The Monk Trip

[Deadnettle]

Can a (pure) monk develop a meaningful trip DC? I have a character I think of as my 'tactical build', wondering out loud if I can get his trip to a meaningful level.

Trip DC is 10 + STR mod (+racial + FTR past lives, + weapon/item mods + enhancement/destiny mods).

10 base
15 (I figure ~40 STR for a monk. If you are going for tactical, level ups are into WIS, so STR will not be ultra.)
6 destiny twist
10 item
5 combat mastery
3 past lives
3 dwarf/wf

Maybe around DC 50 is possible.

If your wraps are stunning, can you get the +10 from another slot?

It's a dex save, maybe 50 is good against casters, use Kyukundo against melees. Spam the fist whenever it's off timer.

What are your thoughts? Anybody have a good trip with their monk? What's your DC and how do you get there? When do you use it? Any value in epic elite?

[voodoogroves]

If you're in GMOF, that's another 3. WF can wear a blademarks for another 5. Improved Tirp for 3 more. Tactician feat for 2 more. That's 13 you don't have.

My tactics guy has been a Fighter 12 / Monk 6 for a very, very long time. Excited that he's now a la mode - of course, his STR bursts higher for sure, so the DC is better. I've not played him in a while, but his trips and stuns were definitely useful.

[Munkenmo]

If your wraps are stunning, can you get the +10 from another slot?

You can get vertigo on a ring slot (dun robar), probably better off with shatter though for quivering palm.
combat mastery +5 on a ring or belt or (up to +6 in a cloak slot)

My bladeforged monk also has an epic blademark docent (+15 vertigo)