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<blockquote data-quote="TheCosmicKid" data-source="post: 8001126" data-attributes="member: 6683613">Still Mind, Purity of Body, Wholeness of Body, Timeless Body, Empty Body, Perfect Self... to me, those all paint a pretty clear picture of somebody engaging in the fantasy version of a Buddhist monk's path to spiritual enlightenment through asceticism and mental discipline, as opposed to somebody who simply practices the martial arts (fantasy or otherwise). I don't think the 3E writers were just picking names out of a hat when they chose to call the class the &quot;Monk&quot;. I think the name clearly indicates their intent on which they followed through at every point in the class's fluff and mechanics. It may be worth asking whether or not that intent was too specific in concept and whether going for a generic fantasy martial artist class might not have been a better choice, but those are counterfactual questions -- for better or for worse, they didn't write a generic fantasy martial artist class.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheCosmicKid, post: 8001126, member: 6683613"] Still Mind, Purity of Body, Wholeness of Body, Timeless Body, Empty Body, Perfect Self... to me, those all paint a pretty clear picture of somebody engaging in the fantasy version of a Buddhist monk's path to spiritual enlightenment through asceticism and mental discipline, as opposed to somebody who simply practices the martial arts (fantasy or otherwise). I don't think the 3E writers were just picking names out of a hat when they chose to call the class the "Monk". I think the name clearly indicates their intent on which they followed through at every point in the class's fluff and mechanics. It may be worth asking whether or not that intent was too specific in concept and whether going for a generic fantasy martial artist class might not have been a better choice, but those are counterfactual questions -- for better or for worse, they [I]didn't[/I] write a generic fantasy martial artist class. [/QUOTE]

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