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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 1182048" data-attributes="member: 8447">My bids were for Paladin and MonkMonk, in particular, gets my hackles going.&nbsp; Most people play monks based on some vague notion of a couple kung fu movies they've seen, even if that doesn't fit with the game world.&nbsp; It's like they've got a single image of what is &quot;correct&quot; and never budge.&nbsp; This makes for a truly surrealistic situation given that most gameworld (not all, but most) are based on semi-European backgrounds, with something close to feudalism, albeit with nascient capitalism, and kings in charge of comparatively small kingdoms, etc.&nbsp; In other words it is pure Culture Clash -- the monks do not even belong in the setting, at least as-played.Paladin is often played as a big, dumb guy with a simple-minded view of the world who wears a lot of armour and the gods take pity on by giving him some spells.&nbsp; There is very little exploration of the relationship between the god(s) and the paladin.&nbsp; If they are not played dumb-n-sweet they are played dumb-n-mean, very narrow-minded and just one step shy of needlessly cruel.Nope, neither class is played well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 1182048, member: 8447"] My bids were for Paladin and Monk Monk, in particular, gets my hackles going. Most people play monks based on some vague notion of a couple kung fu movies they've seen, even if that doesn't fit with the game world. It's like they've got a single image of what is "correct" and never budge. This makes for a truly surrealistic situation given that most gameworld (not all, but most) are based on semi-European backgrounds, with something close to feudalism, albeit with nascient capitalism, and kings in charge of comparatively small kingdoms, etc. In other words it is pure Culture Clash -- the monks do not even [I]belong[/I] in the setting, at least as-played. Paladin is often played as a big, dumb guy with a simple-minded view of the world who wears a lot of armour and the gods take pity on by giving him some spells. There is very little exploration of the relationship between the god(s) and the paladin. If they are not played dumb-n-sweet they are played dumb-n-mean, very narrow-minded and just one step shy of needlessly cruel. Nope, neither class is played well. [/QUOTE]

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