Quote from: Shrieking Banshee on October 22, 2021, 09:12:18 AM

Quote from: Jam The MF on October 21, 2021, 09:00:47 PMFighters & Thieves, the RPG.

Fighter is too much a generic term. Thug is better.

Thugs & Thieves - The RPG
Features:

• In-depth intimidation rules, with a called shots table for limbs you threaten to break
• Elaborate mechanics for avoiding the law.
• Or play AS the law, collect treasure to level up by entering the lairs of tax dodgers and then throwing them in dungeons

With forward by former WWF legend Irwin R. Shiester.

Quote from: Shrieking Banshee on October 22, 2021, 09:12:18 AM

Quote from: Jam The MF on October 21, 2021, 09:00:47 PMFighters & Thieves, the RPG.

Fighter is too much a generic term. Thug is better.

Thugs & Thieves - The RPG
Features:

• In-depth intimidation rules, with a called shots table for limbs you threaten to break
• Elaborate mechanics for avoiding the law.
• Or play AS the law, collect treasure to level up by entering the lairs of tax dodgers and then throwing them in dungeons

Kickstarter when?

QuoteI've always disliked the "Monk" class, both from a mechanics perspective and from a flavor perspective. Most of D&D fits a fairly generic setting grounded in European myth and Sword & Sorcery stories, and then out of the blue we get ... Hong Kong Kung Fu inspired characters?

And that's per se - very good thing. As D&D is not Authentic Medieval Experience but instead pulpy mix of kitchen-sinking and always been.
And just like in father of pulpy sword and sorcery Conan - exotic bullshit is expected only bit less then Eurocentric bullshit. And that's fine.

Quote"Adept" is a better (maybe not great) name for the class since you can fit a bunch of stuff in it that has nothing to do with a monastery.  One of the subclasses is still a life force charged "warrior monk" along with the toughness focused Brawler and the raw physical Exalted Athlete.

In wider context. In context of D&D being its own thing and terminology it's unecessary virtue signalling. And they did it only due to Asian origin of monk, other classes with different cultural root but European like druids, bards or paladins, they do not care. And justly so - because after 50 years D&D druid and paladin are their own thing.

QuoteI believe I covered Clerics in the post you quoted.

I'm a devout Catholic, but damn that was funny.

Fighter is too much a generic term. Thug is better.

QuoteThugs & Thieves - The RPG
Features:
In-depth intimidation rules, with a called shots table for limbs you threaten to break
Elaborate mechanics for avoiding the law.
Or play AS the law, collect treasure to level up by entering the lairs of tax dodgers and then throwing them in dungeons

Thugs is also historically wrong term - it's new in English based on suposed sect of Hindu outlaw Kali worshippers. So find better word.

I'd say just Thieves is fine.