Back in my day, the word "Monk" was associated with robed figures throwing bolts of light, not bald monkey people throwing fists!

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Иракский Лобстер Jun 15 @ 1:38pm

I blame DnD for normalizing the latter, as well as introducing "Vancian Magic" concept, where mages have limited spell slots instead of mana! I will not stand for that Vancian crap, or "Limited uses per day" for abilities those "inspired by DnD" projects have been pulling off lately! Nothing beats good ol' Mana, Stamina, and Cooldowns!

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funewchie Jun 15 @ 1:40pm

I mean, I normally associate Monk with some tv show of a private detective with massive OCD.

Quillithe Jun 15 @ 1:41pm

It's kinda the different perceptions of eastern and western monks.

Asian monks have kung fu chi wuxia fighting abilities

European monks sell indulgences and are gluttons have divine magic or whatever.

D&D ended up with asian monks for...some reason.

Fun fact: Actual Vancian magic had some other alternatives, like making deals with mischievous sandestins and magic coming from mathematics apparently. Also IOUN stones. And witches seemed to behave differently somehow, like that story where they started making all the wizards into women.

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