Cyclone Duke
First Post
Hey guys, I am going to be making a monk in 3.5 soon, and with a point buy of 16, 16, 14, 10, 8, 8.
I'm thinking of going
STR 16
DEX 16
CON 14
INT 8
WIS 10
CHA 8
I'm aware that monk has WIS as it's main stat, to the point of Stunning Fist DC and bonus AC gain.
However, Stunning Fist scales badly and is only usable on low-fort enemies.
The AC gain can be gained by simply putting points in DEX instead, which will also give more relevant skills (balance, tumble etc), and inititive.
Gaining the same AC from dex means only stunning fist is remaining for any reason to have WIS. But there are class features to just skip this seemingly bad feature for something better. (Fiery fists or something).
So bottom line - is WIS any use for a monk apart from AC and Stunning Fist (and obv will save)?
I'm thinking of going
STR 16
DEX 16
CON 14
INT 8
WIS 10
CHA 8
I'm aware that monk has WIS as it's main stat, to the point of Stunning Fist DC and bonus AC gain.
However, Stunning Fist scales badly and is only usable on low-fort enemies.
The AC gain can be gained by simply putting points in DEX instead, which will also give more relevant skills (balance, tumble etc), and inititive.
Gaining the same AC from dex means only stunning fist is remaining for any reason to have WIS. But there are class features to just skip this seemingly bad feature for something better. (Fiery fists or something).
So bottom line - is WIS any use for a monk apart from AC and Stunning Fist (and obv will save)?