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I haven't had a chance to look much into the unchained version of the monk, looks like I will need to as the general consensus seems to be that it is FAR superior to the base monk and most archetypes.

Abundant step was on my radar since that is quite an iconic piece, I hadn't though of the elemental fury/burst additions though, those sound pretty great.

Looking through the Unchained PDF it almost seems like thats the way to go at for at least the class. Like was stated above, the Sohei archetype does seem pretty good if I chose to focus on the weapon aspect of him. Though I see Scorpion in his old school form mostly, fists and fire. The weak will save makes me think he could easily be mind-controlled. Kind of fitting, though not in a good way.

I will say Doomed Hero, those are some great ideas. The equipment especially is where my knowledge is lacking. I'm fairly new to most aspects of the game, but I'm all about coming up with fun builds.

A harpoon would probably work as well. Though what I'm reading from the grappling feature it just allows you to grapple the opponent on a successful critical hit. The use of a rope dart for me was mostly because of the weight and it being one handed. I guess a high str and light or no armor would make that extra weight from the harpoon a non issue though. I've never used or seen anyone use a harpoon before either so I'm not sure on how well they work out.

**I'm looking into building a very MK Scorpion like build for future use. Most of the posts I'm finding are years old or contain homebrews/tweaks to everything, I'm trying to make this guy as legal for society play as possible if possible.**

I'm not looking to use anything to do with being undead, my only concerns are trying to get his chain pull, possibly some fire damage, and obviously melee skill. I'm assuming the best bet would be some form of monk (possibly Qinggong), or a ninja. I've read a little on Hamatula Strike that lets you grapple check an opponent when they are damaged with a piercing weapon like the rope dart. His fire damage could come from Ki powers or perhaps the Efreeti style feats + Elemental fist.

I'm sure someone out there has done a build based on this character before for society, so does anyone have ideas or suggestions to get the ball rolling on a character of this style? Any advice is much appreciated.