hi my monk is pretty good now (definitive spoiler)
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2002 6:14 pm
wow i got cable modem last weekend... its better than modem definitely... anyhow, my monks level 22 w/ ToB but still in underdark... monk is very powerful now that i play it in mid-high level. i didnt feel like going in to underdark since i had plenty of xp and those short drow folks didnt entertain me anyway, so i just killed silver dragon... after few failed attempts, i actually killed the dragon with stunning blow + quivering palm. couldnt get close her to get quivering palm and be blown away to just waste it... as for beholder dungeon i never finished it easier.. hide in shadows, get close to them and quivering palms + stunning blow... elder orbs have 2 stone skin contingencies and true sight so it was a little bit harder but no problem with greater whirlwind on...
i thought i should avoid mind flayer dungeon because the char is a melee character w/o an armor which makes you very vulnerable against mind devour attacks... i also thought monk had very bad saving throw because i had great many problems because of it in the beginning. when i actually got in there, so-called illithids were nothing but an octopus on top of decapitated human body... they were trying to bite my brain out but monk had very low AC naturally and saving throws were better than i had first thought. magic resist also did its work well about 80% i think... and DEATHBLOW...... kills level 10 or lower in one hit, w/o saving throw, bypass magic resistance, and finally, bypass AC... wow i just walk in and start the massacre... as you all know, mind flayer, beholders, and other 'noble' races from outer planes are all level 1's...
another thing... i put hardiness on and charged for the master brain. paralyze gaze from master brain, canceled by saving throw.. had two ultharids on my tail, plus two in the room and two illithids, and two brain golems started to surround me... i summoned killthix the spider to soak up a hit. indeed it did, killed off by ultharid. by this time, master brain was badly injured. the minion of the brain surrounded me and started using all their skills(good thing they didnt have umber hulks in there)... mind devour, psionic blast.... i used greater whirlwind and dished the two ultharids out... then whirlwind to finish off master brain, again greater whirlwind to kill off another two ultharids out. brain golems, with their pathetic Thac0 and long-dead master, couldnt handle me... they were killed by deathblow, along with two mind flayers. after the battle, my intelligence was 3... which is quite funny because my wisdom is 18... only 3 damage was done (i think from mind devours... three times)
i have used warrior high level abilities before but i never knew they could be so deadly in the hands of a monk. pure fighter may-be able to beat this guy, but monk is much more fun and can deal with more variety of bad guys than a fighter can. my conclusion is, that monk is more fun and is more (just a little bit though) than hack n' slash like a fighter... wow great fun i had today...
i thought i should avoid mind flayer dungeon because the char is a melee character w/o an armor which makes you very vulnerable against mind devour attacks... i also thought monk had very bad saving throw because i had great many problems because of it in the beginning. when i actually got in there, so-called illithids were nothing but an octopus on top of decapitated human body... they were trying to bite my brain out but monk had very low AC naturally and saving throws were better than i had first thought. magic resist also did its work well about 80% i think... and DEATHBLOW...... kills level 10 or lower in one hit, w/o saving throw, bypass magic resistance, and finally, bypass AC... wow i just walk in and start the massacre... as you all know, mind flayer, beholders, and other 'noble' races from outer planes are all level 1's...
another thing... i put hardiness on and charged for the master brain. paralyze gaze from master brain, canceled by saving throw.. had two ultharids on my tail, plus two in the room and two illithids, and two brain golems started to surround me... i summoned killthix the spider to soak up a hit. indeed it did, killed off by ultharid. by this time, master brain was badly injured. the minion of the brain surrounded me and started using all their skills(good thing they didnt have umber hulks in there)... mind devour, psionic blast.... i used greater whirlwind and dished the two ultharids out... then whirlwind to finish off master brain, again greater whirlwind to kill off another two ultharids out. brain golems, with their pathetic Thac0 and long-dead master, couldnt handle me... they were killed by deathblow, along with two mind flayers. after the battle, my intelligence was 3... which is quite funny because my wisdom is 18... only 3 damage was done (i think from mind devours... three times)
i have used warrior high level abilities before but i never knew they could be so deadly in the hands of a monk. pure fighter may-be able to beat this guy, but monk is much more fun and can deal with more variety of bad guys than a fighter can. my conclusion is, that monk is more fun and is more (just a little bit though) than hack n' slash like a fighter... wow great fun i had today...