*snip*
Are two flaws allowed?
Also, you might want to do a tad more item optimization. Parrying, Eager, spell storing. Consider a few more weapons that can provide passive benefits on your person: Gauntlet, Spiked Gauntlet, Poison Ring, etc. Consider instead of a wand of Cure Light Wounds, a wand of Faith Healing of your deity. Get a Targath Arrow, some spell storing arrows or darts with a spell you paid someone to cast into it, Dust Eggshell Grenades, torch bug paste, stuff like that.
Eh, I figured since it was Monk vs Expert item optimization wasn't too necessary and might annoy him more anyway. I gave myself some Armor Spikes of Rocket Tag and a Wand to show that I could heal people just about as well as the terrible monk ability. Other items were just for fun, except for the Masterwork Pillow (+2 on Lucid Dreaming) which I thought was hilarious. I basically told my arguing opponent to shove it last night since he was being so absurd. As I hinted at in my edit the argument then turned in to Beguilers have a SoD at level 1, so clearly they're better than favored soul (Sometimes I can't tell if he's joking, but I'm pretty sure he wasn't). I responded with "Favored Souls have access to all Cleric spells", his response "Cleric spells are good, but Arcanist spells are great and Beguilers get plenty of those spells, etc". "Also, spell lists don't matter because UMD is a class skill for Beguilers!"
He specifically zoomed in on Spell Level 2, which I personally always have a hard time thinking of Cleric spells for but I mentioned like Augury, Shatter, Elation, some buffs, Lore of the Gods. And he felt even though the only good level 2 Beguiler spell is Glitterdust, it's better than all those, so Beguilers are better.
I think I give up. It's a lost cause.
Edit: I have spent the most effort of any character on this character. That's sort of sad.
Double Edit: Mage Spectacles would give me what? a 27? So 10+ to activate a level 9 spell scroll? That's not too bad I suppose.