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<blockquote data-quote="Coroc" data-source="post: 7263648" data-attributes="member: 6895991">A katana would be much more aesthetic for an eastern style monk at least, although if you analyse this more closely : a katana is a weapon which only samurai (aka knights) were allowed to wield they believed their honour and their soul was connected with their katana. I believe (not sure about that though) that its use by common folk in japan was even more forbidden than use of long sword in&nbsp; some comparable laws in medieval Europe. At least I once read that non samurai caught wielding a katana were killed on sight by samurai.For the monk I rather recommend ninja-to 1d8 slashing 1h, or a wakizashi 1d6 slashing, although with the second one I am not sure if it was considered a samurai only&nbsp; weapon also.The Chinese had some nice swords also I think they're called dao.For the katana maybe that new kensai class would be the optimum, but that is not exactly a monk anymore.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Coroc, post: 7263648, member: 6895991"] A katana would be much more aesthetic for an eastern style monk at least, although if you analyse this more closely : a katana is a weapon which only samurai (aka knights) were allowed to wield they believed their honour and their soul was connected with their katana. I believe (not sure about that though) that its use by common folk in japan was even more forbidden than use of long sword in some comparable laws in medieval Europe. At least I once read that non samurai caught wielding a katana were killed on sight by samurai. For the monk I rather recommend ninja-to 1d8 slashing 1h, or a wakizashi 1d6 slashing, although with the second one I am not sure if it was considered a samurai only weapon also. The Chinese had some nice swords also I think they're called dao. For the katana maybe that new kensai class would be the optimum, but that is not exactly a monk anymore. [/QUOTE]

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