Ascetic Knight
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StreamOfTheSky
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Just check the monk class features. Monk :: d20srd.org
You lose AC bonus, fast movement, flurry of blows, evasion (light armor is ok for Evasion) and improved evasion, and...that's it. Still a lot to throw away.
Don't even think of doing Ascetic Knight without the Serenity feat is my advice. That feat, from Dragon Compendium volume 1, ties all of the paladin's abilities to wisdom instead of charisma. So you "only" need strength, dexterity, constitution, and wisdom then at least.
You lose AC bonus, fast movement, flurry of blows, evasion (light armor is ok for Evasion) and improved evasion, and...that's it. Still a lot to throw away.
Don't even think of doing Ascetic Knight without the Serenity feat is my advice. That feat, from Dragon Compendium volume 1, ties all of the paladin's abilities to wisdom instead of charisma. So you "only" need strength, dexterity, constitution, and wisdom then at least.
Jack Simth
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Definately: AC, Flurry, Evasion, Fast Movement
Arguably: Improved Evasion
And.... that's it, RAW. Slow Fall, interestingly, doesn't seem to list it.
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Could you give me the exact wording and requirements on that feat then please?
StreamOfTheSky
Adventurer
[sblock]SERENITY [GENERAL]
Your wisdom, inner calm, and sagacity fuels your class
abilities rather than your force of personality or will.
Prerequisite: Divine grace.
Benefit: Use your Wisdom bonus in place of your
Charisma bonus for purposes of divine grace, lay on
hands, smite evil, and turn undead.
Normal: The abilities use your Charisma bonus.[/sblock]
Your wisdom, inner calm, and sagacity fuels your class
abilities rather than your force of personality or will.
Prerequisite: Divine grace.
Benefit: Use your Wisdom bonus in place of your
Charisma bonus for purposes of divine grace, lay on
hands, smite evil, and turn undead.
Normal: The abilities use your Charisma bonus.[/sblock]
Ah, that probably won't work, I was thinking a monk dip and hoping it would have more general language because I was looking to go full out gray guard.
What, exactly, do you want to get from your combination?
I ask because there may be other ways to get what you want without that feat...or without levels in Monk at all.
I ask because there may be other ways to get what you want without that feat...or without levels in Monk at all.
Actually, if his build is going to be wearing heavy armor, he might not need an impressive Dex either.
Well I was looking at a debuffer of course being unarmend readily allows me to perform debilliatating and devastating touch with an attack. I was looking at freezing the life blood, intimidating strike, and imperious command. I was thinking this character to be a half giant so bump up has natural ability and a tad bit more pscionics and then heavy armor optimizations and deflective armor transfers my armor bonuses into deflection bonuses while pscionically focused. I also found a way to pick up the travel domain.
So it sounds like you're going for a more monkish build than a paladin-y build...what are you hoping to get from the paladin side of the build?
