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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ForceUser" data-source="post: 1549041" data-attributes="member: 2785">If you feel up to a role-playing challenge, ask your DM if you can play an ascetic monk from the Book of Exalted Deeds. The template applied to your character as a result of the Vow of Poverty feat results in an astounding ramp-up in power for a monk willing to forego gear. With this feat, you don't need gear anyway.I got lucky and rolled really well on 3d6 (straight down!) My ascetic monk's stats are 14 Str14 Dex16 Con14 Int16 Wis15 ChaFor feats, I took (Human feat) Sacred Vow(1st-level feat) Vow of Poverty(Monk bonus feat) Stunning Fist(2nd-level exalted feat) Touch of Golden Ice(2nd-level Monk feat) Deflect Arrows(3rd-level feat) Weapon Focus (unarmed strike)(4th-level exalted feat) Nimbus of LightI later plan to takeHoly Radiance (exalted bonus)Improved Disarm (monk bonus - great with a quarterstaff)Blind-Fight (6th-level feat)Vow of Purity (exalted bonus)Sun School (9th-level, tactical feat)Sacred Ki Strike (exalted bonus)Holy Ki Strike (12th-level feat)Fist of the Heavens (exalted bonus)Exalted Spell Resistance (exalted bonus)Freezing the Lifeblood (15th-level feat)I'm going straight monk. In addition to getting a cool monk ability every level, I get bonuses every level from Voluntary Poverty. Plus a bonus exalted feat every other level. Just for fun I figured it out: at 20th, the character will have around +30/+30/+30/+25/+20 on attacks and around a 43 AC. His unarmed strikes will deal +2d6 holy damage. His touch will ravage evil with Dexterity loss. My DM won't make it easy to stay on the straight & narrow exalted path. But I've got a pretty kick-butt monk. I highly recommend taking a Vow of Poverty.</blockquote>

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