Wednesday, 1st March 2017, 13:48 by sooheon
Thanks for the context chequers. It seems like the rationale was that monks had a lot of offensive xp to start with, and there was no reason for it all to be forced into UC. I can agree with that, but I disagree with the solution being to give them access to nearly any weapon class from the start. It just begs the question, how different is it *really* than just going Gl and picking up an early altar?
What if instead of working around the high offense oriented xp investment, we go the other way? Move that offense oriented weapon-specific xp toward defense and general offense, dodging, some armour, and fighting, and give them no starting weapon at all, or maybe just a dagger with few points. This mirrors the saved-up piety: it's essentially saved up xp for whatever weapon you choose to use, once you pick one up off the ground. Yes, until you find something you'll have to be skill-lessly smacking things, but with high enough dodge and fighting you should be able to hold off cockroaches and rats until you find a weapon, any weapon. Once you do, you have the xp to spare to pump it all into the weapon of your choice, because your defensive stats are already there.
Flavor wise, it fits the idea of a monk who has trained his body for health and discipline, but has not studied any particular weapon, for lack of a need. Imagine an ascetic stepping foot into the wrong cave, and being thrown into an adventure. Gameplay wise, it gives a truly different starting experience from Fi/Gl/Hu, in that it is truly up to you to find what you can on the dungeon floor and fight to survive.
The only thing balance wise we need to prevent is the case of characters just being so weak on D:1 that they die to everything. Of course there will be some unavoidable deaths, and the percentage may be greater than for Fi or IE, but as long as we give them enough fighting and dodging to compensate, it can allow for an interesting tradeoff.
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