[Gimli]

I also like to flank Monks, RFS on one flank, your own on the other, with no one else in either rank. With stealth they will get passed over alot and not be attacked in many rounds. And having your flanks protected is always a plus in a formation. I like to get the front rank guys and flanks to either have stealth or be complete tank-types.

Personally I prefer to go the staff route with Monks (MA is nice too, but not as good for a flank rank character, and staves are extended range weapons). The Zatochi Bo is pretty damned amazing, and the Staff of Doom is great too, so you could end up RFS/Z Bo, your monk with the SOD and spells for ranged combat.

Stat wise it depends. The Monk could be the "haste" guy in the group, so if you are going to to that, then you need to build speed up. Really I don't like to do this with a Monk as they will be in melee alot, and they need str/dex for that. But you could go str/spd or dex/spd if the Monk was going to be the haster.

With RFS I build throw/sling and he uses a wrist wrocket, with my own monk I would just concentrate on spells for ranged combat. Basically you also want to sneak over to the swamp early and see Crock to get a Hayai Bo, and also raid the waterfall area early for the staff of doom.