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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 5524849" data-attributes="member: 5834">reI don't know about what feats are especially interesting for a Zen Archer monk. But I will tell you this, I run one of these. It is inferior to the fighter at low levels. Does less damage and less of a chance to hit.But this class at high level is much harder to deal with than a fighter archer with very similar damage output. The class ends up with more attacks by itself. With flurry and ki points you end up getting 8 attacks without haste, 9 with haste compared to the 7 a fighter gets with Rapid Shot, Many Shot, and haste. Your saves are much better. You have almost no weak saves.The special abilities are fairly nice including trick shot. Being able to shoot around corners is pretty incredible and can be annoying as a DM. There isn't much chance of escape against a Zen Archer monk unless you lock yourself in a room.Your AC is usually better.You get to have your arrows do up to 2d10 points of damage each at max lvl. I believe my friend is at 2d8 per arrow right now for a round with ki points.My player min-maxed a little and took four lvls of Ranger. So he could cast gravity bow. That takes his arrows up to 3d6 or 3d8 or something for a round. If he uses his ki point he increases base damage to the base monk damage, then gravity bow increases arrow damage by one size. Pretty powerful.You may start off slow as a Zen Archer monk. And do a bit less raw damage than a Fighter Archer, but all the perks more than make up for the losses at high level. It also helps that the Zen Archer Monk gets to focus on Wisdom rather than dexterity for attack rolls. That reduces a stat since dex is no longer really a necessity.Overall Zen Archer Monk is turning out to be a pretty potent class. The player gets SR next level, which a fighter never gets. And abundant step and the crazy movement which allows them to kite far better than the figther.</blockquote>

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