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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MarauderX" data-source="post: 1692465" data-attributes="member: 9990">OaFor the monk I would allow the optional OA rules for feat substitution so the monk can meld to meet new challenges at different levels.  In the OA, some of the better feats are tough to get to, but the monk player might want to focus on alternate combat tactics (tripping, disarming, sundering) instead of straight damage.  For combat tossing your opponents around and disarming them to prevent attacks is a better tactic as they go up in levels, and the monk might want to focus on doing each, not just one like a typical fighter.  My favorite feats from OA:Grappling BlockGeneral - REQ: Improved Unarmed Strike, Deflect Arrows, Int 13+, Expertise, Improved Disarm, Combat ReflexesYou must have both hands free or be holding weapons designed to catch other weapons (such as the sai or the jitte) to use this feat. Once per round when you would normally be hit by a melee weapon, you may make a special disarm attempt against your opponent. This attempt counts against your allowed attacks of opportunity this round. You make an opposed attack roll against the hit, the opponent’s attack roll is not modified by the size of his weapon. If you succeed, you grab the weapon away from your opponent (if you are unarmed) or knock the weapon to the ground (if you’re armed). You may only use this feat against weapons up to two sizes larger than you. Oriental Adventures, pg 63.Earth’s EmbraceGeneral - REQ: Improved Unarmed Strike, Improved Grapple, Str 15+While grappling, if you pin your opponent, you deal critical damage each round that you maintain the pin. You hold your opponent immobile as normal, but you must also remain completely immobile, giving opponents other than the one pinned a +4 bonus on attack rolls against you (but you’re not helpless). Oriental Adventures, pg 62.Great Throw [General]You can throw your opponents to the ground, choosing where they land and dealing damage in the process.Prerequisites: Improved Unarmed Strike, Dexterity 13+, Dodge, Improved Trip, Combat ReflexesBenefit: When you make a successful unarmed trip attack against a creature no larger than your own size, you can choose where the creature lands, within the area you threaten. In addition, you deal your normal unarmed strike damage to the opponent. When you use this option, however, you may not make a followup melee attack using the Improved Trip feat.</blockquote>

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