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<blockquote data-quote="Minigiant" data-source="post: 5987964" data-attributes="member: 63508">To be the Fighter's Combat Superiority mechanic doesn't make sense on a monk. Because to me and many others, monks are not masters of unarmed combat, they are mystics whose mastery of mind and body can be translated into combat.It is much like how a fighter can be the stereotypical heavy armored swordsman but the class also match the no armor swashbuckling duelist and the leather clad deadeyed archer.The &quot;monk&quot; monk is supernatural and fits more that the unarmed robe guy.&nbsp; A monk could be an archer miko who can shoot upside down after a backflip or swordsman who catches an arrow with his hand and an offensive lighting bolt with the other hand or an old dwarf who can chug his ale and breath fire through his pipe. Less weaponmaster more Jedi.Personally I think 3E's Psionic focus mechanics works better for a monk. The monk enters a meditative state of discipline and gets a host of choosable abilities while in the trance. Flurry of blows, increased AC, soul weapons, increased spedd, 40' jumps, spider climb, stunning strikes, fire breath, what ever. Then the monk can expel their focus to quickly perform a special action.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Minigiant, post: 5987964, member: 63508"] To be the Fighter's Combat Superiority mechanic doesn't make sense on a monk. Because to me and many others, monks are not masters of unarmed combat, they are mystics whose mastery of mind and body can be translated into combat. It is much like how a fighter can be the stereotypical heavy armored swordsman but the class also match the no armor swashbuckling duelist and the leather clad deadeyed archer. The "monk" monk is supernatural and fits more that the unarmed robe guy. A monk could be an archer miko who can shoot upside down after a backflip or swordsman who catches an arrow with his hand and an offensive lighting bolt with the other hand or an old dwarf who can chug his ale and breath fire through his pipe. Less weaponmaster more Jedi. Personally I think 3E's Psionic focus mechanics works better for a monk. The monk enters a meditative state of discipline and gets a host of choosable abilities while in the trance. Flurry of blows, increased AC, soul weapons, increased spedd, 40' jumps, spider climb, stunning strikes, fire breath, what ever. Then the monk can expel their focus to quickly perform a special action. [/QUOTE]

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