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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5601599" data-attributes="member: 19675">Cistercians, Trappists, Dominicans and other orders are both monks AND clergy.Back to the OP, though...If you want a martial Monk with a martial tradition, reflavor the standard D&D Monk- or better yet, use the OA Shaman (with Dragon #317's 3.5Ed update)- using some of the history of the Jesuits.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jesus" target="_blank">Society of Jesus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>While they are NOT militaristic, their founder, Ignatius of Loyola, had a military background, and used some military terminology in his order's jargon, and earned them the nickname, "God's Marines."Taking that and running: instead of staying in cloisters and big cities, each of your Western Monks- "The Order of __________"- is tasked individually with evangelizing the world by being exemplars of physical and mental perfection.  To that end, they are well educated and are charged with educating others.  They are expected to be in good shape, and do so through a regimen of rigorous exercise, hard labor, and martial training.  This also helps them keep themselves safe in their travels.If you're brave, build in some of the Vows from BoED- using the RAI/Spirit of the rules approach rather than the (IMHO, deeply flawed) RAW- in exchange for some of the Eastern flavored mysticism powers of the standard classes.</blockquote>