Asheras wrote on Feb 12
th, 2016 at 1:49pm:
You might want to think that through a bit more. That's giving up a lot. Capstone for one thing. Which probably nullifies the water stance. And a level 9 spell. And a caster level. And shields and orbs, the orb being the only source of quality DC +2. And giving up armor which is the only source of profane +1 DC. So, in the end, 1 monk costs you at least +2 DC, a bunch of PRR, MRR, AC, your capstone, a level 9 spell, and it doesn't actually increase your wisdom at all, so your DC is most likely worse. Sounds like a winner...
Capstone for Druid and Cleric is +2 Wisdom, which you lose, but is made up for with Lesser Water Stance.
You can get shadow caster on robes the fuck are you on about.
Yes you do lose Epic Increased Potential, and the lvl9 spells, and PRR, but as far as DC casting goes it's only a net of -1 DC compared to pure. Actually it's net +0 DC for FvS since their cap doesn't give anything for DC, but you do lose Sun Bolt and Energy Drain.
Druid only has three good lvl9's anyway and their capstone sucks ass so it's probably actually neutral for them, except for the PRR (I personally don't even use eIP on my Druid cause the +1 is overkill with Evoc/Conj augmentation and MoIS, it's better to use a ToEE weap for SP+lore or TF for Meridian Fragment).
Not saying it's better than pure, but it's not a huge step down.