Quick question: I'm starting a campaign at lv5, and one of my players most likely is attempting to be either a Neutral or Chaotic Neutral ex-Monk starting first session with the excuse that his character was a Lawful Monk in his character's past but as of first session, he's going to be a Chaotic Neutral lv4 Druid lv1 Ex-Monk. Is this appropriate?
My only notion of leaving that be is enforcing him to reflect his character's lawful past through roleplaying his formerly Lawful currently Chaotic character appropriately.
Wouldn't it be simpler to make him use a monk archetype that gets rid of the alignement pre requisite, like martial artist ??
It's entirely appropriate, if it's within your geoup's comfort zone.
While having an archetype might be easier, it might not be the flavor your player is looking for. That said, if you want to work with him, you might find something that is both mechanically more sound and works with the flavor he wants. That said, again, it's possible that he wants the mechanics to tell a story for him and to build off of a combination of that suggestion and how you play at the table.
Basically, there's nothing wrong with his request, but there might be a more mechanically viable way to do it, of that still fits with his desires.