Monk

NWN Requirements

• Alignment Restrictions: Any lawful

Arelith Changes

• No longer gets +1 AC every 5 levels. The character sheet may still show you get the AC, though.

• May choose Epic Dodge as an epic bonus feat, and receives Defensive Roll automatically at level 18.

• Spot, Perform and Ride added as class skills.

• Tongue of the Sun and Moon: Each Monk level counts as 2 Lore ranks when it comes to understanding an unlearned language.

• Monk Weapon Proficiency: This feat allows effective use of club, dagger, handaxe, light crossbow, heavy crossbow, nagitata, quarterstaff, sai, shuriken, kama, katana, sling and wakizashi.

• Monk UBAB Weapons: The club, quarterstaff, naginata, kama, sai and shuriken benefit from the monk unarmed base attack bonus (UBAB).

[See https://nwn.fandom.com/wiki/Unarmed_base_attack_bonus for UBAB progression.]

• Quarterstaff is also usable with Flurry of Blows

• Monk non-UBAB Weapons: All monk proficiency melee weapons that do not benefit from the UBAB (except Wakizashi) now obtain:
  • Attack Bonus
    • 23: +1 AB
    • 25: +2 AB
    • 28: +3 AB
  • Damage
    • 20: +1 Dmg
    • 24: +2 Dmg
    • 28: +3 Dmg

• Monk progression:
  • Lvl 2: gains feat - Weapon Focus: Unarmed
  • Lvl 3: gains feat - Monk Speed (Grants a +10% bonus to movement speed at lvls 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15, capping at +50%)
  • Lvl 7: gains feat - Wholeness of Body (10 min CD; heals damage = Monk lvl x WIS Mod; removes debuffs per Restoration spell)
  • Lvl 12: gains feat - Uncanny Dodge
  • Lvl 12: gains Spell Resistance = 10 + Monk lvls, capping at 32 SR
  • Lvl 18: gains feats - Defensive Roll and Empty Body (5 min CD)
  • Lvl 20: gains feat - Whirlwind Attack
  • Lvl 25: gains feat - Improved Whirlwind Attack

• Combat Mastery [Grants scaling Unarmed AB & Damage bonuses as well as Armed Damage]

Combat Mastery

lvl	Unarmed Ab	Unarmed Dmg	Armed Dmg
10	0	+1	0
13	+1	+1	0
16	+1	+2	0
18	+2	+2	0
20	+2	+3	+1
24	+3	+3	+2
28	+5	+6	+3

• Additional Selectable Feats:
  • (16 Wisdom Required) Ki Strike +4: Grants an additional +1 AB and +2 damage to Unarmed attacks
  • (16 Wisdom Required) Ki Strike +5: Grants an additional +1 AB (for a total of 2) and +2 damage to Unarmed attacks (for a total of 4)
  • Weapon Focus: Katana = grants an AB bonus that stacks with equipment at lvls 23 = +1; 25 = +2; 28 = +3
  • Epic Spell Resistance = Each Epic SR feat increases the cap by +2

• Bug Fixes: Invisibility Purge no longer removes Empty Body effect, and Breach spells no longer lower monk Spell Resistance.

External Links

Information about default NWN class are available on NWNWiki.

Monk Orders of the Realms by Lee Nelson on Candlekeep - for roleplay inspiration

Seekers of wisdom - article on CoA forum comparing roleplay of 3 classes: clerics, druids and monks.