1st life monk for old man

[Broska105]

Been on game quite a while(years) and honestly never messed with monk cause it seemed very confusing. Well now time to face fears. Need a monk that can be forgiving while being learned (if it exists) Historically have played the rogue/ bard roles (stealth) or kick the door in combat. Hope that gives direction for play style. Also needs to be first life and as tome free as possible. Too much to ask? Thanks for the help in advance.

 

[Fisto Mk I]

Check this, it's 1st life no tomes build with high survivability. 8)

 

[peng]

Unless I'm missing something, that build takes no weapon style feats.
I would advise you to NOT use that build.

 

[peng]

Do you have access to and want to use iconics?
Do you want to use staff? handwraps? swf? bow? thrower?
Do you have access to all the universal enhancement trees?
Will this build just be 1-20? Stay at cap? Go to cap then TR?
Do you intend to solo? pug? set group?
What difficulty do you think you'll be running?

Is that too many questions and you just want a build?

 

[Broska105]

ok, let me answer your questions.
1) i am missing aasimr, razorclaw, and tabaxi but non iconic races fine because I have played most
2) staff or handwraps sound good
3)would love to go to cap and TR but realistically, 1-20 more likely and maybe to cap.
4) i play mostly solo or in a small (2) group
5) standard difficulties. reaper never interested me.
Hopefully that fleshes out better what I want, the questions really cleared up things. Now one question for you. Am I overlooking an option by not looking at sacred fist? or does that just muddy the water?

 

[peng]

Sacred fist does have quite a bit of overlap with monk. Both can make decent pure or multiclass builds.

For easy levelling in heroics, I'd probably recommend a staff build with at least 1 level of rogue.
Thief acrobat gets a t1 enhancement that increases staff attack speed. Henshin mystic gets the same bonus, but only at lvl 20.
The reason for staff over handwraps, is it gets better aoe, and the single-target damage is probably comparable or even better in heroics, particularly without past lives or a lot of high-end gear.

Here's one possible build that takes 4 dragon lord for feats and the str trance:

Spoiler: build

15/4/1 Monk/Dragon Lord/Rogue
Lawful Neutral Half-Orc

Level Order
1. Rogue . . . . . 6. Dragon Lord. . 11. Monk . . . . . 16. Monk
2. Monk . . . . . .7. Monk . . . . . 12. Dragon Lord . .17. Monk
3. Monk . . . . . .8. Monk . . . . . 13. Monk . . . . . 18. Monk
4. Monk . . . . . .9. Dragon Lord . .14. Monk. . . . . .19. Monk
5. Monk . . . . . 10. Dragon Lord . .15. Monk. . . . . .20. Monk


Stats
. . . . . . . .32pt . . Level Up
. . . . . . . .---- . . --------
Strength. . . . 18. . . .4: STR
Dexterity . . . 14. . . .8: STR
Constitution. . 16. . . 12: STR
Intelligence. . 12. . . 16: STR
Wisdom. . . . . .8. . . 20: STR
Charisma. . . . .6. . . 24: STR
. . . . . . . . . . . . 28: STR
. . . . . . . . . . . . 32: STR

Feats

.1. . . . : Two Handed Fighting
.2 Monk . : Power Attack
.3. . . . : Stunning Blow
.3 Monk . : Improved Sunder
.6. . . . : Weapon Focus: Bludgeoning
.6 DrgLord: Draconic Aura 1: Thraxata's Instinct
.8 Monk . : Swords to Plowshares
.9. . . . : Toughness
.9 DrgLord: Improved Two Handed Fighting
12. . . . : Improved Critical: Bludgeoning
12 DrgLord: Weapon Specialization: Bludgeoning
15. . . . : Greater Two Handed Fighting
18. . . . : Grandmaster of Forms
21 Epic . : Overwhelming Critical
22 Destiny: Perfect Two Handed Fighting
24 Epic . : Improved Martial Arts
25 Destiny: Crush Weakness
27 Epic . : Epic Damage Reduction OR Epic Toughness (if you have a +5 con tome)
28 Destiny: Embodiment of Law
30 Epic . : Tactical Training
30 Legend : Scion of: Astral Plane
31 Destiny: Doublestrike OR Legendary Toughness

.4 Monk . : Path of Inevitable Dominion

Enhancements (Spent: 79 +0r +0u / Max: 80 +0r +0u AP)

Henshin Mystic (40 AP)

• Riddle of Fire, Ki Bolt, Sounding Staff, Incinerating Wave
  1. Elemental Words: All-Consuming Flame, Henshin Staff Training, Animal Forms: Patient Tortoise
  2. Elemental Words: Porous Soul, Henshin Staff Training, Quick Strike III, Elemental Ki Strikes: Fists of Iron
  3. Elemental Words: Static Charge, Henshin Staff Training, Embrace the Void I, Stat: Strength
  4. Elemental Words: Winter's Touch, Henshin Staff Training, Focus, Stat: Strength
  5. Void Strike, Henshin Staff Training, Staff Specialization, Self Defense, Balance in Dawn: Shadows Cannot Exist Without Light

Dragon Lord (22 AP)

• Draconic Soul: Red, Draconic Arms
  1. Battlefield Tactician I, Martial Superiority: Doublestrike III
  2. Battlefield Tactician II, Action Boost: Haste Boost III, Dragonslayer
  3. Battlefield Tactician III, Dragon's Roar, Might or Outburst: Draconic Might III, Stat: Strength
  4. Untouchable Soul

Half-Orc (7 AP)

• Orcish Fury, Orcish Strength
  1. Orcish Weapon Training
  2. Orcish Weapon Training

Dragon Lord-Ravager (6 AP)

• Furious Rage, Pain Touch
  1. Dragon Lord Power Attack III, Extra Action Boost I

Thief-Acrobat (4 AP)

• Staff Control
  1. Thief Acrobatics III

 

[Broska105]

Thanks for the help peng. will give this a try and get back on results.

 

[Broska105]

one clarification. unless I missed something, which i may have, what is to be the lvl 4 feat you suggest? it is not on the build and only options are fists of light or fists of darkness. Maybe that is simple but I want to get this right.

 

[RayRay Ramone]

Monks get a "philosophy" feat at monk lvl 3. Hard to explain, but going light or dark affects some of your enhancments and monk abilities.

Maybe this will explain a bit: https://ddowiki.com/page/Philosophy