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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lela" data-source="post: 955642" data-attributes="member: 1216">Looking at the whole system, that the Monk does seem out of place.  The D&D system (setting aside OA) is a Western base.  Even the Wizards and, to an extent, Sorcererors come from the Europian area.  Paladins are a bit more Roman (though still Western) and Clerics are certainly Western.  In fact, the only other class that could be percieved as Eastern is the Barbarian.  Which is very likely pushing the steryotypes a bit and neglecting Celtic tradition.That said, in a world where Wizards can stop time and Clerics rotinely speak with their gods, a character who focuses inward in search of similar power isn't that far fetched.  Though based off the Eastern styles, I think the Monk is okay as is.  They've turned inward and those styles are one of the only ways to reflect that in a hand-to-hand way.I'm not saying that other styles aren't focused inward.  I'm simply saying that they wouldn't have the desired effect in a D&D world.  That being the bit of extra Jet Li/Jackie Chan flashyness mixed with completely impossible feats that allows the Monk to shine along with those who fallow other areas.No it wouldn't, you, um, BIG GEEK!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>