Monk Saves - How do you choose?


Advice


Monks get the unique ability to tailor their saving throw proficiencies to player preference. So what's the best way to do it? Should a high strength/high wis Monk double down on being good at will saves, or is it better to shore up what would otherwise be a weakness and get that Legendary proficiency in their reflex save?


Will>Fortitude>Reflex

Effecrs that causes Will saves have the most devastating effects and a lot of them even on a sucess can make you slow 1.

The fortitude usually cause stuff like drained, sickness and enfeebled making you caracter worse in battle.

Reflex is usually just damage, so it's fine.


So basically the same logic as PF1 there? Not sure if I should be disappointed or not.


You can use multiclassing to get your last save, if not Will, from expert to master at 12. Barbarian for Fortitude, Rogue for Reflex.

Granted, it takes a couple feats, but if you're concerned about saves, then that will help.

But yeah, same logic as PF1.


Canny acumen, which does nothing before level 17 if you pick a saving throw, gets you master at level 17 for just one general feat.

Unfortunately smuggling in mastery of a third save via an archetype or a general feat no longer gives you evasion from the monk ability, like it did in the playtest.


I would say fort will then reflex

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