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A few monk questions and a L7 monk build looking for thoughts.
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<blockquote data-quote="mysticknight232" data-source="post: 5246717" data-attributes="member: 88123"><p>I personally skipped the magic ki focuses altogether and instead am attuning myself with a magical spear and using that as my Ki Focus. I selected a spear in order to take the Pointed Step Style Feat and because I will gain the enhancement bonus of my magical spear when I make MBA. If you have a basic weapon or just use your unarmed attack for a MBA, you will not gain the enhancement bonus of your Ki Focus. </p><p> </p><p>That being said, the only reason you would need a +1 club is for MBA. They won't stack for Monk powers, you can either use one or the other to deliver your attacks and since your ki focus is a +2, you'd use that all the time (I assume). Technically you are still delivering your strike through your club, you're just not using the magical enhancement of the club. Therefore, a +1 club is not needed except for MBA. This is also why you might as well add the expertise to the club instead of unarmed because you will never gain enhancement bonuses to unarmed MBA attacks. </p><p> </p><p>Another reason why I went with a magic weapon over a magic ki implement is because your unarmed MBA does not gain the benefit of your Ki Focus because a MBA does not have the implement keyword in it. Therefore, you will only gain +3 proficiency plus your Str modifier whenever you make a MBA. Because I took a magical spear, I'll be able to count the enhancement bonus towards the attack, which over time will be better than unarmed strike. </p><p> </p><p>Now, if you took the +1 club just for MBA, then by all means good job. But just remember that you can either use the +1 club or the +2 ki focus to determine your TH and dmg modifiers for Monk powers, but not both.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mysticknight232, post: 5246717, member: 88123"] I personally skipped the magic ki focuses altogether and instead am attuning myself with a magical spear and using that as my Ki Focus. I selected a spear in order to take the Pointed Step Style Feat and because I will gain the enhancement bonus of my magical spear when I make MBA. If you have a basic weapon or just use your unarmed attack for a MBA, you will not gain the enhancement bonus of your Ki Focus. That being said, the only reason you would need a +1 club is for MBA. They won't stack for Monk powers, you can either use one or the other to deliver your attacks and since your ki focus is a +2, you'd use that all the time (I assume). Technically you are still delivering your strike through your club, you're just not using the magical enhancement of the club. Therefore, a +1 club is not needed except for MBA. This is also why you might as well add the expertise to the club instead of unarmed because you will never gain enhancement bonuses to unarmed MBA attacks. Another reason why I went with a magic weapon over a magic ki implement is because your unarmed MBA does not gain the benefit of your Ki Focus because a MBA does not have the implement keyword in it. Therefore, you will only gain +3 proficiency plus your Str modifier whenever you make a MBA. Because I took a magical spear, I'll be able to count the enhancement bonus towards the attack, which over time will be better than unarmed strike. Now, if you took the +1 club just for MBA, then by all means good job. But just remember that you can either use the +1 club or the +2 ki focus to determine your TH and dmg modifiers for Monk powers, but not both. [/QUOTE]
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