(Edit: Wanted to make sure everyone knows, this is a pathfinder game!)
Hey folks. I am playing in a generally low-magic world.
Outright, the character at a core is an assassiney-type acrobatic that uses unarmed strikes. The DM allows core material only (he said I could take imp natural weapon though) and we are playing in what sofar has been a very low-magic setting (were doing council of thieves and sofar we've fought very mundane stuff) and probably will top out at around level 11. I imagine most of our encounters are going to be in urban areas. Disguise/bluff/etc have come in very handy so far.
The party originally was going to have 2 rogues, so I rolled a monk instead, and now there are 0 rogues, and I have some MW lockpicks and perform those sort of duties.
Anyways!! :)
Right now im Monk2 (18dex 12 str 14 wis 12 con, 10 int, crappy cha) and my AB and damage at least sofar are pretty good on par with the party. Its a low-power party and the encounters are pretty much matching this right now.
I was considering stopping my MonkX/ and immediately switching to a new class. I really want to go shadowdancer (unless I go rogue instead) because of the shadow jump and summon shadow. I think theres alot of neat things to be done, esp since I can use my Imp. Grapple and hold someone while the shadow does strength drains untill the enemy is dead :P.
I was considering multiclassing to rogue, or even Cleric (Travel & Trickery), and noticed that with Ascetic Rogue (I can take this feat) my damage would be good with significant Sneak attack dice added.
However, Im going to lose a +3 BAB by level 11, how much of an impact is this going to have? The party has a DragonFire adept, a ranger, a cleric, a sorcerer, and a bard. So basically only myself and the ranger are any good in combat right now.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
For feats I took: Dodge, Weapon Finesse, Toughness (my hps are pretty decent right now as I rolled pretty well sofar), and Improved Grapple.
I can maybe re-do level 2 since we didnt do much combat since hitting 2.
Right now my AC is like 17 vs touch and 21 with mage armor, so between me and the Dragonfire Adept,were taking the hits mostly.
I worry about losing the AC and AB, but I realize my damage could increase tons, especially if I took improved two weapon fighting when I hit 6BAB as then I'd be on par with a full monk's flurry # of attacks.
Can someone give me some suggestions? I read treantmonk's guide, but sadly committed to a dex monk before trying that out. The character is sneaky and so anything to improve that is sort of on the right track.
He's LN with evil tendencies, but if I went rogue I think i'd probably very much shift away from lawful as its really hampering me. (I've broken into a room and wont steal the shiny golds because its against his rules >_>)