Monk

Introduction

Monks are the zen masters of unarmed combat and control of their environment through mental discipline. A monk's combat strategy is to land multiple blows quickly rather than huge amounts of damage with each blow, disabling their opponents with Rage based special attacks. Their defense style is all about dodging and controlling their opponents rather than absorbing large amounts of damage. They can shift their aspects from stance to stance, giving them abilities from the monsters that their stances mimic.

Players can begin their first step into monkhood by talking to the Ironfist Recruiter in the Places_of_interest#University_of_Tanelorne

Monk Skills

Monk Weapon Skills

Unarmed Combat

Damage Type: Bludgeoning (with brass knuckles or fists), Slashing (with neko de) or Piercing (with katars)
Stat Dependent Damage Optimisation: 50% str / 50% dex
Special Rage Attacks: Sleeping Fist, Throat Strike, Quivering Palm

In general, unarmed weapons are very fast, and tend to inflict more critical hits. Also, when a character is totally 'unarmed' (i.e., equipped with only unarmed type armour and using either bare fists or an unarmed type weapon), having a higher unarmed combat skill will result in an improvement in your ability to both attack and defend.

Armour Monks cannot wear any light, medium or heavy armour pieces without a penalty to their defense, and some monk abilities cannot be used while equipping anything other than "unarmoured" equipment such as robes or gi. Wearing gloves count as unarmoured weapons or armour depending on the Item_Enchantments

Sanctity

Monks have one skill pertaining to the use of magic, Sanctity. This skill can be divided into two parts: Aspects and spells. Aspects are passive stances that act in the background to buff monks with different abilities when they melee. Some spells like seize or mirror images can be used immediately in combat, while utility spells require a few seconds of meditation before the effect kicks in. Taking damage while meditating will interrupt the spell and it's effects.

circle	spell name	runic incantation	description
0	reset aspect	Sanct Rel 0	Removes current aspect
1	sense	Sanct Wis	Endows x-ray vision
2	aspect of the hydra	Sanct Rel I	Imbues monk to channel lightning, casting Ort Grav with melee attacks.
2	heal	Sanct Mani	Heals 60% of the monk's max HP while meditating.
3	cleanse	SN	Curses poison, disease, & blindness
4	aspect of the drake	Sanct Rel II	Imbues monk to channel fire, casting Vas Flam with melee attacks.
4	teleport	Sanct Por	Transports monk a short distance away in the direction the monk is facing.
5	stoneform	Sanct Ylem	Transforms monk into an invulnerable statue while meditating and cures bleeding.
6	aspect of the yeti	Sanct Rel III	Imbues monk to channel cold, inflicting cold status and damage which slows down targets movements and attack.
6	levitate	SYU	Allows monk to float off the ground
7	sieze	Sanct Rel Xen	Hamstrings and snares target from a distance bringing it into melee range.
8	aspect of the snake	Sanct Rel IV	Imbues monk to channel poison ignoring protection against poison effects in PVP.
8	astral travel	Sanct Ort Por	Monk's spirit leaves his body so as to explore unseen
9	mirror images	Sanct Xen Quas	Creates 2 identical images that distract enemies
10	aspect of the turtle	Sanct Rel V	Increases mental and physical resistance, gaining +20 def and +120 MR
10	phase shift	Sanct Rel Ylem	Endows magical immunity and increased dodge ability (must be in UA armor)