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<blockquote data-quote="SWBaxter" data-source="post: 2807805" data-attributes="member: 27926">I'm reasonably certain the Monk class was originally introduced by Dave Arneson, or possibly one of the Blumes, rather than Gygax. And the class was originally based on the &quot;Destroyer&quot; series of books, featuring Remo Williams and Chiun, master of Sinanju, as assassins working for a special agency in the United States government. Not very medieval, but there you go.As to why they made it into 3E, Johnathon Tweet has <a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/3E_Interview_JonT_2.asp" target="_blank">addressed that in a Q&amp;A</a> . An excerpt:That of course was before 3E was released. I think maybe some folks in this thread are overanalyzing things a bit - the monk was included becase the designers thought it'd be a fun class. If it doesn't fit in your world, then fair enough, but I don't think the class is evidence of some insidious eurocentric plot or race-mixing or any of the other weirdness proposed in this thread.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SWBaxter, post: 2807805, member: 27926"] I'm reasonably certain the Monk class was originally introduced by Dave Arneson, or possibly one of the Blumes, rather than Gygax. And the class was originally based on the "Destroyer" series of books, featuring Remo Williams and Chiun, master of Sinanju, as assassins working for a special agency in the United States government. Not very medieval, but there you go. As to why they made it into 3E, Johnathon Tweet has [URL=http://www.wizards.com/dnd/3E_Interview_JonT_2.asp]addressed that in a Q&A[/URL] . An excerpt: That of course was before 3E was released. I think maybe some folks in this thread are overanalyzing things a bit - the monk was included becase the designers thought it'd be a fun class. If it doesn't fit in your world, then fair enough, but I don't think the class is evidence of some insidious eurocentric plot or race-mixing or any of the other weirdness proposed in this thread. [/QUOTE]

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