Second Question, is their anywhere in the underdark that a drow would train to be a monk?

And no...nowhere I'm aware of in the Underdark. Keep in mind that monks HAVE to be lawful. If they stop being lawful they lose a lot of their cool stuff. Most of the Underdark is a Chaotic Evil free-for-all. Not many places can afford to be lawful/honorable for any length of time. It's like a Half-Orc Monk...yeah it's possible, but you're pretty likely to be the only one you'll encounter.

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Kanid wrote this then went back to looking for porn:
Drow monks?

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And why not, drow are nimble, resistant to magic(which stacks according to Ja'Deth) and they have innate magical abilities.

If a drow monk were to be lawful, then it would depend on what law was being follow now wouldnt it?

Is spell resistance always on, or able to be turned off at will for healing spells and such.

Last question for now, what do you prefer to be called? De, Ja'Deth, Misser Issar?

1. An honorable bearing. The likelihood of a master being willing to teach a student who'll violate the code of honor to kill their teacher is low.

2. An ordered method of thinking/living/existing.

Keep in mind, though, that you could be a Lawful EVIL character. The sort who uses the system to their own best interests, but who is cruel in their existence within the system.

The entire Baatezu/Devil race is based on that premise. Unfortunatly, Lolth followers aren't likely to like you.

And Ja'Deth or Deth is fine. the full name "Ja'Deth'issar Ka'bael" means "Staff, eternal seeker. Dragon Guardian" more or less. Can call me Deth though. everyone else does.

Also, Monks can make pretty darn good assassins with their abilities. I think it makes sense for the drow to maintain sort of a sect of Monks to take out other house rivalries in the society. Mercenary Monks, if you will.

Or Thief/Yakuza (if you have OA)

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Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael had this to say about pies:
I get the impression that it's something of a permeable protection. Healing spells get in, but offensive spells set against you don't. That's how I always handle it. Otherwise it's not much of a benefit.

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Well in BG2 the cloak of MR and the drow abilities stack, AND they prohibit healing and other beneficial effects, spells and potions.

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Kanid had this to say about Punky Brewster:
Well in BG2 the cloak of MR and the drow abilities stack, AND they prohibit healing and other beneficial effects, spells and potions.

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Thats also 2E rules, and BG2 is a little different and is designed so their is less abusive item tweaking than would be possible in a RL DnD campaign.

And yeah, a drow monk would be the type id see sneaking in, breaking someone's neck, and getting the heck out of there quick. Whereas the assassin may use a poison dart or somethin.

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Also, I'm pretty sure a drow's innate spell resistance and a monk's class spell resistance do not stack. What level do monks get spell resistance and how much? lets say they get SR 10 at lv 15 (dont have my PHB handy so I dont know the exact numbers)

Drow SR 11+class level: 26 (11+15 monk lvl)
Monk SR 10 (at lv 15): 10
total SR: 36 on a lv 15 char

a lv 16 wizard without spell penetration or spell foci would have to roll a crit to affect you. EPIC level characters (21+) would have a hard time casting on you.
You would be rendered nearly invulnerable to all forms of magic cast by anybody below lv 20. Sorry, too powerful in my book. As a DM I wouldnt allow it.

"Spell resistance does not stack."

Clear enough?