shintao kensai 12m/6f/2r

[razrwild]

I was just kicking the idea around in my head of a monk paladin build but ditched paladin for fighter and the extra feats. Not sure how this looks so I would really appreciate feedback on it

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liuyt 
Level 20 Lawful Good Warforged Male
(6 Fighter \ 2 Paladin \ 12 Monk) 
Hit Points: 424
Spell Points: 0 
BAB: 17\17\22\27\27
Fortitude: 22
Reflex: 16
Will: 16

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats          Modified Stats
(34 Point)       (Level 1)             (Level 20)
Strength             15                    22
Dexterity            16                    18
Constitution         16                    19
Intelligence          8                    10
Wisdom               14                    18
Charisma              6                     8

Tomes Used
+2 Tome of Strength used at level 7
+2 Tome of Dexterity used at level 7
+2 Tome of Constitution used at level 7
+2 Tome of Intelligence used at level 7
+2 Tome of Wisdom used at level 7
+2 Tome of Charisma used at level 7

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills         Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)            (Level 20)
Balance               3                    20.5
Bluff                -2                     0
Concentration         7                    37
Diplomacy            -2                     0
Disable Device       n/a                    n/a
Haggle               -2                    -1
Heal                  2                     4
Hide                  3                     4
Intimidate           -2                     0
Jump                  2                    22
Listen                2                     4
Move Silently         3                     4
Open Lock             n/a                   n/a
Perform              n/a                   n/a
Repair               -1                     0
Search               -1                     0
Spot                  2                     4
Swim                  2                     6
Tumble                n/a                   6
Use Magic Device     n/a                   n/a

Level 1 (Paladin)
Feat: (Favored Enemy) Favored Enemy: Evil Outsider
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Monk
Feat: (Selected) Two Weapon Fighting
Enhancement: Paladin Focus of Good I
Enhancement: Warforged Construct Thinking I
Enhancement: Warforged Healer's Friend I


Level 2 (Paladin)
Enhancement: Warforged Tactics I


Level 3 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Past Life: Disciple of the Fist
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Power Attack
Enhancement: Monk Concentration I


Level 4 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Stunning Fist
Enhancement: Way of the Patient Tortoise I
Enhancement: Void Strike I
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom I


Level 5 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Path) Path of Harmonious Balance: Fists of Light
Enhancement: Monk Improved Recovery I
Enhancement: Warforged Healer's Friend II
Enhancement: Warforged Power Attack I


Level 6 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Luck of Heroes
Enhancement: Monk Concentration II
Enhancement: Warforged Tactics II


Level 7 (Monk)
Enhancement: Restoring the Balance


Level 8 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Toughness
Enhancement: Difficulty at the Beginning
Enhancement: Adept of Flame
Enhancement: Adept of Rain


Level 9 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Improved Two Weapon Fighting
Feat: (Selected) Weapon Focus: Bludgeoning Weapons
Enhancement: Fighter Haste Boost I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Fighter Toughness I


Level 10 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Improved Critical: Bludgeoning Weapons
Enhancement: Fighter Attack Boost I
Enhancement: Fighter Critical Accuracy I
Enhancement: Way of the Patient Tortoise II


Level 11 (Fighter)
Enhancement: Shintao Monk I


Level 12 (Fighter)
Feat: (Selected) Toughness
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Weapon Specialization: Bludgeoning Weapons
Enhancement: Fighter Attack Boost II
Enhancement: Fighter Critical Accuracy II


Level 13 (Fighter)
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II
Enhancement: Racial Toughness III
Enhancement: Fighter Strength I
Enhancement: Fighter Toughness II


Level 14 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Greater Two Weapon Fighting
Enhancement: Fighter Kensei I


Level 15 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Toughness


Level 16 (Monk)
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom II


Level 17 (Monk)
Enhancement: Fighter Haste Boost II


Level 18 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Toughness
Enhancement: Kensei Unarmed Mastery I
Enhancement: Monk Improved Recovery II


Level 19 (Monk)
Enhancement: Monk Improved Recovery III


Level 20 (Monk)
Enhancement: Shintao Monk II
Enhancement: Adept of Wind
Enhancement: Master of Thunder

[Astars]

Hmmm..... the sweet spot for kensais are kensai 2 (for power surge +8str) and knesai 3 (for +1 crit range)
Kensai 1 is a bit meh....

Stay pure or go 12/8 ftr/monk

my 2 (euro) cent

Ast

[Carpone]

12 monk/6 fighter is great. Consider 2 paladin instead of 2 rogue. It's essentially +3 to all saves with a +6 CHA item, and it gives you full unarmed BAB. It's a DPS and threat tanking beast: http://my.ddo.com/character/orien/titanticus

[razrwild]

I'm going the 12 monk to get the higher unarmed damage out of being monk as well as improved evasion and the out of combat heal. Since there aren't any GS wraps yet, I gotta go with what I can get. The +4 hit/dmg would be nice but how long does it last and how many do you get stock out of a lvl 12 fighter?

Carpone: It's 2 ranger that I went with, the full BAB is definitely something that I'd like to get out of this as well as the paladin abilities, but I don't really want to have to retool it just yet, I'll have to see how I can work it out swapping the paladin for ranger. The stats are a little tight as it is so I'd only wind up with a +2 to saves but still nice to have.

[zeitkeks]

go 7 ftr 1 rogue instead for 5% more haste boost.

[Angelus_dead]

I was just kicking the idea around in my head of a monk paladin build but ditched paladin for fighter and the extra feats. Not sure how this looks so I would really appreciate feedback on it

Putting a feat into Dodge isn't much help unless you're using it to qualify for Ninja or Tempest.
Getting Shintao is discouraged presently, because that specialty is very weak. But maybe you're guessing it will improve someday, which is likely.
Putting advancement stats into Constitution is discouraged, but reasonable if it's to qualify for Earth strike.

[razrwild]

thanks angelus, I'm hoping they fix shintao with update 7. This char is a TR from my 20 light monk and with how slow I level, they'll fix shintao before I even get to it. I'll work on a different enhancement spec rather than con

[Astars]

I'm going the 12 monk to get the higher unarmed damage out of being monk as well as improved evasion and the out of combat heal. Since there aren't any GS wraps yet, I gotta go with what I can get. The +4 hit/dmg would be nice but how long does it last and how many do you get stock out of a lvl 12 fighter?

You can get 7 or 8(with kensai necklace) power surge boosts of +8 str at 12 lvl fighter (more with action boost enhancements) and they last 1 min each. And they are hit on a fast trigger (you don't loose one attack round activating it). So they last all through an epic dq or epic dragon or most other boss fights.

Trying it out. Lvl 12 atm. real fun to play. Build here:
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=259029

Cheers

Ast

[razrwild]

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