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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gold Roger" data-source="post: 6194788" data-attributes="member: 33904">To me the monk belongs to D&D as much the cleric, the druid or the barbarian.He's called a monk and not a martial artist, just as the barbarian isn't called berserker. It's just the class name and not a in game label. And importantly, that class name is part of the games tradition.To me they aren't an oriental element. I deal with monks in my setting by tying them to other D&D traditions. Monks fight combat styles taught by devils and archons, they fight in styles developed by lizardmen to imitate dragons. Some even fight the rare monitor style of the kuo-toa.The monk allows players the option of a mystic unarmed unarmored character that isn't a spellcaster. In some settings that might be a shaolin. In some it's a holy man. In an ancient greek setting he might be an olympic athlete.</blockquote>