benefits of monk/druid and barbarian/sorcerer?

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Hi to all!
I have got questions and I couldn't try out myself as my computer is down for the moment...

1) If I have a monk/druid and I change-shape, do the monk/druid still retain the monk's bonus? Like the MR and the "death-palm" feat..Imagine a dire panther with monk's MR and have claws that can instant-kill with the "death-palm" feat.

2)Can a barbarian with the Lv8 "iron-body" spell casted on himself activate barbarian rage? Imagine a half-orc change to a iron golem and rage around!

 

Sounds impressing but both builds are inefficient.

A pure monk is better than the dire panther monk and barbarian rage is useless.

 

Ok... Thanks for the advices, but I still need answer to my above questions...
Thanks in advance!

 

1) As far as I can tell, you DO get the monk WIS bonus. Shapechanging overrides STR, DEX and CON, but not INT, WIS and CHA. In addition, you get a generic AC boost while shapechanged (the only stackable AC) - NOT a fixed AC.

2) Don't know - play through the game and try it!

As for inefficient builds, it would usually depend on your race. However, most (not all) high AC characters require a monk level, so the Druid/Monk build could be useful as an unusual protective tank. The barbarian/sorcerer build can be useful, but only if:
a) Character is a tank
b) Character is not your main spellcaster
c) Spell selection are "buff" spells

 

Thanks Rock!

anyway, for (1), I had planned to add more points to the wisdom than the other stats and for (2), I choose half-orc. I know they suffer from lack of Cha, but I want to make it's biography; like it's a half-orc who was out-casted as he's's weak in str, so with his unusual talent in magic(sorcerer), he decided to prove that magic can make him strong too. And of course, I just like a iron-golem raging around.