Requirements: Can not be eligible to be
a Monk, WIS or INT less than 10
Prime Requisite: CON
Hit Dice: d5
Maximum Level: 8
For Mad Mox, he who journeyed
through the depths of Hell just to serve again a murderous and
demented clown. Fuck yeah!
It is said by the sages that “clerics”
are a martial lot that look outwardly for divine power and that a
sub-class of those are “monks” who look inwardly for the same.
But what is known only by men of science and the gentlest of birth is
that that sub-class has its own sub-class of practitioners that look
“nowhere and everywhere” for the source of power: the confused
and puerile way of the Chaos Monk.
Chaos Monks may use no armor and often
will eschew the wearing of shirts, doublets and other clothing that
obscure their abs. The sheer force of will involved in the suspension
of disbelief in following this path does however allow them to add a
DEX bonus and a further AC bonus of +1 for each 2 levels of
advancement.
Further they are restricted to a select
(and somewhat lameish) range of weapons typically used by their more lawful and
competent brethren or ninja-loving tweens of the early 80s: bo and
jo sticks, nun-chucks (sic), clubs, man catchers, bowie knives, and
throwing stars.
| Chaos Monk Level Progression | ||
| Experience | Level | Hit Dice (1d5) |
| 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1,251 | 2 | 2 |
| 2,501 | 3 | 3 |
| 5,001 | 4 | 4 |
| 10,001 | 5 | 5 |
| 20,001 | 6 | 6 |
| 40,001 | 7 | 7 |
| 80,001 | 8 | 8 |
Chaos Monks are rarely surprised (a 1
on a d8) and then only if spoken to by a member of the opposite
gender.
Due to the improbable nature of their
powers, Chaos Monks are limited to only 8 levels of advancement.
Further after the 5th level they may only advance by “kicking the
asses” of an equal number of lower-level Chaos Monks to the level
of advancement. (Low-level Chaos Monks as a consequent rule of thumb
tend to avoid their higher-level equivalents like a bad case of
scabies.)
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| Fucking Anarchy and Shit |
Reaching 2nd level: a Chaos Monk may
attempt a “kung-fu kick” in combat, a d5 attack that adds a +1
for each level attained.
Reaching 3rd level: Chaos Monks gain
the ability to Speak with Fungi.
Reaching 4th level: At 4th level, Chaos
Monks can Flip over the back of their opponent while making a
high-pitched scream.
Reaching 6th level: Chaos Monks gain
the ability to cast Confusion once a day on not just themselves but
others.
Reaching 8th level: Chaos Monks can use
the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique. It is unclear whether
this has any real mechanical effect however.
Inexplicably they can be of any alignment.
Inexplicably they can be of any alignment.
The young neophyte Napoleon Dynamite had discovered in himself the first vestiges of self-delusion toward the path of the Chaos Monk, but first had to fall afoul of the false teachings of Rex Kwon Do before he could truly rule with his awesome moves.
ReplyDeleteThat is freakin' awesome!
ReplyDeleteOne more ability I would add: when under the influence of a Confusion spell (including their own) they will attack random targets within range at +1.
Crank 2 : High Voltage...
ReplyDeleteDude they should totally be able to use those things that look like a metal-mesh basket on a chain that you throw over someone's head, and when you pull the chain blades pop out and tear their head off. That would be so totally badass!
ReplyDeleteAlso, totally any non-standard weapons in this book:
http://books.google.com/books?id=SBENHIwJshMC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
Though sadly the preview omits some of the cooler weapons which look like hands on the end of a stick:
* The claw hand on a stick.
* The sign of the horns hand on a stick.
* The sign of one pinkey horn hand on a stick (presumably for use on cyclopses).
Maybe every level the Chaos Monk gets to INVENT an awesome weapon and assign it a narly critical hit special?
DeleteThose class requirements just got me to realize that these guys are the flip side of Steve Marsh's "clerical philosophers," designed to die like flies but to make for some interesting times. The philosophers think they're too smart to be mere clerics. Chaos Monks only *think* they know kung-fu.
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