Monk + Sorcerer = Bender

[Sakrileg]

I need help building this, I think multiclassing is the way to go, but would like to ask my fellow pathfinders helps.

Concept: An orphaned Ulfen child roaming the streets of Karlsgard, and was adopted by a group of monks in the jade quarter. they taught him the style of the dragon, but as he grew older and honed the style it slowly adapted and change in the a dragon style that reflected a linnorm's movements. During his time of mastery his personal dragon style he showed the abilities to use elemental based attacks.

The goal is trying to make a martial arts master that can shoot some fireballs, lightning bolts or a sweeping kicks that shoot a firearc.

It might sound dumb, but I have been watching to much avatar and reading too many pathfinder books >.<

[Thymus Vulgaris]

Or you could totally just make the awesome martial arts moves as your somatic components. It's been a long time since I watched Avatar, but I seem to remember that a lot of the bending was ranged any way (though not all).

[Pupsocket]

Bender plays a Fancy Man.

[King_Of_The_Crossroads]

Truthfully, a Bender doesn't need levels in monk; most of the benders in Avatar are actually pretty bad at hand-to-hand combat.

Play a pure caster and pick an element to focus on; sorcerers and oracles make the best benders in my opinion because they just *know* their techniques.

[Sakrileg]

I see, I see...Sorcerer with a couple levels of monk...want to be able to get hand to hand if needed. :)

[Ganryu]

I smell horrible MAD potential here.
The sorc needs charisma.
The monk needs strength, wisdom, dexterity and constitution.

[prototype00]

Empyreal Wildblooded sorcerers use Wis for their casting stat.

prototype00

[King_Of_The_Crossroads]

Sakrileg wrote:

I see, I see...Sorcerer with a couple levels of monk...want to be able to get hand to hand if needed. :)

Just be careful; monk will dilute you casting potential, and you'll find that the unarmed combat potential of your character will be almost nil. Monks have a hard enough time hitting as is.

[Kazaan]

Someone had a pretty good build involving a Theologian Cleric with the Fire domain coupled with Monk for a firebender that revolved around Produce Flames. However, I haven't really found anything comparable for the other elements.

[+5 Toaster]

so monk + sorcerer = klepto robot who dreams of being a folk singer?

[Imbicatus]

Why not just make an Elemental Monk? Drunken Master/Master of Many Styles or Monk of the Four Winds/Qinggong Monk taking Scorching Ray, Hydraulic Push, and Cold Ice Strike. Combined with the elemental style feats and elemental fist, you'll have decent blasting and you can drink your ki back to use the blasting as much as your want.

[Sowde Da'aro]

elemental bender here.

[Akinra]

I would go earth oracle with a couple ranks of Perform (Dance), personally. Clouded Vision, and name her something like Toph.

[blackbloodtroll]

Really, I thought an Android build was going on here.

Wrong Bender.

What about a Bender Bender?

[King_Of_The_Crossroads]

blackbloodtroll wrote:

Really, I thought an Android build was going on here.

Wrong Bender.

What about a Bender Bender?

As in Bender Bending Rodriguez? That's easy. Just make an alcoholic, whore-mongering, chain-smoking gambler Android rogue.

Bam!

[blackbloodtroll]

No, a Bender, Elemental Bender.

[KainPen]

Monk of the Four winds and style feats is all you need.

[blackbloodtroll]

Android Monk?

[thenovalord]

Dwarf monk Empyreal sorcerer
major dump str,int, and cha
big scores in all the save stats
weap finesse in case u ever need to use stunning fist

[Kazaan]

KainPen wrote:

Monk of the Four winds and style feats is all you need.

That would work for The Avatar... but all other benders are limited to a particular element and it often involves projecting your chosen element outwards. Elemental Fist limits you to delivering elemental damage in melee combat. Furthermore, it uses Electricity which, by Bender rules, is a sub-element of Fire and Acid which is simply not present and, if it were, would predicate on bending the water component of the Acid. There's no equivalent to bending actual Earth or Air when using Elemental Fist the ability itself is very limited in terms of replicating the actual techniques used. Produce Flames comes the closest to replicating Firebending, but there's no real equivalent to any of the other elements.