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<blockquote data-quote="Conaill" data-source="post: 2817045" data-attributes="member: 1264">Monkish, shmonkish...I think there's a good consensus against the kung-fu angle James originally suggested, and I don't see anyone else clamoring for them to be &quot;monkish in attitude&quot; either. Maybe they just see the afterlife as part of the natural order of things, and the fabric between the worlds is sufficiently thin at the poles that they can reach across and get inhabitants from the Other Side to help them with their mission on This Side (i.e. guarding the earth's poles etc.)I'd hesitate to call them &quot;necromancers&quot;, because (1) that term typically has an evil connotation (these fey are definitely Neutral, and shouldn't typically use any of the Evil spells from the Necromancy college - note that Ghosts in particular can be of Any alignment as well; you don't need to be Evil to consider dealing with the dead/undead on a daily basis as something &quot;natural&quot;), and (2) it often implies a more dedicated spellcaster as well (these guys seem more combat oriented plus some spell-like abilities, instead of actual spellcasters).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Conaill, post: 2817045, member: 1264"] Monkish, shmonkish... I think there's a good consensus against the kung-fu angle James originally suggested, and I don't see anyone else clamoring for them to be "monkish in attitude" either. Maybe they just see the afterlife as part of the natural order of things, and the fabric between the worlds is sufficiently thin at the poles that they can reach across and get inhabitants from the Other Side to help them with their mission on This Side (i.e. guarding the earth's poles etc.) I'd hesitate to call them "necromancers", because (1) that term typically has an evil connotation (these fey are definitely Neutral, and shouldn't typically use any of the Evil spells from the Necromancy college - note that Ghosts in particular can be of Any alignment as well; you don't need to be Evil to consider dealing with the dead/undead on a daily basis as something "natural"), and (2) it often implies a more dedicated spellcaster as well (these guys seem more combat oriented plus some spell-like abilities, instead of actual spellcasters). [/QUOTE]

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