Ossian
2010-07-28, 04:54 PM
Hello folks,
A while ago a number of you came to the rescue of my hopeless character building attempts. The thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157358"]HERE ("http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157358)) provided awesome input on how to go about it.
After consultation with the player, I think we cleared a few issues up and I have now a better sense of what he wants to do. The insane damage output of the boxed set monk with weapon mastery is no longer that important. However, good swordmanship and defense seem still a must. The old character was a monk with the heal self ability, so I had to start at level 7 Monk. With 13 levels available, we came up with this:
Monk 7 / Shintao Monk 4 / Iaijitsu Master 2
The idea is that his only monk weapons are:
Wu Jian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jian) (double edged sword, this is an especially long and flexible one)
Shortspear,
Composite Bow,
Throwing knives
Being Wu Jian the monastery's weapon, he can flurry with it and I just added Iaijitsu Focus to the list of class skills.
His stat block at level 1 is
STR 14
CON 12
DEX 17
INT 13
WIS 14
CHA 12
Shintao was reflavored as "Vs outsiders" as opposed to "vs tainted".
Iaijitsu master for 2 levels helps defense and initiative (with INT and CHA) and boosts a little the BAB.
Now, my questions are:
Do you have any suggestions on level swaps to the build above?
How would you use the ability increases at levels 4,8,12?
What feats would you go for?
I like the thought of finessing both the sword and the unarmed strike, which with the Shintao "touch the void dragon" works pretty well towards AC, Initiative and Attack. Superior unarmed strike does not seem at all interesting, as he would progress into level 20 as a monk, eventually. Also, apart from that one sword and a periapt of wisdom +2 which is an essential background item (of little monetary value as a jewel, just a flat disc of bone) he would never go magic item shopping. So, perhaps vow of poverty is a viable option?
Other feats? Thoughts and suggestions?
Cheers,
Ossian
A while ago a number of you came to the rescue of my hopeless character building attempts. The thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157358"]HERE ("http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157358)) provided awesome input on how to go about it.
After consultation with the player, I think we cleared a few issues up and I have now a better sense of what he wants to do. The insane damage output of the boxed set monk with weapon mastery is no longer that important. However, good swordmanship and defense seem still a must. The old character was a monk with the heal self ability, so I had to start at level 7 Monk. With 13 levels available, we came up with this:
Monk 7 / Shintao Monk 4 / Iaijitsu Master 2
The idea is that his only monk weapons are:
Wu Jian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jian) (double edged sword, this is an especially long and flexible one)
Shortspear,
Composite Bow,
Throwing knives
Being Wu Jian the monastery's weapon, he can flurry with it and I just added Iaijitsu Focus to the list of class skills.
His stat block at level 1 is
STR 14
CON 12
DEX 17
INT 13
WIS 14
CHA 12
Shintao was reflavored as "Vs outsiders" as opposed to "vs tainted".
Iaijitsu master for 2 levels helps defense and initiative (with INT and CHA) and boosts a little the BAB.
Now, my questions are:
Do you have any suggestions on level swaps to the build above?
How would you use the ability increases at levels 4,8,12?
What feats would you go for?
I like the thought of finessing both the sword and the unarmed strike, which with the Shintao "touch the void dragon" works pretty well towards AC, Initiative and Attack. Superior unarmed strike does not seem at all interesting, as he would progress into level 20 as a monk, eventually. Also, apart from that one sword and a periapt of wisdom +2 which is an essential background item (of little monetary value as a jewel, just a flat disc of bone) he would never go magic item shopping. So, perhaps vow of poverty is a viable option?
Other feats? Thoughts and suggestions?
Cheers,
Ossian