Shintao Monk Build

[Letrii]

Any feat/enhancement advice for a dex-based warforged monk going for Shintao PrE?

[dkyle]

Well, WF is kind of an odd choice for DEX-based, as normally, the primary justification for DEX-based is to be able to put more in WIS for better stuns. But WF have a WIS penalty.

But, to answer your question, you want Toughness, Weapon Finesse, TWF, ITWF, GTWF, PA, Imp Crit, Stunning Fist, and a feat to meet Shintao prereqs (probably Luck of Heroes). That leaves one last feat of your choice. A second Toughness is a popular choice.

For enhancements, I'd definitely take Healing Amp III, instead of the Rise of the Phoenix line to qualify for Shintao II, and you might try to fit in Void IV. Otherwise, it's pretty simple. Toughness enhancements, PA enhancements, WIS/CON, Wind stance, Earth strikes, etc.

[Letrii]

Currently level 3, grabbed resilience as my qualifying feat for PrE. Higher saves is never a bad thing.

Think I currently have 18 Dex and 18 Wis.

http://my.ddo.com/character/thelanis/cakeny

[dkyle]

Currently level 3, grabbed resilience as my qualifying feat for PrE. Higher saves is never a bad thing.

It is when it cuts your damage in half. Unless you're running through traps, you probably shouldn't actually use that feat.

I'd prefer the always-on +1 saves to the highly situational +4 saves, myself. But both are junk feats, so not a big deal either way.

[Letrii]

Aye, I mainly use it for traps and when fighting things that make me do a lot of saves. Rest of the time I use full attack bonus unless I need defensive fighting for the extra AC.