Modified Mystic/Monk
by Michael Wallace, modified Mystic and Monk from Dragon Magazine 09/1981
- Prime Requisite: Strength and Dexterity. Other Requirements: Wisdom 9, or better.
- Experience Bonus: 5% for Strength or Dexterity 16-18; 10% for Strength and Dexterity 16-18.
- Hit Dice: 1d6 per level up to 9th level. Starting with 10th level, +2/level after 9 with no CON adjustments.
- Maximum Level: 21.
- Armour: None; shield not permitted.
- Weapons: Any.
- Special Abilities: At 1st level -- Armour Class bonuses, increased Movement, Find Traps, Climb Walls, Move Silently, Hear Noise, Martial Arts and Mystical Abilities.
All abilities and changes not noted here are no longer possessed by monks/mystics. In all other situations, use common sense and the Rules Cyclopaedia.
- Combat Chart: Thief.
- Saving Throws: Fighter.
- Find Traps, Climb Walls, Move Silently, and Hear Noise: These work exactly as the Thief abilities with the same name.
- Armour Class Bonuses: The Armour Class of monks improve with experience.
- Movement: Monks move faster than normal humans, this rate improves with experience.
- Martial Arts: Monks are the masters of unarmed combat. They receive multiple attacks when unarmed and bonuses to damage done with their hands and feet.
- Mystical Abilities: These work exactly the same as those listed in the Rules Cyclopaedia.
Level
XP
Attack
RankFT
CW
MS
HN
Move
AC
Unarmed
AttacksDamage
Ability
1
0
10
60
20
30
120
6
1
1d6
2
2,000
10
61
25
30
125
5
1
1d6
Awareness
3
4,000
15
62
30
35
130
4
1
1d6
4
8,000
15
63
35
35
135
3
1
1d6
5
16,000
20
64
40
40
140
3
1
2d6
Heal Self
6
32,000
20
65
44
40
145
2
2
2d6
7
64,000
25
66
48
45
150
2
2
2d6
8
120,000
25
67
52
45
155
1
2
2d6
Speak Animal
9
240,000
30
68
55
50
160
1
2
3d6
10
360,000
30
69
58
50
165
0
2
3d6
11
480,000
35
70
61
54
170
0
3
3d6
Resistance
12
600,000
35
71
64
54
175
-1
3
3d6
13
720,000
40
72
66
58
180
-1
3
4d6
14
840,000
40
73
68
58
185
-2
3
4d6
Speak Anyone
15
960,000
45
74
70
62
190
-2
3
4d6
16
1,080,000
45
75
72
62
195
-3
4
4d6
17
1,200,000
50
76
73
66
200
-3
4
5d6
Mind Block
18
1,320,000
50
77
74
66
205
-4
4
5d6
19
1,440,000
55
78
75
70
210
-4
4
5d6
20
1,560,000
55
79
76
70
215
-5
4
5d6
Gentle Touch
21
1,680,000
60
80
77
74
220
-5
5
6d6
1,920,000
H
2,160,000
I
2,400,000
J
2,640,000
K
2,880,000
L
3,120,000
M