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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 6767393" data-attributes="member: 7635">[MENTION=1288]Mouseferatu[/MENTION] Perhaps its been an over-reaction, but for me, it was a response to a lot of related phenomenon. You had Franken-PC level-dippers of 3e. You had the 4e "you want to be a fighter with bow powers? Pick ranger, and say he's a fighter" hack. You had the "best of both worlds" fluff/mechanic mishmash. I could try to fix each of those problems separately, but I found the more elegant solution was simply to enforce the fluff attached to the class in the PHB. Now, if you came to me with your PC, I'd suggest the following change: You were a student in a monastery trying to become a monk, but you found you could never quell that inner rage enough to achieve body-mind harmony. Eventually, you left frustrated having never grasped the power of ki, but took some of the monastic traditions you had while living with them. You wandered alone and harnessed the inner rage you had all along and eventually wound up in whatever starting location the game begins at. You're a barbarian (but not a tribal one), your rage is fueled by whatever power fuels barbarians, but you hold on to some monastic elements (perhaps dictating your choice of weapon, dress, or whatever else). Any monk watching you fight will note you begin with some rudimentary monk stances and maneuvers, but your rage and recklessness resembles a wild animal more than a disciplined martial artist. I could almost imagine a kind of "Wolverine in Japan Era" mix of honorable warrior desperately trying to keep the beast in check. This way, we don't invalidate the monk or barbarian archetypes, create an unique character, and nothing has to refluff. It requires a bit of give-and-take, but the character could work within the parameters.</blockquote>

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