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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kynn" data-source="post: 2616111" data-attributes="member: 36754">If you're making the character a first level fighter for story reasons, then it makes little sense to say "what feats should this monk take" and "what stats should this monk have." Build the character first as a 1st level fighter, with feats appropriate for her personality and abilities before she entered the monastery.THEN, as she gains monk levels, add those new abilities on.  Don't buy the first level fighter feats as if you know she's going to be a monk.Yes, this will make for a weaker monk, but it's more honest to the story.  If you don't like that notion then just drop the fighter level entirely.  It makes as much sense to say "the warrior who turned monk is represented by a 4th level monk" as it does to build the first level warrior as being a specialist in dodging and quarterstaves.  The latter is untrue to the concept, though (unless the character was effectively a monk-in-training already) of a fighter who became a monk.--Kynn</blockquote>