Monk

Monks are a very special class, with a variety of advantages and disadvantages.

Disadvantages

• Monks lose experience if they flee unsuccessfully from a mob that is lower level than they are.
• Monks have very limited access to armor and weapons, and do not get as many hit points as a warrior.
• Monks cannot bash.

Advantages

• A monk's kick does his level in damage, while other PCs kicks only do half level.
• Monks are immune to hold (paralysis) at level 11, resistant to charm at level 19, immune to poison at level 23, and immune to charm at level 37.
• Monks regenerate move at twice the rate of most other classes.
• Monk armor class drops 5 points per level to, at best, -50 (not counting dexterity, etc.)
• Monks have double dex bonuses to Armor Class.
• Monks have access to some thief skills.
• Unarmed monks get 1 + (level/16) attacks each round; a fraction of an attack counts as a whole one (a level 8 monk, with 1.5, strikes twice). A monk wielding a weapon gets one attack.
• Monks get improved bare handed damage:

For a list of skills known, use 'study k'.

See also: STUDY, PRACTICE, SKILLS