I just got both Warforged and Monk as they were on sale.

Is a Warforged Monk on the Light Path considered a good type of character, or not?

What should I expect if I ever get to level 20?  (The highest I've ever gotten to in DDO so far is level 11.)

Erica the Clerica wrote on Aug 30^th, 2010 at 8:15am:


My WF Monk, Arkat, was the Original (accross ALL servers) WF Light Path monk. He was exclusively in Wind Stance at ALL times. I have since TRed him and I am considering going down the Dark Path as Touch of Death is so awesome.

I've only re-leveled him to 10th level and am in somewhat of a holding pattern. If the Devs (Eladrin) reworks the Shintao PrE in Update 7 sufficiently, I will stay Light Path and Windstance. I really like all those Mini-buffs and since he's going to be mostly Strength-based, he will do pretty good DPS.

I will say as a Light Path monk, your survivability is excellent and the divine and arcane spellcasters do indeed appreciate the spellpoint buff even in end content.

halfling is better synergy for light monk

I don't play Warforged.

However, it would *seem* that a Str-based Dark Path Monk would be the most advantageous build for them.  With +2 Con, -2 Wis, you're looking at more HP and lower Monk DCs/AC.  Also, having popped over at the wiki to look at their racial enhancements (a power attack line, a +Stunning Blow DC Line), you could have a high Str Dark Path monk with Stunning Blow, ToD at... level 9, I believe?, and not worry so much about DC-based finishers.

I ran with a similar WF Monk (Distributed, Sarlona) throughout my TR's levels 4-16.  He was quite effective, and despite low AC, normally stayed alive due to his ability to kill things before they could cause him (much) damage.

There is supposed to be a re-working of the shit fest that is currently Shintao Monks that will come out with update 7.  If they actually fix it theat might be a good thing for your light path monk.  As it stands now you are better off shoving a hot poker up your ass and chopping your dick off than playing a Shintao Monk.

Of course you can make an effective WF light path (as long as you do not take shintao). And as Arkat said, the casters and Clerics/FvS do appreciate the SP buff and the healing curse is quite handy while leveling up.