Werebear Monk?

[Dandu]

Monk can take level(s) in a druidic avenger for a bit of rage.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

If you have DCv1, you may be able to use Unorthodox Flurry to make the Bear's natural weapons into monk weapons, if the DM considers them to be "light" weapons.

 

[Starbuck_II]

I think you've misunderstood my question on levels slightly.

Example: A lawful good monk is bitten by a Werebear. I realize he can't level his lycanthropy past 2, because 3 is reserved for naturals.

But the question is, does he IMMEDIATELY obtain level 2 and all it's bonuses, or does he start at level 1?
If he starts at lv2, why does level 1 exist?
If he starts at lv1, when leveling due to experience, is he FORCED to level it to two, or is he allowed to level his monk?

No, I already answered.
You start with 0 Levels. Zip. Zilch. Nada. Nothing in levels of it. Once you are high enough Exp to gain a level;: you take a level in the template.
If you don't want to take a second, don't. No one is forcing you.

Savage Progressions: Gaining a Template Midcampaign
Characters are not required to complete all the levels of a given template class in uninterrupted succession. For example, a character who takes a level of wereboar could then take a level of fighter and a level of rogue (or any other combination of other class levels) before taking another level of wereboar. A character must still take the first level of wereboar before taking the second, just as with a normal class.
Here is my quote-

Savage Species progression unlike the classes in the book, can be leveled when player wishes.
Yes, you must level brown bear-ness to be a bear form with bear abilities. It even says so on the site.

You start with 0 HD in brown bear. You have to take a level in bear to gain HD. You DO NOt gain auto levels. You must choose to do so.

The animal class is entirely optional. No would-be lycanthrope is required to take it, but doing so is an advantage, since a character without it is weaker than other lycanthropes of the same type. Taking levels in the appropriate animal template class gives the character the animal's Hit Dice and hit points (in all forms), saving throw bonuses (in all forms), skill points (in all forms), racial skill bonuses (in all forms), conditional skill modifiers (in animal form), ability score modifiers (in hybrid or animal form), natural armor bonus, and special attacks (such as the bear's improved grab). Levels in the animal class may be taken at any point after the character takes one level in the lycanthrope template class. He is also free to take levels in other classes between levels of the template class and the animal class, as desired. The animal class, like the template class, does not count when determining whether a character takes an XP penalty for multiclassing.

The Savage Species progressions were invented so you didn't have a higher ECL than the rest of the party. So you don't gain a level till it would otherwise normally happen.

Does he start out with one level of Brown Bear and progress? Or does he start with all 6?

Until the character has taken one or more levels in the optional bear animal class (see Bear Abilities, below), changing shape to bear form does not give him the abilities of a bear -- he simply is able to take that creature's shape, as if he had a perfect disguise. Since this ability is of limited use, most characters taking levels in the werebear template class choose to take levels of the brown bear class as well in order to gain the full abilities of their animal forms.

Please, reread the link you gave me. It says says what I am saying.

 

[Drake M]

Thank you for the clarification.