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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Epametheus" data-source="post: 334405" data-attributes="member: 719">A monk?  Okay...Some things to remember:You're not the main front liner.  You don't have the HP nor the offensive ability to go head-to-head with something nasty and win.  Try using the Tumble skill to get behind things that the Fighter/Paladin/Barbarian/Psychic Warrior and flank 'em.Stats:  40 point buy?  Damn.  Before racial mods (+2 Dex, -2 Con) are worked in, you could try:Str: 16, Dex: 14, Con: 16, Int: 12, Wis: 14, Cha: 12.Charisma is actually a very pointless stat for you, but it's good if ya want your monk to be flashy.  Drop it to an 8 and give yourself a 16 wisdom or dexterity instead if ya don't care.Tumble's the only skill that you'll actually need, though Jump is also a classic monk skill.  Listen, Hide, and Move Silently help for being more ninja-like.Feats?  Dodge, Mobility, Spring Attack wouldn't be a bad chain, and you could complete it by 6th level if ya started on it from 1st.  Spring Attack capitalizes on your movement rate.  Power attack & Cleave or Weapon Focus: Unarmed Strike can also be useful.Gear:  While your kung fu stuff is good and all, you'll need a magic weapon (nunchucks or a kama, probably). Ki Strike advancement is very slow, so your fists will penetrate #/+1 DR by the time everything has +2 or +3 Dr (or +5 DR, if ya count adventurers with Stoneskin).  Other important items are Cloaks of Resistance (improve your saving throws), Bracers of Armor (since you can't wear armor, this is the next best thing), a Monk's Belt (lets you haste yourself for 10 rounds; also grants more Stunfist attacks), and Boots of Striding and Springing (doubles your movement rate and gives a +10 to Jump checks).Oh, yeah.  Grapple spellcasters.  Since their attack bonus is crap, you can actually win the check against one (grapple checks = Str bonus + base attack bonus + size modifiers).  Or against an unprepared spellcaster, anyways.  A Cleric with Divine Power up or a Wizard with Polymorph Self up is probably a bit much to handle.  Anyways, if you can actually grapple the enemy in question, you'll stop them from casting spells, for the most part.Good luck, I hope that helps.</blockquote>

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