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<blockquote data-quote="Dandu" data-source="post: 5120017" data-attributes="member: 85158">My strange sense of humor aside, there is valuable information in the thread... just nothing from Giacomo.<a href="http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?topic=1015.0" target="_blank">Here's a decent monk guide</a>.Ok, I am going to put my personal dislike for the man aside and try to be as objective as possible. 1. His &quot;monk guide&quot; is entirely about a specific playstyle. It's not a guide for the class, it's entirely about a build. To call it a guide is a misnomer because guides generally try to cover as wide a playstyle as possible.2. He does not venture beyond core, because core to him is &quot;perfectly balanced&quot; and all other expansion books are &quot;made because WotC wants to sell more products&quot;. This makes the guide less useful for someone like the OP who has more than three books to use in his campaign.3. He relies on UMD and the buying of partially charged wands to perform in combat. UMD not being a class skill for monks, and partially charged wands not being for sale outside of character creation present an immediate problem to his playstyle. Doubly so if you're in a low magic setting and can't reliably purchase wands, much less waltz into magic marts and buy partially charged wands of whatever spell you desire.4. He uses wands to buff... and refuses to acknowledge the fact that one dispel magic will make him cry.5. He believes that monks are not MAD. Yet... his example builds have low HP and AC, while damage is on par with other melee builds at best. (Falls behind charging builds though.)6. Despite all of the above, he believes that his monk is a caster killer. Yet... he also admits that he never actually playtested his build, making it pure theory. Recently, he finally took up a challenge and ran his monk in a core-only dungeoncrawl through Ravenloft... and proceeded to suck. Not that he will admit it. <a href="http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124758" target="_blank">Details at 11</a>.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dandu, post: 5120017, member: 85158"] My strange sense of humor aside, there is valuable information in the thread... just nothing from Giacomo. [URL="http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?topic=1015.0"]Here's a decent monk guide[/URL]. Ok, I am going to put my personal dislike for the man aside and try to be as objective as possible. 1. His "monk guide" is entirely about a specific playstyle. It's not a guide for the class, it's entirely about a build. To call it a guide is a misnomer because guides generally try to cover as wide a playstyle as possible. 2. He does not venture beyond core, because core to him is "perfectly balanced" and all other expansion books are "made because WotC wants to sell more products". This makes the guide less useful for someone like the OP who has more than three books to use in his campaign. 3. He relies on UMD and the buying of partially charged wands to perform in combat. UMD not being a class skill for monks, and partially charged wands not being for sale outside of character creation present an immediate problem to his playstyle. Doubly so if you're in a low magic setting and can't reliably purchase wands, much less waltz into magic marts and buy partially charged wands of whatever spell you desire. 4. He uses wands to buff... and refuses to acknowledge the fact that one dispel magic will make him cry. 5. He believes that monks are not MAD. Yet... his example builds have low HP and AC, while damage is on par with other melee builds at best. (Falls behind charging builds though.) 6. Despite all of the above, he believes that his monk is a caster killer. Yet... he also admits that he never actually playtested his build, making it pure theory. Recently, he finally took up a challenge and ran his monk in a core-only dungeoncrawl through Ravenloft... and proceeded to suck. Not that he will admit it. [URL="http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124758"]Details at 11[/URL]. [/QUOTE]

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