Oh, definitely. Escrima is quite flexible, to the point of being usable with anything from bare fists to large knives, but there's no way it'd work with full-sized swords. Even shortswords would prob… (View Post)

I'd point out that Miyamoto Musashi dual-wielded on occasion, but this is also the guy who beat the second-best swordsman of his era with a oar. So the fact that Musashi was able to pull it off proba… (View Post)

I would still debate the "far superior" thing at higher levels, because high level thief traps are just insanely effective (even before you start getting HLAs). Of course if a monk kit were… (View Post)

Fardragon, my point there wasn't to counter your entire argument. My point was simply to point out that your examples of unique abilities don't fit into the same vein as trap removal. Your examples m… (View Post)

I think, for the record, the issue is precisely that trap removal is really the only important thing a thief can do that can't be mimiced well enough by some other class. Which isn't to say I think t… (View Post)