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Alright, so, I was doing some character brainstorming because I finally got a look at the monk stuff in Ultimate Combat, and I came up with a concept for a Monk of the Four Winds/Ki Mystic/Sensei (yes, they stack).
I'm thinking I'll make him Dexterity/Wisdom-based, wielding a two-handed weapon, with enough points in Strength for Power Attack, then focus on the Panther Style feats once I get access to them.
Essentially, the build becomes kind of a Monk/Bard, granting rerolls to allies, Inspire Courage, and all the other awesome benefits of being a monk (I'm also looking forward to a Ki-weapon so I can use Elemental Fist through it). I don't remember exactly what panther style does, but I DO remember it being kind of based on AoO's. This way, losing flurry of blows doesn't hurt as much because I'll be making my attacks through that medium while buffing my allies. I took Combat Reflexes to combine with it, because, why not?
1) Any suggestions as to what weapon to use? Feat Ideas?
2) What exactly do the Panther Style feats do again?
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Panther Style has nothing to do with your attacks of opportunities. It has to do with provoking attacks of opportunity and then using Panther Style to counter-attack harder.
I'm confused as to why you're making him Dexterity-based when you plan to use a two-handed weapon.
As for feats, Mobility is a must.
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Have you considered replacing Ki Mystic with Drunken Master? By drinking once a round as a standard action, you can increase your ki by 1 (2 if you have the Deep Drinker feat), and then you have a free ki to spend to increase your AC by 4. Then you can hobble around with Panther Style and take out the mooks.
Well for a weapon I’d consider the double-chained kama which will give you reach allowing for more AoO.
Some potentially good feats would include:
Exotic weapon proficiency: double-chained kama
dodge
mobility
combat reflexes
panther style
panther claw
panther parry
power attack
stunning fist
cleave
cleaving finish
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Alright, so, I was doing some character brainstorming because I finally got a look at the monk stuff in Ultimate Combat, and I came up with a concept for a Monk of the Four Winds/Ki Mystic/Sensei (yes, they stack).
Sensi and Monk of the Four Winds both modify Stunning Fist and Abundant Step (among other overlaps) -- so you can't stack these.
"...A character can take more than one archetype and garner additional alternate class features, but none of the alternate class features can replace or alter the same class feature from the core class as another alternate class feature...."
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Actually just double-checked the PFSRD. If Sensei and Monk of the Four Winds overlap with ability changes, then the PFSRD doesn't show it. According to the PFSRD, Sensei and MotFW don't have ANY overlaps... except for stunning fist. HOWEVER, perusal of the Sensei archetype reveals that this is, in fact a typo, as Sensei doesn't do anything to Stunning Fist at all.
Now, it is entirely possible that the PFSRD just doesn't have the full archetype yet, but then I have far bigger problems than ability overlap >_>
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PFSRD is still rapidly adding material from Ultimate Combat -- the monk section started seeing additions on Monday afternoon (meaning you probably caught is before they had all the "X"s in the boxes).
I'm looking at Ultimate Combat right now, and the Sensei doesn't lose stunning fist or abundant step.
Sensei loses:
-Flurry of Blows
-Fast Movement
-Evasion
-all bonus feats after the first
Monk of Four Winds loses:
-stunning fist
-abundant step
-timeless body
-perfect self
No overlap.
