Serene Defender (Pure light intimitank Monk)

[wax_on_wax_off]

Serene Defender (20 Monk)

Concept: Intimitank Monk. Proof of concept build, need help working out a viable gear layout.
Kudos to Solar Phoenix and other builds that I used as inspiration

Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Final Unbuffed Ability Scores:
23 (26) Strength. (14 base +2 Tome + 6 Item +3 fire stance +1 exceptional)
23 Dexterity. (15 base +2 Tome +6 Item)
28 (32) Constitution. (14 Base + 5 levels + 2 Tome +6 Item +4 earth stance +1 exceptional)
14 Intelligence: (12 Base +2 Tome)
22 Wisdom: (14 base +2 Tome +6 Item)
22 Charisma: (14 base +2 tome +6 item)
Ability increase every 4 levels: All in Con

Skills : Keep Concentration, Intimidate, UMD and Jump maxed out at all levels. At level 1 put 1 rank into tumble and rest into Balance. Top up balance after int tome, extra points into Listen or as preferred.

Feats (by level): Past Life: Paladin (1), Past Life: Fighter (1), Monk Bonus: Two Weapon Fighting (1), Past Life: Fighter chosen feat (1), Monk Bonus: Stunning Fist (2), Path of Harmonious Balance: Fists of Light (3), Power Attack (3), Skill Focus: Intimidate (6), Monk Bonus: Combat Expertise (6), Improved Two Weapon Fighting (9), Improved Critical: Bludgeoning (12), Greater Two Weapon Fighting (15), Bullheaded (18)

Missed feat: Toughness (lots of HP anyway and can’t fit enhancements anyway)

Enhancements (Monk): Master of Thunder (6), Master of Bonfires (6), Grandmaster of Mountains (10), Fists of Iron (1), Master of Sea (6), Unbalancing Strike (1), Void Strike IV (10), Fists of Light (0), Way of the Tenacious Badger III (6), Monk Improved Recovery III (12), Shintao Monk III (8), Monk Serenity (2)
=68
Enhancements (Half-elf): Improved Recovery II (6)

Missed enhancements: Human Versatility I-IV (UMD and emergency Intimidate), +stat enhancements.
Likely 2 (or more) enhancement layouts depending on mood:
Max intimidate/tanking, no void strike
More soloability, less intimitanking

Equipment:
+15 intimidation ring (or other slot?)
Kyosho's Ring (Shintao Set)
Shintao Cord (Shintao Set)
Epic Gloves of the Claw
Minos Legens (or another toughness giving item?)
GS Cha Skills Item (Goggles/Cloak?) (+6 Cha Skills, Lightning Strike Guard)
Head of Good Fortune (Swappable with Arrowhead/Bloodstone)
(Epic) Jidz Tet-ka Bracers
Triple Positive Kama (10/20/30% healing amp + holy/good burst/30% healing amp)
DT Robes (10/20 healing amp, destruction)
Boots: Situational stuff...Kundarak Delving, Madstone, Striders, Featherfall, Firestorm, Anchoring, etc.
Chattering Ring
Icy Raiments
Chaos Guard
Wraps for fire stance DPS (Bane wraps, etc …)
Kamas for blocking/AC (triple positive/insight AC)

Intimidate:
11 Ranks
15 Item
6 Shintao III
5 Epic Gloves of the Claw
3 Tenacious Badger III
6 GS Cha Skills Item
2 HoGF (Good Luck)
4 Greater Heroism
2 Coin Lord favor
6 Cha
3 SF: Intimidate
2 Bullheaded
2 Walk of the Sun
1 Yugo Pot
2 Past Life: fighter
=70 (for serious alternative intimitank builds epic claw is pretty required)
3 +3 exceptional Cha, +7 item, +4 tome
1 respeccing out of Void Strike IV and pick up Way of the Badger IV
5 moment of clarity (yes, difficult to keep up but this build will have heaps of Ki)
2 bard inspire competence (or does this not stack with something?)
=81
This is needed for Hound Elite which is the only raid in which you would need such ideal conditions. It is quite easy to have slightly less than 80 due to second intimidate timer that half-elves receive. Having a 1, 2 or 3 point shortfall will only result in very very intermittent intimidate fails (0.25% for 1 point, 1% for 2 points, 2.4% for 3 points). This fact makes the really hard stuff (exceptional Cha, +7 item, +4 tome) optional. If all the hard stuff is acquired it may be possible to spec out of improved intimidate, bullheaded, skill focus: intimidate etc. (can pick up toughness, past life: monk etc.)

Defense:
HP:
160 = 20x8 monk levels
20 base
160 = 20x8 con modifier
45 GS HP item
20 GFL
20 Toughness item (Minos Legens)
=425
60 Earth Stance
10 Superior False Life
40 Yugo Pot
20 Rage Pot
=555
60 +3 exceptional, +7 epic con item, +4 tome
615

Healing Amplification:
20% - Human Racial Enhancements
5% - Past Life: Paladin
20% - Monk Class Enhancements
10% - Dragontouched Eldritch Rune
20% - Dragontouched Tempest Rune
25% - Jidz-Tet'ka
30% - Epic Gloves of the Claw

DR:
Blocking in Earth Stance:
10/Epic or 8/-
+10 BAB
+3 from Earth Stance
+ optional swap in TWB
Attacking in Fire Stance:
10/epic
5/- Bloodrage Symbiot

UMD:
11 ranks + 6 charisma + 2 HoGF + 5 Moment of Clarity + 6 Charisma Skills GS + 2 Walk of the Sun + 1 Yugo Pot = 33
Need 7 more for no fail heal scrolls right? Where does that come from?

Concentration
23 ranks + 9 Constitution + 2 HoGF + 2 Walk of the Sun + 1 Yugo Pot + 15 concentration ring (shintao set) + 2 earth stance +10 monk capstone= 65

Ki Generation (in Fire Stance or Earth Stance):
Ki on every attack
Fire stance or Earth stance Ki generation
Way of the Tenacious Badger (Ki generation when below X hp)
Monk Serenity (Ki generation when below 65 Ki)

[drsmooth]

Where are you getting +3 Improved Intimidation, with no class providing access to that?

[wax_on_wax_off]

Improved Intimidation (available up to IV) is listed on DDOwiki as a racial enhancement for half-elves, am I mistaken?

[Tirkan]

One of the requirments for any and indeed all of the Improved skills...is having a class that has that skill as a class skill.

[wax_on_wax_off]

One of the requirments for any and indeed all of the Improved skills...is having a class that has that skill as a class skill.

Really? ******.

Human it is then ...

[Darkrok]

I don't know...I kind of like this build as a half-elf. If you're going to focus on intimidate it seems like it makes much more sense to do so as a half-elf with the second chance button. Lag happens, things run out of range, second waves come in and in all those cases you'll want that second chance.

Also, I'm not sure if you're going to be able to get a workable AC. I suppose you could toss on chattering when you're intimitanking and lose the ToD rings, toss on chaosguards if you're in earth stance instead of fire, etc. Without maxing out on dex or wis I wonder though. The reason I bring this up is that if you do the triple pos 10/20/30 kama then you'd be free to use a different robe. If you can get a meaningful AC that's probably icy raiments. If not I'd seriously consider a good guard DT. Maybe try to slot a nice guard GS as well. If you're tanking and your AC isn't worthwhile then guards are very nice.

[rimble]

Serene Defender sucks. Gotta go with the Solar theme...was gonna call mine Solar Plexus, y'know, as in punchin' people in the solar plexus. hehehe

Anyways, yeah, go Human, and everything else you have planned is pretty identical to what I'm doing. Pretty funny we both started on this around the same time, I wonder if there was talk about it within the guild that I don't remember?

I've got a few TRs to go through still, and I go plenty slow, so I'm not planning ALL my gear (because things might change), but I'm at least just keeping track of equipment that is essential, or at least very very important, right now that is:

Shintao Cord / Kyosho's Ring
DT Robe (10% Healing Amp / 20% Healing Amp / Disintegration Guard)
Jidz Tet'ka
Epic Gloves of the Claw
GS Accessory: +45 HP, Corrosive Salt Guard
GS Accessory: +6 Cha Skills, Lightning Strike Guard

That's all I really worry about right now. Even then, anything level 18+ or so I probably won't bother grinding out until my last TR. Don't see the point spending the time doing that only to have something else come along before I'm ready for the final Intimimonk build. Of course I'll participate in the raids for XP and if I get the item that's great, but not gonna really grind for it.