Maxing Out Dex for Halfling Light Monk

[blumsborres]

Hi there, I'm a noob to the monk class. I've been reading up on different builds and I see that alot of them rely on tomes to get stats up the spec. Let's just suppose that I can't afford tomes (unless I pick them up of course). I also have no plans of reincarnating (I see alot of talk about 34pt builds). Would the following stats be fine to start with? Please give me your insights.

Hafling Monk (32pt Build)
STR 12 - sarificing DPS for better WIS
DEX 18 - AC + TWF requirements - trying to save on tomes
CON 14 - i've been told that this is satisfactory
INT 8
WIS 16 - AC + Special Attacks DC (+5 this is my level stat)
CHA 8

[Goldeneye]

Yeah, that could work. Wouldn't be bad at all.
Just make sure you get a +1 STR tome at some point so you can get Power Attack.*

*By level 10ish you should be able to afford a few +1 tomes, if you hadn't looted them by that point.

[blumsborres]

thanks for your quick reply

truth is I already have a +1 STR tome lying around hehehe

I just want to make sure I'v got the right stats before I use it up.

[Goldeneye]

Great!


Also, worst case scenario: you could always lesser reincarnate, and swap all you stats around, however I don't see a problem - you should be just fine!

[Crinos]

It looks ok to me, but to be honest I think 18 starting dex costs too much on a monk.

If you start at 16 instead you could better spend those stat points elsewhere.

More Strength or more Con would be the best options in my opinion.

[Rikien]

It looks ok to me, but to be honest I think 18 starting dex costs too much on a monk.

If you start at 16 instead you could better spend those stat points elsewhere.

More Strength or more Con would be the best options in my opinion.

Well 18 DEX costs as much for a halfling as 16 DEX costs for say a human. 20 DEX is their max you know.

[ProdigalGuru]

Just assume you will be able to get all the +1 tomes you want, and a pair of +2's, eventually, and at least.

+3 and up would be where it gets iffy.