From 738e7c73caa44522084cac6200e8c734e40d37ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kate Martin <51387586+renanthera@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:26:40 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [monk] Enable Monk execution so CI will complete. Still will
 warn that Monk is still a work in progress.

---
 engine/class_modules/monk/sc_monk.cpp | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/engine/class_modules/monk/sc_monk.cpp b/engine/class_modules/monk/sc_monk.cpp
index cd90ef91852..f9c1e905621 100644
--- a/engine/class_modules/monk/sc_monk.cpp
+++ b/engine/class_modules/monk/sc_monk.cpp
@@ -5052,11 +5052,7 @@ void monk_t::trigger_celestial_fortune( action_state_t *s )
 
 bool monk_t::validate_actor()
 {
-  if ( !is_ptr() )
-  {
-    throw sc_unsupported_specialization( "Monk sims are non-functional for Midnight prepatch." );
-    return false;
-  }
+  sim->error( error_level_e::SEVERE, "Monk sims are non-functional for Midnight prepatch." );
 
   if ( specialization() == MONK_MISTWEAVER )
   {