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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spatzimaus" data-source="post: 2060643" data-attributes="member: 3051">A while back we made a very generic Monk for our world, and I posted it here somewhere.  The problem was that the PHB Monk was almost purely a fighter, which doesn't fit well with the whole "ascetic sage" monk type.  So, we added more abilities and made the class flexible.Effectively, the modified class was a series of 5-level PrCs wrapped together.  Basically, 1-5 for all Monks followed a core progression, but then at 6+ you could choose from 6 "paths", each corresponding to one stat, with a stat requirement of 9+(2*tier).  That is, the Path of the Fist depends on STR.  Fist 1 requires 11 STR, Fist 2 requires 13 STR, and so on up to 19 STR for Fist 5.  You weren't required to stay on one Path at a time, you could mix and match whatever you wanted.  So, as long as your Monk's stats were reasonably good, you always had a few choices at any level.So the STR path gave mostly attack bonuses, the DEX gave the movement ones, the WIS one added a bunch of new spell-like abilities, CON had the protections from poison or disease, and so on.  Basically, the PHB Monk was what you'd get with levels in the STR, DEX, CON, and CHA paths.  But if you wanted the more scholarly type, you could spend more on the INT and WIS paths.</blockquote>