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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 2111303" data-attributes="member: 3146">Since nobody has mentioned it yet, I think that Paradigm Concepts does a fantastic job of de-orientalizing the monk class in their Player's Guide to Arcanis. If you basically like the PHB monk as a class but don't like the flavor, they've got a horde of different orders from the Order of the Bronze Sepulchre--a group of Myrantians who learned to subdue their undead ancestors when they got out of line and later came to use their abilities against their Coryani conquerers to the elemental paths followed by Elori which focus on awakening their elemental ancestry and attuning their bodies to the element of their birth. And then there are the Ssethren (ECL+0 lizardfolk) monks who don't feel the least bit oriental. Some orders like the Order of the Blade--monks who focus on the  worship of Hurrian and perfecting the use of his chosen weapon--have a bit of a asian, Shaolin monastery feel to them, but even they fit into the world quite well.If you're interested in taking the oriental feel out of the monk class but keeping the basic ability progression, I'd recommend checking it out.</blockquote>