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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UnDfind" data-source="post: 44678" data-attributes="member: 2744">Monky Monk MonkYes, the Monk can cause a problem with the whole introspective, kung-fu wielding, ascension-focused thing.  They didn't really have a place in the european medieval setting, so in those types of worlds, they are out of place (the monk is equivalent to the shao-lin monk, not in any way connected to the abbot-dwelling monks...those would be clerics).  The whole thing is how you look at it.  Take the Barbarian, a savage from a tribal land...but couldn't he also be a kid, growing up on the streets of some big city, his rage coming from fighting for his life against cutthroats and street toughs for years?  The same can go for a monk.  Granted they still have the ascension thing, becoming an outsider and stuff, but he could be some English noble who specializes in fisticuffs just as easily as a guy growing up in a monestary in the mysterious east.  Imagine if he could use daggers instead of kamas as unarmed attacks. What's the difference (besides less damage)?  It all boils down to how creative you are when circumstances don't fit the campaign.  Of course I allow Monks, even if we're playing in a pre-renaissance Aztec empire.  You can find equivalents in every society for every class.Okee, rant done <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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