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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.