Phoenix of Borg:

What are the rules pertaining to multiclassing and monks? What it said in the D20 RSD was kinda not-understandable.

Well, everyone has given very good advice, however, there is one book I think has been overlooked or maybe just unknown. The supplement I speak of is none other than Complete Adventurer.

Within this wonderful book, there are seven feats [four for monks and three for paladins] that the followers of these strict lawful classes will no doubt adore.

Ascetic Hunter:  Allows you to freely multiclass between ranger and monk classes. Also, your combined monk/ranger levels determine your unarmed damage, and your stunning fist DCs are higher versus favored enemies.

Ascetic Knight:  The ultimate lawful dude (or dudette), allows you to multiclass freely between monk and paladin classes. In addition, your monk and paladin levels stack to determine your unarmed strike damage, as well as to determine how much extra damage your smite evil does.

Ascetic Mage:  Allows you to freely multiclass between monk and sorcerer classes. You monk and sorcerer classes stack to determine your AC bonus from the monk class. You also become able to sacrifice spell slots to gain bonuses to attack and damage rolls for 1 round.

Ascetic Rogue: Well, just guess. Allows multiclassing between monk and rogue classes. Monk and rogue levels stack to determine unarmed strike damage, and stunning fist attacks delivered via sneak attack have a higher DC.

 

Devoted Inquisitor:  Allows free multiclassing between paladin and rogue levels. (You do have to remain lawful good.) When using a sneak attack to deliver a smite evil attack, you can potentially daze enemies.

Devoted Performer:  Freely multiclass between paladin and bard classes. This feat allows you to retain bardic abilities despite your lawful alignment.  Your paladin and bard levels stack when determining smite evil damage, as well as the number of times you can use bardic music. This feat does not grant any aditional uses of smite evil or new bardic abilities, other than what you gain through normal leveling.

Devoted Tracker:  Freely multiclass between paladin and ranger classes. Paladin and ranger classes stack to determine damage dealt by smite evil, as well as wild empathy modifier. If you possess both the animal companion and special mount class features, you can designate your special mount as your animal companion, and it gains the benefits of both charts. (ie: the warhorse of a 5th-level paladin/6th-level ranger would have 4 bonus HD, a +6 natural armor adjustment, +2 Strength, +1 Dexterity, two bonus tricks, and Intelligence 6, as well as the empathic link, improved evasion, share spells, share saving throws, and link special abilities.

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FireSpark:

Phoenix of Borg:

What are the rules pertaining to multiclassing and monks? What it said in the D20 RSD was kinda not-understandable.

Well, everyone has given very good advice, however, there is one book I think has been overlooked or maybe just unknown. The supplement I speak of is none other than Complete Warrior.

<snipped for brevity's sake>

Actually, those feats are from Complete Adventurer.

In addition, I believe (but don't quote me on this, because I don't have the book) that there is a feat from the Eberron campaign setting that allows paladins to pick any one other class to freely mutliclass into, provided their paladin level exceeds the other class level and they keep within the alignment restrictions (i.e. no paladin/barbarians). There may be an equivalent feat for monks (see above re: not quoting...)

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Dexam:

FireSpark:

Phoenix of Borg:

What are the rules pertaining to multiclassing and monks? What it said in the D20 RSD was kinda not-understandable.

Well, everyone has given very good advice, however, there is one book I think has been overlooked or maybe just unknown. The supplement I speak of is none other than Complete Warrior.

<snipped for brevity's sake>

Actually, those feats are from Complete Adventurer.

In addition, I believe (but don't quote me on this, because I don't have the book) that there is a feat from the Eberron campaign setting that allows paladins to pick any one other class to freely mutliclass into, provided their paladin level exceeds the other class level and they keep within the alignment restrictions (i.e. no paladin/barbarians). There may be an equivalent feat for monks (see above re: not quoting...)

 

God*****, ******, stupid piece of ****!!!!!!

I swaer to you upon all that is D&D, that I had originally input Complete Adventurer. Unfortunately, due to bad connection, and incredibly large lack of sleep, I must've re-entered it wrong.

In accordance with all that is honorable, I will now go hide in a corner, and commit seppuku.

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"Apparently getting your ass kicked is now part of a complete breakfast." - Roy Greenhilt, Order Of The Stick


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If the prerequisites for something include a minimum rank in a skill, is that including or not including bonuses?

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I swear, now you're just doing it to piss me off.

Phoenix of Borg:

If the prerequisites for something include a minimum rank in a skill, is that including or not including bonuses?

Believe or not you already gave the answer, you just may not be sure of it.

When something has a prerequisite of "X ranks in Y skill", it does indeed mean how many ranks you have. Ranks are determined by the number of skill points you put into a skill. 1 point buys you 1 rank for class skills, 2 points for 1 rank of cross-class.

Your ranks in a particular skill represent the level of training that you have had with said skill. When added with your ability modifier, we get a total skill check modifier, that represents how good you are at the skill. A weakling can know the ins-and-outs of everything about swimming, but if he isn't strong enough, he'll just wash away.

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"Apparently getting your ass kicked is now part of a complete breakfast." - Roy Greenhilt, Order Of The Stick


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Okay, I got it.

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I swear, now you're just doing it to piss me off.