While we’re on the subject, Unarmed Combat is not a standard fighting tradition within the Known Lands, that I can think of.
People are obviously taught hand-to-hand combat, but it’s usually seen as a means of last resort, where most would rely on more effective weapons.
Henry, thanks for clarifying that. Even though the d20 Arcanis rules had details on fighting orders of monks in western Onara, I always felt like they were mostly an excuse to fit the d20 monk class into Arcanis. With the A:RPG rules, does this mean that the fighting orders still exist as monastic orders associated with temples, yet they mostly lack training in unarmed combat?
As a concrete example, would members of the Order of Althares (Codex Arcanis, Ch. VI; PGtA, p.66) likely have training with war hammers and flintlocks but not with unarmed combat?
As another example, would members of the Order of the Iron Soul (PGtA, p.76), which is devoted to Anshar, still have training in unarmed combat because it is her “favored weapon”?
Thanks,
David Thomas Chappell
