Kukri's and Monks

[Daalon]

Hey all! As the title states, I'm curious if Monk's had access to Kukri weapons in D&D 3.0? It's been a long time since reading the rules of that iteration of the game, but I thought they could use them and were proficient with them, too. Is that not correct? If it is correct, then that needs to be fixed, as it is showing my character as not proficient with that weapon. Thanks for any helpful responses.

[DeLastOne]

They do have in 3.5

https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Kukri

[Daalon]

Ah! That's probably why it's not like that then. If memory serves me correctly, this is based off of 3.0. Thanks for that! I forget that everything has a wiki now.../facepalm

[Aazard]

In short, for OGL SRD/Rules of the 3.5e/3.75e era, NO THEY DO NOT

The Kurki is an Exotic weapon in the light blades class

Weapons are over-all classed into:

Simple > martial > exotic....

Exotic weapons are almost ALWAYS exclusive training "choices" (a feat), VERY FEW classes (aldori type fighters, etc) pay "alot" to have it as a "class feature"

basic terms "its a weapon NEEDING special training, for optimal use"

In detail:

In part, 3.5e SRD, Reproduced > fair use for education/debate:

Monk class features excerpt, weapons/armour

"[..]Class Features

All of the following are class features of the monk.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency

Monks are proficient with club, crossbow (light or heavy), dagger, handaxe, javelin, kama, nunchaku, quarterstaff, sai, shuriken, siangham, and sling.

Monks are not proficient with any armor or shields"

Clear from the RAW (rules as written) text, the answer to OP's question is "NO"

In my memory of DnD/PF from 1986, when I started, forward to today, the Kukri has always been exotic from when it was introduced

I am not a defacto source, I would seek out info in SRD (and any era games rule books your interested in) yourself

[Daalon]

Originally posted by Aazard:

In short, for OGL SRD/Rules of the 3.5e/3.75e era, NO THEY DO NOT

The Kurki is an Exotic weapon in the light blades class

Weapons are over-all classed into:

Simple > martial > exotic....

Exotic weapons are almost ALWAYS exclusive training "choices" (a feat), VERY FEW classes (aldori type fighters, etc) pay "alot" to have it as a "class feature"

basic terms "its a weapon NEEDING special training, for optimal use"

In detail:

In part, 3.5e SRD, Reproduced > fair use for education/debate:

Monk class features excerpt, weapons/armour

"[..]Class Features

All of the following are class features of the monk.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency

Monks are proficient with club, crossbow (light or heavy), dagger, handaxe, javelin, kama, nunchaku, quarterstaff, sai, shuriken, siangham, and sling.

Monks are not proficient with any armor or shields"

Clear from the RAW (rules as written) text, the answer to OP's question is "NO"

In my memory of DnD/PF from 1986, when I started, forward to today, the Kukri has always been exotic from when it was introduced

I am not a defacto source, I would seek out info in SRD (and any era games rule books your interested in) yourself

Yeah, my memory is crap. Think I was getting that and kama mixed up. /shrugs. Thanks though.