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<blockquote data-quote="Crothian" data-source="post: 2011566" data-attributes="member: 232">Unorthodox Monk&nbsp; &nbsp; Unorthodox Monks is another book in The Le Games unorthodox series.&nbsp; They seem to be covering all the core classes with these books providing five alternative ones for each.&nbsp; The books provide only core classes, so anyone looking for a class book that has feats, spells, prestige classes etc. will need to look elsewhere.&nbsp; That is not what the unorthodox series does.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Unorthodox Monks is a PDF by The Le Games.&nbsp; The Le Games has put out quite a few PDFs so far.&nbsp; The PDF is a little under two megs when one downloads it as a zip file.&nbsp; Inside the zip are four files, a read me text and three version of the book.&nbsp; Of the books in the unorthodox series I’ve seen this one has the best book marks in it.&nbsp; The art though is still not that great.&nbsp; &nbsp; The Chaos Monk is the first alternate monk core class.&nbsp; As the name implies it is a monk that gets their ability through chaos and must be chaotic and not lawful.&nbsp; They are a much more combat oriented monk.&nbsp; They gain the ability to rage and to have their fists get enhanced my magical properties as they do.&nbsp; For instance they can strike as a magic weapon at fifth, use either frost, shocking or flaming at ninth, and holy or unholy at level fifteen.&nbsp; A lot of their abilities really depend on the rage.&nbsp; &nbsp; The Lasserator is like a monk except they focus more on weapons.&nbsp; They learn to block arrows, move fast, still gain unarmed attack damage though not as good, and learn to leap incredible distances if welding their weapon.&nbsp; The version of the monk is very much like the martial art movies were the masters do amazing and impossible tricks of wire work.&nbsp; It works well here.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Shadow Warrior is a non good monk with a knack for the shadows and shadow strikes.&nbsp; A shadow strike is like a sneak attack except that it deals double damage and can never be a ranged attack.&nbsp; They get some rogue like abilities like a version of trap finding; hide in plain sight, and a dimension door like ability.&nbsp; The class seems pretty solid if a little narrowly defined.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Snake Master gains abilities of a snake and some interesting snake named combat actions.&nbsp; They can drain abilities as they gain levels but never at an alarming rate.&nbsp; They can make their skin scale like for an AC bonus and acid resistance but it does cause a charisma negative.&nbsp; Their unarmed damage is not as good as a traditional monk, but they do get the fast movement and some AC bonus.&nbsp; It is another well focused core class.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Spiritual Defender is a monk that is devoted to seek out and destroy undead and other evil creatures.&nbsp; They gain abilities that allow them to ignore the damage reduction of all undead and eventually all evil creatures, see through the concealment and illusions, and other good defenses.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Some of these core classes are a little more narrowly defined for traditional core classes and might serve better as prestige classes.&nbsp; But that’s up to each individual DM to make that decision.&nbsp; I feel they work well and this is the strongest of the Unorthodox books I have seen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crothian, post: 2011566, member: 232"] Unorthodox Monk Unorthodox Monks is another book in The Le Games unorthodox series. They seem to be covering all the core classes with these books providing five alternative ones for each. The books provide only core classes, so anyone looking for a class book that has feats, spells, prestige classes etc. will need to look elsewhere. That is not what the unorthodox series does. Unorthodox Monks is a PDF by The Le Games. The Le Games has put out quite a few PDFs so far. The PDF is a little under two megs when one downloads it as a zip file. Inside the zip are four files, a read me text and three version of the book. Of the books in the unorthodox series I’ve seen this one has the best book marks in it. The art though is still not that great. The Chaos Monk is the first alternate monk core class. As the name implies it is a monk that gets their ability through chaos and must be chaotic and not lawful. They are a much more combat oriented monk. They gain the ability to rage and to have their fists get enhanced my magical properties as they do. For instance they can strike as a magic weapon at fifth, use either frost, shocking or flaming at ninth, and holy or unholy at level fifteen. A lot of their abilities really depend on the rage. The Lasserator is like a monk except they focus more on weapons. They learn to block arrows, move fast, still gain unarmed attack damage though not as good, and learn to leap incredible distances if welding their weapon. The version of the monk is very much like the martial art movies were the masters do amazing and impossible tricks of wire work. It works well here. The Shadow Warrior is a non good monk with a knack for the shadows and shadow strikes. A shadow strike is like a sneak attack except that it deals double damage and can never be a ranged attack. They get some rogue like abilities like a version of trap finding; hide in plain sight, and a dimension door like ability. The class seems pretty solid if a little narrowly defined. The Snake Master gains abilities of a snake and some interesting snake named combat actions. They can drain abilities as they gain levels but never at an alarming rate. They can make their skin scale like for an AC bonus and acid resistance but it does cause a charisma negative. Their unarmed damage is not as good as a traditional monk, but they do get the fast movement and some AC bonus. It is another well focused core class. The Spiritual Defender is a monk that is devoted to seek out and destroy undead and other evil creatures. They gain abilities that allow them to ignore the damage reduction of all undead and eventually all evil creatures, see through the concealment and illusions, and other good defenses. Some of these core classes are a little more narrowly defined for traditional core classes and might serve better as prestige classes. But that’s up to each individual DM to make that decision. I feel they work well and this is the strongest of the Unorthodox books I have seen. [/QUOTE]

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