Common Skills Rank Pool
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Combat Gifted Melee
Resilience Inept Fitness
Discernment Master Intellect
Magic Inept Arcana
Planar Master Mysticism
Discipline Gifted Willpower
Environment Inept Communion
Influence Inept Magnetism
Beastmastery Inept Magnetism
Dramatics Inept Performance
Arts Inept Finearts
Aethercraft Inept Mysticism
Lowmagic Inept Arcana

Trade Skills Rank Pool
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Herbs Virtuoso Communion

Guild Skills Rank Pool
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Kata Transcendent Melee
Nekotai
Stealth Virtuoso Communion
Psionics Mythical Intellect
Psychometabolism

To see your abilities within each skill, type AB .
HELP to get more information on a skill.

Thanks for the advice so far though! I'm working on a Bardic piece for this month.

Here's how you get good at Monk:

1.) Be a Monk, period.

2.) ?

3.) Profit!

Monks are the most unbalanced spec right now. It's not hard to be one, especially a Nekotai. This thread may become useful when Nekotai lose their glorious instant Slit Lock/SeverSpine comboes. But.. For the time being, Nekotai is just hit a few macros and you'll win.

Shhh. It's a secret.

Don't know if this is the make-it or break-it for this character, but you have not yet invested in either Magic or Resilience. These are some basic defenses against physical and magical damage.

Dunno about anyone else, but I've seen the difference these skills for hunting. Yeah, I know there is no real "abilities" attached to either skill, but don't overlook them.

Would love to know if you are dying because you can't keep up with curing afflictions, or your health. If the latter, then invest into these skills I say.