So I know I want the following:
Monk (drunken master, Sacred Mountain Qing Gong)
Alchemist (chirurgen, Internal Alchemist)
The abilities I'm interested in are:
Preserve organs (up to 3 times)
Spontaneous Healing
Healing Touch
Restoration (2 ki, self only)
I have a 20 point buy, and would prefer a human related race I think -- but I'm not sold on any one race at this point.
Beyond that I'm rather up in the air -- I want enough Wisdom to be able to reliably use stunning fist and Ki based options. Intelligence is something that I want for skill points and access to whatever level of extracts I get too, but isn't prime for anything else (I'm not really looking hard at bombs) -- I'm alright with the idea of the vivisectionist, but not committed to it either yet. Combat maneuvers are something I am rather interested in (grappling and dirty trick primarily).
If that isn't enough (because it never is) I wouldn't mind trying to fit in a level of inquisitor for the conversion inquisition.
What I need help in is figuring a way to make this combat effective (I believe I'll do fine out of combat), and get the abilities I really want early enough that it doesn't feel like I'm chasing them forever.
What do you want this guy to do? Half elf may be best for the two favored classes. But what's your idea behind him? Also, maybe you can ask the DM to replace bombs with the stacking of your monk and alchemist levels for unarmed damage and AC bonus?
Good question -- I guess I'm looking for a holistic doctor approach -- someone that knows the body and how to build it up... or tear it down. He uses tonics, elixirs, and spirit to heal. I'm thinking about taking the vow of truth it seem likely to work with him. I don't want the vow of chasity since I feel that reproduction and recreational sex are honest truthful parts of being alive. I know I don't want to use weapons much.
Actually that truth bit is a large part of it -- he's searching for truth on both the personal physical level and in the greater context of the universe too. So a Zen alchemist type. Your suggestion of trading bombs for stacking damage and AC doesn't sound like a bad idea.
Yeah I agree -- I think if I knew if the discovery feat options were "do not have to meet prerequisites" then I could probably stick simply to alchemist... but even then I'm going to be more limited on the stunning fist.
However I'm willing to deal with the lack of immortality -- after all death is a part of life and eventually immortality proves to be an illusion too, which plays into the truth aspect of it.