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<blockquote data-quote="Mad Mac" data-source="post: 1972798" data-attributes="member: 27873">I'm the stubborness Champ! Bwa Ha HA HA!&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> &nbsp;But seriously, my point regarding the Asian nature of the Monk was that, in 3rd edition, a concious design choice was made, so that the Monk would not be potrayed as Asian. Thats why 3rd edition depicts Monks of assorted races and nationalities, and makes no reference to monks coming from &quot;far away lands&quot;. The Monk has a certain asian flavor, but it not, by the RAW, an class developed by asians.&nbsp; As for clubs vs darts and picks...&nbsp; The club barely qualifies as a weapon. It's assumed you can scavenge yourself a servicible club almost anywhere. As a weapon of oppourtunity, it fits the monk quite well. No monk would actually choose to use a club over a staff or nunchuku, if they had a choice.&nbsp; Darts are appropriate weapon for monks, as are a number of other weapons, IMO. It's not like I'm the one who wrote the class...&nbsp; As for Picks, I can see the a justification from the &quot;tool&quot; angle. If you were trying to pass yourself off as some sort of miner, anyway. It is, however, a martial weapon, and Monks aren't generally proffecient with martial weapons. Just the hand-axe, right?&nbsp; I could argue the details of any classes weapon proffeciencies. That doesn't invalidate the design theory behind them, though.&nbsp; As for the Crossbow, every class can use the crossbow, no matter how feeble their martial skills. The only exception is the Druid, who is stuck with the sling. (Crossbows are too mechanical maybe? *shrug*)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mad Mac, post: 1972798, member: 27873"] I'm the stubborness Champ! Bwa Ha HA HA! :D But seriously, my point regarding the Asian nature of the Monk was that, in 3rd edition, a concious design choice was made, so that the Monk would not be potrayed as Asian. Thats why 3rd edition depicts Monks of assorted races and nationalities, and makes no reference to monks coming from "far away lands". The Monk has a certain asian flavor, but it not, by the RAW, an class developed by asians. As for clubs vs darts and picks... The club barely qualifies as a weapon. It's assumed you can scavenge yourself a servicible club almost anywhere. As a weapon of oppourtunity, it fits the monk quite well. No monk would actually [I]choose[/I] to use a club over a staff or nunchuku, if they had a choice. Darts are appropriate weapon for monks, as are a number of other weapons, IMO. It's not like I'm the one who wrote the class... As for Picks, I can see the a justification from the "tool" angle. If you were trying to pass yourself off as some sort of miner, anyway. It is, however, a martial weapon, and Monks aren't generally proffecient with martial weapons. Just the hand-axe, right? I could argue the details of [I]any[/I] classes weapon proffeciencies. That doesn't invalidate the design theory behind them, though. As for the Crossbow, [I]every[/I] class can use the crossbow, no matter how feeble their martial skills. The only exception is the Druid, who is stuck with the sling. (Crossbows are too mechanical maybe? *shrug*) [/QUOTE]

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