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<blockquote data-quote="SteelDraco" data-source="post: 796631" data-attributes="member: 359">Ehhh. I'm not convinced that a 10/10 combination is the most efficient way to go with a monk/psychic warrior. Most of the things that the monk can do by that level are replicated (usually better) with psionic feats or powers. There are a few bonus powers on the monk list you wouldn't have access to - Improved Evasion, the monk AC, ki strike, speed increases, and Wholeness of Body being the most important. Of these, the only ones that aren't easily replicated with PsyWar powers are Improved Evasion and Wholeness of Body. By 6th level you'll have Claws of the Bear, which beats any unarmed attacks that the Scarlet Fist ever gets from monk levels. I'll admit that the saving throws and better skill list are pretty tempting, but I'd still only put maybe two levels into monk in a twenty-level progression. Better to invest in a nice Cloak of Resistance and some skill items than take too many monk levels, IMO.I'll admit that I'm somewhat biased - all the games I'm in include some degree of house rules, which means that I'd have a good chance of having a prestige class in mind for such a character. The cenobite from the psionics issue of Dragon magazine would be nice, or some of the monk PrCs from OA or Rokugan.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SteelDraco, post: 796631, member: 359"] Ehhh. I'm not convinced that a 10/10 combination is the most efficient way to go with a monk/psychic warrior. Most of the things that the monk can do by that level are replicated (usually better) with psionic feats or powers. There are a few bonus powers on the monk list you wouldn't have access to - Improved Evasion, the monk AC, ki strike, speed increases, and Wholeness of Body being the most important. Of these, the only ones that aren't easily replicated with PsyWar powers are Improved Evasion and Wholeness of Body. By 6th level you'll have Claws of the Bear, which beats any unarmed attacks that the Scarlet Fist ever gets from monk levels. I'll admit that the saving throws and better skill list are pretty tempting, but I'd still only put maybe two levels into monk in a twenty-level progression. Better to invest in a nice Cloak of Resistance and some skill items than take too many monk levels, IMO. I'll admit that I'm somewhat biased - all the games I'm in include some degree of house rules, which means that I'd have a good chance of having a prestige class in mind for such a character. The cenobite from the psionics issue of Dragon magazine would be nice, or some of the monk PrCs from OA or Rokugan. [/QUOTE]

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