[Gimli]

"lol, the monk has 10 strength and serves well."

Ick! What a wussy Monk [img]smile.gif[/img] You'd be +4 behind in both Str and Damage compared with a "real" Monk. You've got a pretty-boy who's a weakling [img]smile.gif[/img] j/k

"Also, the monk gets extra HP from the paladin level. When starting out a monk at level 1, its a good idea to include toughness, as your HP is rather icky. Of course, since I went with a paly first, I didn't have to waste that feat. "

I disagree, I would never waste a feat on Toughness anyway - actually my ideal Monk wouldn't use unarmed fighting and would start with 4 fighter levels, but even if I were going pure I would not take toughness, I'd just buff him with spells to protect him. Also since he'd have a better Dex than yours his AC would be better so he'd get hit less (would probably have a better Con too).

"Also, in what way does having a paly level hinder my monk? None. She still gets her dandy monk abilities."

It puts all of those abilities one level behind - plus one more level because of the Aasimar's ECL penalty. Your monk abilities would always be 2 levels less than a pure Human monk's - that's how they're hindered.