Zenythri's Last Stand (36 Monk/2 Fighter/2 BG)

[Chaos]

This is a monk build I intend to build as a universal tank, having both very high STR and DEX for checks in hells but maintaining the ability to tank almost everything. Please, do pick it apart, bit by bit if you have to just to improve it. Here it is:

E L F - Z E N Y T H R I
STR: 14 (18) (20) (24) (40)
DEX: 16 (20) (34) (44) (62)
CON: 12 (12) (12) (12) (28)
WIS: 14 (18) (18) (18) (34)
INT: 12 (12) (12) (12) (28)
CHA: 10 (10) (10) (10) (26)

(NOTE: Bolded text is FINAL after double demi, dex arti, and equipped.)

Level Progression

Put 8 points into dex and put 2 points into str at levels 36 and 40! Take dex all time in LL!

01: Strong Soul
03: Weapon Finesse
04: Weapon Focus Unarmed Strike
06: Toughness
09: Great Fortitude
10: Blind Fight
12: Iron Will
15: Dodge
18: Extra Stunning Attacks
21: Great DEX I
24: Great DEX II
27: Epic Weapon Focus Unarmed Strike
29: Armor Skin
30: Great DEX III
33: Great DEX IV
34: Epic Toughness I
36: Great DEX V
39: Great DEX VI, Epic Toughness II
42: Legendary Hardened Soul
45: Legendary Weapon Focus Unarmed Strike
48: Epic Prowess
51: Great STR 1
54: Great STR 2
57: Great STR 3
60: Great STR 4

Skills

With this build you have enough str to make hell checks and dex to make hells checks as well. Just let me know if I should fix anything before I build this.

Chaos

[darthtorin]

Locks very solid.

Some comments:
- I would skip Dodge and take Improved critical unarmed instead.
- For the level progression: Take the 2 fighter levels at level 2-3.Than you could start your career as a classical tank in heavy gear and switch back to unarmed monk later. Just a suggestion - it should make the first levels more playable.
- Why elf? The -2CON hurts much.
- If you take 2 Paladin levels instead of BG, you get Fear immunity in addition but loose your saves when forced to turn evil.

[chainlink]

Fear immunity is not an issue as you have 20 + monk levels which gives complete mind immunity. This mix is the one I went with on my Zenythri Fists of Doom build after Pal/Bg ceased to be a viable option.

[darthtorin]

Apr 19, 2008 8:16:32 GMT chainlink said:

Fear immunity is not an issue as you have 20 + monk levels which gives complete mind immunity. This mix is the one I went with on my Zenythri Fists of Doom build after Pal/Bg ceased to be a viable option.

Oh - so the mind immu of monks cover the fear immu? Good to know. ("Nomal" mind immu i. e. like from item cover it NOT that's way I thought it falsely. Thx for the info)

[MurphysLawAgain]

I believe that craft weapon doesnt work for fists .... so perhaps you can take listen? And if you do go for listen then trade extra stunning fists for Skill focus listen (for those critical extra 3 points) ?

[Chaos]

I was also thinking about a halfing version...I would like to be that small of a monk

Chaos

[Chaos]

Apr 19, 2008 5:50:26 GMT @darthtorin said:

Locks very solid.

Some comments:
- I would skip Dodge and take Improved critical unarmed instead.
- For the level progression: Take the 2 fighter levels at level 2-3.Than you could start your career as a classical tank in heavy gear and switch back to unarmed monk later. Just a suggestion - it should make the first levels more playable.
- Why elf? The -2CON hurts much.
- If you take 2 Paladin levels instead of BG, you get Fear immunity in addition but loose your saves when forced to turn evil.

Why thank you! You get improved critical unarmed for free with zenythri. A weapon shouldn't do much for me, seeing as how zenythri gets weapon specialization and epic weapon specialization unarmed strike.

Chaos

[chainlink]

Grab some weapons feats for shuikens, the UR ones do nice damage types and you're dex based so they'll hit quite well.

[darthtorin]

LOL ..sure ...I forget. Zenythri!