Monk-specific weapons

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Are there any monk-specific weapons?

Maybe some claws or something to give a bonus to the hand to hand combat?

BTW Monks rock after lvl 14

 

Yes there is one.
It is called gauntlets of crushing. Althugh it ain't a weapon it gives you +4 to hit and +4 to damage with fists. You can get it in the Sahaguin city if you work for the king.

There is also armor for the monks. The only armor they can use are the Ioun stones which must be put on the head like helms. There are a few nice ioun stones in the game.

 

If you have the bonus merchants there's this very nice wakisachi or ninja-to in the Copper Coronet. +3, 1 extra attack per round and something else too, I believe.

 

Re: gauntlets o' crushing... Dang!
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So if I work for the rebels (which I did) my monk misses the cool gauntlets? Whoops!

Oh well, he still rocks.

 

Just remembered.
Joluv, a bonus merchant in Copper Coronet, has a Monk-0nly Wakizashi +3 that gives an extra attack.

Sorry people, I am not being careful enough when reading the topic

[This message has been edited by Modjahed (edited May 04, 2001).]

 

Can monks use celestial fury? Can they dual weild? I can't remember and I'm at work at the moment.

Also is any weapon better than their fist at lvl 15 and beyond?

 

Yes, that's the one Volar mentioned above. It's called the scarlet ninja-to IIRC.

 

It is interesting... although the monk can't learn the katana proficency, he can use the katana quite well! Why is this? Is it a bug or something?

 

It's because he can use weapons a thief can use and a thief can use Katanas.
In throne of Bhaal I defenitely am going to be a monk.
You must be nigh undefeatable if you're level 40!
Even beyond level 21 you're nigh indistructible...!

 

Monks can't dual wield!!!
I rarely used weapon with my monk, and after leveling to 12 I never used any but my monk's fists to attack!

 

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If your monk has at least the following stats, he can wear Keldorn's Firecam Full Plate +1. Remember the description about that armor? Few others then Keldorn can also wear it

15 STR
17 CON
12 INT
18 CHA

After a few levels your natural Ac will surpass the ac of this full plate, but then you can use it for the freedom that's enchanted on it. Now you can make the monk also usefull in the beginning of the game, where he normally sucks, because of his high ac.

This maybe be mentioned before, but I thought, heh, just repeat it for the new ones in this board.

 

Re: monks wielding katanas and so forth. I'm not sure why (other than maybe the weapon's special abilities) one would do this.

It's kind of cool to wade right in and punch/kick the snot out of all of the bad dudes.

 

uhm, how does he look then?
kicking in peoples face in full plate?

 

HA...HA...another interesting BUG. How is it that a monk is jumping around in a heavy full plate armor. It is ridiculous!

AND NONSENSE TOO...

[This message has been edited by TIN_MAN (edited May 07, 2001).]

 

just a little something here
in the real d & d the monk will be call a martial artist so he wont use weapon, as they call it in bg he should get priest spell and be in a monastery

 

There are other ways in the game to "play" the monk role...without a monastery...for instance my monk told Phaere that he couldn't sleep with her because he was celibate .
Also, monks are meant to use their fists not other weapons. If there was a traffic jam and my monk couldn't get to the front (not something that happened very often) he would use a sling and was good with it. That's about it for weapons.