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The Wanderer

A big trope of the monk is the wandering man, in search of enlightenment or perfecting his combat style. Or both.

This build plays around with that concept. We are taking the Archetypes Wanderer and Weapon Adept, along with the Horizon Walker Prestige Class.

Our leveling should look like the following:

Class

Monk (Quiggong, Wanderer, Weapon Adept) 6 /Horizon Walker 10/Monk (Quiggong , Wanderer, Weapon Adept) +4

Race

We are taking Half-Orcs as they count as humans and thus can get into Wanderer.

We are also taking the Sacred Tattoo Alternate Racial Feature and will be putting the floating

+2 in Strength.

Ability Scores

Just put everything in Dex.

15Point-Buy

Str 16/Dex 10/Con 14/Int 10/Wis 14/Cha 10

20Point-Buy

Str 18/Dex 10/Con 14/Int 10/Wis 14/Cha 10

25Point-Buy

Str 18/Dex 14/Con 14/Int 10/Wis 14/Cha 10

Traits

Reactionary is too good to pass up, Fate’s Favored doubles Luck bonuses, including your Sacred Tattoo to all your Saving Throws (meaning if using the 25PB, you start with a +6 with all Saving Throws!)

Favored Class Bonus

Yeah, HP it is!

Skills

You need 6 ranks in Knowledge(Geography) but after that, Acrobatics, Diplomacy, Stealth, Perception are your big go to.

Feats by Level

1-Dodge

Monk-Improved Unarmed Strike Monk-Perfect Strike

Bonus 2-Combat Reflexes

Bonus 2-Weapon Focus(Quarterstaff)

3-Crane Style

Bonus 3-Endurance

5-Crane Wing

Bonus 6-Deflect Arrow

Bonus 6-Weapon Specialization(Quarterstaff)

7-Crane Riposte

9-Diehard

11-Stalwart

13-Keen Smell

15-Improved Stalwart

17-Smell Fear

19-Tenacious Survivor Bonus

20-Medusa’s Wrath

So we are always at minimum fighting defensively, which is boosted through the roof via Crane Style, and when in Total Defense, we have a DR of 8/- via Improved Stalwart, and automatically deflect one melee attack and one ranged attack per round via Crane Wing and Deflect Arrow. Our Quarterstaff deals some decent damage via Weapon Specialization and our fairly high strength, and Crane Riposte-Combat Reflexes means we can kick the asses of people outside of our turn.

Horizon Walker Favored Terrain and Terrain Mastery by Level

(F): Favored (M): Mastery (D): Dominance

7-Astral(F)

8-Desert(F), Astral(M)

9-Desert(M), Astral(D)

10-Plane of Earth(F), Plane of Earth(M)

11-Forest(F)

12-Forest(M), Desert(D)

13-Urban(F)

14-Plain(F), Forest(M)

15-Plane of Earth(D)

16-Swamp(F), All others become Favored

We get Dimension Door a few times a day, Immunity to both Fatigue and Exhaustion, and Tremorsense.

Equipment

Rags and a Quarterstaff.

Final Thoughts on the Build

Whoa, okay, so we are straight immune to one melee and one ranged attack per round, get a fairly high DR against everything, AND we are considered as having Favored Enemy against almost everything that exists for great damage boost? Plus we are a fantastic scout with high Stealth, Perception, Favored Terrain(all of em), Tremorsense AND Immunity to Fatigue and Exhaustion, plus Scent?

This is a surprisingly powerful build, not going to lie. Oh, and we get to Diplomacy too because we frickin can!

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