That's kind of how he is. There were no prizes offered, but fan artists enjoyed the experience, and other fans liked to see what they came up with, as well as wagering which one would most accurately reflect the official version. The monk serves the Elder Monks of the monastery, who seek to destroy evil in all forms. The flavor of the monk we’re working on now is a very strong connection between a small and focused group of weapon types, and the skills that use them.Bruce Lee would not use a shield, and neither would the monk.They're really religious holy men, they are raised from childhood in secluded monasteries where they are taught to be pure expressions of their deities through perfection of their fighting techniques. This changed later on, and as of the beta test, the Monk can use every type of weapon other than the few that are class-specific to the other character classes.
He’s kind of the opposite of the, “I’m going to run in and try to overwhelm all my enemies with my sheer ferocity.” The male Monk character comes from the Monasteries of Ivgorod in the Foothills. ), martial arts, and meditation to purify the body and soul.The Monks have a fondness for structure and creativity, which is why they have various symbols on their bodies. So we thought it would be interesting to take some kind of 13th century... well not factual, but some kind of Eastern European 13th century monk and combine it with the more Eastern style; not only in terms of the look but also in terms of the philosophical. If you've picked them and bought them I guess, they're very sweeping. Leonard: And the difference between him and the other characters is that his stuff will probably take a lot longer to percolate into the game because his skills are very much based on his weapon choices, kind of like how the Assassin in D2 was very much defined by her weaponry.
With the Monk, we really wanted another melee class, but we wanted him to be the polar opposite of the Barbarian.
Here's a quote about his early days, from a Blizzcon 2009 interview with Kevin Martens and Leonard Boyarsky.Leonard: Not quite as limited as it is now but yeah. Despite the fact that the official expansion pack for Diablo, Here's what Julian Love and Kevin Martens said on that topic at Blizzcon 2009. The player has a 0.6 second window to press the skill again to advance to the next stage of that (or a different) skill, that may lead to the 3rd stage of said skill. Currently our list of weapons the monk class can use is one handed swords, polearms, combat staves, and fist weapons. The guy who dedicates his whole life to fighting in the service of God is not a guy you want to see coming down the street for you. It’s definitely going to be equipment, but he’s not going to look like he’s covered in metal, like the barb is likely to look. Jokes flew about her being called "the nun," but no hints were given as to how she'd compare to the male, with his prominent bald head.
The Diablo II Sorceress could use heavy plate mail without actually looking like she was covered in heavy plate mail.
The D3 Team has thus far only revealed bits and pieces of the Monk's story and lore.
For us, our focus is to make sure that every character has armor that they look cool in. During early development, the Monk was quite limited in the weapon types he could equip. It’s going to look like a shirt, what our imagination of what the Monk’s armor could be. The first information we received about the Monk came from lead story designer The female version of the Monk was revealed on February 5th, 2010. Kevin: But it's just not all done yet.
At Blizzard we love to put a little twist on things and do things a little bit differently.
That artwork has never been seen; the female Monk was redesigned after Blizzcon 2009 but before the reveal in February 2010, losing the long hair for a "pixie cut. Doomfist Gauntlet Irin After losing his arm in the aftermath of the Omnic Crisis , Doomfist turned to cybernetics to recover and even become stronger than before. The Monk was the fourth playable class revealed for Diablo III and was announced in October 2009 at Blizzcon. The Monk debuted at Blizzcon 2009 with just the male version playable, and represented in artwork. © Copyright Enthusiast Gaming. It is said that each Monk has a tattoo on his back, that chronicles their lifetime/adventures (needs confirmation), and that it may take a monk an entire lifetime to complete the tattoo on his back. That could potentially change, but its probably pretty likely those will be the weapons the monk can equip.