Was Remo Williams in the novels a divine servant of God?true but the were divine servants of god. But in DND as a subclass of fighter they just bring almost nothing to the table. Seem kind've pointless to me.
He had all hallmarks of the Eastern Ki monk. They could have been infernal powers , or just Batman powers but they were definitely not anything in the realm of mortal. Comic book, Divine, Infernal, or Alien you take your pick but he was waaaaaay beyond human.Was Remo Williams in the novels a divine servant of God?
In the movie he just learned intense cool martial arts from a Korean martial arts master.
true but even Eastern myths are full of "monks" with special abilities as martial arts masters with superpowers. We are talking about the ideas that influenced the monk class not the reality of the monks who in most instances, Western and Eastern are simple holy men not much different than Nuns.I certainly think D&D needs room for a class or option for people who want to play out the fantasy-archetype of the hero that fights with their hands - I just think that monk is actually so problematic that it needs to be retooled completely.
Monk is by far the most 'specifically influenced' class - there is exactly one (1) order of monks that practice martial arts and that is the Shaolin.
Nuns are female christian monastics. It's not that they're "not much different" - they are the same thing.Western and Eastern are simple holy men not much different than Nuns.
Well that's because the western monk was obviously divine but a lot of people overlook the oriental monk is completly divine. The entire idea of the eastern monk is someone who follows the edicts of heaven and as a result become's one with reality.
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But if you are looking at myths and historical monks there aren't any western one's or oriental ones that i know of that aren't divine.
Now some people like martial arts movies and want the monk to be Bruce Lee. Problem is Bruce Lee at his most bad ass kind've sucks in any DND version past level 6.
Errr... Friar Tuck, as much as I can remember, is literally a fat christian monastic drunk. He's not a fighter/combatant in any way.