Quasi-class: Way of the Healer (Monk/Cleric)

[lala]

A major alteration to The Healer quasi-class, to keep it simplified it means this build does have offensive capability but fits this quasi-class concept.

Description
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Throughout the world there is mention of a temple for monks that stands out from all others.
While Monks may understand the body well enough to heal themselves and use similar techniques for combat, this is just a beginning on a path to enlightenment.
For those that find this elusive temple, the path is completed.
Trained in the Divine Palm these Monks touch the world of life and the gods, gaining greater healing arts and knowledge to be used for healing or infliction of pain. For life is about both.

Requirements
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- Must have 15 levels of Monk, 9 levels of Cleric, and Epic Skill Heal by level 24

Benefits
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- By strengthening the body more energy can be put into healing or inflicting wounds: Each Epic Toughness feat taken adds 100 points to Heal skill.
- For certain spells (see below(, caster level is equal to Cleric levels + Monk levels
- Heal skill becomes area affect increasing with power at higher levels:

• At level 25 healing becomes small area affect on target and heals others 20% of heal skill
  
• At level 35 healing becomes medium area affect on target and heals others 35% of heal skill
  
• At level 45 healing becomes medium area affect on target and heals others 50% of heal skill
  
• At level 55 healing becomes medium area affect on target and heals others 65% of heal skill
  

- Stunning fist now causes damage (even if stun is saved) on a hit incrementally as follows:

• At level 25 it does positive damage equal to 20% of heal skill
  
• At level 30 it does positive damage equal to 40% of heal skill
  
• At level 35 it does positive damage equal to 60% of heal skill
  
• At level 40 it does positive damage equal to 80% of heal skill
  
• At level 55 it does positive damage equal to 100% of heal skill
  

- Quivering Palm is now the ultimate life palm still 1 per day. Becomes a large area touch attack doing same damage as Stunning Fist at same incremental levels but with no instant death affect - damage only.
- Turn Undead links the monk to the divine life, no longer turns undead but does the following (rest required when all used)

• At 30 Heal as per spell all party members anywhere on same map
  
• At 35 Greater Restore as per spell all party members anywhere on same map
  
• At 40 Rez as per spell all party members anywhere on same map
  

Spells affected by Monk and Cleric levels
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0.
- Cure Minor Wounds
- Inflict Minor Wounds

1.
- Cure Light Wounds
- Inflict Light Wounds

2.
- Cure Moderate Wounds
- Inflict Moderate Wounds

3.
- Bestow Curse
- Blindness/Deafness
- Contagion
- Cure Serious Wounds
- Inflict Serious Wounds
- Negative Energy Protection

4.
- Cure Critical Wounds
- Deathward
- Freedom of Movement
- Inflict Critical Wounds

5.
- Circle of Doom
- Healing Circle
- Monsterous Regen
- True Seeing

6.
- Harm
- Heal

7.
- Regenerate

8.
- Mass Heal

9.
- Undeaths Eternal Foe


Well the scaling may need tweaking but taking so many of monk and cleric does compromise it nicely to maintain a balance.
Hope this works out better than the Healer quasi-class I posted
Cheers
Lala

[whodat1]

Its a nice idea, I like the empowered monk abilities. However, Balds lifethreader build and this I think share a lot in common, and I think the lifethreader has a better balance of healing/damage.

[lala]

There is a big difference between the two.
His is based on using whirlwind attack, where as mine is based on ALL the arts of healing (and closest to my original post).
That is a big difference, also the use of infliction, blindness, cures makes this a great support char instead of the usual need to bash everything.

At least this quasi-class gives a chance to go monk without kama (stuning fist must be unarmed, cause wounds etc ignore weapons)
Thats my thoughts on it anyway