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<blockquote data-quote="bento" data-source="post: 3218227" data-attributes="member: 36597"><p>Now the wondering monk is seen in many asian movies. Here's the typical story with a monk:</p><p>Trained from a young age by a wisened master, one day young Hua Li arrives at the temple, after running to the town for some goods, only to find his master and fellow students slain by a rival group of monks. Now Hua Li travels the earth seeking revenge....</p><p></p><p>I believe I saw two movies, one with Bruce Lee and the other with Jet Li that had this kinda plot. </p><p></p><p>Priests - I would certainly agree with you about Sohei. As a class, their role is to guard temples. Except for cases of revenge and redemption, like Hua Li's story, there is very little reason to adventure.</p><p></p><p>Shugenja - they are like samurai and have all sorts of intregue going on with other nations or temples.</p><p></p><p>Wizards & Sorcerers - as much homebodies as they are catching the wondering bug, if nothing more than to learn new magics they won't experience at home.</p><p></p><p>As for Dei's story of Okiya, it was customary for ninja to be inplanted into most any role in society. Some ninja kept cover stories of samurai or priests. Training in both the arts of the Geisha as well as assassination is most plausible. Besides, I'd rather have a spy that's trained secondarily as a Geisha then have it the other way around. Not all ninja come in the dead of night. Some wear makeup and a kimono. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bento, post: 3218227, member: 36597"] Now the wondering monk is seen in many asian movies. Here's the typical story with a monk: Trained from a young age by a wisened master, one day young Hua Li arrives at the temple, after running to the town for some goods, only to find his master and fellow students slain by a rival group of monks. Now Hua Li travels the earth seeking revenge.... I believe I saw two movies, one with Bruce Lee and the other with Jet Li that had this kinda plot. Priests - I would certainly agree with you about Sohei. As a class, their role is to guard temples. Except for cases of revenge and redemption, like Hua Li's story, there is very little reason to adventure. Shugenja - they are like samurai and have all sorts of intregue going on with other nations or temples. Wizards & Sorcerers - as much homebodies as they are catching the wondering bug, if nothing more than to learn new magics they won't experience at home. As for Dei's story of Okiya, it was customary for ninja to be inplanted into most any role in society. Some ninja kept cover stories of samurai or priests. Training in both the arts of the Geisha as well as assassination is most plausible. Besides, I'd rather have a spy that's trained secondarily as a Geisha then have it the other way around. Not all ninja come in the dead of night. Some wear makeup and a kimono. ;) [/QUOTE]
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