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Originally Posted by Pursuivant
This led to the trope of characters who looked like Friar Tuck laying the smack-down on.
Historical Euro-Style martial monks were closer to "Holy Warriors" in DF, and correspond to knightly orders such as the Teutonic Knights, Hospitallers, and Templars.
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Friar Tuck is a pretty good inspiration for a martial artist character who's not a knight, gladiator, etc. The typical depiction of Tuck shares a lot with warrior monk Benkei.
I suppose Tuck can easily be built simply as a priest with unusually good fighting abilities. But reimagined as a full-fledged holy warrior? I can see that; holy warriors don't have to be all about swords and armor.
Now, replace his holy-powered abilities with chi-powered abilities, and he'd be a great fit for the OP concept.