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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8004861" data-attributes="member: 29398">They're not Lawful because they learned how to fight.They're Lawful because of how they learned how to fight, and what was required for the training (by self or other) to have any useful effect.Robin Hood, along with countless other great warriors of both fiction and reality, either taught himself how to fight or had others teach him.However, the Monkish style of fighting requires more of its practitioners than does what ol' Robin learned to do; and that 'more' involves rigid self-discipline and structure in part because while Robin Hood can brawl with his fists he usually needs weapons to kill people.&nbsp; A Monk can just as easily kill with pretty much any body part he-she can bring to bear.&nbsp; Weapons, while handy, are not necessary.Completely different use and meaing of the word 'discipline', but I'm going to assume you already know that.The 3e developers were only following what came before: Monks have been Lawful-only since 1e.Most historical fighting styles were either initially developed or brought to their peak by one particular culture or another, no news there; and the fictionalized versions simply take what history gave us and dial it to eleven.&nbsp; Doesn't matter if it's Eastern martial arts or Welsh longbows or Roman military formations or jungle-culture blow-guns or whatever: having any of these in the game is not silly, is not racist, and the whole point is to be old-fashioned - as in Middle-Ages old. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8004861, member: 29398"] They're not Lawful because they learned how to fight. They're Lawful because of how they learned how to fight, and what was required for the training (by self or other) to have any useful effect. Robin Hood, along with countless other great warriors of both fiction and reality, either taught himself how to fight or had others teach him. However, the Monkish style of fighting requires more of its practitioners than does what ol' Robin learned to do; and that 'more' involves rigid self-discipline and structure in part because while Robin Hood can brawl with his fists he usually needs weapons to kill people. A Monk can just as easily kill with pretty much any body part he-she can bring to bear. Weapons, while handy, are not necessary. Completely different use and meaing of the word 'discipline', but I'm going to assume you already know that. The 3e developers were only following what came before: Monks have been Lawful-only since 1e. Most historical fighting styles were either initially developed or brought to their peak by one particular culture or another, no news there; and the fictionalized versions simply take what history gave us and dial it to eleven. Doesn't matter if it's Eastern martial arts or Welsh longbows or Roman military formations or jungle-culture blow-guns or whatever: having any of these in the game is not silly, is not racist, and the whole point is to be old-fashioned - as in Middle-Ages old. :) [/QUOTE]

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