Not in real life, of course. Dungeons and Dragons. I am having a crisis of existence. I designed this incredibly cool character, a monk/bard with a great back story. He grew up in the monastery learning martial arts, history, music, and magic. He travels the world learning about its peoples and cultures, eventually to return to the monastery to live out his days teaching others his accumulated knowledge and wisdom.
Only problem is the only skill he has found useful as he travels is to hit people. A lot. And very hard. He can kill the average person with one blow, he can kill trained soldiers with three or four blows (which he can throw out in a fraction of a second). He can stun huge monsters with his fists and feet. He can heal himself but not others so he has never been in danger of dying. He is immune to poison and disease and resistance to various charms. He has a small list of spells through his music which allow him to calm people in tense situations (but the people always want to kill us so calming doesn't help).
So he has to hit them. Again and again and again.
Sigh. Being a Monk/Bard in a hostile world isn't nearly as fulfilling as I had hoped.
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