A Man-Bat In Need of Advice [Archive] - Wizards Community

A Man-Bat In Need of Advice [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Skyrocket
07-20-06, 08:58 AM I'm working on an anthropamorphic bat (from Savage Species) monk/druid and could use some comments on what I have so far. FYI, in this game monks don't suffer for multi-classing. We start at level 9.

Here's what I have so far.

ECL 1. Monk 2. Druid 6

STR 9
DEX 16
CON 16
WIS 22
INT 16
CHA 6

Feats: Spell Focus: Conjuration, Augment Summoning, Rashemi Elemental Summoning, Natural Spell. I'm planning for my next feat to be Blindsight which, even though I'm part bat I don't get.

In terms of items so far I've only bought a Torc of Animal Speech and a Hat of Disguise (he likes to pass himself off as a gnome as much as possible). My AC is pretty good at the moment but I'm thinking about buying some Gloves of DEX to get it higher and help my stealth-based skills.

So any thoughts on what I could do to make him better. I know human would give me some advantages, but I almost always play humans and really want to do something different this time.
Bill Bisco: Average Adventurer
07-20-06, 11:09 AM I'm Currently Playing an Anthropomorphic Bat too, so Cool! :D

They do not have a Level Adjustment. It says so in Savage Species. Their 1 racial hit die goes away if they have class levels.

Monk is nice and not a bad choice. If you know that you'll be in lots of anti-magic fields, a better AC, couldn't hurt. In most situations however, A Monk's Belt, and Ring of Evasion would suit you just fine. Hat of disguise is Great, I'm never without it.
Endarire
07-20-06, 07:39 PM The monk's evasion is handy, but you can buy a ring of it for 25k. Why not just go full druid?

-EE
Skyrocket
07-21-06, 04:07 AM The monk's evasion is handy, but you can buy a ring of it for 25k. Why not just go full druid?

And pass up that huge free bonus to AC? Nah. Plus monks have really nice saves and most of my cash is going to the Torc of Animal Speech.
Skadrian
07-21-06, 04:16 AM and still, monk 2 isnt worth it, full druid is much better, full casting and wildshap progression beats almost everything. And as already said, the anthro bat hit dice goes away because it is just 1 hd, otherwise human would have an ecl of 1 as well.
Skyrocket
07-21-06, 07:03 AM and still, monk 2 isnt worth it, full druid is much better, full casting and wildshap progression beats almost everything. And as already said, the anthro bat hit dice goes away because it is just 1 hd, otherwise human would have an ecl of 1 as well.

I like the flavor of monk/druid and have already worked it into the character's backstory. So any advice apart from the "don't multi-class" bit?

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Skyrocket 07-20-06, 08:58 AM	I'm working on an anthropamorphic bat (from Savage Species) monk/druid and could use some comments on what I have so far. FYI, in this game monks don't suffer for multi-classing. We start at level 9. Here's what I have so far. ECL 1. Monk 2. Druid 6 STR 9 DEX 16 CON 16 WIS 22 INT 16 CHA 6 Feats: Spell Focus: Conjuration, Augment Summoning, Rashemi Elemental Summoning, Natural Spell. I'm planning for my next feat to be Blindsight which, even though I'm part bat I don't get. In terms of items so far I've only bought a Torc of Animal Speech and a Hat of Disguise (he likes to pass himself off as a gnome as much as possible). My AC is pretty good at the moment but I'm thinking about buying some Gloves of DEX to get it higher and help my stealth-based skills. So any thoughts on what I could do to make him better. I know human would give me some advantages, but I almost always play humans and really want to do something different this time.
Bill Bisco: Average Adventurer 07-20-06, 11:09 AM	I'm Currently Playing an Anthropomorphic Bat too, so Cool! :D They do not have a Level Adjustment. It says so in Savage Species. Their 1 racial hit die goes away if they have class levels. Monk is nice and not a bad choice. If you know that you'll be in lots of anti-magic fields, a better AC, couldn't hurt. In most situations however, A Monk's Belt, and Ring of Evasion would suit you just fine. Hat of disguise is Great, I'm never without it.
Endarire 07-20-06, 07:39 PM	The monk's evasion is handy, but you can buy a ring of it for 25k. Why not just go full druid? -EE
Skyrocket 07-21-06, 04:07 AM	The monk's evasion is handy, but you can buy a ring of it for 25k. Why not just go full druid? And pass up that huge free bonus to AC? Nah. Plus monks have really nice saves and most of my cash is going to the Torc of Animal Speech.
Skadrian 07-21-06, 04:16 AM	and still, monk 2 isnt worth it, full druid is much better, full casting and wildshap progression beats almost everything. And as already said, the anthro bat hit dice goes away because it is just 1 hd, otherwise human would have an ecl of 1 as well.
Skyrocket 07-21-06, 07:03 AM	and still, monk 2 isnt worth it, full druid is much better, full casting and wildshap progression beats almost everything. And as already said, the anthro bat hit dice goes away because it is just 1 hd, otherwise human would have an ecl of 1 as well. I like the flavor of monk/druid and have already worked it into the character's backstory. So any advice apart from the "don't multi-class" bit?