Best Monk Races?

Goldmoon · Jan 10, 2007

Had a friend try to play a warforged monk and it didnt turn out as nifty as he thought. Avoid it if you can.

szilard · Jan 10, 2007

Goldmoon said:
Had a friend try to play a warforged monk and it didnt turn out as nifty as he thought. Avoid it if you can.

It seems like a good idea until you think about the fact that warforged come with armor and have a bunch of overlapping immunities.

-Stuart

szilard · Jan 10, 2007

Duergar might be interesting. +1 LA, but they get a psionic reserve - so can take psionic feats - and get expansion and invisibility, both useful to a monk.

-Stuart

Stalker0 · Jan 10, 2007

Githzerai I think are definately the best. Their +2 LA is negated by the fact that everything they get is good for a monk.

Particle_Man · Jan 10, 2007

I will second the half-orc. Pump up the str to make up for the medium BAB and lack of easy access to enchantment!

RigaMortus2 · Jan 10, 2007

Warforged w/ Unarmored Body feat make good Monks as well.

Patryn of Elvenshae · Jan 10, 2007

Votan said:
Small is not worth it for monks due to less damage, speed and nad grapple checks.

That's just wrong.

Kafkonia · Jan 10, 2007

szilard said:
It seems like a good idea until you think about the fact that warforged come with armor and have a bunch of overlapping immunities.

-Stuart

According to the FAQ, warforged are only considered to be wearing armour if they take a feat like Mithral or Adamantine Body. Their default status provides an armour bonus, but does not count as wearing armour. So they can be monks, ninjas, etc without a problem.

Blightersbane · Jan 10, 2007

Imp grapple, earths embrace, imp init & lightening init as soon as you can, a grapplers advantage is to grapple armed opponents before they can attack wear spiked shoulder, knee and elbow to get an extra d6 damage per successful grapple ck (no ac bonus), wep focus-grapple and many more.

I second the Dwarf Monk combo, I tried this with the VoP feat. Nothing stranger than the H-Orc Sorcerer or the Dwarf Monk with VoP and let me tell you role playing a non greedy Dwarf in a gee preaching inner enlightenment and generosity over the pursuit of gold is the making for interesting role playing. Not to mention the mechanical advantages/bonuses Dwarves receive.

Blightersbane