I did the same with my monk. The 12 fighter 8 monk thing is very nice, but if your just going to TR him right away then going 9 monk first (11 for the rest of the way) and rolling with TOD was a great way to lvl fast. Especially if you solo a lot.

feat selection is pretty standard, couple or 3 toughness weapon spec etc. One thing I did that worked out well was taking stunning blow for the fighter enhancements. +3 dc for 6 dc is nice.

item wise I suggest getting the vamp wraps from the assault chain. Its great till about lvl 16-17 when you start to need more stun dc.

stainer wrote on Sep 16^th, 2011 at 2:17pm:


19 rogue/1 monk. Go unarmed.

It's fucking fantastic.

stainer wrote on Sep 16^th, 2011 at 1:49pm:

12Ftr/8Mnk is fun. Wrap speed + Kensai II STR etc. is lovely.

The Fighter PL is useful both in the obvious way for stun DCs, but also to shore up to hit a bit as you can struggle in a couple of places unless well geared.

You might not want to go WF but the Godhand over on the other place is a decent template you could work from. Could tweak to Human, light path and Vamp Stonedust Wraps for survivability levelling. With Haste Boost IV and on Elite it's tons of fun. The good thing is now you get nice xp bonus for running E as well as the obvious benefit - the mobs having enough HP to make them your ki-generating and healing source punchbags.

There's also the Beotch Slapper you could tweak a bit and ditch the Rog level (or even keep it for the trap bonuses for more juicy xp if you care to pause for them).

Or just roll with it. Quite hard to go wrong with melee really, especially fighter with all their feats. Get the appropriate TWF feats and the bludgeon specialisation stuff and away you go. You can tank Wis unless you fancy doing the 9Mnk suggested above and want twice the ToD dmg.

I'm TRing my Monster variant into a 12F/8M for his second fighter life, but I'm going for a Stalwart Defender tactics dwarf build just to play it a bit different.

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I've always fancied one of these but I solo so much when levelling it seemed a bit redundant. You played yours solo at all? Do they suck solo as much as I fear? Rad II wraps would be nice :/

Ahh, I see. Thanks for clarification.

I had a feeling there'd be no more sneak damage for NSIII. I was thinking that would stop and it'd be some other effect entirely for the last tier, though all the obvious ones I ran through in my churning it over didn't quite fit, so it made me wonder if they might be given an entirely new effect. Perhaps some combo of improved invis & bluff. Or, y'know, something a lot more creative than that.

kum-gulp wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2011 at 6:52pm:


I think they will be adding just 1 more D6. For a total of 4d6.

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Its a sad state of affairs when the best way to lvl fast is to be an arcane 12/x whatever then LR3 for the TR. Sadly true too.

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Not necessarily. I like my Evoker FvS.

I have progressed as I have played the last two years. When Uppers hits 20 I will have capped every class except Arti, Rogue and Paladin. I loved Woodburning when he was a Sorc, until he hit Amarath (before Savants and dots). He was useless in Amarath, so I tr'd him into the Melee FvS he is today. I switched Uppers around last night, and he is a Pale Master. At lvl 15, he is pretty nice. I could end up liking this one. I have a cleric and a bard. I can play both, but neither are exciting.

Epoch wrote on Oct 4^th, 2011 at 9:55am:


Let me rephrase.

With the limited skill I had at the time, I could not play my Sorc worth a shit in Amarath. I tr'd and have more luck with my WF FvS.

contan wrote on Nov 26^th, 2011 at 12:50pm:


Pretty decently.

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Ding.

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That's an awesome build that will really kick ass when it's not taking up room in my backpack between shrines.