First TR WF monk. Am I gimping myself?

[SoundWav3]

So I'm about to TR myself for the first time and I was thinking of going earth stance and light path instead of dark and wind. I mainly just play with another friend of mine and don't raid that much. Will I gimp myself with this build or is it okay?

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Zentan Wave
Level 20 Lawful Good Warforged Male
(20 Monk) 
Hit Points: 362
Spell Points: 0 
BAB: 15\15\20\25\25
Fortitude: 20
Reflex: 19
Will: 20

                  Starting            Ending          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats         Base Stats         Modified Stats
(34 Point)       (Level 1)          (Level 20)           (Level 20)
Strength             13                 13                   13
Dexterity            15                 18                   18
Constitution         16                 18                   20
Intelligence         10                 10                   10
Wisdom               15                 15                   20
Charisma              6                  6                    6

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills         Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)            (Level 20)
Balance               6                    27
Bluff                -2                    -2
Concentration         7                    44
Diplomacy            -2                    -2
Disable Device        n/a                   n/a
Haggle               -2                    -2
Heal                  2                     5
Hide                  2                     4
Intimidate           -2                    -2
Jump                  5                    24
Listen                2                     5
Move Silently         2                     4
Open Lock             n/a                   n/a
Perform              n/a                   n/a
Repair                0                     0
Search                0                     0
Spot                  5                    27
Swim                  1                     1
Tumble                3                     5
Use Magic Device     n/a                   n/a

Level 1 (Monk)
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Monk
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Toughness
Feat: (Selected) Two Weapon Fighting
Enhancement: Warforged Healer's Friend I


Level 2 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Stunning Fist
Enhancement: Way of the Patient Tortoise I
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom I
Enhancement: Warforged Brute Fighting I
Enhancement: Warforged Tactics I


Level 3 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Path) Path of Harmonious Balance: Fists of Light
Feat: (Selected) Power Attack
Enhancement: Monk Improved Recovery I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I


Level 4 (Monk)
Ability Raise: DEX
Enhancement: The Receptive Earth
Enhancement: Warforged Constitution I


Level 5 (Monk)
Enhancement: Lifting the Veil
Enhancement: Way of the Patient Tortoise II


Level 6 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Cleave
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Weapon Finesse
Enhancement: Shintao Monk I


Level 7 (Monk)
Enhancement: Restoring the Balance
Enhancement: Adept of Rock


Level 8 (Monk)
Ability Raise: DEX
Enhancement: Monk Improved Recovery II


Level 9 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Two Weapon Fighting


Level 10 (Monk)
Enhancement: Way of the Patient Tortoise III
Enhancement: Rise of the Phoenix
Enhancement: Difficulty at the Beginning


Level 11 (Monk)
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom II


Level 12 (Monk)
Ability Raise: CON
Feat: (Selected) Past Life: Disciple of the Fist
Enhancement: Master of Stone


Level 13 (Monk)
Enhancement: Shintao Monk II
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II


Level 14 (Monk)
Enhancement: Racial Toughness III


Level 15 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Greater Two Weapon Fighting
Enhancement: Monk Wisdom III


Level 16 (Monk)
Ability Raise: CON
Enhancement: Way of the Patient Tortoise IV


Level 17 (Monk)
Enhancement: Warforged Constitution II


Level 18 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Weapon Focus: Bludgeoning Weapons
Enhancement: Grandmaster of Mountains


Level 19 (Monk)
Enhancement: Shintao Monk III


Level 20 (Monk)
Ability Raise: DEX
Enhancement: Monk Serenity
Enhancement: Racial Toughness IV

Have not eaten any tomes yet but I will probably do that after I TR.

[whomhead]

Will I gimp myself with this build

In a word: yes.

Weapon finesse is, in almost every case out there, a trap. While you do get the bonus of extra AC, you will most likely find that your strength is only a few points behind your dex, once you're alll geared and buffed. This means you're spending a feat to get +1-3 attack bonus and AC in exchange for doing less damage and probably actually having less to-hit than you would have on a pure strength build.

So, what I would recommend on a 34-point warforged build is going with starting stats of 16/15/16/8/14/6 with all level-ups into strength. When coupled with the WF tactics line and some gear, this will give you very nice DCs for all of your special light monk abilities.

Instead of weapon finesse, I would absolutely take Improved Sunder. Weapon focus: bludgeon is also not a huge benefit to a strength/earth build, so I would probably swap that with stunning blow. If you make these changes, you'll have one heck of a beastly robot monk on your hands.

[Uska]

the other poster is right go str my current tr is a wf earth build monk love it. str all the way

[twigzz]

Yep same. 1st life my monk was a dex build, 2nd life str build. 2nd life is MUCH better IMO. Both are/were dark too.

[SensaiRyu]

Have not eaten any tomes yet but I will probably do that after I TR.

After U13, tomes cross over with you.

[SoundWav3]

Main reason for the high dex has been partly to make way for GTWF and that if I didn't like how earth stance behaved I could easily get wind stance without having to reincarnate.
I have not thought much about gear but I'll type in what I have now.

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Corsair's skullcap:: Concentration +15, wisdom +6
Siren's Charm: Constitution +4,
Greater Bold Trinket: Damage bonus +1, Exceptional Seeker +2, Shocking Blow
Widow Weave Cloak (Looking for another cloak that will benefit me more but have not found one yet)
Siren's Belt: Armour bonus +5 (mostly have this for the bonus AC from the set but thinking about switching it out)
Ring of protection +5: +5 Deflection AC
Brawling Gloves: Strength +5, Spike-studded, Glass Jaw Strike, SA bonus +3
Dexterous +6 Boots of balance +3
Ring of The Stalker: Manslayer, Exceptional SA bonus +1, Seeker +3
Jidz-Tet'ka
Gorgon Docent
Goggles of the Eagle +10
Vampiric Stonedust wraps
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I do not have any higher level adventure packs, I think the last one I bought was red fens actually.
Also atm I'm about 40k short of level 18.

I see your point about getting more strength instead of dex and picking up improved sunder. I'll tinker around a bit and see if I can come up with a build that makes me happy.

[Kinerd]

Serious question: why do you want to be WF?

If you can get Ring of the Stalker, get the Spare Hand for a belt.

[SoundWav3]

Serious question: why do you want to be WF?

If you can get Ring of the Stalker, get the Spare Hand for a belt.

Because I like it.
And yeah working on getting spare hand as well.

Well I took whomheads advise on the build and I've come up with one that suits my wants. Now I just need to scrounge together some more tomes :P