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Beyond Monks ™

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: New Classes ....................................... 3

The Martial Artist ............................................... 4

Prestige Classes.............................................. 10

Armor Pugilist............................................... 10

Blade Artist................................................... 11

Blood Hunter ................................................ 13

Crooked Monk.............................................. 15

Ghost Killer................................................... 17

Ki Blaster...................................................... 19

Psynergist .................................................... 20

Storm Lord ................................................... 22

Sylvan Monk................................................. 23

Tanterist ....................................................... 25

Chapter 2: Martial Art Feats and Styles .............. 27

New Feats........................................................ 28

Style Mastery Feats ......................................... 39

Making Your Own ........................................ 39

Style Mastery Feat Benefits ......................... 39

Chapter 3: Building a Master............................... 43

Multiclass Archetypes...................................... 44

Beast Observer ............................................ 44

Mystic Warrior .............................................. 45

Ninja ............................................................. 46

Temple Guardian ......................................... 46

Weapon Master............................................ 47

Customizing the Monk ..................................... 49

Changing Class Abilities .............................. 49

Organizations ............................................... 49

Chapter 4: New Options...................................... 51

Cinematic Combat ........................................... 52

Improvising Weapons .................................. 55

Drinking and Fighting....................................... 57

The Effects of Drinking................................. 57

Drunken Boxing ........................................... 57

New Options for Skills ..................................... 58

New Uses for Existing Skills ........................ 58

Speeding Up Jump Checks ......................... 58

High Speed ...................................................... 59

Speed Special Effects.................................. 59

New Magic Items ............................................. 60

Appendix: NPC Martial Artists ........................ 63

Options Index................................................... 64

When I was a child, I watched a lot of old kung

fu movies of the wuxia genre. Until the age of 7 or

8, (okay, 25) I actually believed that if your kung fu

was good enough, you could easily fly through the

air.

Wuxia can be thought of as the genre of

Chinese swords and sorcery fantasy.

Beyond Monks ™ isn’t necessarily about

wuxia; it’s simply a martial arts sourcebook for the

d20 system. It’s a box of tools that you can use to

bring the martial arts to life in your campaign, as

YOU see fit. Like any toolbox, you use what you

need, and ignore the rest.

This is a “rules-heavy book” that isn’t designed

to tell you what kind of campaign to run. It

includes no campaign settings or adventures.

Most likely, you have your own stories to tell

anyway, and just need some tools to help with the

telling.

So, Beyond Monks ™ is only about wuxia

and/or Asian campaign settings if you want it to be.

It fits in equally well with a traditional fantasy

campaign setting with magic, monks, dragons, and

knights.

Having said that, I’ll admit that those wire-work

ninja and Shao-lin monks I watched every Sunday,

and still watch, were the inspiration for this book.

Chow Yun-Fat, Jackie Chan and Jet Li movies are

beginning to fill my DVD cabinet, and I dream that

my kung fu is good enough to help me fly.

PS : Special thanks to my wife Heather for

making this book a possibility. As you know, I

don’t own the company as much as it owns me.

I would like to claim responsibility for any

mistakes in the book, while giving full credit for the

really great parts to the playtesters who served as

my design editors/sounding boards/guinea pigs for

this project. I didn’t always give in to your point of

view, but I always listened.

James “Gargoyle” Garr

james@chainmailbikini.com

Game Designer

Chainmail Bikini Games, Ltd.

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Additional Design By

Bryon Dahlgren

Design and Copy Editor

Heather J. Garr

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Cover Art: “Uneasy Prey”

Monte Moore

Interior Art

David Zenz

Special Thanks to:

Kevin Kulp, Brad Shea, and Raymond Taylor

This product is published under both the Open

Gaming License (OGL) and the D20 system

license. More information about the D20 system

license can be found at:

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A copy of the OGL can be found on the last

page of this book.

“Open Content” is material that is solely rules

related, and can be redistributed as long as you

follow the conditions of the Open Gaming License.

2002 by Chainmail Bikini Games, Ltd. and may not

be duplicated without written permission.

In House Playtesting

Shawn Craig, Heather Garr, Andrew Greer, Randy

Link, Mark Mullaney, Adam Sessanna, Brad Shea

External Playtesting Groups

KC Knights : Steve Fahring, Russ Root, Shane

Sandau, Cheryl Taylor, Raymond Taylor

Terms derived from the d20 System Reference

Document are all Open Content.

Design Notes at the beginning of each chapter

are Product Identity.

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found at the beginning of every chapter. If you

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other questions about Beyond Monks™, please

Misguided Heroes : William Adley, William Buckley,

Brian “Toby” Carroll, Tim Elkins, Kenneth Mills, Bill

“Uklore” Schwartz

Nobody’s Friends : Bryon Dahlgren, Jeff Dahlgren,

Linda Dahlgren, Tjelvar Lofgren, Brian Smith

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Beyond Monks – The Art of the Fight

Chapter 1: New Classes

Bracing his mind against enchantments, the

armored warrior charged the unarmed robed figure.

It was with surprise that he found himself sprawled

on the ground, his weapon taken by the thin man.

“At least it wasn’t a fireball,” he thought as he

regained his feet warily.

is a specialized warrior class designed to stand by

the barbarian, paladin, and ranger as a “fighter

substitute”.

On paper, the martial artist may look too

powerful when compared to the fighter. The class

has more skill points, better saving throws, more

mobility, great unarmed damage, etc. In

playtesting, we found that in most combats, the

fighter still rules. Don’t underestimate the value of

strong armor, big weapons, Weapon Specialization,

and a pile of bonus feats. The martial artist may be

able to fill in for the fighter, but won’t replace him.

The prestige classes are designed for use with

the monk, fighter, or other core classes, though all

of them can be used with the martial artist. Some

of them have new feats as class requirements, or

use a new feat or two in some way, but for the most

part they don’t require anything other than the core

rules. We aimed for variety, while making all of

them associated with the martial arts in some way.

Open Content

Design Notes

In this chapter, you’ll find a new core class, the

martial artist, and several new prestige classes, and

a table with the martial artist’s bonus feat list, which

includes all the new general, fighter, and ki feats

listed in chapter 2.

So why add a new core class? The monk is

very defensive, while the fighter is more offensive,

and multiclassing fighter/monks can approximate a

martial artist. Multiclassing in the d20 system

makes adding new core classes unnecessary most

of the time. However, the monk is designed to be

single-classed, while the martial artist is designed to

multiclass friendly. The monk is very static, while

the martial artist is one of the most customizable

classes in the game. The monk is very spiritual

while the martial artist focuses purely on combat.

The martial artist fills the niche of the non-spiritual

unarmed specialist while leaving plenty of room for

the tank-like fighter, and the more spiritual monk. It

The text descriptions of the prestige classes are

Product Identity. The contents detailing the martial

artist class, the game statistics and names of the

prestige classes, and the Combat Awareness feat

on page 21 are all Open Content.

Beyond Monks – The Art of the Fight

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