Monks doesn't get thrown criticals. Only onja does.

ive got a hobbit ninja for the thrown crits [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Now on AP and the party has kicked ass all the way through (except for a small time between arnika and martens bluff-i hate that swamp). Fighter leads in kills with just over 400, ranger, gadgie, ninja all close behind in that order, bard and bishop below 96 and 37 respectively (i usually use buffs/heals with them). Id reccomend a ranged party to anyone with the patience to sit back.

Fighter: mauler/DE/arablest
Ranger: Giant sword/tripleshot (for max crits)
Gadgie: omnigun/instakill gadgets
Ninja: anything i can find to dual throw
Bard: shield and instruments
Bishop: SoD

Fig/Ran/Gad all getting regularly 150+ damage per round. ninja less but ranger and ninja a heck of a lot of instakills :D

GMK I almost have the exact same party. Instead of Gadgie I have a Sammie. This is my second time through and this party is twice as tough at 18th level than my first. My ranger uses a polearm and does some massive damage per round with it. My fighter uses the giant sword. My ninja uses dual swords and throws medusa stones mostly with wrist rocket and knocks people unconsious very very often. I use the bard the same way as you just to haste and bless then maybe a pandemonium then he has no stamina left so he shoots the strong bow. Bishop is an absolute bomb thrower with very high mental magic. Ego whip hurts very bad. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Someone mentioned earlier about Sammies not being worth it. My samurai has just as many kills as my ranger and my fighter and he has only died once more than my fighter. He is a felpur and he lightning strikes prob once ever 5 rounds. He uses fang right now and an enchanted washikucallit. This is a very fun party i would highly recommend giving it a go. I rolled into Rapax Rift at level 11 and fought for weeks game time and still have not left at level 18. [img]smile.gif[/img]