tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255299705122830812.post8093436754659101628..comments2024-03-29T09:18:29.382+09:00Comments on What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse...: Monk-y businessDennis Laffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03053699552003336733noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255299705122830812.post-6115752162326309422021-03-27T08:18:22.008+09:002021-03-27T08:18:22.008+09:00Thanks for the feedback, guys. My thought after re...Thanks for the feedback, guys. My thought after reading these responses is to just leave it alone, but part of me is also thinking a martial arts/wuxia subclass for the four basic classes (the Thief/Acrobat is already done that way) would allow for Flying Swordsman style PCs alongside normal D&D characters. And the Monk class could stay as it is.Dennis Laffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03053699552003336733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255299705122830812.post-66071749530773138722021-03-27T03:35:50.963+09:002021-03-27T03:35:50.963+09:00In my D&D house rules, I'm happy to leave ...In my <a href="https://1drv.ms/b/s!AhaNHhtrqdOVrVs63_qg36DqlS55?e=bNQPqt" rel="nofollow">D&D house rules</a>, I'm happy to leave the monk as a basic class, because it's the only class with 13+ ability score requirements (and I actually make 'em even stricter), so the monk stays pretty rare. (And when I'm playing a game of RC D&D, I want there to be six base classes, because "fighter, thief, monk, mage, cleric, druid" is just so very <i>Final Fantasy</i> and doubtless the direct inspiration behind "fighter, thief, black belt, black mage, white mage, red mage.")<br /><br />In my <a href="https://1drv.ms/b/s!AhaNHhtrqdOVrVfXV98zawuAsE50?e=VQoP8U" rel="nofollow">AD&D house rules</a>, meanwhile, I just treat monks as a sub-class cleric (which they're clearly stated to be in both <i>Blackmoor</i> and the 2e <i>Scarlet Brotherhood</i> sourcebook anyway). The only real effect this has on the game-rules is that the cleric/monk and druid/monk dual-class combinations become impossible, which makes perfect sense to me anyway. Monks turn inward for their spirituality and shouldn't be overly concerned with either deities or natural powers.John Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06522143715905888511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255299705122830812.post-23436885274233438452021-03-27T02:39:45.952+09:002021-03-27T02:39:45.952+09:00I'd say "no". Keep it as an advance...I'd say "no". Keep it as an advanced class and I say that as a person currently playing a monk.PatrickWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02083947433803227063noreply@blogger.com