In this thread :-
http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...ad.php?t=20729
A monk went from 18 to 27 in 5 hours. At 1.5k per hour, that would have been 7.5k. You only want 3 levels, depending on what class you are that should only take 1-1.5 hours, so your'e looking at about 2k.