I need a PDK build for some no fuss past lives.

[S0rdmasta]

Hi all, I've never really played monk seriously.. I've splashed it here and there, but never got to know it well enough to get the most out of the class. I've been doing a lot of reading and can't find any published builds that are "just right" Something like a Drunker build looks ideal, not sure if its out of date though.

I have a toon who wants 3x PDK and Monk pastlives.. It doesn't need to be an EE juggernaut.. But I want something that will breeze though content on EH solo and handle some EE with a reasonable party. It has a handful of past lives so will be a 36pt build. I don't really have much monk suitable gear, but I'm happy to do a bit of grinding to get it before embarking on the lives. So feel free to recommend gear. One last thing, being past lives, I would really like to avoid the whole buying a +1 heart thing. So I guess fighter for first lvl is locked in.. Even if it results in a sub-optimal build.

Open to any suggestions, thanks in advance.

[Wh070aa]

I recommend Monkcher. 12 monk, 6 ranger, 2 whatever. Sadly the fighter level kills your trapping ability, so there will be problems on that front, and you might have to invest in epic rogue hireling (witch kinda sucks). 10K stars/mayshot+slayer arrow/sniper shot + furry of wild crits. Heal with cocon and Regeneration from DWS(in heroics, or if you are taking extra damage). You need really high dex(21 base for combat archery), and wis(total of 42, if I remember correctly).

Something like this,
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/313167
but I would not follow the build exactly.

6ranger,6 monk is most variable of TR epic TR frameworks, so you might need to take time adjusting it to your play style.You can probably replace ranger levels with some rogue levels, but it is not as good, since your cant do manyshot/stars on repeater/great crossbow, and have to switch it out, or deal with less damage, and lack of special shots.

[S0rdmasta]

Thanks for the reply and suggestion. I had been avoiding the monkcher idea because I'd rather hit things, but I will definitely do some more reading and see if that might be the way to go.

[peng]

Level breaks to keep in mind: for a monk past life you need at least 7 monk. 12 monk gets you abundant step. Every 4th level increases your unarmed damage.

If you want a purish unarmed monk, 1-4 fighter levels can be pretty helpful. 1 fighter gives haste boost and a feat, 2 gives tactics and a feat, 3 gives 25 prr/mrr, 4 gives another feat.

With fighter levels, you can fit in cleaves and whirlwind attack (hits 3-4 times unarmed).

If you want to use a qstaff, I'd take at least 2 rogue levels for thief acrobatics and a better quick strike.

There's also twf/swf with shortsword or kama, monkcher, and shuri tosser.

You could even build for quivering palm dc using shortswords (if all of these work. Not entirely sure what boosts it nowadays). Pdk can get 1/3 cha mod to tactics while using swords, and you can get 1/2 int mod to tactics with know the angles. With 2-4 fighter levels you can get +3 to tactics. So going wis based, with int and cha secondary, you should actually be able to hit a usable qp dc.

[unbongwah]

You could even build for quivering palm dc using shortswords (if all of these work. Not entirely sure what boosts it nowadays). Pdk can get 1/3 cha mod to tactics while using swords, and you can get 1/2 int mod to tactics with know the angles.

Confirmed as stacking, though it makes your build triple-stat dependent (WIS, INT, CHA), plus CON, so not sure it's such a good idea in practice.

For a staff build, I would consider monk 12 / rog 5 / ftr 3. For a Drunk build, the classic monk 9 / druid 9 / ftr 2 split (or druid 8 / ftr 3 - give up Natural Fighting's +18% doublestrike for defensive stance's +25 PRR).

[S0rdmasta]

Thanks guys, you've given me a bit to work with. He has some fighter past lives too, so the tactics dc could stack up nicely.

[Robbenklopper]

If done right, you can possibly get a wicked deadquiverer by multiclassing monk/fighter or whaever and going for the Cormyrean Knight Training, having fun with swords.

[Lorianus]

PDK gets CHA to damage and hit with shortswords and shortswords are Ki weapons. With max. CHA you could use Kukan-Do, energy burst, soundburst SLA. Could be fun?