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<blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 803749" data-attributes="member: 545">Spring Attack is not necessary for a monk unless you need him to square off against the toughest opponents.&nbsp; You have the Tumble skill so AoOs are irrelevant.&nbsp; SA is mostly a cute trick for avoiding full attack from a Big Nasty.As a general rule, you should avoid full attacks from any enemy that you couldn't handle yourself in a fair fight.&nbsp; The simplest tact is to hit the same enemy your biggest fighter is engaged in (if you can't find a spellcaster to harass).&nbsp; Since your buddy will probably dish out more damage, he will probably take the brunt of the enemy's ire.Don't get me wrong, Spring Attack is good.&nbsp; But it there are other options that work well, too.&nbsp; There are some really nice feat in OA that I think are better, i.e. Flying Kick &amp; Improved Grapple.Your best bet is try and pick good target for a Stun, coordinating with the party Rogue so he can unload an iterative set of Sneak Attacks.I am a strong believer that low level monks heavily suck.&nbsp; I do think that there start holding their own ~7th level, and they look very interesting for levels 12+.&nbsp; I would discourage multiclassing and +ECL races so that you can get the full fun of playing the class.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ridley's Cohort, post: 803749, member: 545"] Spring Attack is not necessary for a monk unless you need him to square off against the toughest opponents. You have the Tumble skill so AoOs are irrelevant. SA is mostly a cute trick for avoiding full attack from a Big Nasty. As a general rule, you should avoid full attacks from any enemy that you couldn't handle yourself in a fair fight. The simplest tact is to hit the same enemy your biggest fighter is engaged in (if you can't find a spellcaster to harass). Since your buddy will probably dish out more damage, he will probably take the brunt of the enemy's ire. Don't get me wrong, Spring Attack is good. But it there are other options that work well, too. There are some really nice feat in OA that I think are better, i.e. Flying Kick & Improved Grapple. Your best bet is try and pick good target for a Stun, coordinating with the party Rogue so he can unload an iterative set of Sneak Attacks. I am a strong believer that low level monks heavily suck. I do think that there start holding their own ~7th level, and they look very interesting for levels 12+. I would discourage multiclassing and +ECL races so that you can get the full fun of playing the class. [/QUOTE]

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