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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 6195738" data-attributes="member: 1465">Me too have always seen the Monk basically like that, perhaps because that was the way the Monk was introduced to me the first time in D&amp;D, as a &quot;mysterious wise traveller from faraway lands&quot;. I am all in favour of WotC maintaining tradition as much as possible.That said, the Monk never grew much on me beyond that concept. Truth is probably, I just like traditional genres to stay separate. I might enjoy once adding up asian themes to the baseline fantasy, or once including aliens, or once including firearms. Otherwise I have my limits to the kitchen sink approach.And that has nothing to do with the current implementation of the Monk, which as far as I can tell is very good. It's only that when I want to play classic D&amp;D, I don't like asian themes, or sci-fi themes, or too modern techs. I prefer playing in a clear, full-asian setting (Rokugan is my favourite).There is also a component of historical accuracy, but it's minimal. It's more about overall &quot;look &amp; feel&quot;. When I play in a traditional fantasy setting, I want it to feel like our characters are adventuring in an alternate dark-ages/medieval Europe, perhaps in a Homer's epic or a Dante's book. Having someone doing kung fu chops just doesn't fit for my tastes.Thus in the most general terms, the Monk is and will always be for me a character for an Asian-themed fantasy setting.However, in practical terms, I think the mystic/monastic/withdrawn lifestyle and extreme training focused on self-control, inner strength, and spirituality is the most essential defining characteristic of a Monk, for my preferences. Not so much the unarmed fighting, in fact I think that I will always prefer them armed (with light weapons mostly). Supernatural abilities are OK for me, but subject to the general tone of low/high magic in a current campaign, so I'd rather have stock Monks with only few supernatural abilities, and let variants increase that (more or less what 5e is doing with Monk subclasses).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 6195738, member: 1465"] Me too have always seen the Monk basically like that, perhaps because that was the way the Monk was introduced to me the first time in D&D, as a "mysterious wise traveller from faraway lands". I am all in favour of WotC maintaining tradition as much as possible. That said, the Monk never grew much on me beyond that concept. Truth is probably, I just like traditional genres to stay separate. I might enjoy [I]once[/I] adding up asian themes to the baseline fantasy, or [I]once[/I] including aliens, or [I]once[/I] including firearms. Otherwise I have my limits to the kitchen sink approach. And that has nothing to do with the current implementation of the Monk, which as far as I can tell is very good. It's only that when I want to play classic D&D, I don't like asian themes, or sci-fi themes, or too modern techs. I prefer playing in a clear, full-asian setting (Rokugan is my favourite). There is also a component of historical accuracy, but it's minimal. It's more about overall "look & feel". When I play in a traditional fantasy setting, I want it to feel like our characters are adventuring in an alternate dark-ages/medieval Europe, perhaps in a Homer's epic or a Dante's book. Having someone doing kung fu chops just doesn't fit for my tastes. Thus in the most general terms, the Monk is and will always be for me a character for an Asian-themed fantasy setting. However, in practical terms, I think the mystic/monastic/withdrawn lifestyle and extreme training focused on self-control, inner strength, and spirituality is the most essential defining characteristic of a Monk, for my preferences. Not so much the unarmed fighting, in fact I think that I will always prefer them armed (with light weapons mostly). Supernatural abilities are OK for me, but subject to the general tone of low/high magic in a current campaign, so I'd rather have stock Monks with only few supernatural abilities, and let variants increase that (more or less what 5e is doing with Monk subclasses). [/QUOTE]

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