh on monk splashed fighter?

[indigokid]

Hi,

I'm looking for advice.

Currently I'm Fighter 2 / Monk 3 / Paladin 3. The rest of my levels will be fighter (or maybe one more paladin and monk level). Without gear, I have Str 14, Dex 17. I have weapon finesse, TWF, and ITWF.

Should I keep fighting with Kamas and Handwraps in order to remain centered and have monk stances and attacks, or should I swap out Weapon Finesse and take Khopesh? The low level damage of kamas and handwraps works well with fists of light and healing shield, but I'm ready to start doing better dps.

Thanks,
Indigo

[tgun]

you would prolly be better off with rapiers over khopesh since rapiers are finessable. I assume you are putting lvl-up points in dex. I'm sure someone willing to crunch the numbers could give you a more detailed and accurate answer tho.

[Sir_Chonas]

You should get the finesse feat retrained in house J for slashing if you're going to be a paladin or fighter mainly.

If you have any piercing feats you should swap them too.

[Ninetoes]

You should get the finesse feat retrained in house J for slashing if you're going to be a paladin or fighter mainly.

If you have any piercing feats you should swap them too.

Why would he do this? His STR is bad, the only way he'll be hitting much of anything is with weapon finesse.

[indigokid]

wow, thanks for the quick replies. I took the paladin levels for smites, lay on hands, access to cleric wands, possibly enhanced healing feat at 4th level. Goes well with halfling dragonmarks. I took monk levels for evasion and fists of light to enhance healing. So far my role has been support healer and support fighter.

My non-geared stats are: S 14 / D 17 / C 14 / I 10 / W 15 / C 15.

[Sir_Chonas]

Why would he do this? His STR is bad, the only way he'll be hitting much of anything is with weapon finesse.

I said it because he's a multi-class of three classes. Each of the classes is a melee class. He could get a +2 tome at 7 and put his levelups into STR and continue with fighter or paladin and he'd be better off than if he had stayed a finesse character.

I mean this guy's going to miss out on tier 3 pre's for any of the classes so I figured I'd give it the best shot I could. A paladin's not going to want finesse, and a fighter with 17 dex could twf and itwf.

I'd rather he restart on this character (after hitting 1750 favor unless he's already bought the 32 point and vet status), but if he wants to play it then I stick by my suggestions with the additions I've made in this post.

[Ninetoes]

Hi,

I'm looking for advice.

Currently I'm Fighter 2 / Monk 3 / Paladin 3. The rest of my levels will be fighter (or maybe one more paladin and monk level). Without gear, I have Str 14, Dex 17. I have weapon finesse, TWF, and ITWF.

Should I keep fighting with Kamas and Handwraps in order to remain centered and have monk stances and attacks, or should I swap out Weapon Finesse and take Khopesh? The low level damage of kamas and handwraps works well with fists of light and healing shield, but I'm ready to start doing better dps.

Thanks,
Indigo

I'm not sure i completely understand the logic behind the level spalshes that you took. Kopeshes are NOT finessable, so that answers that right there. What is your wisdom?

As far as weapons/monk weapons: If you're going fighter for the rest of your levels, use rapiers. It's the best finessable DPS weapon there is, and with the subpar damage you're going to be putting out with this build, you're going to need the best weapons possible.

I'm not trying to slight your build, if you like it then more power to ya. Just know that you're sort of wasting those monk levels with weapons, and you don't have enough monk levels to make unarmed a viable option for very much longer. And I REALLY don't understand the paladin splash.