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<blockquote data-quote="Smackfish" data-source="post: 2807427" data-attributes="member: 33112">Now this i can answer, but before i do, let me make the caveat that I'm not arguing that the monk should not be in the PHB, or even in my game with some changed flavor.&nbsp; I can however see the point that's trying to be made in opposition to the above quoted text, and it's pretty simple: Some people don't want a melting pot.&nbsp; They want generic western fantasy to be generic western fantasy, and the monk doesn't feel western, it feels eastern.&nbsp; Is this cultural bias? possibly, and if it is, so what?&nbsp; Noone's saying they don't like eastern fantasy, it's just that some people want to play one or the other, and not mix the two.To try to clarify, since I'm notoriously bad at expressing myself clearly, let me use a completely unrelated analogy to make my point: Coffee flavored Ice Cream.&nbsp; I hate coffee flavored ice cream.&nbsp; I love coffee. I love ice cream.&nbsp; But the two tastes do not even remotely go well together for me.&nbsp; Some people love coffee flavored ice cream, and some people love the monk in D&amp;D, which is why it should stay in the PHB.&nbsp; However, in my experience, it is a commonly removed character class, because for some people, the flavor, the style, the feel of the monk does not fit with what they want from D&amp;D.&nbsp; What I see a lot of here is people saying &quot;Why?&quot;&nbsp; The straight answer is, there really is no why, at least not one that is easy to explain, it's like seeing a nice big bowl of ice cream, and putting some in your mouth and tasting the rich, sweet flavor of COLD COFFEE!?&nbsp; that's the best way I can explain it I guess, i dunno if it's really clear or not, but i hope that it is.Smackfish</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Smackfish, post: 2807427, member: 33112"] Now this i can answer, but before i do, let me make the caveat that I'm not arguing that the monk should not be in the PHB, or even in my game with some changed flavor. I can however see the point that's trying to be made in opposition to the above quoted text, and it's pretty simple: Some people don't [I]want[/I] a melting pot. They want generic western fantasy to be generic western fantasy, and the monk doesn't feel western, it feels eastern. Is this cultural bias? possibly, and if it is, so what? Noone's saying they don't like eastern fantasy, it's just that some people want to play one or the other, and not mix the two. To try to clarify, since I'm notoriously bad at expressing myself clearly, let me use a completely unrelated analogy to make my point: Coffee flavored Ice Cream. I [I]hate[/I] coffee flavored ice cream. I love coffee. I love ice cream. But the two tastes do not even remotely go well together for me. Some people love coffee flavored ice cream, and some people love the monk in D&D, which is why it should stay in the PHB. However, in my experience, it is a commonly removed character class, because for some people, the flavor, the style, the feel of the monk does not fit with what they want from D&D. What I see a lot of here is people saying "Why?" The straight answer is, there really is no why, at least not one that is easy to explain, it's like seeing a nice big bowl of ice cream, and putting some in your mouth and tasting the rich, sweet flavor of [I][B]COLD COFFEE!?[/B][/I] that's the best way I can explain it I guess, i dunno if it's really clear or not, but i hope that it is. Smackfish [/QUOTE]

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