Allegedly, the first-edition AD&D Monk was actually based on the Destroyer novels, so... monk. Possibly with Mythic tiers.
Monk 40, Mythic 10?
Never read the novels... SAW THE MOVIE! First, everyone who ever reads this this thread go watch Remo Williams, the Adventure Begins (one of the greatest pieces of cinema to emerge from the 80's). I'll wait...
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Done? Ok, so based on that, I say Ninja/Monk
Feats? Ninja tricks? All of them!
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Never read the novels... SAW THE MOVIE! First, everyone who ever reads this this thread go watch Remo Williams, the Adventure Begins (one of the greatest pieces of cinema to emerge from the 80's). I'll wait...
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Done? Ok, so based on that, I say Ninja/Monk
Ninja?
...NINJA?!
SILENCE, WHITE THING. The lowly ninja, like too many others, had the temerity to steal the rudiments of Sinanju from a Master. He was amused by their inept flailings, and permitted them to live so long as they and all their heirs swore to conceal their shame with masks whenever they were about their crude attempts at assassination and infiltration.
(Also, despite some brilliant performances, the movie was marred by (a) a villain who the REAL Remo would finish off in the second chapter of a novel before proceeding to deal with the true threat, and (b) the inexplicable casting of Wilford Brimley in a role that should have gone to Ben Stein.)
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Heh, I remember the books from way back when they first got published. They were absolutely hilarious at first, before people started taking them seriously as martial arts literature. They were originally a deliberate spoof of martial arts stories, but ended up becoming part of the genre.
Chiun from the books I read before I got tired of them would credibly be approximated by a monk 10/ninja 10.
He would be a fun character to role play, if I role played characters from literature.
How could anyone consider the Destroyer series martial arts genre? They are beat you over the head satire.
For stattiing Chiun, I think you need Mythic tiers. He really is way over the top.
How could anyone consider the Destroyer series martial arts genre? They are beat you over the head satire.
For stattiing Chiun, I think you need Mythic tiers. He really is way over the top.
Heh, I don't know either, but people do.
Apparently the political views are... true... Yes, including the "beggars are all actors"...
FTR, I wouldn't say Chiun is Mythic. Yes, he's a high level Monk/Ninja (or something like that).
REMO, on the other hand, IS mythic. Though for him, it seems like his Mythic Nature only showed up every few books or so, when he did his "I am created Shiva, the Destroyer... (etc)" and then proceeded to kill the hell out of whoever had done something bad enough for him to invoke Shiva.
"And because he had heard somewhere that excess money in circulation caused inflation, Remo emptied all the cash out of the briefcases into the fireplace."
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"His name was Remo and he was going to kill Santa Claus if it was the last thing he ever did."
Remo got an avatar state?
:P