Thoughts for improvement?
Male Human
Lawful Neutral
1 Crusader Cleric (Libicocco) (Destruction)
19 Hungry Ghost Monk / Qinggong Monk (Favored Class)
STR 7
DEX 16 +2 Racial, +2 Level, +2 Inherant
CON 14
INT 13 +1 Inherant
WIS 16 +2 Racial, +3 Level, +3 Inherant
CHA 7
TRAITS
- Anatomist
- Magical Knack (Cleric)
FEATS
1 Weapon Finesse
1*Weapon Focus (Scimitar)
2*Combat Reflexes
3 Crusader's Flurry (Scimitar)
3*Dodge
5 Dervish Dance
7*Deflect Arrows
7 Crane Style
9 Crane Wing
11*Improved Critical (Scimitar)
11 Crane Riposte
13 Dimensional Agility
14*Improved Disarm
15 Dimensional Assault
17*Snatch Arrows
17 Dimensional Dervish
19 Agile Manuevers
VOWS
Celibacy +3
Truth +3
Fasting +3
Cleanliness +3
QINGGONG SWAPS
Barkskin (Slow Fall): 1 ki point, standard action, +5 Natural Armor, 190 minutes
Ki Stand (High Jump): as long as you have 1 ki point in your ki pool, you can stand up as a swift action that still provokes AoO. You can spend 1 ki point to not provoke AoO.
Diamond Body (Quivering Palm): Immune to Poisons.
Diamond Soul (Tongue of the Sun and Moon): SR 29
Cold Ice Strike (Timeless Body): 3 ki points, standard action, 15d6 cold damage, 60 ft. cone
SKILLS 120
-Perception +20+10+3
-Sense Motive +20+10+3
-Acrobatics +20+9+3
-Stealth +20+9+3
-Spellcraft +15+2+3
-Knowledge (religion) +1+2+3
-Knowledge (arcana) +1+2+3
-Knowledge (planes) +1+2+3
-Ride +1+9+3
-Survival +1+10
-Perform (Dance) +2-2+3
-Linguistics +18+2
Adamantine Scimitar
+5 Lifesurge (+2), Vicious (+1), Ki Intensifying (+2)
Impervious (+3000 gp)
(Ki Strike: Cold Iron, Silver, Lawful)
(+5 saving throw against necromantic effects, +5 temp. HP when you gain any temp. HP, +1d8 positive energy damage against undead on critical hits (or heal 1/2 of 1d8); can use attacks through weapon as though it were an unarmed attack, +2 on special Monk attacks, can spend 1 ki point after a succesful strike to perform a bull rush, disarm, reposition, or trip as a swift action against opponent; +2d6 damage, but takes 1d6 damage, on every succesful strike; weapon cannot rust, +10 CMD against sunder, bonuses to hardness, hit points) (Ignores harness of objects or weapons less than 20) 60 Hardness, 106 hp
Locking Gauntlet
Ring of Ki Mastery
Bracers of Armor +8
x6 Implanted Cracked Vibrant Purple Prism Ioun Stone (2k gp each)
(stores a first level spell each)
Implanted Clear Spindle Ioun Stone (4k gp)
(don't require food or water)
Implanted Cracked Pearly White Spindle (3400 gp)
(Regenerate 1/hp per hour, immune to bleed)
x7 Implanted Cracked Orange Prism (1k gp each)
(adds one 0 level spell to spells known or prepared)
Staff (10 Charges, CL12)
- Shield of Faith (1 Charge, +4 Deflection, 12 minutes)
- Shield (1 Charge, +4 Shield, 12 Minutes)
Headband of Ki Focus (5400 gp)
Cloak of Resistance +5
Handy Haversack
Meditation Crystal
Oil of Deathwine
Potion of Cure Serious Wounds
Scroll of Animate Dead
Dull Gray Ioun Stone
- "Continual Flame" cast on it
The Lifesurging enhancement on the weapon works awesomely with the Sipping Demon ability. Every time I hit an opponent, I gain 6 temp hp...which also works pretty good with Vicious.
He'll, of course, be riding an adult dragon fast zombie.
He'll probably kinda suck the first few levels. But after that, he looks like he'll be fun to play.
What do you think?
Not necessarily a shameless bump:
I'm thinking about looking for a better trait than anatomist. Magical Knack is pretty much only for animating the dead, via scrolls. Not sure if it's worth it.
The Crane Style feats...I'm not sure how much it adds to the build, as a whole. May get rid of those, but not sure what to add in.
This guy will have great AC already (quite a bit more than 50 at max level), and with Dimensional Dervish, will usually stay out of close range of enemies. I would love to get Agile Maneuvers much earlier, but what other feats should I throw in?
While he is a priest to an evil Devil, he'll still be Lawful Neutral (which is acceptable to rules). Sure, he animates the dead, and maybe casts Infernal Healing on rare occasion, but he shouldn't have too much problem being in a party with a Paladin (though, they're be an uneasy tension, at best). Be best, though, just to not be in a party with a paladin, though ;)
So...no thoughts? A Hungry Ghost Monk that threatens a crit about 1/3 of the time?
Thought about taking Agile Maneuvers to level 7; picking up Stunning Fist, but it'd have to be level 19, I think. So, two more feat slots: levels 9 and 11.
Well, anytime I drop an enemy or confirm a crit, I'd gain 1 Ki point and heal 19 hp, at level 20. Anytime I hit an enemy, I get 6 stacking temporary hp (but lose 1d6 due to the Vicious enhancement). So between all my temp hp, and threatening crits about twice a turn, it'd be hard to carve my hp slowly down. I spend one ki point to teleport all over the field, attacking (doing around 25 damage each hit), then teleporting to safety (I can 'port around 200 ft, mixing 7 attacks in as I go). During the attack, I'd probably regain the ki point I spent. Even then, at max level, I'm looking at a ki pool of 35 points. My weapon counts as Adamantine, Silver, Cold Iron, and Lawful.
I dunno. That was a rambly explanation as to why Hungry Ghost Monk. But mostly, I've always liked them, it's just that crits are hard to come by using monk weapons. So I found a lawful deity who's favored weapon was a scimitar, went from there.
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Well, Sarenrae is also an option, if you go Lawful Good.
Also, there is the option of an Agile Rapier, and the God Quindiovatos.
It will take you a bit longer to get dex to damage, but will save you a feat.
Yeah, Sarenrae is what I was thinking in groups that would frown on an evil god...or a DM that frowns on Animating the dead.
And good catch with Quindiovatos. Just considered it, but this guy already won't be awesome at low levels, don't wanna take any more power away from him then. And even then, I'm taking out the Crane feats, don't really need any more feat slots.
Great stuff, very nice combo of the crusader and monk. I am thinking of building one for Skulls & Shackles, but the Dervish Dance is from a book we don't use atour table. Did you give any thought to a strength based version?
On the other hand I am even tempted to flurry with a crossbow with Adabar as deity and the rapid reload feat. That would mean stealing ki at 80 ft. Just for rp, because crossbows have such low damage.