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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4980736" data-attributes="member: 19675">Depending upon how many monk levels and Soulknife levels you take, yes, your IUS may well outpace the damage of your mindblade.&nbsp; You could, however, get the mindblade up to its standard alternative form- bastard sword- fairly quickly.&nbsp; There are also feats that let you come up with other alternative forms- see CompPsi and especially Dragon#341- that could seriously boost your damage or your defenses.Remember, though, that the unspoken but very real reasons to have a Monk weapon (and why a mindblade would be nice) are:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Dealing with foes you don't want to touch (acid skin, huge grapple bonuses, etc.)- the base mindblade does better damage than any other Monk weapon, and when shaped, offers even more potential.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Dealing with foes you can't otherwise effect- mindblades have a built-in enhancement/enchantment factor.&nbsp; (Note: You still can't affect incorporeal beings with it.)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Dealing with foes you can't close with- mindblades can be thrown (even if reshaped!), and do far more damage than shuriken.&nbsp; Some of the mindblade feats also give you additional blades orlet you reshape your blade into reach weapons...meaning you could get up to a base damage equivalent to the IUS of a 15th level Monk.</li>
</ol>As for throws- AFAIK, you can't really mix throwing anything with FoB.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 4980736, member: 19675"] Depending upon how many monk levels and Soulknife levels you take, yes, your IUS may well outpace the damage of your mindblade. You could, however, get the mindblade up to its standard alternative form- bastard sword- fairly quickly. There are also feats that let you come up with other alternative forms- see CompPsi and [I]especially [/I]Dragon#341- that could seriously boost your damage or your defenses. Remember, though, that the unspoken but very real reasons to have a Monk weapon (and why a mindblade would be nice) are: [LIST=1] [*]Dealing with foes you don't want to touch (acid skin, huge grapple bonuses, etc.)- the base mindblade does better damage than any other Monk weapon, and when shaped, offers even more potential. [*]Dealing with foes you can't otherwise effect- mindblades have a built-in enhancement/enchantment factor. (Note: You still can't affect incorporeal beings with it.) [*]Dealing with foes you can't close with- mindblades can be thrown (even if reshaped!), and do far more damage than shuriken. Some of the mindblade feats also give you additional blades orlet you reshape your blade into reach weapons...meaning you could get up to a base damage equivalent to the IUS of a 15th level Monk. [/LIST] As for throws- AFAIK, you can't really mix throwing anything with FoB. [/QUOTE]

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