
Instead, they rely upon speed and concentration. Lacking resources such as iron, they learned to use their bare handsĪnd simple wooden staves as deadly weapons, and do not depend on metal armor to provide Because of their great defeat, these people vowed to master It is said that they comeįrom a desolate wilderness, where their people were forced to flee after being conqueredīy an invading horde.
Monks of the Brotherhood of the Bough are a rare sight.
2 Character Attributes and Information. Other classes could learn Search as a spell. The Search spell highlighted not only the item on the ground, but also all items that had fallen on the map. This necessitated a tiring search by the player to find the tiny item on the ground. This caused problems when trying to find rings, amulets or Elixirs on the ground, especially if they fell behind an object. In Diablo I, items could not be highlighted on the ground with the magical spell search. Their kicks are very fast and do a lot of damage at high levels. In unarmed combat they prefer to use their feet as weapons rather than their hands. They try to find armor that gives them effects instead. Their high natural defense makes searching for high defense armor less of a necessity. Dexterity adds to their damage equally to strength, however Dexterity also increases their ability to block incoming attacks with their staves. Since they possess great natural damage already, they search out staves which will give them faster attack.
Likewise, heavy armor actually gives them less defense than lighter armor. Monks have some skill with fighting with staves, and though it does less damage than their bare hands, staves enable them to execute a sweeping attack and block incoming blows. The Monk is a powerful unarmed combatant. The following article contains information from the Diablo I expansion Hellfire, which is of ambiguous canon status.