12Mnk/6Rgr/2Arti leveling order? Halp!

[Ragnarnessaja]

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I don't know which order to take the levels in. I want to take Artificer early so I get access to Open Lock and Disable Device so that I can max that (or close to it), but I don't know what levels I should take the other stuff in order to get feat order down well and such.

I was going to level with Hand Wraps, but now I think that if I take artificer early, I could go Runearm/Repeater early game.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[mna]

*Posting this here as well as the Monk forum in order to get help faster.*

I don't know which order to take the levels in. I want to take Artificer early so I get access to Open Lock and Disable Device so that I can max that (or close to it), but I don't know what levels I should take the other stuff in order to get feat order down well and such.

I was going to level with Hand Wraps, but now I think that if I take artificer early, I could go Runearm/Repeater early game.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Well. I have neither monk nor arti myself, and the stance / forms feats thing is far from clear to me, but...

Doesn't it usually go so that first level for skill points (artificer?), and then 2-whatever feat progression, and then so you can catch up skills optimally if you take more levels in whatever they're class skills for...?

So I'd think you might want to be arti 1-2/monk 3+/ranger 2+ for your level 9 feat selection and ranger 6 in time to qualify for GTWF. Delaying runearms (arti 2) to some degree might give some benefits to skill point distribution, not sure... and you might want to have monk 12 (Master of Forms) by level 18 too, to get Grandmaster of Forms there... that'd mean delaying GTWF to 21? if you're taking that... tricky. Not sure when Improved Precise Shot would be optimal if you're taking that one, ...