Monk Class Skills suggestion

[Ramien Meltides]

I am considering replacing a Monk's class skill... specifically, Knowledge (Arcana) and replacing it with Knowledge (Religon). It doesn't seem to make much sense, especially with a lot of Monk prestige classes requiring many ranks in Knowledge (Religon).

Alternatively, instead of giving Monks a boost, I was planning to lower the requirement a bit... anytime it says Knowledge (Religon) and gives a number of ranks as a pre-requisite to a prestige class that seems appropriate for monks (And not strictly religious, like Divine Fist), I was thinking to cut the rank requirement in half and instead make the required skill be Knowledge (Philosophy) since it seems to make more sense.

The tradeoff here is lower ranks, meaning the monk can acquire the pre-requisite easier and earlier, versus the more limited application of Knowledge (Philosophy) vs. Knowledge (Religon).

Less useful skill, but you need less ranks in it, and it makes more sense to me. Comments?

 

[Crothian]

I don't see any harm in it. OA give all monks knowledge Relegion as a class skill.

 

[graydoom]

I see no problem with giving Monks Knowledge (Religion) as a class skill. It'd let them get some prestige classes earlier, but all the rest of the requirements have to still be filled, so it shouldn't create too many problems there. And IMO it would be easier to give monks a boost then to change all those prestige classes.

 

[Xahn'Tyr]

OA give all monks knowledge Relegion as a class skill.

Ah, that makes sense! I was just browsing through the book at the store and saw the Shinto Monk. It looks like an interesting class but then I saw the "Knowledge(Religion): 8" (or whatever high number it was) prerequisite. So I figured my "normal" monk would have to waste a ton of cross-class skill points. But if that prestige class was created under the assumption that Religion was a class skill for normal monks, then I would feel justified in asking for some sort of adjustment (either adding the class skill, or changing the prereq as suggested here). Thanks for the information!

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

By the way:
Why does the PHB Monk has Knowledge (Arcana) as a Class Skill, not Knowledge (Religion)?

(Corrected an Error:
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[Ramien Meltides]

My inclination is to make it an optional choice: You can either have Knowledge (Arcana) OR Knowledge (Religion) OR Knowledge (Philosophy)...

If OA gives monks Knowledge (Religion) right off the bat (That STILL seems wierd to me) then I guess I'd allow it.

 

[Wolf72]

I think knowledge(arcana) was supposed to represent the more mystical/magical side of the monk abilities.