Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Rocket your D&D 5E and Level Up: Advanced 5E games into space! Alpha Star Magazine Is Launching... Right Now!

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="gamerprinter" data-source="post: 5431422" data-attributes="member: 50895">For a fantasy monk, if tattooing is something you want then do it.Personally, I agree with Dannyalcatraz, though. In my <a href="http://ritepublishing.com/kaidan.html" target="_blank">Kaidan: a Japanese Ghost Story setting</a> being released for Pathfinder, I have magical tattoos in the setting, but only the yakuza and barbarians can have them. Tattooing is considered 'taboo', 'a mark of a criminal', 'tainted' - so only the lowest social caste will ever wear tattoos. And monks are never of the lowest social caste.Tattoo monks as they appeared in L5R, oriental adventures and CW, always gave me a bad taste, so I intend to correct that nonesense in Kaidan.Actually I'm fixing lots of issues that were wrong with previous oriental settings, base classes, and aspects like tattoos. Monks should not get them.My monk fix will include an expanded list of ki powers both lesser and greater, requiring a feat to access the greater ki.However, in my setting, since its inspired by feudal Japan, I have a Trait called Ki Potential that any class can take, then at 4th level may take Activate Ki feat which creates a ki pool of 2 points (half the 'caster' level) but never more than 2 points (doesn't increase with level, like monk), unless one takes the Extra Ki feat for a total of 3 ki points. Though minimal points, anybody in Kaidan can access some ki powers. Only Ki classes, such as monk, buke bushi, shinobi have access to a full ki pool, can take Activate Ki feat, or access greater ki powers.Note: shinobi is an archetype for alchemists, monks, ranger, rogue, sorcerer. A buke bushi is a samarai caste ranger-like alternate class for samarai warrior, divine casting is replaced with the ki pool (among other things.)Regarding monk magic items: Gi - martial artist garb (pants and coat), Obi - tied cloth belt, sandals, head scarf, and monk weapons are really the only 'monk' items that could be enchanted. Perhaps something worn around the neck as a charm and some limited jewelry as well. But as stated, no, no tattoos.I've got one 'monk' magic item, for example, that are Geta or wooden sandals with a single stilt-like block under each sandal raising one up 6" taller when worn, upon command the stilt blocks can increase in height 10' granting +10 movement rate, +10 height to jump checks, and allows a monk to do a Stunning Fist attack with a kick with a 10' reach - doesn't allow Flurry of Blows with kicks (though any monk can do a Stunning Fist with a normal kick if they want.) GP</blockquote>

Verification