Best Monk Races?

[IcyCool]

I think that is some kind of gnome greeting.

No, no, it's the basic maneuver taught to all gnome martial artists. It's called, "The Monkey Grabs the Peach!"

 

[Thanee]

Pit Fiend!

One monk level more or less, doesn't matter much.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Kae'Yoss]

No, no, it's the basic maneuver taught to all gnome martial artists. It's called, "The Monkey Grabs the Peach!"

As the old gnome sensey tells his students: "You must be like the monkey in the pinata: Hiding behind the candy, hoping the kids won't break through with their sticks!"


You don't want to know about the Fist of Fury style.

Master Tang: Prepare the long rubber glove.
[glove stretching]
Master Tang: Eeny, meeny, miney, moe - I wonder where my glove will go?

 

[IanB]

I'll second the half-ogre, that makes a pretty scary grappler.

 

[Seeten]

I like: Human, Githzerai, and Warforged for monks.

 

[pallandrome]

Half-Ogre grappler. Grab potion of enlarge. enjoy.

 

[Andor]

I briefly played a Lizardman Monk. The hefty natural armour bonus and plentiful stat bonuses went a long way towards evening out the LA adjustment. It also happened that we ended up playing through a half-flooded dungeon so the breath-holding and swim bonus came in damm handy. Plus you have natural attacks to add into your attack progession if you feel like it.

 

[javcs]

Catfolk would be decent, +1 LA, you can tank Charisma and it'll still be decent, you'll be even faster than a standard monk, with the Dex bonus, you can put a lower score there to boost Str, Con, or Wis, while keeping a decent Dex score, and +1 Natural Armor, with no penalties and a few other miscellaneous bonuses.

Thanee, I'll take your Pit Fiend and raise you a fully advanced 54HD Pit Fiend, or, alternatively, a fully advanced, 66HD Solar.

Guys, there're probably rules for that somewhere in BoEF (Book of Erotic Fantasy) or whatever it is.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I like the Thri-Kreen for the multiple attacks.

I like the Githzerai with that +6 Dex for +2LA. I recently ran one that had a Bisento (OA/Rokugan reach weapon) and the feat Pole Fighter (use a pole weapon as a monk weapon)- Great AC, freaky initiative, 7 AoO's/rd, 10' Reach, & FoB...all with something that starts off with 1d12 base damage. Factor in his PsyWar levels and the Expansion power...he was doing as much damage as the party barbarian and taking less damage. For additional fun, he filled his Quiver of Ehlonna with crossbow bolts, javelins and so forth, and worked the artillery angle as well.

Some of the Anthropomorphic Animals make good monks as well- the Anthro Ape has the same Dex bonus as the Githzerai and other goodies as well, for the same +2LA. Others have bonuses to Str up into double digits.

 

[werk]

I have seen an effective half orc build iof you focus massively on strength.

Ditto, or just really high stats, like many DMs like to use.

My half-orc monk player became intolerable because he'd calculate and recalculate his jump and announce it to the group...at least 5 times a session. You can jump far, I get it.

Half ogre sounds like fun, I may have to try that.