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Why We Are Switching the Shadow World to Xpress?
Fantasy games are full of medieval and pseudo-medieval imagery from the clash of chivalrous knights on horseback to the wily thieves making their way through cobbled streets, risking their necks to thieve a coin or two or a loaf of bread. The fantasy world is one of fields, villages, Robin Hood, King Arthur, Dragons and renaissance fair costume and pomp.
Quite where ninjas fit into that I am not sure.
When I think of Monks and of your usual fantasy fare I do not think of the 36 chambers of Shaolin, I think of Friar Tuck, I think of the chanting Monks from Monty Python & The Holy Grail. These are the images that come to mind, not a Jackie Chan time travel comedy.
This is not to say that martial arts aren?t cool or appealing, which is likely the reason that the kung fu Monk was chosen for the fantasy games, but the Monks that I remember could be pretty cool too. Friar Tuck was handy with a quarterstaff and a brewing kit after all; add some magic and clerical powers into that and you?re on to a winner.
The existing Cleric class is good, but it is something of a hybrid class and not entirely devoted to the scholarship of divine magic in the way that a Wizard concentrates on arcane magic. The Cleric can look after themselves in a fight, can wear armour and can cast a reasonable amount of magic but there is definitely room for tighter and more focussed divine caster, more limited in other ways. If the Cleric matches the Sorcerer somewhat in terms of versatility then the Monk found here matches the Wizard, a more scholarly and knowledgeable approach.
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Everybody might like Magical Trevor, but they don’t all like magical Assassins.
For those who prefer their killers to be less magical and more knowledgable, those who understand that even people who are ‘good’ will kill for the greater good or whatever cause they tie their flag to, for those believe that skill is more important than magical gifts, this is for you.
*This prestige class does not include prerequisites. This is left down to the individual GM.
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There’s a specific type of technology-orientated character that isn’t well served by the other Advanced Classes. Less formally trained than the Engineer, less focused on robots than the Techie, less downright weird than the Technosavant, this character is like Larry Niven’s “Belters”, Ben Bova’s “Vacuum Breathers” or the cosmonaut from the movie ” Armageddon” that heroes met on board Mir. While not being combat oriented, these characters can still handle themselves in a fight. However their primary skills are the ability to survive and thrive in a sealed environmental like a spacecraft or space station and being able to fix just about anything by hitting it in the right place.
The Space Monkey AdC in d20 Future is not this class. It’s too combat-focused and the humorous names for the abilities don’t work (at least not for me). The Engineer, Techie and Technosavant are all perfectly good classes, but they don’t quite fit the image of the greasy spanner monkey who practically lives in his space suit.
ACTUAL Spacemonkey does.
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The standard D20 Paladin is a warrior-priest wholly committed to the cause of Good, Law and Honour. But what about all those warriors wholly committed to other causes like Chaos, Balance, or a Nation? Thinking of historical parallels, there aren’t really any for the Paladin as written. The Warrior-priests of the Crusades and the Templars would be the closest, but that’s a very narrow focus for a class.
This revised class is an attempt to expand the range of paladins beyond that of followers of Law and Good. Although these can be laudable ideals, there is no reason why characters cannot be equally committed to other ideals.
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