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>>96209861
>I aways saw them as being european medieval monks
>Also, it was fun to play a fat Friar Tuck who could punch out armoured soldiers and stun opponents with his belches and farts.
This seems to be pretty common because I've heard it before. Before D&D had more illustrations and was clear about the monk inspiration, some people apparently imagined Friar Tuck types. That was the 70's though, and considering D&D made martial artists(usually called "monks") an expected feature, I don't know anyone who doesn't know they're supposed to be fake "eastern".
>as monks in the early periods here used to train and fight
Besides the Shaolin being famous, that seems to be a common thing through a lot of history
>>96196877
>Medieval monks weren't running along walls and feather-falling
Yeah, those two features and several others are way more rooted in chi and qigong than anything western.