As I finished the potion research with my secondary character, I waited a few days to get the instant reinc with smaller tax and then reinced into catfolk monk with 5 tarmalen levels.

The reinc is pretty much same as I did with my primary character one year ago after the alchemist reinc.

32M exp totals are about ok for level 50 monk. You get dodge to max (80) and martial arts to catfolk skillmax (92). Iron palm I left to 90 and immediately begun training the monk combo skills, starting with Wave crest strike.

Combo salve usage

As my primary character is an alchemist, I have unlimited supply of str+con+dex combo salves for my monk. +20 stat boost is nice, although even one salve pack weights quite much, so you need to keep them in your rig.

I noticed that Bandolier of the hellish warrior cannot hold even one (18 slot) salve pack, so I had to use merchant made equipment frame instead. I lose small +str bonus there, but it is tolerable since salves give me +20 anyway.