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Crystal Healing says you need at lest 2 gems with a total value of 5gp. So you can have 5 diamonds of 3,000gp each if you want.

I'm talking about those feats that Necromancer Wizards, Clerics, and Bones Mystery Oracles can all use without needing archetypes or anything. I think that Undead Bloodline Sorcerers should also be able to pick them up because of lore reasons. It just makes sense to me.

The following feats are available to some spellcasters

who have the ability to create or control undead minions.
If you’re a different class but can create or control undead
and can cast at least one necromancy spell, the GM might
give you access to these feats.

The closest thing i found so far is the Elementalist Class Archetype. It gives access to some metamagic feats that add elemental trait to your spells.

Dousing Spell points out that by adding the water trait from the metamagic feat, it counts for weaknesses and resistances.

You enhance your spell with elemental water, soaking the target. If the next action you use is to Cast a Spell targeting a single creature, you soak the target of the spell with water. If the target has persistent acid or fire damage, the DC to end those conditions is reduced to 10, and the creature can attempt a flat check to end those types of persistent damage immediately. The spell gains the water trait (causing it to deal extra damage to creatures with weakness to water).

Hi all, sorry for the late reply.

Honestly, everyone made good options to choose from. I didn't tought there would be so many ways to develop my character to be better in being a 'tank' or a 'defender'.

I definitely consider everyone's ideas and i might check with my party to see what they would prefer.

We obviously need some form of healing to the group and i believe the only one who have trained in Medecine is the ranger but i've read that healing in pathfinder is not as powerful as in dnd due to action economy. Which is why i wanted to play that role in the first place, thinking that if i can reduce the damage the party can recieve by denying the enemies' actions and getting a good AC, the need of healing during combat would be lessen.

But once again, I thank you all for your replies.

Hi all,

I'm making a human monk for a role of a tank/defender and the idea of using a Bo Staff for tripping with Tangled Forest Stance feats tree interests me for that purpose.

Here are my GM's and the campaign's restrictions:

1) I have access to stuff from CRB and APG only.
2) I'm starting at level 2
3) If i have Monastic Weaponry, i can start with some shuriken and a monk weapon of my choice
4) If it can help, the rest of my party is composed of a Arcane Sorcerer, a Draconic Barbarian and a Ranger with a companion

In short, i'm going high Dex for AC, Str for Athletic, damage and hiting with a Bo Staff and Wis for Will Saves and Perception. I wanted to incorporate some ki spells here and there to help survivability and potentially go with or retrain towards Wild Wind Initiate for ranged combat and versatility.

At the same time, there is some questions regarding a few things about the monk occured to me while writing this post.

1. Does Handwraps of Mighty Blows increases the damage die of any stances' strikes(eg. lashing branch from Tangled Forest)?
2. Is Clinging Shadows Initiate a better option for the role of a tank?

Any suggestions and critiques would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.