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<blockquote data-quote="SWBaxter" data-source="post: 2833157" data-attributes="member: 27926">I don't mind the Monk as written. I have no trouble dealing with the flavour, just as I have no problem dealing with the crusading religious warrior flavour of the Paladin - I either write my setting so there's a logical place for those sorts of characters, or make it clear they're pretty exotic. I do tend to house-rule away the Monk's alignment and multiclassing restrictions. Works well enough whenever somebody wants to play a Monk.But I do have a major problem with the monk on a more &quot;meta&quot; level. The Monk is clearly a person who's drawing on their inner strength to do phenomenal (and ultimately supernatural) things. So it seems pretty clear to me they should be linked with Psionics in some way - ideally, a Monk should be to a Psion as a Paladin is to a Cleric, IMHO. But the mechanics are almost completely unrelated, which makes things look messy. If I really wanted a campaign where the Monk fit in really well, I think I'd just take the Psychic Warrior and give them access to some of the Monk's combat abilities on their bonus feat list, so a Monk would be a particular Psychic Warrior build.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SWBaxter, post: 2833157, member: 27926"] I don't mind the Monk as written. I have no trouble dealing with the flavour, just as I have no problem dealing with the crusading religious warrior flavour of the Paladin - I either write my setting so there's a logical place for those sorts of characters, or make it clear they're pretty exotic. I do tend to house-rule away the Monk's alignment and multiclassing restrictions. Works well enough whenever somebody wants to play a Monk. But I do have a major problem with the monk on a more "meta" level. The Monk is clearly a person who's drawing on their inner strength to do phenomenal (and ultimately supernatural) things. So it seems pretty clear to me they should be linked with Psionics in some way - ideally, a Monk should be to a Psion as a Paladin is to a Cleric, IMHO. But the mechanics are almost completely unrelated, which makes things look messy. If I really wanted a campaign where the Monk fit in really well, I think I'd just take the Psychic Warrior and give them access to some of the Monk's combat abilities on their bonus feat list, so a Monk would be a particular Psychic Warrior build. [/QUOTE]

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