Talk:Monk

Which God should you chose as a DrMo?

I've never before played this combo. As a XL6 I'm online in the Ecumenical temple type which offers all 15 of them. Uneasy to select an optimum support god. Elvylion, easy change to Zin and back later on? Ash, strong info and stat boosts and without much armour cursing? Conservative easy going Makhleb? Or Vehumet? Definitively not Chei, Okawaru, Nemelex, Xom or Fedhas. Are there objective good reasons for one of the five favored ones? Speak out. -- Bwijn 22:00, 31 May 2013 (CEST)

My two favourite gods for melee guys are Trog and Oka. I've played a monk with Trog to good success. --Flun 22:35, 31 May 2013 (CEST)

Yeah, I usually do Okawaru with monks, since his Heroism ability is one of the only ways to boost the Unarmed Combat skill.

Out of the ones you've listed, though... I guess it depends on what you're doing in terms of magic? Vehumet's only a good choice if you're doing primarily attack spells. Makhleb's good if you're not planning on doing much magic or if you really like getting HP for kills. I almost never use Ashenzari, Zin, or Elyvilon, so I don't have much of an opinion to offer, there. --spudwalt 23:44, 31 May 2013 (CEST)

My personal favorite is Makhleb because of the utility he offers, but I usually play a Troll. Oka is pretty good too, although I'm always disappointed by his gifts, especially for monks (he still gifts weapons with 20 UC and no other weapon skill). Ash isn't that good either, as you can't get a boost to your primary weapon skill, and you can't gain piety for cursing.. well, your hands or something. Ely/Zin seem more like challenge gods to me, and it'd be better to just start as a healer/priest if you wanted to worship them. --Lokkij 00:00, 1 June 2013 (CEST)