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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8302915" data-attributes="member: 6796468">Occultism in the Ashen Lands doesn't have the "Connotation" of Evil. It just flatly -is- considered evil.Warlocks and Warsworn (Basically Martial Warlocks) are universally despised and if you're revealed to be one there's good odds you'll be ridden out of town on a Rail if you're well-liked and burned at the stake otherwise. Monks keep themselves out of town for a similar reason, though most people wouldn't recognize their abilities as explicitly Occult without some kind of knowledge.Bards are sort of Stealth-Occultists. They know it's occult, but for most it's just magical music. What harm can come from that?<img src="http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/052120_PiedPiper_01.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />As to Monk abilities?Unarmored Defense is Supernatural protection 'cause monks typically don't have armor.Martial Arts are just unarmed combat styles, but most monasteries have a preferred weapon they do their bonus action attacks with.Unarmored Movement: Expeditious RetreatDeflect Missiles? Shield Spell.Slow Fall: MagicStunning Strike: Melee MagicKi Empowered Strikes: Melee MagicStillness of Mind: Protection from Occult Mind-Control ForcesPurity of Body: Protection from Aberration Attacks (Elder Things in the canon)Tongue of the Sun and Moon: Literally just the Tongues Spell.Diamond Soul: Fortifying themselves against all sorts of magicsEmpty Body: Astral Projection and Invisibility.Perfect Soul: Just high end capstone training for Occult Power to always be available.Change the names, change the narrative, and it works really well for someone defending ancient texts and artifacts that should not be in the hands of mortal men and the horrors that such things can unleash.</blockquote>

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