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Shar_the_Black 10-12-06, 08:09 AM	I'm making a monk for my next character, a Lawful Good one dedicated to the god of travel. Easy enough to roleplay as a wandering monk, but in the future I plan to have my character create a handful of monastic schools along his travels. But therein lies the problem, my character likes to travel constantly (His goal is to see as much of the world as he can before he dies). How should I run a school while I travel around a lot? Train some potential students for a while and leave on a trip while they teach others with me checking in once in a while?
Volsung100 10-12-06, 11:16 AM	Good questions! Have you read the Deities and Demigods hand book for 3.5? They give a little bit of information on the followers of each god, and Fharlanghn might be a tad difficult for what you plan to undertake. You see, his followers are just like you: they love to travel, never really settling down in one place. His temples are more like good hotels, with a place for rest and stables. You won't find the same people there everytime you go there either, as his clergy are always traveling (they pretty much use the temples as rest stops). I'm not sure you could really "run a school" under Fharlanghn's ideology. Its more likely you'd find a few students at a time, train them in your faith and martial arts, then set them lose to train others. They in turn would follow the paths of Fharlanghn, and maybe teach others your instruction. Checking in on them would be hard, because they'd travel a lot too. Thats why you just got to buddy up with the party cleric and get him to use divination when ever you want to look in on your students. ;)
Ensjak 10-12-06, 04:59 PM	Hey, you might just go with the whole travel motif. Instead of starting a monestary perhaps you just start a school of thought and martial style. Your students follow you around like Jet Li's students in the movie Fearless. They travel with you learning from you, calling you master, observing your actions with other people and in battle.
Reversefigure4 10-12-06, 08:05 PM	Hey, you might just go with the whole travel motif. Instead of starting a monestary perhaps you just start a school of thought and martial style. Your students follow you around like Jet Li's students in the movie Fearless. They travel with you learning from you, calling you master, observing your actions with other people and in battle. Indeed. Rather than a school of fixed buildings, your school can be like this. Or if you don't want a bunch of students following you around, consider imparting your ideas through books and training apprentices. You stay in town for a month or so, training up students, who then go out and train other students... it's like a pyramid scheme that never makes you rich! The other possiblity is to write your ideas, thoughts, and techniques down. Have the books copied several times when you can, and have copies sent in all directions with fellow travellers.
JadeSpider9643 10-12-06, 08:16 PM	I see a teacher of Fharlaghn's ways as a traveler first that teaches by example. your "students" or "followers" will literally walk with you for a time and when they're ready to go their own way, you'll each take a different path at the next fork in the road. After all, fharlaghn's way is a way of independence and freedom, if you require constant direction and guidance from a stationary school , then you're not ready to 'walk the path'