I`m currently playing a party of 2...

Male Dwarf Monk and Female Faerie Ninja
I just reached Arnika , they are both lvl 9.

With this combo I don`t have to worry about armor or weapons...
Buildingm martial arts and Staff&Wand,I`ll use COC and Staff of Doom... should be OK. Stealth is already +70 for both.
They use a fair amount of magic so those skills are going up nice.
With these 2 I`ll have Element shield/Soul shield/Haste and all the cure spells, so I think it will work fine.
I just raised strenght and vitality up to this point... stamina is the limiting factor during fights, so I want to get it as high as possible. If you face multiple enemies the fight can take a lot of rounds. (my ninja has the stamina spell as well, so I only get into trouble if I face huge groups of enemies.)
I`ll probably start putting some pts in dexterity as well.
Since I will have the haste spell, I`m not gonna put pts into speed.

Signed,
One sick Psycho

How does the dwarf monk perform? The whole damage resistance thing of the dwarven monk sounds good but my problem is I don't like the dwarf and I don't like monks so I've never tried it..

heh
im using a mook monk and he has turned out quite nicely.
gets lots of ranged damage with the doubleshot sling and spike stones, massive local damamge with the doom spear and is a powerful spellcaster, particularly with haste, healing spells and especially mental magic. ego whip is fun. aorund 14-15th level currently.