MONK BUILD, ToEE patch2 (Flurry of Blows & Two-Weapon Fighting)

Monk Build ToEE

The Monk Build is a ToEE Build for Troika's cRPG of 2003, Temple of Elemental Evil. In terms of pure damage Monks are not on the level of Fighter Build ToEE, but they still inflict enough, are highly mobile, and can be employed as decoys. Also, their unique animations are a nice touch.

There are two monk builds covered in this post: fist-monk and dual-wielder.

Unarmed Strike Monk Build Foundation

 

Female Human Monk (10): Brawler & Acrobat: The Master.

• Strength: max to 18, pump every 4 lvls for +2
• Dexterity: crank it
• Constitution: as high as you can get it
• Intelligence: dump to 8 is fine
• Wisdom: max to 18
• Charisma: dump

Unarmed Strike Monk Build Progression

Non-italicized feats = Monk auto-gains.

• Monk 1: Flurry of Blows, Improved Unarmed Strike, Stunning Fist, Power Attack, Dodge
• Monk 2: Evasion, Combat Reflexes
• Monk 3: Fast Movement, Still Mind, Cleave 
• Monk 4: Ki Strike, +1 Str
• Monk 5: Purity of Body
• Monk 6: Improved Trip, Mobility
• Monk 7: Wholeness of Body
• Monk 8: +1 Str
• Monk 9: Improved Evasion, Spring Attack
• Monk 10: Unarmed Strike: Lawful vs. DR

Unarmed Strike Monk Build Notes

• The Monk is leveled this way in order to avoid level-up bugs.
• Unarmed Strike (1d10) is finesseable, but I prefer Str-based.
• Make sure Flurry of Blows is activated for 3 ApR. Deflect/Snatch Arrows feats sound cool but are all but useless because we're not up against many archers.
• Skills: Tumble.
• Monks are good scouts due to +movement speed.
• Craft: Amulet of Wisdom +6 for Wis bonus to AC or Amulet of Mighty Fists +5 for +accuracy/dmg, and Gloves of Giant Strength +6. cf. Craft Magic Arms and Armor ToEE and Craft Wondrous Items ToEE.

Two-Weapon Fighting Monk Build ToEE

• Dual-wielding variant: Male Half-Orc Monk.

• Strength: max to 18, pump every 4 lvls for +2
• Dexterity: min 17 for ITWF
• Constitution: as high as you can get it
• Intelligence: dump to 8 is fine
• Wisdom: max to 18
• Charisma: dump

• Monk 1: Flurry of Blows, Improved Unarmed Strike, Stunning Fist, Two-Weapon Fighting
• Monk 2: Evasion, Combat Reflexes
• Monk 3: Fast Movement, Still Mind, Power Attack
• Monk 4: Ki Strike, +1 Str
• Monk 5: Purity of Body
• Monk 6: Improved Trip, Cleave
• Monk 7: Wholeness of Body
• Monk 8: +1 Str
• Monk 9: Improved Evasion, Improved Two-Weapon Fightning
• Monk 10: Unarmed Strike: Lawful vs. DR

Flurry of Blows works with one-handed Rods and stacks with 2-weapon fightning feats, resulting in 5 attacks per round. This monk dual-wields Rod of the Python +3 Holy/Axiomatic (one looted from Jaroo's corpse, the other crafted using Craft Rod ToEE).

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