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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NilesB" data-source="post: 3005254" data-attributes="member: 14296">Let's compare that Damage to a Warriors Shall we. Not a Barbarian in his rage, not a Fighter with his Feats, not an evil-smiting Paladin, But the humble NPC Class Warrior.Your monk has spent 2 feats and 13 thousand gold on enhancing his damage, let us see what damage a Warrior with a similar level of dedication.We will ignore strength bonuses for this demonstration, this slightly disadvantages the Warrior but it simplifies the comparison.Let us choose for the 2 feats the Warrior will use to enhance his damage. How about Power attack? it has the additional Virtue of allowing us to equallize the Warrior and the Monk's attack bonuses. along the same line of inquiry we will also choose weapon focus greatsword.Power attacking by 3 to copensate for weapon focus and his higher base attack bonus the warrior deals 2d6+6 damage averaging 2.5 above the monk.But wait you claim, the monk can use flurry of blows to make 3 attacks to the warriors 2. Let us spend some of the warriors money.9350 gold will purchase a +1 shocking greatsword, leaving 3650 gold unspent. using this sword and increasing his power attack penalty to compensate for the monks flurry of blows penalty and his own enhancement bonus, the warrior now deals 3d6+11, a hair more than  twice as much as the monk.This is core only, it's not some secret twink build, and it's an NPC class for crying out loud! But it still beats the Monk.</blockquote>

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