Monk

What little is known about the origins of the monk class is that an ancient order of monks called the Sentaari developed the ability to use telepathy and harness kai energy. They also mastered the art of edgeless weapons, including the staff and the cane. These weapons allowed them to defend themselves against attackers without killing them, but were stripped from the monks in order to prevent them uprising in defense of an ancient Empire.

When their aid was eventually needed the Sentaari's Grandmaster of Flowers meditated for a month, then unveiled the unarmed art of Tekura, vowing that the monks would never again be made helpless against evil. Combining Tekura with his pre-existing mastery of Kaido and Telepathy, the Grandmaster drove the attackers from the monastery on Judgement Mountain. After the war, he disseminated the art to all the other monasteries, and so it has remained.

Tekura

The art of Tekura was first developed more than 600 years ago, long before the fall of the Selucarian Empire. A sect of monks was being persecuted by some of the legions of the Empire and the monks were not permitted weapons to defend themselves. So, they were forced to train their bodies to martial perfection; their hands and feet becoming deadly weapons in and of themselves.

Most of the tekura abilities are affected by a variety of factors. First, being in a stance modifies the damage and speed of each tekura attack. You will always want to be in some stance or another while using tekura. Second, the higher your tekura, the more likely you are to hit an opponent with a particular attack, and the more damage you will do with that attack.

Abilities in Tekura

Horse	The most basic stance.
Combo	Combo attacks together.
Jab	A straight-forward punch.
Snapkick	A straight-forward kick.
Hook	A curving punch.
Eagle	Stance of the soaring eagle.
Sidekick	A powerful thrusting kick.
Uppercut	An upwards hooking punch.
Bodyblock	Using your body to block blows.
Palmstrike	A strike with your palm to the face.
Hammerfist	A strike with your fists to the legs.
Cat	An agile, defensive stance.
Roundhouse	A twisting kick.
Evade	A block that attempts to completely avoid attacks.
Sweep	Attempting to sweep your opponent off his feet.
Bear	A highly specialised stance.
Slam	A throw to target the head.
Moonkick	A powerful, curving kick.
Spear	A jabbing punch with an outstretched hand.
Rat	A well-balanced stance.
Thrustkick	A kick designed to push your target away.
Wrench	A throw that targets already damaged limbs.
Axe	A slow but powerful kick.
Guarding	Guarding a body part and counterattacking.
Scorpion	A devastatingly powerful attack stance.
Whirlwind	The most powerful kick.
Bladehand	A swift strike to the side of the neck.
Pinch	A special and powerful block.
Backbreaker	The ultimate throw.
Jumpkick	Attack someone in an adjacent room with a flying kick.
Dragon	The superior state of mind.

Kaido

Kaido is a skill with two main parts to it. The first part, comprising the lower abilities, consist of an assortment of defensive abilities that rely on bodily control, such as automatic mana regeneration and healing your limbs by force of will. The higher abilities relate to the use of Kai energy. After you have built up Kai energy by being near violent actions, you may use the Kai abilities, which are extremely powerful.

Abilities in Kaido

Weathering	Increase your ability to weather damage.
Vitality	Call upon a rush of adrenaline to heal you.
Sturdiness	Standing firm against attempts to move you.
Toughness	Increased resistance to physical attacks.
Deaf	Blocking out sound by force of will.
Hearing	Restoring your hearing.
Clotting	Reduce the level of your bleeding.
Regeneration	Regain health through strength of mind.
Sight	Restoring your sight.
Blind	Blinding yourself to prevent optical damage.
Resistance	Reduce the damage taken from magical attacks.
Nightsight	Gain the ability of infravision.
Fitness	Controlling your breathing.
Restoration	Healing damaged limbs by force of will.
Projectiles	Avoiding many projectiles.
Dodging	Avoiding attacks from the sky.
Constitution	Maintaining your intestinal equilibrium.
Splitting	Constant meditation by splitting your consciousness.
Breathing	Holding your breath.
Consciousness	The ability to stay conscious at all times.
Immunity	Immunity from most poisons.
Boosting	Increasing your rate of regeneration.
Transmute	Instantly convert mana into health.
Numbness	Delaying the effects of damage.
Kaitrance	Entering the mystical Kai Trance.
Kaichoke	Crush a victim's windpipe remotely.
Kaicripple	Cripple your target completely.
Kaiheal	Healing yourself with Kai energy.
Transition	Push yourself beyond your limits.
Surge	A blast of focussed power.
Kaiboost	Increase your receptiveness to Kai energy.
Enfeeble	Unleash a massive blast of kai energy at your opponent.
Deliverance	Grant your enemies release from this mortal coil.

Telepathy

Telepathy is the formidable skill of mental manipulation. Whether you want to locate a friend, or eavesdrop on a foe's every move and word, telepathy enables utility, defence, strategy, and offence. With Radiance the adept can even destroy the mind of another, ending their unfortunate life in a blaze of power.

Abilities in Telepathy

Sense	Use your telepathic powers to seek out others.
Lock	Focus your telepathic power to lock minds with someone.
Glance	Look through the eyes of your subject.
Telesense	Detect attempts to mind lock you or others nearby.
Fear	Fill your target's mind with an irrational fear.
Throw	Mentally push a subject in any direction.
Hallucinate	Project an illusion into the mind of your subject.
Terror	Strike utter terror into the mind of your subject.
Confuse	Disrupt and confuse your subject.
Suffuse	Suffuse the mind of your subject with mental energy.
Drain	Draw mana from your subject's mind into your own.
Listen	Listen to all that your subject hears.
Divine	Determine the health and mana levels of your subject.
Fullsense	Seek out all minds within your reach.
Isolate	Cut remote communication off from your subject.
Disrupt	Destroy your opponent's mental equilibrium.
Transfer	Transfer a telepathic lock to a fellow telepath.
Impatience	Inability to concentrate on focused tasks.
Epilepsy	Throw your victim's nervous system into disarray.
Pacify	Soothe all violent thoughts from your subject's mind.
Empathy	Establishing a physical link through your telepathy.
Stupidity	Induce idiocy in the mind of your opponent.
Command	Force a subject to do your bidding.
Mindcloak	Stealth telepathy.
Paralyse	Exert mental power to paralyse your subject.
Hypersense	Hypersensitivity to telepathic activity.
Amnesia	Induce temporary forgetfulness into your subject.
Barrier	Throw up a telepathic barrier around your subject.
Scan	Scan the mind of your subject.
Deadening	Dull your opponent's mind.
Travel	Cross great distances to your subject in a single step.
Mindnet	Cast a mental net about your surroundings.
Crush	Attack your subject with a crushing psychic attack.
Daze	Render your subject extremely vulnerable to hypnosis.
Strip	Strip the defences from your opponent.
Sapience	Instantly know your subject's thoughts and actions.
Clamp	Set a telepathic mind clamp about your subject.
Blackout	Cause a short-lived, total blackout to your subject.
Scythe	Cleave their psyche asunder.
Batter	Devastate your opponent's mind with an overwhelming attack.
Radiance	Destroy your subject with a single blast of mental energy.
Mindprints	Take a mindprint of your subject.