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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imperialus" data-source="post: 2809461" data-attributes="member: 893">If you think about it in a lot of ways the monk or unarmed martial artist makes even more sence in a D&D world than it does in the real one.  Look at it this way, boiled down to the basics (all mystical mumbo jumbo aside) the  idea of learning how to fight effectively barehanded evolved from pesants who were not permited weapons feeling the need to defend themselves from their overlords.  Now imagine if you will a typical D&D esque world.  Even if pesants are permited to carry weapons (which for the most part they were not in fudal europe) your average pesant has a lot more to worry about than a spoiled rich kid using you and your daughter for target practice (admitedly different kinds).  Orcs, goblins, and all other manner of nasties are pretty common, at least on boarder regions and unless a goverenment is powerful enough to have a standing army to protect the pesantry then the pesants would be pretty much on their own with the risk of attack present at almost any time.  Now it isn't praticularly practical for a pesant to plow his fields with a longsword at his belt, a shield across his back and a chain halburk on so it would only make sence that the long lived pesants would eventually evolve an effective efficant method of defending themselves from orc and goblin raiders either without weapons or with simple farm implements.  Do this for a few generations and a few will begin to stand out.  They might even have legends built around them (pesants do after all like gossip) and possibly even set up schools to teach others how to fight like they do.  Perhaps they could even get the backing of a church adding a mystical/religious element to the mix.  Pretty soon you could have someone a lot like Jet Lee but his name is Bob and he has sandy blond hair.</blockquote>

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