Monk / druid build

[steve steve 983]

I am trying to make a monk wild shaper but i just dont know how many levels i should do which class and which class to focus in.

im not looking to be the best of the best im going with a back story of a old hermit who really lived a secluded life and is try to get the pc's out of his forest he spent years making it perfect for meditating.

[blackbloodtroll]

If any thing, maybe some Master of Many Styles levels.

You are much likely to be stronger with full Druid levels.

[Atarlost]

4 levels of druid with shaping focus. The rest monk. Unless you're only dipping monk in druid, but if you're dipping monk you need to minimize casting loss and dipping 1 or 2 levels of a medium BAB class in another medium BAB class is a bad idea.

The best you can do is be mostly monk and shape as a single attack animal like a hippopotamus behemoth or arsinoitherium with feral combat training in that attack and preferably improved natural attack.

Arsinoitherium is the best single attack large form by a wide margin with its gore, but bites are a lot more versatile. The best huge single attack form is the hippo behemoth. The best flying form is the giant vulture, which has a bite. The best trip form is, I think, the dire hyena, which also has a bite. Any single attack aquatic forms would be whales or sharks with bite. The best medium form is also a bite at 2d4 for the giant gecko with a climb speed to boot, though the boar isn't hopelessly behind with a 1d8 gore.

You are going to take feral combat training and flurry with that 8d8 (after improved natural attack) behemoth hippo bite with 15' reach. There's really no other monk/druid that wouldn't be better off as pure monk or pure druid.

[steve steve 983]

sounds niffty i will work with that :P thanks

[Malastra]

Kung fu bears.
Karate apes.
Now I have seen it all.

Personally I would stick with druid IMO.
Do not multiclass.
Druids with their wildshapes, buffs, and animal companion are already lethal as is.

[BigNorseWolf]

Malastra wrote:

Kung fu bears.

Karate apes.
Now I have seen it all.

I have a kung fu velociraptor with dragon style.. charge almost anywhere, 60 feet of movement and pounce

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Personally I would stick with druid IMO.

Do not multiclass.
Druids with their wildshapes, buffs, and animal companion are already lethal as is.

I can't find much reason to go monk. Druids don't have much to spend their feats on before level 5, so taking imp. unarmed strike and working your way to the style feats is pretty doable.

If you want to monk, take 1 or at the most 2 levels for the good stuff. Natural style training to let yourself flurry of blows with an alosaurus bite can be fun.

If you don't go monk, pick a combat form you like and stick with it, buy barding for it and have the party put you in it instead of getting blowing an insane amount of money on the +3 wild enchantment.

[steve steve 983]

Malastra wrote:

Kung fu bears.

Karate apes.
Now I have seen it all.

Personally I would stick with druid IMO.
Do not multiclass.
Druids with their wildshapes, buffs, and animal companion are already lethal as is.

doesnt have to be karate or kung fu

could be boxing or somthing

[blackbloodtroll]

Of course.

They already took the Karate, out of the Karate Kid.

Damn you Fresh Prince!!!