Cleric/Monk Build 3.5e
In reply to zedion (msg # 1):
It boils down whether it's a really exciting idea.
I've actually done it, not just thought about how it might work. It's great TBH. I had a +13 from Wisdom, and Around a 54 AC total. My touch was like 40-something. I did go two levels, not just one, for combat reflexes and Evasion. It was great. I also had a cloak of displacement.
The only thing it this, if you want maximum casting, then you won't have it. You will never be the main caster you could be, but you won't be far from it. Consider PrCs that don't give +1 CL every level. It's like that.
I had fun with it. I could tumble in and out of casting, I had Intuitive Strike and Zen Archery. I could stun with my staff and was immune to about every element and negative energy. I was stoic that buffed the others, except against undead, which I could dust a vampire of my level without rolling either the 20 or d6's. My job was to buff and debuff and scout. I would set off traps, and could at any time have heal when I would die. I had regeneration, AND fast healing. To top it off I had shapechange (at level 20), if I really wanted to shine them on, which I added my wis to Ac there too. 72 AC, and even MORE buffs.
It was also fun as lower level. Sure, I need help, but I stayed in pace with the, the wizard/Incantatrix/Thaumaturgist, the Paladin/Knight (though this guy was gestalt, the rest weren't), and the druid. I wasn't as powerful as the wizard, sure, but I kept her buffed so she could commit more power to other spells.
I'd say go for it. If it doesn't work, stick with it. A challenge can be fun. ;)