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<blockquote data-quote="nevin" data-source="post: 9067092" data-attributes="member: 7024481">Go watch modern oriental movies.&nbsp; They are lot like the stuff we watched in the 80's and 90's.&nbsp; they are not politically correct, even in china by our version.&nbsp;&nbsp; Politically correct in china is what the chairman wants.&nbsp; &nbsp; the monks aren't much different than than&nbsp; in hokey 80's martial arts films, or the old &quot;kung fu&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; You've also got more mythic version of the monk in movies like the sorcerer and the white snake or&nbsp; the movie Green snake. In&nbsp; most oriental myths , heaven and hell wars are more like two versions of the feywild, the lawful upper feywild or the upper kingdom and the lower kingdom which could be the dnd feywild and the middle kingdom where all the mortals live as the&nbsp; border of thier war. Monks in this kind of mythology fill the same role as paladins in a western game.&nbsp; they enforce the laws of heaven and that sometimes means sending the demons back home or imprisoning them for a 1000 years as punishment for entering the mortal realm.&nbsp;&nbsp; (because magic is viewed as bad for mortals.&nbsp; Just like western churchified fey stories.)&nbsp; &nbsp; Youd get a version of the monk that like the paladin had magic attacks, magical protection equivilant to plate armor.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think in the end it would be a paladin that could move like the wind and smite those pesky demons and&nbsp; bad guys.&nbsp; I think a lot of people would be horrified at how similar the character concepts might be if you translated the game to an EASTERN view.)Most people want to be a hero and while the gods and details are different the myths of eastern and western mythology all dance around the same human desires, wants and needs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nevin, post: 9067092, member: 7024481"] Go watch modern oriental movies. They are lot like the stuff we watched in the 80's and 90's. they are not politically correct, even in china by our version. Politically correct in china is what the chairman wants. the monks aren't much different than than in hokey 80's martial arts films, or the old "kung fu". You've also got more mythic version of the monk in movies like the sorcerer and the white snake or the movie Green snake. In most oriental myths , heaven and hell wars are more like two versions of the feywild, the lawful upper feywild or the upper kingdom and the lower kingdom which could be the dnd feywild and the middle kingdom where all the mortals live as the border of thier war. Monks in this kind of mythology fill the same role as paladins in a western game. they enforce the laws of heaven and that sometimes means sending the demons back home or imprisoning them for a 1000 years as punishment for entering the mortal realm. (because magic is viewed as bad for mortals. Just like western churchified fey stories.) Youd get a version of the monk that like the paladin had magic attacks, magical protection equivilant to plate armor. I think in the end it would be a paladin that could move like the wind and smite those pesky demons and bad guys. I think a lot of people would be horrified at how similar the character concepts might be if you translated the game to an EASTERN view.) Most people want to be a hero and while the gods and details are different the myths of eastern and western mythology all dance around the same human desires, wants and needs. [/QUOTE]

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