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<blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 5802567" data-attributes="member: 35909"><p>I suggest you be a Half-Elf. This does a few things for you. You get two favored classes, you get the unique to Half-Elves Summoner favored class option of +1/4 evolution point, and you get immunity to sleep magic. This partly helps protect against losing your mobile suit in the middle of combat:</p><p>"If the summoner is unconscious, asleep, or killed, his eidolon is immediately banished."</p><p>If not doing Half-Elf (maybe even if a Half-Elf, too), absolutely take this feat: <a href="http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/general-feats/resilient-eidolon" target="_blank">Resilient Eidolon - Pathfinder_OGC</a></p><p></p><p>You may want to lower some of those mental scores to boost Con and Dex to 12 at least. Unless you're seriously not afraid of ever being attacked at night or something.</p><p></p><p>Definitely do Quad form and get Pounce. If you get Flurry from monk, it means you can charge and flurry. Even if you stick with MoMS Monk, you have quite a few natural weapons. Get pounce!</p><p></p><p>Why do you want to be a MoMS Sacred Mountain Monk? MoMS is pretty pointless if you're only taking one style feat tree anyway, and I don't care for sacred mountain archetype. Is there a 2nd style feat you were looking towards? Depending on the style feat pre-reqs, you may want to wait to enter/advance Monk. Basically if you wanted the 3rd feat in a style tree but don't like the 2nd.</p><p>Say for example you liked <a href="http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat-feats/snake-fang-combat" target="_blank">Snake Fang/url]. If you wait until level 3 to take that 1st Monk level for the bonus feat, you can meet the requirements for [url=http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat-feats/snake-style-combat-style]Snake Style</a>. You level up in Monk and gain Imp. Unarmed Strike and your 3rd rank in Acrobatics and take Snake Style as your general feat then use your Monk bonus feat on Snake Fang, getting it much earlier than normal and cutting out the extremely subpar <a href="http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat-feats/snake-sidewind-combat" target="_blank">Snake Sidewind</a> completely.</p><p></p><p>You like Dragon Ferocity, so you wouldn't need to skip to the 3rd feat for that style, but perhaps for your other style that trick might be helpful.</p><p></p><p>Past 3rd level, I would just go straight Synthesist. It's a really good class. Just use natural attacks and use the monk levels for the bonus feats and AC bonus. If you do stick to this plan and only use Monk as a small dip, you may also want to consider the <a href="http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/monk/archetypes/paizo---monk-archetypes/sohei" target="_blank">Sohei</a> archetype. It's pretty hilariously front-loaded. Lots of proficiencies, and trade the Stunning Fist you'd have had few uses of anyway for the ability to always act in the surprise round (and with pounce, you'll still be able to full attack on your partial charge!).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="StreamOfTheSky, post: 5802567, member: 35909"] I suggest you be a Half-Elf. This does a few things for you. You get two favored classes, you get the unique to Half-Elves Summoner favored class option of +1/4 evolution point, and you get immunity to sleep magic. This partly helps protect against losing your mobile suit in the middle of combat: "If the summoner is unconscious, asleep, or killed, his eidolon is immediately banished." If not doing Half-Elf (maybe even if a Half-Elf, too), absolutely take this feat: [url=http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/general-feats/resilient-eidolon]Resilient Eidolon - Pathfinder_OGC[/url] You may want to lower some of those mental scores to boost Con and Dex to 12 at least. Unless you're seriously not afraid of ever being attacked at night or something. Definitely do Quad form and get Pounce. If you get Flurry from monk, it means you can charge and flurry. Even if you stick with MoMS Monk, you have quite a few natural weapons. Get pounce! Why do you want to be a MoMS Sacred Mountain Monk? MoMS is pretty pointless if you're only taking one style feat tree anyway, and I don't care for sacred mountain archetype. Is there a 2nd style feat you were looking towards? Depending on the style feat pre-reqs, you may want to wait to enter/advance Monk. Basically if you wanted the 3rd feat in a style tree but don't like the 2nd. Say for example you liked [url=http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat-feats/snake-fang-combat]Snake Fang/url]. If you wait until level 3 to take that 1st Monk level for the bonus feat, you can meet the requirements for [url=http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat-feats/snake-style-combat-style]Snake Style[/url]. You level up in Monk and gain Imp. Unarmed Strike and your 3rd rank in Acrobatics and take Snake Style as your general feat then use your Monk bonus feat on Snake Fang, getting it much earlier than normal and cutting out the extremely subpar [url=http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat-feats/snake-sidewind-combat]Snake Sidewind[/url] completely. You like Dragon Ferocity, so you wouldn't need to skip to the 3rd feat for that style, but perhaps for your other style that trick might be helpful. Past 3rd level, I would just go straight Synthesist. It's a really good class. Just use natural attacks and use the monk levels for the bonus feats and AC bonus. If you do stick to this plan and only use Monk as a small dip, you may also want to consider the [url=http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/monk/archetypes/paizo---monk-archetypes/sohei]Sohei[/url] archetype. It's pretty hilariously front-loaded. Lots of proficiencies, and trade the Stunning Fist you'd have had few uses of anyway for the ability to always act in the surprise round (and with pounce, you'll still be able to full attack on your partial charge!). [/QUOTE]
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