Monk/Cleric by SK (help meh)

[Grandpa]

Has anybody figured out a way to make a Monk have Cleric spellcasting/turn undead abilities by messing around with Shadowkeeper *cough UserUnfriendly*? I would love to know how you did this (namely, what affects are required). 3rd edition type character, but a quite fun character methinks.

[UserUnfriendly]

Originally Posted by Grandpa

Has anybody figured out a way to make a Monk have Cleric spellcasting/turn undead abilities by messing around with Shadowkeeper *cough UserUnfriendly*? I would love to know how you did this (namely, what affects are required). 3rd edition type character, but a quite fun character methinks.

i've never done it personally, since i don't like monks, but here is the basics...

first add this affect to a monk...

type: 0x0000012E
param 1: 0
param 2: 1
flags: 0x00000009
time: 6
prob: 100
target: 0x00000001
resource 3: SPCL915

all other lines blank.

this gives a monk use any item.

then use

CLUAConsole:SetCurrentXP("insert number")

to raise the level of the monk until you're ready to convert to cleric.

convert to cleric...

the avatar will allow you to punch out things, with fists as +4 weapons, you'll inherit the monk magic resistance, speed, etc...

but you'll be a cleric inheriting some, not all of the abilities of a monk.

[Grandpa]

OK so doing this I can have a level 40 monk with use any item that levels like a cleric?

[UserUnfriendly]

Originally Posted by Grandpa

OK so doing this I can have a level 40 monk with use any item that levels like a cleric?

no, you can have a FORMERLY level 40 monk, who is now a cleric, but kept certain monk powers and use any item...

be warned, while the cleric can use a staff, the bams for monk won't support the animation, so it will either look funky or crash the game...

one of the reasons i haven't experimented with monks...

[Brynn]

I see you know a bit about monks, so I decided not to open a new thread but to ask my questions here instead.

Did you encounter any monks (apart from the Amkethrans, of course) anywhere during the game?

I tried to create a monk once, but I got confused by the description. It says that monks are best at fighting without weapons, right? Is it true that I'm better off dropping a +4 sword and using my bare hands (without wearing heavy armor)? I couldn't really track down the scores and penalties and stuff, so finally I gave it up and played a mage (which I'm very good at, btw ). Could you pls clear it up for me?

[moltovir]

Originally Posted by UserUnfriendly

no, you can have a FORMERLY level 40 monk, who is now a cleric, but kept certain monk powers and use any item...

be warned, while the cleric can use a staff, the bams for monk won't support the animation, so it will either look funky or crash the game...

one of the reasons i haven't experimented with monks...

That's bad.. I wanted to edit the monk so he could use staves, because that's the general image i have from monks: they only wield primitive weapons, so i wanted to restrict myself to clubs and staves. Look at a documentary about the Shaolin order and you'll know what type of "monk" i'd like to play

[SP101]

Originally Posted by Brynn

I see you know a bit about monks, so I decided not to open a new thread but to ask my questions here instead.

Did you encounter any monks (apart from the Amkethrans, of course) anywhere during the game?

I tried to create a monk once, but I got confused by the description. It says that monks are best at fighting without weapons, right? Is it true that I'm better off dropping a +4 sword and using my bare hands (without wearing heavy armor)? I couldn't really track down the scores and penalties and stuff, so finally I gave it up and played a mage (which I'm very good at, btw ). Could you pls clear it up for me?

I think there's a monk in Maer'Var guild, 2nd floor near the Lock Picking Training Ground. A monk can do great damages with her bare hands, but can also be a nice warrior with a good (Thief) weapon such as a Scimitar, a Katana, a Long Sword or a Short Swords.

Monks can deal up to 1-20 damages from their hands and they gain alot of AC, Speed and Damage Bonus with levels. A monk will be a little weak at low-level, but will be stronger by the end. My first character in BG2 was a monk, and it really worth trying. Train yourself and see if your best with or without a weapon. Weapons can have great abilities (Such as Negative Plane Protection, Immunities to Hold/Mind attacks, etc.).

[Brynn]

Can they be multi/dual classed with a spellcasting class? E.g. monk/mage or monk/cleric?

[moltovir]

Monks are specialist classes (like Sorcerers and Paladins) and cannot be "legally" dual-classed, but there's nothing ShadowKeeper can't fix

[Grandpa]

Pardon my late reply, but the build you suggested is pretty funny User . I thought you were using "punch out" as slang for killing, but you literally punch them out with +4 fists! How demeaning! In fact, I cheated in some golden appendages and "punched out" Kangaxx, which was oh so funny ^_^! 5000 year old lich just lying there, not dead, just really beat down. . .

Well, I'll be damned if I don't figure out a way to make a kit of those fists for another class. . .I am learning, oui.

[Baldursgate Fan]

A Monk in SoA can kill a dragon with a single blow, much less take out a lich.

Pity they don't have dual class monks in SoA. A monk/ sorc in IWD2 was kinda fun.

[Brynn]

Kill a dragon with a single bow? Out of experience?

[CrownHead]

Quivering Palm, one of the monk's special abilities... Kills stuff automatically unless they save. Very fun, especially if you have a mage to lower someone's saves, and then let the monk kill them.

The monk to me is basically the ultra uber cheese class to me. They become so freakin powerful you can kill anything you want by yourself. Magic resistance, immmunity to normal weapons, immunity to poison, immunity to basically everything.

I just don't play them any more after I tried using SK to make a mage/monk. I never had to reload any fight. There was just no challenge to it.

[SP101]

Well... there isn't alot of Poison in the game, and normal weapons aren't commons too.

[Brynn]

Crownhead, I know what you mean, but there's a difference between a lvl 40 mage having no challenge in the game and a monk who developed himself to hihger lvls without chesse. the first is a cheater, the latter is a hero

SP101, I think too many spiders and ettercaps roam the land (to my liking, at least).