Monk Help Skills/Background

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#1

HermanTheWize

Feb 18, 2015 11:07:50

Creating a monk for a campaign. Was wondering if I could get some input.

 

Skills I want(My monk is a human):

 

Stealth

Perception

Persuasion

 

Past those three need help picking the other 2 and what background to get the three above and the next two.

 

Note: My guy has 14 charisma.

 

 

#2

cannonfodder

Feb 18, 2015 11:59:44

So as a monk you get a choice of 2 from Acrobatics, Athletics, History, Insight, Religion, and Stealth

 

Well Stealth is in you class list and as a vairaint human you can pick up your missing skill of either perception/persuation if you choose your background to cover

 

Backgrounds:

Guild artisan - Insight & Persuasion

Noble - History & Persuasion

Sailor - Athletics & Perception

 

If you're set on taking persuasion I'd grab Guild artisan for Insight, use your human skill for perception and then grab a body skill with your last class choice.

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HermanTheWize

cannonfodder wrote:
#4

cannonfodder

Feb 18, 2015 12:16:06

You'd want to work with your DM for that one as Guilds are basically what Corperations are today.

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HermanTheWize

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#6

BRJN

Feb 18, 2015 13:25:25

Any of the Guilds listed in PH makes for a reasonable "day job" when you aren't out adventuring.  My monk is an ex-Cartographer and current Merchant.  (He's also an elf, so he didn't "grow up" until age 100 and had plenty of time to study both.)

 

Also, being a guild member allows you to get a nice (mid-range) Lifestyle for free, when you start thinking about Downtime.

 

You can, per PH, mix-and-match the skills from your background.  Pick any two you want and be creative about how they go together. 

("I was apprenticed to an appraiser within my guild; we went around the region checking out merchandise to see just how good it really was.  I learned to look over things carefully (Perception) and negotiate with even cranky dealers (Persuasion) during my apprenticeship.")

 

#7

1eejit

Feb 19, 2015 4:12:07 		I find with monks some backgrounds can tie in nicely with the subclasses options if you plan ahead, e.g sailor elementalists, criminal or charlatan shadow ninjas, acolyte or hermit open hands. As for an artisan I could see cartographer being a hermit type loner, elemental being a stoneworker, and shadow apothecary or travelling tinker. Just suggestions of course, I simply think it's nice to tie the choices together sometimes.