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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 1168767" data-attributes="member: 2067">This deals with all SORTS of issues of wonky religion and such.Properly, "Monk" is someone who belongs to a monestary and persues a dedicated pattern of learning designed to increase spiritual awareness.In D&D, it's a supernatural martial artist.Properly, "Cleric" is a devotee of a deity or force who ministers to the community they are a part of.In D&D, it's an armor-clad healer.Also, in many legends and stories you'll hear tales of supernatural spellcasters who might be wizards or sorcerers in game terms given religious titles...Bards, too, with the right cultures, become nearly indistinguishable form wizards and sorcerers and clerics and monks all together.So I guess if you want to re-name the classes a bit, the important thing to answer is 'what are they in MY campaign?'If you have a kick-butt supernatural martial artist what would YOUR campaign call them?It might be Monk. But it might also be Incarnate (his powers coming from being the bodily representation of a god), or Street Fighter (his powers coming from simple toughness and luck on the mean streets) or Black Belt (simply a student of a fighting style) or Martial Sorcerer.Similarly, what would YOUR campaign call an armor-clad healer/buffer?It might be Cleric. But it might also be Defender, or Heal-Singer, or Totemist, or Druggist (persrcibing healing and enhancing drugs!).First, determine what basic abilities make up the class, then extrapolate from there how those abilities function in your setting. For a quick look:1) "Barbarian"= Wilderness fighters who gain power from an altered mind-set.2) "Bard"=Jacks-of-all-trades who specialize in enchantment and illusion3) "Cleric" = Armor-clad healers/buffers4) "Druid" = Shapeshifting plant/animal/elementalists5) "Fighter" = Armor-clad weapon users6) "Monk" = Supernatural martial artist7) "Paladin" = Fighter/Clerics8) "Ranger" = Stealthy wilderness warrior/druids9) "Rogue" = Stealthy dex-monkeys10) "Sorcerer" = Users of inborn magic (mostly destructive)11) "Wizard" = Users of studied magic (mostly destructive)</blockquote>

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