Talents or traits can impact this ability in positive ways. Some of these abilities require a minimum number of Wounds present in order to activate. Wounds are the resource that powers many of the monk’s abilities. As monks take damage, they build up their Wound resource. Monks can convert incoming damage into Wounds. There are other groups that also practice mortification of the flesh, but they are not 'fighting' monks. Some choose to pursue this in dedicated service, some become mercenaries or assassins, and others devote their lives to dangerous wandering and exploration. They all tend to believe, like their founder, that combat is the ideal path for pursuing their particular brand of mortification of the flesh. Some are more secluded, some are mendicant travelers, some are mercenaries. He advocated fighting with bare fists and without armor to emphasize a fighting monk's personal suffering.īecause the founder of these disciplines was old when he began teaching and died only a few decades later, there are now many different monastic orders. He believed that mortification of the flesh not only made warriors more powerful, but that it strengthened the souls of its practitioners, making it more likely that their souls would remain intact when they died, rather than fragment. When he left the service of his lord, he devoted his time to developing these techniques and teaching them to other warriors. He discovered a method of mentally focusing on his pain to invoke power from his soul. He was an old warrior who had knocked on death's door many times and had endured numerous periods of captivity and torture. Even mercenaries and other adventurers aren't sure what to make of them.Ĭenturies ago, one man founded the fighting monastic disciplines.

Common folk respect the incredible discipline of monks but see them as an odd, unpredictable bunch who may not be entirely sane. While many monastic orders can trace their teachings to the Enduring Founder, Tletac, individual orders vary greatly in their focus, morality, and ethics. Monks belong to a variety of fighting orders that have sprung up in Ixamitl and the Eastern Reach over the past few centuries. Most monk Abilities are powered by Wounds, but some simply have Per Encounter or Per Rest use. They have an array of effects to bolster the effect of their melee attacks, protect the monk from afflictions, or turn the tables on attackers. Monks are resilient fighters, capable of ignoring damage or even channeling their damage into powering their abilities. Monks are one of the playable classes in Pillars of Eternity and Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire.

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