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Nonfic-Jen@jenyetagain.bsky.social |
The inclusion of Monk in D&D/Pathfinder is kind of fascinating because even Paladins have a sort of vague precedent in fantasy fiction but their whole thing is "have you ever seen Kung Fu with David Carradine?"
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carre
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i very briefly thought you meant the detective
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Matt Jennings
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Druids are so oddly specific. Cleric, Rouge, Paladin, all very general templates. Then there's "I want to play a shapeshifter" and then it became a whole core class. Such a wild ass niche mechanic to build a whole class around
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Nonfic-Jen
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No, I don't believe Gygax was a big Wuxia fan, that's not why they're in there.
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Clay Sheldon
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While it is certainly true that traditional western fantasy fiction doesn't have Kung Fu monks (as far as I know), Eastern fantasy fiction often does. Having them both exist in the same world makes sense to me due to most game worlds being massive realms with many different cultures.
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sailor sodium snail 🌟✨🐌
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also nowadays with a bit of Avatar the Last Airbender sprinkled in
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Wolfgang Baur
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They are very out of place as a fantasy trope, but very much part of the weird cultural stew of the Midwest in 1974
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Nolan Zugernat
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Phizle
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So many classes added for weird reasons, clerics were added to the game after a PC got turned into a vampire and they needed a way to fend him off
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