Monk (character Class) - Linley's Dungeon Crawl

As with all other classes in Linley's Dungeon Crawl, a character beginning as a monk is free to progress in any other skill throughout their career. A monk typically begins with several skill ranks in the unarmed combat, fighting, and dodging skills. Since the unarmed combat skill even allows armed fighters to sometimes make free attacks, such as kicks and headbutts, during normal combat, it may be more convenient to start in this class and pick up a weapon skill later rather than disarming oneself with an armed fighter in order to build the skill from scratch.