race: human
stats: str 12 dex 16 con 12 wis 16 int 10 cha 8

lvl 1 R1 ambidex, TWF
lvl 2 R1/C1
lvl 3 R1/C2 Weapon finesse
lvl 4 R1/C3 +dex(17)
lvl 5 R1/C4
lvl 6 R1/C4/M1 WF: kama
lvl 7 R1/C5/M1
lvl 8 R1/C6/M1 +dex(18)
lvl 9 R1/C7/M1 dodge
lvl 10 R1/C8/M1
lvl 11 R1/C8/M2
lvl 12 R2/C8/M2 ITWF, +dex(19)
lvl 13 R3/C8/M2
lvl 14 R3/C8/M3
lvl 15 R3/C9/M3 impr crit: kama*
lvl 16 R3/C10/M3 +dex(20)
lvl 17 R3/C11/M3
lvl 18 R4/C11/M3 CC
lvl 19 R4/C12/M3
lvl 20 R4/C12/M4 +wis(17)
lvl 21 R4/C13/M4 EWF: kama
lvl 22 R5/C13/M4
lvl 23 R5/C13/M5
lvl 24 R5/C13/M6 improved CC, +dex(21)
lvl 25 R6/C13/M6
lvl 26 R7/C13/M6
lvl 27 R7/C13/M7 armor skin
lvl 28 R7/C13/M8 +wis(18)
lvl 29 R8/C13/M8
lvl 30 R9/C13/M8 great dex(22)
lvl 31 R9/C14/M8
lvl 32 R9/C15/M8 +wis(19)
lvl 33 R9/C16/M8 great dex(23)
lvl 34 R10/C16/M8 crippling strike(R)
lvl 35 R11/C16/M8
lvl 36 R12/C16/M8 great dex(24), +dex(25)
lvl 37 R13/C16/M8 defensive roll(R)
lvl 38 R13/C16/M9
lvl 39 R13/C17/M9 epic dodge
lvl 40 R13/C18/M9 +dex(26)

end stats: str 12 dex 26 con 12 wis 19 int 10 cha 8
naked AC: 32=10+8(tumble)+2(armor skin)+12(dex+wis)
naked AB: 36=25(AB)+3(WF+EWF)+8(dex)

this char has a lot of potential with buffs and decent eq, very easily tweaked to fit your personal flavour, but this is a very decent lvl 40 build (of course I have a more playable version 1-40).

pros: lvl 9 cleric spells, crippling strike, epic dodge, a lot of attacks/round, good saves.

cons: low hp, low on feats, not very good AB unbuffed, low discipline(41).

this is the best Monk build I've encountered... have fun.

Edited By Cinnabar Din on 02/27/08 20:25

Quote: Posted 09/17/04 12:04:00 (GMT) -- Diesel, Vin Diesel

race: human
stats: str 12 dex 16 con 12 wis 16 int 10 cha 8

lvl 1 R1 ambidex, TWF
lvl 2 R1/C1
lvl 3 R1/C2 Weapon finesse
lvl 4 R1/C3 +dex(17)
lvl 5 R1/C4
lvl 6 R1/C4/M1 WF: kama
lvl 7 R1/C5/M1
lvl 8 R1/C6/M1 +dex(18)
lvl 9 R1/C7/M1 dodge
lvl 10 R1/C8/M1
lvl 11 R1/C8/M2
lvl 12 R2/C8/M2 ITWF, +dex(19)
lvl 13 R3/C8/M2
lvl 14 R3/C8/M3
lvl 15 R3/C9/M3 impr crit: kama*
lvl 16 R3/C10/M3 +dex(20)
lvl 17 R3/C11/M3
lvl 18 R4/C11/M3 CC
lvl 19 R4/C12/M3
lvl 20 R4/C12/M4 +wis(17)
lvl 21 R4/C13/M4 EWF: kama
lvl 22 R5/C13/M4
lvl 23 R5/C13/M5
lvl 24 R5/C13/M6 improved CC, +dex(21)
lvl 25 R6/C13/M6
lvl 26 R7/C13/M6
lvl 27 R7/C13/M7 armor skin
lvl 28 R7/C13/M8 +wis(18)
lvl 29 R8/C13/M8
lvl 30 R9/C13/M8 great dex(22)
lvl 31 R9/C14/M8
lvl 32 R9/C15/M8 +wis(19)
lvl 33 R9/C16/M8 great dex(23)
lvl 34 R10/C16/M8 crippling strike(R)
lvl 35 R11/C16/M8
lvl 36 R12/C16/M8 great dex(24), +dex(25)
lvl 37 R13/C16/M8 defensive roll(R)
lvl 38 R13/C16/M9
lvl 39 R13/C17/M9 epic dodge
lvl 40 R13/C18/M9 +dex(26)

end stats: str 12 dex 26 con 12 wis 19 int 10 cha 8
naked AC: 32=10+8(tumble)+2(armor skin)+12(dex+wis)
naked AB: 36=25(AB)+3(WF+EWF)+8(dex)

this char has a lot of potential with buffs and decent eq, very easily tweaked to fit your personal flavour, but this is a very decent lvl 40 build (of course I have a more playable version 1-40).

pros: lvl 9 cleric spells, crippling strike, epic dodge, a lot of attacks/round, good saves.

cons: low hp, low on feats, not very good AB unbuffed, low discipline(41).

this is the best Monk build I've encountered... have fun.

Vin, this is very similar to my Crippler build (also fairly similar to cdualepp's Megaera Erinyes build).

A few things:

1) You have no need for either Combat Casting or Improved Combat casting unless you are taking Expertise feats, which I see that you are not. Just use Defensive Casting mode and save yourself a couple of feats.

2) No real reason to take 9 Monk lvls that I can think of. Gets you Improved Evasion, but you could just as easily get that on a Rogue level. If you were to go Rogue 16/Monk 6/Cleric 18 you wouldn't really lose much, but you would gain 1d6 sneak attacks and a few more skill credits. If you go Rogue 17/Monk 6/Cleric 17, you have now gained 2d6 sneak attacks over your original build.

3) You may want to consider going Halfling rather than Human. You can get a higher AB and AC with Halflings; the only real disadvantage is that you suffer a penalty with IKD.

4) If you want more health, try lowering Str to 10 and taking Toughness rather than Improved Critical. You lose 1 point of damage and crit 5% less often, but you gain 80 HP and 1 Fort save. sorry crispy if this was a copy of your build, I've never looked at any monk builds out there and made this myself in the OC (well not all the way of course), and I thought it worked out just fine.

1. I didn't know about defensive casting... does it let me cast while fighting without incurring AOOs? and I hate expertise, it's no good for a meleer since the general idea with a melee char is to actually kill things, not just stand there and not get hit. and it's just lame to use it with casters, shouldn't be possible at all IMHO, but this discussion has been on every forum far too often for me to bring it up again. let's just say I don't want it.

2. I want 9 monk lvls for +30% speed if nothing else, I really love RUNNING around. plus I really want 18 lvls of cleric for castings, so 16 rogue would only give me 1d6 bs dmg, which I can spare. trade off is 10% speed vs 1d6 bs dmg... choice is yours.

3. 12 str is nice both for +1 dmg (which isn't much) and being able to carry more, so mostly for practical reasons. the build would probably be better of with 10 str 14 con, good point there, I just prefer to play with at least 12 str with melee builds.

sorry again if it was a copy, wasn't intended as one, but I guess most good builds have been posted by now