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How do you fit monks into Occidental campaigns?
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<blockquote data-quote="AFGNCAAP" data-source="post: 68328" data-attributes="member: 871"><p>Has to agree with the general consensus---it's your world, make what you will of it. You can easily think of a reason for their presence/absence IYC.</p><p></p><p>The way I resolved the presence of the martial artist monks in my pseudo-European realm is simple---the PHB monks are the result of missionaries who worked their way from the lands of my OA-style empire to this one. And, as it often occurs with language, these monks stayed closer to their roots than those monks in the "homeland"---hence the difference in multiclassng allowances, weapons allowed, & feat/virtual feat selection (the language reference deals with immigration/colonization---the immigrants/colonists, in an effort to retain a connection with their homeland, change little/slower, while the language spoken in the homeland is more prone to change. Hence why Icelandic is closer to Old Norse than any of the modern Scandinavian languages---used to hold true for English-speaking colonists, as well).</p><p></p><p>The end result---PHB monks vs. OA monks. PHB monks can't multiclass; OA monks can. PHB monks have a smaller weapon list than OA monks. PHB monks gain certain feats at certain levels; OA monks have a little more freedom to choose.</p><p></p><p>But, it's up to you. If you allow OA classes/races, then the above situation might be an option. If not, then you're free to create your own. Maybe a githzerai monk instituted a monastery on the Prime; maybe it naturally developed on its own; etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AFGNCAAP, post: 68328, member: 871"] Has to agree with the general consensus---it's your world, make what you will of it. You can easily think of a reason for their presence/absence IYC. The way I resolved the presence of the martial artist monks in my pseudo-European realm is simple---the PHB monks are the result of missionaries who worked their way from the lands of my OA-style empire to this one. And, as it often occurs with language, these monks stayed closer to their roots than those monks in the "homeland"---hence the difference in multiclassng allowances, weapons allowed, & feat/virtual feat selection (the language reference deals with immigration/colonization---the immigrants/colonists, in an effort to retain a connection with their homeland, change little/slower, while the language spoken in the homeland is more prone to change. Hence why Icelandic is closer to Old Norse than any of the modern Scandinavian languages---used to hold true for English-speaking colonists, as well). The end result---PHB monks vs. OA monks. PHB monks can't multiclass; OA monks can. PHB monks have a smaller weapon list than OA monks. PHB monks gain certain feats at certain levels; OA monks have a little more freedom to choose. But, it's up to you. If you allow OA classes/races, then the above situation might be an option. If not, then you're free to create your own. Maybe a githzerai monk instituted a monastery on the Prime; maybe it naturally developed on its own; etc. [/QUOTE]
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