Munchkin Monk Build

[kha7id7ea]

Hello all,

I would like help building a optimized monk for an upcoming campaign. We are starting with 2000xp and level adjustments with buyoff are allowed. Furthermore, virtually all source books will be allowed. In addition, we will be using the pathfinder monk instead of the 3.5 version. The DM has modified the half-minotaur template into something more "acceptable to society". The new race/template will be large size, but will not benefit from the size increase. Something along the lines of a large sized human or any race for that matter. I was also considering playing a goliath.

One idea I had was to play a Lion's Totem Barbarian/ Monk/ Psionic Class, with the tashalatora feat.

Notes
jotunbrud has been house ruled to actually give the character powerful build



Any info will help,

Thanks








Recently the DM has completely nerfed both metamagic and the polymorph/wildshape rules.

 

[Alexander123]

This is a good guide to building optimized monks Beating Batman: Sir Giacomo's Guide to Monks - Giant in the Playground Forums.

 

[Dandu]

Yes. I agree. It is a good guide. You should read it and listen to his advice. Everyone agrees it is the best monk guide ever.

 

[JamesonCourage]

Yes. I agree. It is a good guide. You should read it and listen to his advice. Everyone agrees it is the best monk guide ever.

Is it just me, or did you and a bunch of other people in that thread eventually get banned?

 

[Ranger19k]

Clearly banned for too heartily agreeing with the guide's awesomeness

 

[Empirate]

To clarify: Sir Giacomo has written perhaps the most misleading "guide" ever. His idea for playing monks is basically: "get lots of cross-class UMD ranks, and burn all your wealth on consumable magic items". It is NOT advisable to follow his suggestions. At least not if you want an optimized build or anything like that...

Also, OP, please refrain from using the term "munchkin" in any but the most crassly pejorative contexts. Optimization and munchkinism have nothing in common with each other.

 

[JamesonCourage]

To clarify: Sir Giacomo has written perhaps the most misleading "guide" ever. His idea for playing monks is basically: "get lots of cross-class UMD ranks, and burn all your wealth on consumable magic items". It is NOT advisable to follow his suggestions. At least not if you want an optimized build or anything like that...

Also, OP, please refrain from using the term "munchkin" in any but the most crassly pejorative contexts. Optimization and munchkinism have nothing in common with each other.

Can't give you new experience points yet, but I pretty much agree with your post.

 

[Icyshadowlord]

I actually find that guide to be somewhat helpful (actually not...), and very darn amusing. Of course, not everyone can agree on everything. Also, magic items are something EVERYONE USES. It's almost a fact, with the exception being low-fantasy settings or magic-dead ones.

Also, why are you so offended by someone using the word/term munchkin, Empirate? To some people they really don't make a difference.

 

[Alexander123]

Also, why are you so offended by someone using the word/term munchkin, Empirate? To some people they really don't make a difference.

Munchkin is a perjorative term for powergamer, just the way a sexually free woman would be offended if you called them a slut. It is not a word which has positive connotations.

 

[Animal]

ok, i know what a slut is, but what is a sexually free woman/man?