I'm late chiming in on all of this. really really late. As far as aiming goes. I dont think I ever miss. No ambush at all. Doubled in cmans. I was a convert. Now i'm at level 84 or so. I miss the utility of being a warrior. having all the secondary skills. And I miss plate armor. Even 3x in pt, and3x dodge, i take some really bad hits. The worst thing I've found though, like the other high level monks, is in not being able to ward against magic.
My skills and breakdowns are pretty simple. For cmans, i've got 4 ranks in surge and burst. 5 ranks in perfect self. With those, and with enhancives, i've got 140's or so in strength, dex and agility. While my cmans are active. The extra 24 points i save from going from rank 5 in surge and burst I then put towards getting a rank in iharmony, 2 ranks in toughness. I have 3 ranks in krynch, which I almost use soley. I switch to iharmony at night in the old city, as it gets me out of webs, and binds. I find with 3x dodge, that my bolt DS, and DS vs 2 or less targets, means i wont get hit. Being in a burst environment, I find with 30 ranks in MIU and 55 in harness, I can wear all the extra elemental spells except blurs and mass guards, and i can wear both blues, as well as dims and the powerful look. This leaves me 6 points under, for haste if I need to use it.
I found that I dont hardly ever need to aim while using the UAF. It has enough built in knockdowns and armbars and limb removers, as well as throat chops, that I dont have to deal with things casting very often.
The things that kill me most are the instant kill things. Either spells I cant ward, things with hidden checks, or manuevers. It's crazy to see my DS tank from 575 against a single apponant, to barely over 325 with 5. I only have 5 ranks in MOC. Things are just really expensive. I have 38 spells, and 15 ranks in mental lore. This gives me chain armor. Though with no CVA, i dont know if it's worth it. If I could wear padded arm and leg accessories, then I might enjoy it more. My gear is 4x robes, 4x gloves, 5x boots. I never hold any weapons.
I've noticed my UAF seems to go up 5 points per level, as apposed to 3 for melee users. I can hit everything. but, I cant tier up on everything. Krynch helps with that, as I will normally just tier up on something else, and then switch back to the baddy. Soemtimes I just need to haste and pummel things to death.
I can also cast spells on anything under a 100th level. Normally anyway. Once they start ticking into the 110's and higher i have problems.
My skills are as follows, currently migrating down on my pt and dodge to pick up survival and first aid. Once the anual fixskills comes around, i'll pump them back up and forget fa and survival, depending on my level at that time. I left sunfist to master voln so that i could rescue people. Not having an ability to fog was detrimental. And there was no way I was going to spend the tp's for spell 130. But I miss the added padding of major protection.
lvl 83 | Bonus Ranks
Combat Maneuvers...................| 266 166
Brawling...........................| 276 176
Multi Opponent Combat..............| 25 5
Physical Fitness...................| 352 252
Dodging............................| 350 250
Magic Item Use.....................| 117 29
Harness Power......................| 155 55
Mental Mana Control................| 78 17
Mental Lore - Transformation.......| 70 15
Survival...........................| 126 33
Perception.........................| 130 35
Climbing...........................| 140 40
Swimming...........................| 140 40
First Aid..........................| 117 29
Spell Lists
Minor Mental.......................| 38
cmans are:
your Combat Maneuver training is as follows:
Skill name Mnemonic Ranks
Combat Toughness toughness 2
Surge of Strength surge 4
Evade Mastery emastery 3
Duck and Weave weave 1
Burst of Swiftness burst 4
Perfect Self perfectself 5
Internal Power ipower 1
Punch Mastery punchmastery 3
Inner Harmony iharmony 1
Rolling Krynch Stance krynch 3
stats are:
Name: Kiel Seer Race: Human Profession: Monk (shown as: Guardian of the Lost)
Gender: Male Age: 27 Expr: 5819941 Level: 83
Normal (Bonus) ... Enhanced (Bonus)
Strength (STR): 100 (30) ... 140 (50)
Constitution (CON): 100 (25) ... 110 (30)
Dexterity (DEX): 100 (25) ... 139 (44)
Agility (AGI): 100 (25) ... 140 (45)
Discipline (DIS): 99 (24) ... 109 (29)
Aura (AUR): 91 (20) ... 101 (25)
Logic (LOG): 100 (30) ... 128 (44)
Intuition (INT): 89 (24) ... 99 (29)
Wisdom (WIS): 79 (14) ... 89 (19)
Influence (INF): 53 (1) ... 63 (6)
Mana: 171
