monk/Assassin rebuild
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monk/Assassin rebuild
Hey Arelith!
Been away from the game almost since pre- EE. But I'm feelin like getting back into it. With all the re-balance stuff going on I'm kinda at a loss as to how I want to rebuild my Main Character. I'm avoiding logging in so I have plenty of time to work it out, but My original concept was monk6/ranger4/assassin20 (I think I made it to 26 or so) For a stealthy dual Kama, high INT master of death and shadow.
I originally threw in the ranger levels for dual wield, higher BAB and -track / trackless step for the assassin hunting rp and whatnot. Now that assassins get -track Im not sure if I still need the ranger levels or not?
Any advise is welcome! How would you Rebuild this char?
Been away from the game almost since pre- EE. But I'm feelin like getting back into it. With all the re-balance stuff going on I'm kinda at a loss as to how I want to rebuild my Main Character. I'm avoiding logging in so I have plenty of time to work it out, but My original concept was monk6/ranger4/assassin20 (I think I made it to 26 or so) For a stealthy dual Kama, high INT master of death and shadow.
I originally threw in the ranger levels for dual wield, higher BAB and -track / trackless step for the assassin hunting rp and whatnot. Now that assassins get -track Im not sure if I still need the ranger levels or not?
Any advise is welcome! How would you Rebuild this char?
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Re: monk/Assassin rebuild
The issue with ranger for dual wield is that you need at least 9 levels. Only at level 9 do you get the improved two-weapon fighting feat, and note that Dual Wield from Ranger 1 does not serve as pre-requisite to take ITWF manually on level up.
I played a similar build not long ago but went with Fighter instead. You can also consider the Quarterstaff for +2 ab compared to kamas (you can also investigate the new Assassin Daggers, those are Keen +4 enchant iirc) . You lose access to Flurry of Blows and Poisons. The first is fine, mostly because your AB will not be stellar anyway, so you don't want another -2 on top of it (-4 compared to Quarterstaff). Poisons are nice, but to be honest, I never really used them.
In the end, something like fighter7/Monk6/Assassin17 should work fine. So by level 20 that is something like fighter6/monk4/assassin10 for the 4th attack. Save a Fighter level for EWS in epics.
It is a really fun build, I loved the Assassin spell-like abilities and the amount of damage you dish out with someone guarding you.
I played a similar build not long ago but went with Fighter instead. You can also consider the Quarterstaff for +2 ab compared to kamas (you can also investigate the new Assassin Daggers, those are Keen +4 enchant iirc) . You lose access to Flurry of Blows and Poisons. The first is fine, mostly because your AB will not be stellar anyway, so you don't want another -2 on top of it (-4 compared to Quarterstaff). Poisons are nice, but to be honest, I never really used them.
In the end, something like fighter7/Monk6/Assassin17 should work fine. So by level 20 that is something like fighter6/monk4/assassin10 for the 4th attack. Save a Fighter level for EWS in epics.
It is a really fun build, I loved the Assassin spell-like abilities and the amount of damage you dish out with someone guarding you.
Re: monk/Assassin rebuild
This looks fun, but my original concept was built with max death attack DC in mind and I wanna stay as close to that as possible. ( paralyzing an entire dungeon before executing the population one by one never gets old)Dr. B wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2019 3:25 pmhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1Igt ... EFxLg/edit
Do that. ^
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Re: monk/Assassin rebuild
You can also use the bonus feat at ranger 1 and 5 to get TWF/Ambidexterity if you really wanna go the ranger route
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Re: monk/Assassin rebuild
Then dont go ranger as ranger wants thst sweet 21 slot for spells and bane of enemies.homestuff wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2019 6:00 pmThis looks fun, but my original concept was built with max death attack DC in mind and I wanna stay as close to that as possible. ( paralyzing an entire dungeon before executing the population one by one never gets old)Dr. B wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2019 3:25 pmhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1Igt ... EFxLg/edit
Do that. ^
Ill let someone correct me for bad advise, but something along lines of 3 monk/8 fighter/ 19 assassin (8th level of fighter at 21 for epic weapon specialisation). Maybe mor3 monk and less assassin
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Re: monk/Assassin rebuild
17 or 18 assassin. Lvl 30 should be a monk levelmalcolm_mountainslayer wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 1:31 pmThen dont go ranger as ranger wants thst sweet 21 slot for spells and bane of enemies.homestuff wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2019 6:00 pmThis looks fun, but my original concept was built with max death attack DC in mind and I wanna stay as close to that as possible. ( paralyzing an entire dungeon before executing the population one by one never gets old)Dr. B wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2019 3:25 pmhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1Igt ... EFxLg/edit
Do that. ^
Ill let someone correct me for bad advise, but something along lines of 3 monk/8 fighter/ 19 assassin (8th level of fighter at 21 for epic weapon specialisation). Maybe mor3 monk and less assassin