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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8048631" data-attributes="member: 7023840">I mean, sure. If you want to label a good chunk of Asian action cinema as &quot;Kung Fu&quot; movies, then I guess?But given that &quot;kung fu&quot; action (if not the kung fu action grip) has so permeated the gestalt of all culture such that almost all action includes &quot;kung fu&quot; and Buffy the Vampire Slayer regularly squares off in martial arts <s>kung fu</s> against vampires and other fantasy miscreants, and the John Wick franchise is about laying down the martial arts and gun-fu smackdown, I am not entirely sure that we shouldn't have an archetype within D&amp;D for it.What, do we really need five gazillion casters?Well, that caster gets his spells from the book-learnin'?And that caster gets his spells from a deity.And that caster gets his spells from a patron, but not a deity.And that caster gets his spells 'cuz he was just born with it.And that caster get his spells because bards are stupid.... and so on. When we live in the world of Oprah Casters (&quot;You get a spell! And you get a spell! And you get a spell! And you get a spell!&quot;) should we really begrudge having one interesting martial option? Is that too much to ask for?Seriously, maybe one day bards will sing and extol the virtues of the monks, if they weren't so busy casting spells.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8048631, member: 7023840"] I mean, sure. If you want to label a good chunk of Asian action cinema as "Kung Fu" movies, then I guess? But given that "kung fu" action (if not the kung fu action grip) has so permeated the gestalt of all culture such that almost all action includes "kung fu" and [I]Buffy the Vampire Slayer[/I] regularly squares off in martial arts [S]kung fu[/S] against vampires and other fantasy miscreants, and the John Wick franchise is about laying down the martial arts and gun-fu smackdown, I am not entirely sure that we shouldn't have an archetype within D&D for it. What, do we really need five gazillion casters? Well, that caster gets his spells from the book-learnin'? And that caster gets his spells from a deity. And that caster gets his spells from a patron, but not a deity. And that caster gets his spells 'cuz he was just born with it. And that caster get his spells because bards are stupid. ... and so on. When we live in the world of Oprah Casters ("You get a spell! And you get a spell! And you get a spell! And you get a spell!") should we really begrudge having one interesting martial option? Is that too much to ask for? Seriously, maybe one day bards will sing and extol the virtues of the monks, if they weren't so busy casting spells. [/QUOTE]

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