Any really good Monk PRC's?

[mooby]

All PRC's that I can find sap away from the coolness of the original Monk class. Any suggestions of PRC's on places I might not have seen yet? (I only own the PHB and Sword and Fist)

Thanks

 

[Crothian]

Oriental Adventures has some great Monk prestige classes, but the best collection of monk prestige classes (and monk options) is Quintessential Monk. I've also hear that Beyond Monks by Chainmail Bikini Games is a great pdf.

 

[mooby]

Just to be clear:

You mean the Monk presented in the PHB when you say "quintessential Monk," right? Or is there a "Quintessential Monk" PrC? Or is it a book?



Also, my Monk is a particularly sneaky-type Monk (maxed out Hide and Move Silently). Is there a PrC fitted to his style?

 

[Chun-tzu]

Oriental Adventures is really great for expanding Monks. Even without prestige classes, Monks from OA get a slightly expanded weapon list, the Knowledge: Religion skill, freedom to multiclass, new martial arts feats, access to martial arts styles, and the option to swap out certain class features for bonus feats.

There are 3 Monk prestige classes in OA, including 2 of my favorites. The Shintao Monk gets bonus martial arts feats and some nice abilities. The Tattooed Monk gets magic tattoos every other level, which allow some nice abilities like ability boosts, damage reduction, and so on.

I don't have Quintessential Monk yet, so I can't comment on that one. I've heard really good things about it, and plan to get it soon.

Path of the Sword has some interesting Monk prestige classes. There's the Ki Warrior, that focuses on using ki in special ways, but I like the concept more than the mechanics. From a mechanical perspective, they just seem like an odd mish-mash of speical abilties that don't necessarily have anything to do with ki at all. Swinging from vines? Poison fist? But I really like the Shadow Tiger from that book. It's a monk that focuses on stealth and a tiger-like fighting style.

There was also a really cool Monk PrC by Monte Cook from Dragon #296. It's called the Acolyte of the Fist, and is focused on striking power and mobility.

 

[Skullfyre]

Monte came up with one called the "Acolyte of the Fist" in Dragon 296.

It takes a little but gives alot (you must take all levels of this prestige class before you can go back to the previous one. But it does give you some of the monk abilities)

 

[Baron Von StarBlade]

I second Oriental Adventures, the Tatoo monk is pretty sweet, however I also think the Diamond Warrior PrC is pretty nice. It's a Monk/Psi-Warrior class. You can get it on Wizards website.

 

[Skullfyre]

If you want the stats for acolyte of the fist. let me know. I can mail them to you.

 

[Tar-Edhel]

You mean the Monk presented in the PHB when you say "quintessential Monk," right? Or is there a "Quintessential Monk" PrC? Or is it a book?

It's a book. Quitenssential Monk from mogoose publishing. Here's the link:

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/quintessential_monk.htm


Have fun!

 

[mooby]

If you want the stats for acolyte of the fist. let me know. I can mail them to you.

Please do.

krunchyfrogg@hotmail.com

 

[Skullfyre]

Considered it done