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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 5374076" data-attributes="member: 4937"><p>But, not to put too fine a point on it, but aren't the powers of a sorcerer simply personal abilities born of their own mental energies? What are these 'mental energies' if they aren't arcane magic? And what is arcane magic, if in fact they aren't 'mental energies'? Sure, a psion learns to cast spells by disciplining his mind to unlock his native potential to effect the world around him through the force of his will, but doesn't a wizard learn to cast spells by disciplining his mind to unlock his native potential to effect the world around him through the force of his will?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>More importantly, why does anyone need to be a monk by class? What things do you want a monk to be able to do which are exclusive to the monk and which no character should have access to unless they are a monk? What differentiates the monk from the fighter, or for that matter from a cleric? What particular role do monks have in your society that the particular combination of skills will be found reoccuring in character after character? Does you society have a culture of monasticism which for some reason encourages people to learn to fight barehanded? Personally, I feel that if you are stuck on questions of mechanics here like, "Only monks should have 'flurry of blows'" or "Only monks should get a bonus to AC based on wisdom when wearing light armor.", that you aren't arguing strongly for the classes existence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 5374076, member: 4937"] But, not to put too fine a point on it, but aren't the powers of a sorcerer simply personal abilities born of their own mental energies? What are these 'mental energies' if they aren't arcane magic? And what is arcane magic, if in fact they aren't 'mental energies'? Sure, a psion learns to cast spells by disciplining his mind to unlock his native potential to effect the world around him through the force of his will, but doesn't a wizard learn to cast spells by disciplining his mind to unlock his native potential to effect the world around him through the force of his will? More importantly, why does anyone need to be a monk by class? What things do you want a monk to be able to do which are exclusive to the monk and which no character should have access to unless they are a monk? What differentiates the monk from the fighter, or for that matter from a cleric? What particular role do monks have in your society that the particular combination of skills will be found reoccuring in character after character? Does you society have a culture of monasticism which for some reason encourages people to learn to fight barehanded? Personally, I feel that if you are stuck on questions of mechanics here like, "Only monks should have 'flurry of blows'" or "Only monks should get a bonus to AC based on wisdom when wearing light armor.", that you aren't arguing strongly for the classes existence. [/QUOTE]
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