Clearly the challenge for this board is going to be to create a monk/bard multiclass that is better than a straight druid without using thralherd.
bard1/paladin17/monk2
Key feats: able learner (keep up on perform and UMD), ascetic knight, devoted performer, initiate of milil
unarmed attack as a 19th level monk, bardic music ability and music/day as a 18th level bard
Okay not quite as good as a druid but still pretty freaking awesome
I wish initiate of milil worked that way. It would be like the best feat evar.
But no, that doesn't work.
Initiate of Milil is not the only feat he listed .... Initiate of Milil gives the kinds of Bardic Music he can use, Devoted performer gives the Number of Bardic Music Uses per day, Ascetic Knight
boosts Unarmed Damage ... so YES it does work that way..... notice the actual feats:
Initiate of MililType: Initiate
Source: Champions of Valor
You have been initiated into the greatest secrets of Milil's church.
Prerequisite: Cleric or paladin 4th, Perform (any) 3 ranks, patron deity Milil.
Benefit: Your
bard, cleric, and
paladin levels stack for the purpose of determining
which kinds of bardic music you can useDevoted PerformerType: General
Source: Complete Adventurer
You have foregone the pursuit of frivolous musical talents, instead entering religious training in service of honor and justice.
Prerequisite: Bardic music, smite evil.
Benefit: If you have levels in
paladin and bard, those levels stack for the purpose of determining the bonus damage dealt by your smite evil ability and determining
the number of times per day that you can use your bardic music. This feat does not allow additional daily uses of smite evil or bardic music abilities beyond what your class levels would normally allow.
In addition, you can multiclass freely between the paladin and bard classes and may even gain additional bard levels regardless of your lawful alignment. You must still remain lawful good in order to retain your paladin abilities and take paladin levels. You still face the normal XP penalties for having multiple classes more than one level apart.
Ascetic KnightType: General
Source: Complete AdventurerYou belong to a special order of religious monks that teaches its adherents that self-enlightenment and honorable service grow from the same well of purity. As a student of this philosophy, you have blended your training as a paladin and as a monk into one seamless whole.
Prerequisite: Improved Unarmed Strike, ability to smite evil.
Benefit: Your paladin and monk levels stack for the purpose of determining your unarmed strike damage. For example, a human 3rd-level paladin/1st-level monk would deal 1d8 points of damage with her unarmed strike.Your paladin and monk levels also stack when determining the extra damage dealt by your smite evil ability.In addition, you can multiclass freely between the paladin and monk classes. You must still remain lawful good in order to retain your paladin abilities and take paladin levels, and you must remain lawful in order to continue advancing as a monk. You still face the normal XP penalties for having multiple classes more than one level apart.