Playing around on a ninja/monk combo, odds are it would enter a campaign at level 9+, so building to there for the fun of it
Monk/ninja human
str 12
dex 17(+2)
con 14
int 12
wis 14
cha 8
heart of slums replaces skilled - +2 stealth/sleigh of hand
traits - accellerated drinker, dangerously curious (+1UMD)
monk master of many styles, drunken master (3), Ninja (6)
1 M dodge, crane style, crane riposte
2 N
3 M Snake Style, Snake Fang
4 M
5 N Vanishing TRick, weapon finesse
6 N
7 N Crane Wing, Mirror Image
8 N
9 N Combat Reflexes, _____
Now, the way I read it drunken master gets a ki pool at 3 (even if it's only drunken ki), ninja levels stack with levels in any class that grants ki pool for total pool, so wouldn't need 4th monk level for the full ki pool count. Between snake style and crane, vanishing trick and mirror image, plus lots of extra drunken ki, this can weave in and out of combat, get into flanking, and deal decent sneak attacks. While it won't win the DPS charts, it's more intended to be lots of fun.
Thoughts on the build, tweaks maybe? a 4th monk level for instance would be useful for that 1 AC, plus having unarmed count as magic could be handy for snake fang AoO's and removing ki pool ambiguity, but delays ninja tricks by a level.
thoughts for next ninja trick include fast stealth, hidden weapons or forgotten trick (drunken ki works great for this), and lunge is in consideration for maybe level 11
Bad combo. With Ninja, you now have to pump Charisma, the one dump stat a Monk has.
This will be crazy MAD.
You get to decide which stat you want ki pool to be based of, wisdom or charisma if you have levels in both ninja and monk.
In fact if you take the Sensei monk archetype, you can use wisdom for basically everything.
I actually worked on a build based on this (and sap master) and it was relatively well received:
If you're interested.
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You get to decide which stat you want ki pool to be based of, wisdom or charisma if you have levels in both ninja and monk.
Hi, I am searching for the rules on this, could you help me out please?
Hi, I am searching for the rules on this, could you help me out please?
You get to decide which stat you want ki pool to be based of, wisdom or charisma if you have levels in both ninja and monk.
Here ya go:
The ki pool is replenished each morning after 8 hours of rest or meditation; these hours do not need to be consecutive. If the ninja possesses levels in another class that grants points to a ki pool, ninja levels stack with the levels of that class to determine the total number of ki points in the combined pool, but only one ability score modifier is added to the total. The choice of which score to use is made when the second class ability is gained, and once made, the choice is set.
Found it :-)
And thanks!
No problemo.