Class Concepts: The Monk

This concept is purely for use as a guide to the capabilities and powers of what I consider the important class types, as well as what type they are and what equipment I see them using.

Monk

*Type: agility, speed, strength

*Special: Three paths, Thirty-two aspects; Body (16), Mind (8), Spirit (8)

-Body; Head, Torso, Arms and Legs

-Mind; Psychic, Telekinesis, Sensory Enhancement, Telepathy

-Spirit;  Spiritual Defence, Offense, Linking and Projection

Emotional Defence, Offense, Control and Projection

*Armament; Weights, Robes/Light armour, Body weapons, Augmentations

The Monks of the Living Citadel follow the teaching that in order to attain spiritual peace a being must first achieve mental and physical unity, and they aim for that because they believe that with spiritual peace they can become the perfect instrument of their fate. The Monks who achieve spiritual peace are called Morkai, and are recognisable by their physical, mental and spiritual augmentations they receive at the completion of an aspect of their training. There are 32 aspects belonging to three categories; body, mind and spirit.

Body (16)

Head: Eyes, nose, mouth, ears,

Torso: chest, spine, lungs, abdomen

Arms: Fingers, hands, elbows, shoulders

Legs: Waist, knees, feet, toes

Mind (8)

Psychic defence

Psychic offense

Scrying

Telekinesis

Levitation

Perception enhancement

Body enhancement

Telepathy

Spirit (8)

Spiritual defence

Spiritual offense

Spiritual linking

Spiritual projection

Emotional defence

Emotional offense

Emotion control

Emotion projection

Total: 32 aspects

Author's Note

A less used and for the most part more generalised character type, the monk to me is an under-utilised and under-appreciated class.
To my understanding of them, the biggest problem for a writer is how best to define a monk class character type within the limits of the world and story they are writing for. When they are used, they are often restrained not so much in capabilities, as are the other standard classes are, but in personality. Writers feel that in order for a monk to be a monk, they must display an appropriate level of what I've termed 'monk-itude'
Cheesy, I know.
Basically, they're usually flat characters with not much to offer in the way of novelistic interaction.
So here I've attempted to set out some limits for the capabilities of the monk class that will ASSIST with defining their own character and personality, at the same time as preserving the diverse nature of their abilities.
The form of the spells and skills is entirely in the hands of any writer who takes some inspiration from my models.