Monks of Crom

Monks Guild

The monks of Crom is a guild built around punches and kicks. These punches and especially kicks are said to cause some of the highest damage in the game. Monks don't have any sub-guild, and no guild levels. You can however train five basic skills, at a cost. One or two new monk skill (usually a punch or kick) will be gained for each new level. The various attacks can be stringed together in a combo.

Monks companion is an eagle, which at level 15 in addition to carry stuff for you, can fight beside you. Monks also got some other special tricks up their sleeve, among them the ability to stun their enemy, make them loose their guard, or pray to Crom together for a even higher combat effectiveness. Back in the monastery monks can heal, meditate and take shower. (See monastery page for description of these goods).

The true monk fights on the good side, and will loose some of their abilities if their alignment swagger over to the evil side. Monk titles are a bit of a special case..

If you wonder what to raise, or what the "stay in battle" vs. "power" raising philosophies are, visit the Monks stat guide.

Monks' order was created in the early days of the Realms by a man called Zothen, a devoted worshipper of Crom. A set of concentration-improving techniques, combined with some body exercises, was during centuries developed by guild masters into a dangerous martial art. Monks became known as fighters and from Zothen's spiritual heritage only basic principles were saved: devotion to Crom and the True Path, forbidding the monks to be nasty or worse. Monks are primarily experts for unarmed combat. When using their martial arts, concentrating costs them some mental power. The most important stat for monks is dexterity. In addition, they can improve their combat efficiency by training certain special guild skills. Skill raising costs a lot of money, but is optional. Various practical skills are taught in the monastery too. Higher level monks are able to master a kind of priest-like spells.

Commands

Command	Description
monk	Use the guild channel.
monke	Emote to the guild channel.
monkl	Guild channel log.
monks	Shows all monks online.
monktitles	A list of War Monk guild titles up to level 30.
monkratings	Shows a listing of your skills and training.
monkstatus	Current statues of important guild traits.
monks standings	Shows information of power rating among all monks online including Conan and Yuzo npcs.
monkskills	Shows your current trained skill levels in concentration, leg-power, eagle, combo, and parry.
monkset	Sets different features of monk output.
monknotifyl	Log of notify channel (see monkset).
monkreport	Leave a report on a guild typo/bug/idea.
transfer	Takes you to Square of Trades from the board room, and back again.
glassbreaker	Shatter empty bottles with a battle cry.
scroll	Pull a scroll from your monk belt to show a future War Monk where the guild is located.
betray	Leave the War Monks.

Guild Belts

Guild Belts

The monks are given a belt when they enter the guild.

Level	Belt
1-4	white
5	yellow
6	green
7	blue
8	brown
9	red
10	black
11	1st degree black belt
12	2nd degree black belt
13	3rd degree black belt
14	4th degree black belt
15	5th degree black belt
16	6th degree black belt
17	7th degree black belt
18	8th degree black belt
19	9th degree black belt
20	10th degree black belt
21-25	crimson black belt

Titles

Monk Titles

LVL	Male Title	Female Title
1	War Monks' Monastery Gardener	War Monks' Monastery Gardener
2	War Monk Order Novice	War Monk Order Novice
3	War Monk Order Initiate	War Monk Order Initiate
4	Holder of the white belt	Holder of the white belt
5	Holder of the yellow belt	Holder of the yellow belt
6	Holder of the green belt	Holder of the green belt
7	Holder of the blue belt	Holder of the blue belt
8	Holder of the brown belt	Holder of the brown belt
9	Holder of the red belt	Holder of the red belt
10	Holder of the black belt	Holder of the black belt
11	Holder of the First Dan	Holder of the First Dan
12	Holder of the Second Dan	Holder of the Second Dan
13	Holder of the Third Dan	Holder of the Third Dan
14	Holder of the Fourth Dan	Holder of the Fourth Dan
15	Holder of the Fifth Dan	Holder of the Fifth Dan
16	War Monk	War Nun
17	Skilled War Monk	Skilled War Nun
18	Expert War Monk	Expert War Nun
19	War Monk Master	War Nun Mistress
20	War Monk Grandmaster	War Nun Grandmistress
21	Abbot	Mother Superior
22	Abbot	Mother Superior
23	Abbot	Mother Superior
24	Abbot	Mother Superior
25	Master of Tradition	Mistress of Tradition
26	Master of Tradition	Mistress of Tradition
27	Master of Tradition	Mistress of Tradition
28	Master of Tradition	Mistress of Tradition
29	Master of Tradition	Mistress of Tradition
30	Leader of Zothen's War Monk Order	Leader of Zothen's War Monk Order

Skills

Monk abilities fall into one of the three paths taught at the monastery: the Way of the Fist, the Way of the Mind and the Way of the Body. A monk may learn one such ability per level, up to 20. The abilities are taught in the Library (southwest from the monastery entry) and in the Training Hall (southeast from the monastery entry). After learning a skill, a monk is just proficient in its use.Through use of the ability, a monk will get better. Whilst improving, the skill will become both more effective and more efficient. Once a monk gets really good in the ability, some specials may be unlocked too! A monk can check his ratings both in the training facilities, as using the monkratings command.

As a monk improves his ability, he will have the following ratings: proficient, trained, good, skilled, great, excellent, awesome, perfect, and mastered.
Note that abilities have prerequisites; for instance, you must be trained in Fistpunch before you can learn Backhand.

Fist Skills

Name	LVL	Description
Fistpunch	1	Basic punch.
Backhand	4
Openhand	7
Elbow	9	Powerful attack to help after openhand combo.
Block	12
Uppercut	14	Punch with good stun ratio.
Stun	16	Stun our opponent.
Improved unarmed combat	18	Allows monks to fight better without weapons.

Body Skills

Name	LVL	Description
Frontkick	6	Performs a front kick.
Sidekick	10	In addition to fistpunch, one of the most used low level attacks. The basis for some good combos.
Backkick	11	Kick the opponents not in focus when fighting multiple enemies.
Lowkick	12	Useful to stagger your opponent.
Dropkick	13	Attacks for lower body.
Spinkick	14	Useful attack for multiple opponents.
Dodge	15	Dodge attacks.
Airkick	16	The legendary monk damage dealer.
Tornadokick	17	Does damage spread over multiple rounds. Cannot be used in combos.
Doublekick	18	Probably one of the least used monk attacks?

Mind Skills

Name	LVL	Description
Meditate	1	Heals both physical and mental much quicker.
Brownwing	1	Summon a brow winged eagle. Only useful for eating corpses.
Nightvision	2	Requirement: The ability to see in darkness. Can at higher levels cut through 3x darkness. Practice mediate to good.
Greywing	4	In addition to eating corpses, can carry stuff for you. Higher carrying capacity than whitewing.
Focus	5	Concentration stance. Most monk players has found all stances useless. Someone disagrees?
Enlighten	8	Smites opponents that are more evil than you.
Sanhe	11	Added energy to combo.
Sixth Sense	13	Know and dodge an enemies attacks.
Whitewing	15	Eagle that can carry stuff for you, and in addition fight alongside you. Mainly as a "punching bag", but also deals some damage.
Bane	19	Go berserk on your opponent, not that great anymore..
Kongjin	19	Stance of power projection.

Skill Proficiency

Skill Rating	Level Markers
Proficient	0-4%
Trained	5-9%
Good	10-14%
Skilled	15-19%
Great	20-24%
Excellent	25-29%
Awesome	30-34%
Perfect	35-39%
Mastered	40%

Power Ratings

Power rating is a cosmetic bar for ego, it only increases from the primary stat of the path.
It is a misleading as the offensive damage of fist monks levels off near fierce to vicious strength levels.

Skill Rating	Level Markers	Primary Stat
Pitiful	1-2%	1-2
Meager	3-4%	3-4
Weakly	5-7%	5-7
Mediocre	8-11%	8-12
Good	12%-x	13-x
Potent	10-12%
Profound	13-15%
Great	16-18%
Fierce	19-23%	40-45
Vicious	24-25%	46-48
Massive	26-28%	49-59
Colossal	29-30%	60-67
Gigantic	31-33%	68-74
Deadly	34-39%	76-99

Train Skills

Train Skills

It is optional to train skills. They are taught by monastery masters for a fee. Funds obtained in this way, are spent on monastery maintenance and charity. Skill raising is available only from higher levels. To train a skill you go to the secretary and type 'train <skill>'. The
price will be deducted from the sum you carry with you. After you paid the necessary sum, the secretary will lead you into the dojo. Here a monastery master will help you in learning the desired skill.

To train one skill until excellent, you will have to pay 111K gold coins: 1k + 12k + 15k + 20k + 27k + 36k = 111k. Training all 5 skills will cost 555k.

Skill	LVL	Description
Eagle	4	Helps you call bigger eagles.
Combo	5	Longer and more stable combos.
Concentration	6	Helps you focus your mind on attacks.
Leg-power	7	Increases damage for kick attacks
Parry	8	Increases blunt, pierce, and sharp resistance by + for every session trained.

Level	Price	Accumulation
Untrained	0	0
Poor	1000	1000
Weak	12000	13000
Average	15000	28000
Good	20000	48000
Great	27000	75000
Excellent	36000	111000

Smooth Transitions

When used in combos, some monk attacks naturally flow from one to the other. These seamless transitions are called smooth shifts. An attack following a smooth shift will generally be faster, more stable, require less mental, and more likely to result in multiple hits. Obviously this is very useful in combat. Training the Combo skill at the monestary can also improve shifting.

Here's a list of how attacks shift when strung together in a combo. The table is read starting from the first attack's row, across to the column of the second attack. For instance, Fistpunch to Openhand (oh) is smooth, but Openhand to Fistpunch (fp) is not.

Shift to =>	fp	bh	fk	oh	el	sk	bk	lk	drk	uc	ak	dk	spinkick
Fistpunch	smooth	smooth	-	smooth	-	-	-	-	-	smooth	-	-	-
Backhand	smooth	-	-	smooth	-	-	-	-	-	smooth	-	-	-
Openhand	-	-	-	-	smooth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elbow	smooth	-	-	-	-	-	TBD	TBD	TBD	smooth	TBD	TBD	TBD
Uppercut	-	-	smooth	smooth	smooth	-	-	smooth	-	-	-	-	-
Frontkick	-	-	-	-	-	-	smooth	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sidekick	-	-	smooth	-	smooth	smooth	smooth	smooth	smooth	-	-	-	smooth
Backkick	-	-	smooth	-	TBD	smooth	-	-	-	-	-	-	smooth
Lowkick	-	-	-	-	TBD	smooth	smooth	smooth	smooth	smooth	-	-	-
Dropkick	-	-	-	-	TBD	-	smooth	-	-	-	TBD	TBD	-
Airkick	-	-	-	-	TBD	-	-	-	TBD	-	-	-	-
Doublekick	-	-	-	-	TBD	-	-	-	TBD	-	-	-	-
Spinkick	-	-	-	-	TBD	smooth	smooth	smooth	-	-	-	-	smooth
Englighten	smooth	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	-	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Sometimes a special attack will occur after a smooth shift during a combo. Greater dexterity will increase the chance. Special attacks are related to the attack that caused them.

* Smooth into Backhand = Elbow smash
* Smooth into Frontkick = Somersault kick
* Smooth into Sidekick = Reverse sidekick
* Smooth into Lowkick = Double sweep kick

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