Classes :: Monk Monks are extremely deadly fighters specializing in unarmed combat. As The Forest's Edge is not set in an Asian-type setting monks are not necessarily analogous to 'traditional' monks, but instead represent experts at individual, unarmed combat. Included in their plethora of physical abilities are the skills of tiger paw, dragon strike, and critical hit, which multiply the damage done on a strike. Higher level monks attain the abilities of death strike, and demon slash. Unable to use metal armors, monks rely upon leather and natural armors and defensive skills such as dodge, parry, and shadow dance to provide them with protection. While very weak at lower levels, monks are indispensible to any group seeking to battle any powerful foe, because their ability to inflict massive damage is required for victorious combat. Monk weaponry ('unarmed' weapons) comes in two basic types: sets and one- handed. Sets are simply a pair of one-handed weapons, and offhand attacks count toward a monk's total attacks when using a two-handed 'unarmed' weapon. Most one-handed weapons can be held in either hand. For a monk to get full attacks, the monk cannot be holding items other than weapons in his or her hands. It is worth mentioning that while holding nothing at all, monks are still able to take advantage of their training and use their combat skills quite effectively. For a listing of the skills available to Monks, please see the help file on Abilities. Skill/Spell Level Pracs Prerequistes bandage 1 2 climb 1 2 cooking 1 3 dagger 1 2 dodge 1 2 dwarvish 1 2 elvish 1 2 entish 1 3 fishing 1 3 gnomish 1 2 goblish 1 2 humanic 1 2 kick 1 2 unarmed [3] leatherworking 1 3 metallurgy 1 3 ogrish 1 2 orcish 1 2 punch 1 2 unarmed [3] ryoushi 1 5 searching 1 6 slisp 1 3 staff 1 2 swimming 1 2 thennish 1 2 trollish 1 2 unarmed 1 2 vyanian 1 2 whip 1 4 woodworking 1 3 meditate 5 4 tiger paw 5 4 punch [7] kick [7] bash 7 3 punch [5] parry 10 5 dodge [7] second attack 10 5 punch [7] kick [7] appraise 13 4 riding 13 4 critical hit 15 6 punch [7] kick [7] locust kick 20 6 tiger paw [7] rescue 20 7 parry [7] shadow dance 23 7 meditate [7] parry [7] third attack 25 7 second attack [10] parry [7] trance 25 6 meditate [7] bear grasp 27 7 locust kick [7] disarm 30 6 parry [7] mantra 30 6 trance [5] blind fighting 33 7 trance [7] focus 37 8 blind fighting [7] off-hand attack 40 8 third attack [10] stun 40 8 critical hit [10] bear grasp [10] spin kick 45 10 locust kick [7] tiger paw [10] guard 47 10 rescue [7] disarm [7] eagle claw 50 12 stun [7] fourth attack 55 12 third attack [10] guard [7] transfer energy 60 10 mantra [5] trance [10] dragon strike 65 15 eagle claw [10] spin kick [7] off-hand parry 65 10 parry [10] off-hand attack [7] demon slash 70 20 dragon strike [7] second off-hand attack 75 15 off-hand attack [7] death strike 80 25 demon slash [10] stun [10]