GX.Sigma
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I don't know about that, but there have been 2 Monks in my weekly 4e game whom I'd definitely describe as Chaotic. I think it would be wrong to say they can't play those characters, but I still think the Monk in the book should be a Monk. I think it's the group's/DM's prerogative to decide what each class means in their world.And I'd bet there are just as much (if not more) more people that expect the D&D monk to be a chaotic type like Jackie Chan or the american shaolin guy (from that movie) than a law abiding asceticism guy
Maybe that's what they do. Have a few paragraphs explaining the history of the class--examples of what that class means in published worlds. So it's not in there as a rule, but as a suggestion:
Example said:In the world of Greyhawk, the Bards are ferocious warriors who use divine magic: they are trained by the Druids, and thus their alignment must be neutral on at least one axis (neutral good, chaotic neutral, etc.).
In the Forgotten Realms, and the wider world of Planescape, a Bard is often a wandering minstrel or poet, whose innate arcane talent comes from the heart. These Bards are usually chaotic.
The implication is that, while that's what that class means in those worlds, it doesn't have to be what it means in your world.