How do you do a non-chinky monk? All I can think of is a Hercules like wrestler or a street thug-like brawler

How do you do a non-chinky monk? All I can think of is a Hercules like wrestler or a street thug-like brawler.

A savater from not fantasy france

use current high level martial artists for reference

What is a monk? A creature that draws strength from mental clarity and physical training, striving for some kind of perfection which can take many forms.

Whether it be the mastery over their own body, their spirituality, their knowledge, their understanding of reality or perhaps they are simply driven to complete a certain goal with all their will bent upon it.

Purpose user. It drives us.

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Who's your favorite street fighter character

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At low levels, a cowboy.

>Fantasy Setting.
Lots of people have reasons to fight, but for a Monk you're looking at exotic weapons or open-handed methods; this means you've got a lack of access to viable weapons and armor. King has lots of gun/sword/spear control laws and confiscates weapons on sight? Your NPC with PC levels monk population is going to rise pretty fast.

In a Hellenic setting, Hercules works out fine, or any other legendary warrior for the most part could benefit if they're not using armor much. Gladiators likewise, especially the ones that go bare to show off and be audacious.

Warrior/Assassins for Arabian Nights type settings. The elite of a given Siik or secretive order of some unknown purpose.

Innuit aescetic who learns from the bears and wolves that wander the arctic wilderness, wrestling and battering those that haven't realized that the humans have learned, emulated, and improved to a preternatural level of predatory potential. If you can make it worth their while, they may seek your prey for you with the same skills. They eschew armor in favor of warmer clothes.

You can basically switch out the climate, society, and animals and get this in equatorial zone rip-offs as well; too hot for armor, hell with that, just pay attention, avoid claws, grab tails and punch lions/gators.

In higher fantasy settings, they're practitioners of ancient arts, passed along generations, divine patterns of motion meant not simply to cultivate a philosophy, but to endow over time a mimicry of divinity itself.

They are sought out carefully for their relations, little bits of divine blood from the days when angels and demons walked the world.

They're one of the strangest demolition crews you've ever come across; the art of breaking and disassembly without any tools to reduce costs of equipment in favor of long-standing traditions and dual-service; no need to worry about people being upset with your comissions if the demolition crew can demolish opposition too.

Luchadores really never get old if you commit them to a single cause or idea.

Firey, up front, and willing to sacrifice practicality for style: best way to martial really

I treat monk as a different sort of knight, typically. Theres a lot of flavour overlap.