Best Monk Races?

[Vykarius]

W A R F O R G E D ! ! !

If you want to do good damage as a monk you need size increases!

I had a build that went something like this:

Worforged
Monk
Wizard
Enlightened Fist
Warshaper

Important notes:
Monk 11 (from monk and enlightended fist)
Superior unarmed strike (damage as monk +4 levels. Tome of battle)
Monks belt (+5 levels. Definately increases beyond HD.)
=2d10 base damage.

Improved natural attack +1 size
Battle fists +1 size
Greater mighty wallop spell (1hr/level. +1 size/4 caster levels)
Warshaper +1 size
Enlarge person +1 size

By around level 12 you have 7 size increases.
Base damage:2d10>4d8>6d8>9d8>12d8>16d8>24d8>28d8 base damage. (126 average)

And you can use touch spells when you full attack. and basic spells like Mage armour, shield & mirror image so you can actually survive.

Imagine a little old man walking along, getting angry and putting his fist through a castle wall!

Sounds cool but the whole Eberron mechanical thing as a world turns me away. Guess I like my Fantasy RPG less techno.

 

[Elethiomel]

Does Enlarge Person even work on Warforged?

 

[Jhaelen]

Does Enlarge Person even work on Warforged?

Nope. They're of the type construct (living construct), not humanoid.

 

[Shin Okada]

Hence my suggestion of half-ogre. LA+1 +6 to strength 10' reach +4 Natural Armor Better LA than Minotaur or Centaur, higher strength, reach too. At 1st level a 24 strength would be quite effective with 10' reach.

Yeah. Half-Ogre is good, too.

But there is one thing. According to official FAQ, a monster-monk can use it's natural attacks (as secondary weapons) when using monk's unarmed strikes. Thus, a centaur monk can make unarmed strike array + 2 hoof attacks. A Minotaur Monk can make unarmed strike array + a gore attack.

Those 2 races have better Con mod and it will matter much at higher level. Also, Centaur's speed is attractive. And Minotaur's Natural Cunning is wonderful.

 

[Cephid]

Nope. They're of the type construct (living construct), not humanoid.

Ok, then use polymorph for the last size increase. As you are a construct I think you can poly into some pretty rad things like Iron golumns etc.

Or just walk around medium size like a harmless old man and spinning hook kick someone for 24d8 damage (+the touch spell).