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Class Review: Monk
NWN Definition: “The key feature of the monk is her ability to fight unarmed and unarmored. Thanks to her rigorous training, she can strike as hard as if she were armed and strike faster than a warrior with a sword. Though a monk casts no spells, she has a magic of her own. She channels a subtle energy, called ki, which allows her to perform amazing feats. The monk's best-known feat is her ability to stun an opponent with an unarmed blow. A monk also has a preternatural awareness that allows her to dodge an attack even if she is not consciously aware of it. As a monk gains experience and power, her mundane and ki-oriented abilities grow, giving her more and more power over herself and, sometimes, over others.”
FRwiki Definition: “Monks are psionicists, proficient in focusing their bodies through the mystical energy known as psionics or ki in order to defend themselves while unarmed or to strike their foes with deadly power. Due to their special training monks are, in fact, as capable in combat as fully armed warriors typically are, striking with as much lethality as many fighters, rangers, or rogues. Additionally, most monks are capable of affecting their enemies in other ways.”
http://www.sundren.org/wiki/index.php?title=Monk
http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Monk
MY VIEW
Monks follow an order (and yes you should have to chose one), either religious or no, that dictates how they have to behave. This is another class where even if you multiclass you are still a monk, there are multiclass restrictions set for the monk orders for a reason.
Taking one level of monk for the AC bonus is lame, especially for a druid.
Really my gripes have to do with the multi-classes I see with monks, and the fact that I have only seen one person playing a monk that actually claimed to belong, or to have belonged to an order, which is the most important aspect of the monk class.
I’ve decided to risk creating a firestorm by doing a short review like this on all the base and PrC classes available on Sundren and ask for the communities input on anything related to that class such as RP tactics, personal views, lore tidbits, and character build strategies.
Keep it clean, thanks
NWN Definition: “The key feature of the monk is her ability to fight unarmed and unarmored. Thanks to her rigorous training, she can strike as hard as if she were armed and strike faster than a warrior with a sword. Though a monk casts no spells, she has a magic of her own. She channels a subtle energy, called ki, which allows her to perform amazing feats. The monk's best-known feat is her ability to stun an opponent with an unarmed blow. A monk also has a preternatural awareness that allows her to dodge an attack even if she is not consciously aware of it. As a monk gains experience and power, her mundane and ki-oriented abilities grow, giving her more and more power over herself and, sometimes, over others.”
FRwiki Definition: “Monks are psionicists, proficient in focusing their bodies through the mystical energy known as psionics or ki in order to defend themselves while unarmed or to strike their foes with deadly power. Due to their special training monks are, in fact, as capable in combat as fully armed warriors typically are, striking with as much lethality as many fighters, rangers, or rogues. Additionally, most monks are capable of affecting their enemies in other ways.”
http://www.sundren.org/wiki/index.php?title=Monk
http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Monk
MY VIEW
Monks follow an order (and yes you should have to chose one), either religious or no, that dictates how they have to behave. This is another class where even if you multiclass you are still a monk, there are multiclass restrictions set for the monk orders for a reason.
Taking one level of monk for the AC bonus is lame, especially for a druid.
Really my gripes have to do with the multi-classes I see with monks, and the fact that I have only seen one person playing a monk that actually claimed to belong, or to have belonged to an order, which is the most important aspect of the monk class.
I’ve decided to risk creating a firestorm by doing a short review like this on all the base and PrC classes available on Sundren and ask for the communities input on anything related to that class such as RP tactics, personal views, lore tidbits, and character build strategies.
Keep it clean, thanks
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