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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4016317" data-attributes="member: 19675">One thing that helps to minimize this problem- Deft Opportunist (CompAdv): +4Att on AoOs.&nbsp; In addition, anything that boosts a Str Monk's attack will work just as well for a Dex Monk's...and AFAIK, there are more Str boosters than Dex boosters.In addition, Monks are among the worst classes for MAD, so they don't usually have a wide distribution in attributes.&nbsp; You're typically only talking about a 5%-10% shift in to-hit probabilities.&nbsp; Given the number of strikes you get with your FoB and your AoOs (remember, a M sized monk with a reach weapon threatens 24 squares), that extra miss chance dissapears into statistical noise as you pile up the d20 rolls.&nbsp; Plus, with your higher AC and reach, you'll be around longer to take advantage of your FoBs and AoOs.In addition, since you're using your Dex offensively with ranged combat, you stand a decent chance of having already damaged whatever enters your threatened area.&nbsp; Perhaps your Tanglefoot bag has even rooted them in place so you can poke them from 10' away and never worry about them at all.Many opponents who closed on my polearm equipped monk never touched him.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 4016317, member: 19675"] One thing that helps to minimize this problem- Deft Opportunist (CompAdv): +4Att on AoOs. In addition, anything that boosts a Str Monk's attack will work just as well for a Dex Monk's...and AFAIK, there are more Str boosters than Dex boosters. In addition, Monks are among the worst classes for MAD, so they don't usually have a wide distribution in attributes. You're typically only talking about a 5%-10% shift in to-hit probabilities. Given the number of strikes you get with your FoB and your AoOs (remember, a M sized monk with a reach weapon threatens 24 squares), that extra miss chance dissapears into statistical noise as you pile up the d20 rolls. Plus, with your higher AC[I] and reach,[/I] you'll be around longer to take advantage of your FoBs and AoOs. In addition, since you're using your Dex offensively with ranged combat, you stand a decent chance of having already damaged whatever enters your threatened area. Perhaps your Tanglefoot bag has even rooted them in place so you can poke them from 10' away and never worry about them at all. Many opponents who closed on my polearm equipped monk never touched him. [/QUOTE]

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