Monks

[bcadren]

I've decided to try to win all the --Mo combinations (one of every race and one of every god). Here are the wins so far.

• Deep Elf Monk of Dithmenos with 9 Runes: http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Bcadr ... 150023.txt
• Mummy Monk of Gozag with 3 Runes: http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Bcadr ... 192708.txt
• Spriggan Monk of Zin with 15 Runes: http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Bcadr ... 061549.txt
• Kobold Monk of Cheibriados with 15 Runes: http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/AltBc ... 054832.txt
• Centaur Monk of Makhleb with 15 Runes: http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/AltBc ... 015108.txt
• Formacid Monk of Ashenzari with 15 Runes: http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Bcadr ... 232349.txt
• Felid Monk of Kikubaaqudha with 14 Runes: http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Bcadr ... 220104.txt
• Troll Monk of Sif Muna with 15 Runes: http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Bcadr ... 100235.txt
• Octopode Monk of the Shining One with 15 Runes: http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Bcadr ... 183036.txt
• Tengu Monk of Vehumet with 15 Runes: http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Bcadr ... 225715.txt
• Merfolk Monk of Jiyva with 15 Runes: http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Bcadr ... 122915.txt
• Deep Dwarf Monk of Fedhas Madash with 15 Runes: http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Bcadr ... 221824.txt
• Minotaur Monk of Pakellas with 15 Runes: http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Bcadr ... 115517.txt

If possible, I'm trying to win both a god I haven't previously won and a go that hasn't been won by that Monk type. [HOMo is an exception because going for Polytheist and need the Beogh.]

Plans:

• Hill Orc Monk of Beogh
• Demonspawn Monk of Fedhas Madash
• Draconian Monk of Trog
• Gargoyle Monk of Lugonu
• Human Monk of Nemelex Xobeh
• Halfling Monk of Okawaru
• High Elf Monk of Xom
• Vinestalker Monk of Yredelemnul
• Demigod Monk of No God
• Naga Monk of Qazlal
• Vampire Monk of Trog

[And to wrap up races after Polytheist]

• Ghoul Monk of Ashenzari
• Ogre Monk of Vehumet

[tasonir]

Ogre monk of Vehumet strikes me as an odd choice, especially as it's after the polytheist conduct. It's certainly possible, of course, but if you're looking to wrap up wins something like Okawaru/makhleb would be much easier.

I'm not sure if you're trying to match gods to the race that benefits from them the most, though, but assuming you were going for power level, I'd also switch makhleb to DD (Centaur ely is fine) and find some god to switch with Troll of Sif Muna. And I've done a troll of Sif Muna, so....(it died in vaults).

Most gods mix pretty well with monks as monks tend to be somewhat hybrids so you can add most anything to them and it comes out okay. Obvious exceptions for Xom, somewhat for ashenzari as it's hard to get piety, but eventually ash will be helpful. I'm not sure I'd pick ashenzari to be one of the repeated gods, though. This is assuming you intend to stick with unarmed; if you are willing to pick up a weapon then ash's value increases.

[bcadren]

Ogre monk of Vehumet strikes me as an odd choice, especially as it's after the polytheist conduct. It's certainly possible, of course, but if you're looking to wrap up wins something like Okawaru/makhleb would be much easier.

I'm not sure if you're trying to match gods to the race that benefits from them the most, though, but assuming you were going for power level, I'd also switch makhleb to DD (Centaur ely is fine) and find some god to switch with Troll of Sif Muna. And I've done a troll of Sif Muna, so....(it died in vaults).

Most gods mix pretty well with monks as monks tend to be somewhat hybrids so you can add most anything to them and it comes out okay. Obvious exceptions for Xom, somewhat for ashenzari as it's hard to get piety, but eventually ash will be helpful. I'm not sure I'd pick ashenzari to be one of the repeated gods, though. This is assuming you intend to stick with unarmed; if you are willing to pick up a weapon then ash's value increases.

The first ones were -2* UC apt races that picked up weapons and stuck with them. IDK if the Ghoul will stick to UC or not; regardless Ash's magic support and Armour/Dodging support will be really valuable to a character with shit for Stats.

[Jeremiah]

Octopode of Qazlal wouldn't be my choice, as one of Op's advantages is stealth, which you lose with Qazlal. Maybe I'd swap with Demonspawn, since Ds have great Invocation apt, which would be good for using Qazlal's powers, and Fedhas's ability to make water could work well for Op...

[byrel]

Octopodes only get stealth from water; it's not that big a deal. Of course, fedhas is always good regardless.

[Siegurt]

Octopodes only get stealth from water; it's not that big a deal. Of course, fedhas is always good regardless.

They also get "Immunity from melee attacks from creatures that can't walk into deep water" from deep water, particularly helpful with any method of attack which hits things at range > 1

[Jeremiah]

Do they no longer get camouflage giving them a bonus to stealth?

Also, I was thinking just as much of the +4 stealth aptitude which is kind of useful for keeping them alive and is "wasted" if you worship Qazlal.

[byrel]

Oh, I agree. Qaz Op sounds like a carefully planned and executed suicide. I just don't think Fedhas's Rain is a particularly good reason to pick him. Nemelex would be good too. In fact, a lot of gods would be nice, and the best one is probably one of the first 3-4 you find.

[bcadren]

New win added. Probably my most diesel character altogether ever.

Kobold Monk of Cheibriados (15 Runes): http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/AltBc ... 054832.txt

[tasonir]

most diesel character ... Cheibriados

Story checks out.

[bcadren]

New win added. Incredibly tanky and hardest hitting in melee ever; but actually overall weaker than the Kobold Monk.

Centaur Monk of Makhleb (15 Runes): http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/AltBc ... 015108.txt

[WingedEspeon]

grads on the win.
That cloak was insane. Personaly I would have perfered FDA if I had fire and shadow dragon hides avalible at the same time, but W/e, that rarely happens.

[bcadren]

That cloak was insane. Personaly I would have perfered FDA if I had fire and shadow dragon hides avalible at the same time, but W/e, that rarely happens.

I spent the early game in a +12 Chain Mail (rCorr MP-9 STR+3 DEX+2); switched from that to Shadow Dragon Armour so I could actually have some stealth.

[bcadren]

New win added. Formacid Monk of Ashenzari with 15 Runes: http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/Bcadr ... 232349.txt

Order was weird this time:

D:12 -> Orc -> Elf:3 (Partial [ran from DEBM with draining]) -> Lair -> Spider (rune 1) -> Elf:3 -> Slime (rune 2) -> Vaults: 4 -> Shoals (rune 3) -> Depths -> Vaults: 5 (rune 4) -> Crypt -> Tomb (rune 5) -> Hell -> Zot (cleared for XP) -> Dis (rune 6) -> Tartarus (rune 7) -> Gehenna (rune 8) -> Cocytus (rune 9) -> Pan (Runes 10-14) -> Abyss (last rune) -> Orbrun.

EDIT (BUMP):

New Win added. Felid Monk of Kiku. DDoor is kinda awesome.

EDIT (BUMP):

New Win added. New personal high score. Troll Monk of Sif Muna. Played remarkably similar to my first win ever (OFFLINE: Troll Earth Elementalist of Cheibriados) only I gave up equipment slots for +INT Equipment instead of my speed for Int; and with Sif, I had a much larger variety of spells available...most notably cBlink, Haste and DMsl.

Order: D:12 -> Orc -> Lair -> Elf:2 -> Abyssed (RUNE 1) -> Elf:3 -> Snake (RUNE 2) -> Shoals:3 -> Slime (RUNE 3) -> Shoals:4 (RUNE 4) -> Vaults: 4 -> Depths: 2 -> Pandemonium -> Partial Zig (9 Levels) -> Pan (RUNE 5-9) -> Cocytus (RUNE 10) -> Tomb (RUNE 11) -> Vaults (RUNE 12) -> Iron City of Dis (RUNE 13) -> Tartarus (RUNE 14) -> Gehenna (RUNE 15) -> Depths: 5 (Dive) -> Zot: 5 (Dive) -> Orb Run

[bcadren]

Since I can't bump; apparently. New win added. TrMo^Sif with 43 Int.

[Reptisaurus]

I'm trying to win with a Deep Elf Monk myself, and I splatted 200 times in a row. So good job with that! (You went dodging to bows? Maybe that's what I should do. I always wanted a shield to offset my teen little hit point pool, but bows are nasty, especially with Dith.)

[bcadren]

So I tried the new god. Won on the second try. (MiMo^Pakellas) very powerful god for a non-magic user.