Coming back to the game after a loooong time away and thinking about playing something a bit different from my usual unga bunga warrior. Now I know the game doesn’t have a kung fu monk type class or fist weapons just like it doesn’t have a druid class which is my other favorite after monk. At the same time though white mage does have stuff supporting a sort of magic warrior playstyle and starts off bonking people with a stick like a lot of monks do. It even has some nature magic mixed in kind of like a druid. So it has me thinking about mixing the western holy monk and eastern martial arts monk some by playing a melee white mage with enchanted whacks from his stick. Different game I know but I played a kineticist in TiTS very much like this dealing big stick damage as a weird psi monk and had a ton of fun with it.
Now to better stick with the monk visual light armor and staves would fit better but if that’s all caster stuff that’d leave me weak and squishy then I’ll get over it and pick up some heavier gear like a proper cleric. I did see white mage got buffed recently to be better at tanking with heavy armor. So I guess what I’m asking for is how I’d go about trying to put this kind of build together. For heavy armor I imagine a simple willpower, toughness, strength or presence setup would be the go to grabbing a buff spell, a heal or defense spell, then whatever damage spell/attacks like whirlwind and smite. It’s trying to make a lighter armor approach work that gets weird. I guess I’d need to go for agility to help my evasion at that point. Curious about any gear suggestions too. Are there any staves good for bonking or are they mainly for blasting?
Now to better stick with the monk visual light armor and staves would fit better but if that’s all caster stuff that’d leave me weak and squishy then I’ll get over it and pick up some heavier gear like a proper cleric. I did see white mage got buffed recently to be better at tanking with heavy armor. So I guess what I’m asking for is how I’d go about trying to put this kind of build together. For heavy armor I imagine a simple willpower, toughness, strength or presence setup would be the go to grabbing a buff spell, a heal or defense spell, then whatever damage spell/attacks like whirlwind and smite. It’s trying to make a lighter armor approach work that gets weird. I guess I’d need to go for agility to help my evasion at that point. Curious about any gear suggestions too. Are there any staves good for bonking or are they mainly for blasting?