Here is a character I recently took through HotU (well not quite as that ended with a single monk level at level 27). I had staff as weapon which of course isnt the most powerful choice. Kama or Great Sword is better but staff looks cooler. The character isnt very powerful but I enjoyed it as it felt well rounded. Also I couldnt find a single character with these class combos in the search engine (maybe for a reason...)
Anyway, here is the build.

Monk18/CoT8/Dwarven Defender14
Dwarf
Alignment: Any Lawful
Playable 1-40, PvM

Str16 (30)
Int10
Wis14 (18)
Dex14
Con16
Chr6


1 Monk, Toughness
2 Monk
3 Monk, Dodge
4 Monk, Str17
5 Monk
6 Monk, WF
7 Monk
8 Monk, Str18
9 Monk, Blind Fight
10 Monk
11 DwD1
12 DwD2, Power Attack, Str19
13 DwD3
14 DwD4
15 DwD5, Great Cleave
16 DwD6, Str20
17 DwD7
18 DwD8, Imp Crit
19 DwD9
20 DwD10, Str 21
21 CoT1, EWF
22 CoT2 Great Wis I
23 CoT3
24 CoT4, Epic Reflexes, Great Wis II, Str24
25 CoT5
26 CoT6, Great Wis III
27 CoT7, Great Str I
28 CoT8, Great Wis IV, Str26
29 DwD11
30 DwD12, Great Str II
31 DwD13
32 DwD14, Armor skin, Str27
33 Monk11, Great Str III
34 Monk12
35 Monk13
36 Monk14, Great Str IV, Str29
37 Monk15
38 Monk16
39 Monk17, Epic Prowess
40 Monk18, Str30
_____
AB: 41/36/31/26, 41/38/35/32/29/26
AC naked: 29
Hit Points: 552
Damage Reduction: 9/-

Fort: 31 (33)* (35)**(39)***
Will: 32 (34)* (36)**(40)***
Reflex: 30 (32)* (34)**(38)***

*Defensive Stance bonus
**Defensive Stance and Dwarf Hardiness bonus
***saves vs spells with Defensive Stance and Dwarf Hardiness bonus

Discipline: 43(53)
Spellcraft: 20
Tumble: 40
Heal: 5 (9)
Lore: 1
Heal: 2
Quote: Posted 10/01/08 23:25 (GMT) -- Bruce Lee 72


Monk18/CoT8/Dwarven Defender14
Dwarf
Alignment: Any Lawful
Playable 1-40, PvM

Str16 (30)
Int10
Wis14 (18)
Dex14
Con16
Chr6


1 Monk, Toughness
2 Monk
3 Monk, Dodge
4 Monk, Str17
5 Monk
6 Monk, WF
7 Monk
8 Monk, Str18
9 Monk, Blind Fight
10 Monk
11 DwD1
12 DwD2, Power Attack, Str19
13 DwD3
14 DwD4
15 DwD5, Great Cleave
16 DwD6, Str20
17 DwD7
18 DwD8, Imp Crit
19 DwD9
20 DwD10, Str 21
21 CoT1, EWF
22 CoT2 Great Wis I
23 CoT3
24 CoT4, Epic Reflexes, Great Wis II, Str24
25 CoT5
26 CoT6, Great Wis III
27 CoT7, Great Str I
28 CoT8, Great Wis IV, Str26
29 DwD11
30 DwD12, Great Str II
31 DwD13
32 DwD14, Armor skin, Str27
33 Monk11, Great Str III
34 Monk12
35 Monk13
36 Monk14, Great Str IV, Str29
37 Monk15
38 Monk16
39 Monk17, Epic Prowess
40 Monk18, Str30
_____
AB: 41/36/31/26, 41/38/35/32/29/26
AC naked: 29
Hit Points: 552
Damage Reduction: 9/-

Fort: 31 (33)* (35)**(39)***
Will: 32 (34)* (36)**(40)***
Reflex: 30 (32)* (34)**(38)***

*Defensive Stance bonus
**Defensive Stance and Dwarf Hardiness bonus
***saves vs spells with Defensive Stance and Dwarf Hardiness bonus


Heal: 5 (9)
Lore: 1
Heal: 2
Looks solid. I would make a few minor tweaks. Swap Dwd10 and CoT1. You lose +1 to Will and Fort, but you gain +2back in Fort and Reflex. I'd also take Armor Skin at Level 21 with CoT2 and a Great Strength. Instant AB and AC at the same time. As for Power Attack and Great Cleave, I question if there aren't better feats than this. Granted, he's a monk. I don't have a problem with using a sword or a staff in a monk build. I tend to do weird things like that, too.

I also noted that you had this
Quote: Heal: 5 (9)
Lore: 1
Heal: 2

You devoted points to Heal twice. Probably a typo. I haven't seen other builds like this, which seems a bit strange. I suppose you could swap CoT for Fighter in the Epic Levels. Get an extra feat out of the deal, and you'd get to throw in WS/EWS, but I like how CoT is used here. Overall, I think he's pretty solid strength-based monk.
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Ariel, Ookla, RIDE! The heal and lore thing is a type yeah.
Cool thing about taking CoT 1 before DwD 10 giving better saves. It is the little things!

I thought about fighter but I wanted a combo of three good defensive classes and I also wanted the wisdom from CoT.

About great cleave. I guess it is because I mostly play PvM and great cleave can be very useful when there are plenty of monsters around. For fewer bigger fights I guess it might not be very useful, especially since you get cleave for free. Maybe could try dual wielding and go DEX instead, but then going DEX and not getting epic dodge doesnt feel right...
Quote: Posted 10/01/08 23:25 (GMT) -- Bruce Lee 72
Alignment: Any Lawful
You probably mean: LG and LN Thats right!
LG or LN.