Simple monk question

[isoChron]

Well, I'm playing a Monk right now in a low magic Campaign. It's not that bad. It hurts for a Martial Artist to have a 3/4 BAB but the good saves and the extra speed is a nice bonus.
Flurry of blows can be called flurry of misses.
My monk took Martial Weapon Prof. Glaive (called it Naginata) and uses this Polearm with good effect in conjunction with Combat Reflexes and Impr. Unarmed Strike.
Martial Weapon Prof. like a fighter, ranger or paladin would have been nice, since the exotic weapons are very ... hmm ... useless.

What hurts more is the need to split up the ability points among STR for attack and damage, DEX for AC and ranged attacks and saves, and WIS for AC and Saves and DC vs. Stunning Fist et al. .
The paladin has the same problem but at least a high BAB and good saves thanks to divine grace.

Over all the monk is not top of the hill but far from useless for a group. With 4 skillpoints and no armor he can tumble and jump like flea .

 

[Plane Sailing]

My monk took Martial Weapon Prof. Glaive (called it Naginata) and uses this Polearm with good effect in conjunction with Combat Reflexes and Impr. Unarmed Strike.

That's funny - I started playing a monk who took Martial Weapon (Glaive) just a few months ago for just this reason... and it is a build I'd never seen or heard of before.

Is this parallel evolution? Or were you inspired by something you'd seen somewhere?

Cheers

 

[isoChron]

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Is this parallel evolution? Or were you inspired by something you'd seen somewhere?

Cheers

Well, must be parallel evolution. Started the character (called Sael) about 4 month ago.
I just envisioned a monk with dark outfit wielding a Naginata. I looked up for Naginata-equivalents and found that it uses the stats of a glaive.
Because I never had a character with a polearm I wanted to try something new. He is a monk of Hoar, values the aspect of poetic revenge and is on the road to find the murderers of his parents.

Maybe a ranseur (disarm) or a guisarm (trip) would be more effectiv but I found the picture not that appealing.

Do you have a miniature for your monk ? I'm searching and searching but I don't find anything that comes near. I nearly always have a mini for my characters. Call it spleen but I want to see them on the battle map as they are and not something else.

Good gaming with your Monk

 

[smetzger]

That's funny - I started playing a monk who took Martial Weapon (Glaive) just a few months ago for just this reason... and it is a build I'd never seen or heard of before.

Is this parallel evolution? Or were you inspired by something you'd seen somewhere?

In the 'Monk Sucks' thread about 6 months ago I mentioned a player of mine having a Glaive weilding Monk that was quite effective.