Melee-only class, and coupled with the Monk’s garbage AC you’re going to have aīase Attack Bonus: 2/3 BAB can usually be Monk Class Features Hit Points: d8 hit points is hard for a I also omit the use of “Flaws” since they allow a massive increase in power with essentially no cost to the character. Those options also tend to be wildly unbalanced and rarely receive errata. I am of the opinion that those options are intended to be limited to campaigns run in those settings, and as such they don’t really apply to a generic campaign. It’s important to note that I generally omit campaign-setting specific content. Blue: Fantastic options, often essential.Red: Bad, useless options, or options whichĪre extremely situational.For help identifying sourcebook abbreviations, see my Sourcebook Abbreviations Guide. Because so little of 3.5 is available on the SRD, I will attempt to tag items with a superscript indicating their book of origin. RPGBOT uses the color coding scheme which has become common among Pathfinder build handbooks, which tend to be more consistent than 3.5 handbooks. Can Monks enchant their unarmed strikes? Disclaimer.A vanilla Monk is a Defender or Striker, but the Monk can serve as a slightly underwhelming Scout. Thanks to the prolific number of splat books in 3.5, there are enough feats and alternate class features to cobble together a few functional monk builds. The rest of the Monk’s abilities are either situational, unusable, or don’t combine with Flurry of Blows, often forcing the Monk to make a single lousy attack.ĭespite these massive limitations, monks are popular for class dips on a variety of complex builds, especially for their AC bonus. Flurry of Blows, the Monk’s iconic combat ability, often amounts to a flurry of misses due to the Monk’s 2/3 BAB. With poor AC and hit points, but a combat skillset devoted entirely to melee the Monk is a glass cannon designed to be a placed in a room full of hammers. The Monk is one of the greatest challenges of 3.5.

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