Harry wrote on Jan 19^th, 2011 at 9:08pm:


I believe that the +5 Fort/Reflex/Will saves bonus from a Shroud item do not stack with the +5 Everything save bonus that you can get from Dragontouched Armor.

That would make the Shroud +saves item not very useful, but the +exceptional Saves could still be used - even if it isn't an especially attractive option for a item.

Edit: changed "weapon" to "item" since it's the items that have the +save stuff, not the weapons.  Momentary brain failure.

Harry wrote on Jan 20^th, 2011 at 8:36pm:


Epic Jetzdictsxfgsda bracers give +8 armor that does not stack with armor and it gives +25% healing amp in Fire stance.  You want that.  Lots and lots of things give 100% fortification.  75% fortification is not enough unless you are Warforged for the free 25% fortification. 

As far as the reflex saves go, Monks have pretty spectacular saves to start.  With your Monk saves + your Dex + 2 luck from Head of Good Fortune + 4 from Greater Heroism +5 resistance, what will your saving throws be?

I honestly don't know what end game DC's are for area of effect spells and I don't know what Epic DCs are, but I do know that you have to know the starting number if you want to decide whether another +1 and +2 exceptional reflex save is (A) necessary or (B) sufficient.

Also, lots of things can give you Blur.  I don't think that I'd spend 24 Large Shroud ingredients until I at least had a +45 HP, +6 Exceptional skill bonus to Concentration, 100% fortification MinII Greensteel item.

http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~delallea/ddo/shroud/cgi-bin/shroud.cgi?item=helm&cr...



Edit:  I should mention that I'm just parroting back advice that other people have consistantly given me.  I really don't know if that exceptional reflex save item would be worthwhile for you.  I *do* know that you'll be glad to have the MinII HP +6 Exceptional Concentration skill item on your Monk no matter what.

Human race
Light monk
Already have 45 hitpoint greensteel bracers w/strength mod.
407 hp unbuffed in earth stance
I have +6 constitution item from tod
Will save, reflex in low 20's

Harry wrote on Jan 21^st, 2011 at 7:44am:


Bad news time...

Bracers is an awful slot for a greensteel item on a monk.  Epic Jizz is a really nice item for a Monk. 
Good news...  a 42 AC is meaningless so you can wear any robe and you don't care about the AC from +8 bracers.
By Strength Mod Bracers assume triple strength exception skills bonus so a Slay Living or Corrosive Salt Guard item? Not my first choice but not horrible...

You do have a Heavy Fort Item?  You never really answered this.

I would switch that White Dragon to Dragontouched.

Honestly, on most melee builds I'm not enamored with a second greensteel item.  With the Epic items and ToD sets, giving better benefits.

You could build another guard or a trip negative immunity item. 

Do you plan on TRing at anytime?  If so I would consider what you want to do with the build in the future.

Edit:
One other thing, it's a lot easier to give advice when you say, "This is my build and this is what I want to do with it. "  There is no one answer especially for monks because they can vary greatly by build.

If you don't have a mabar cloak, I'd reccommend moving your 45hp there as a Min2.  Gets you your +6 concentration, Heavy fort and 2 stoneskin clickies.