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sleeplessghost 01-25-08, 01:22 PM	I have made a human monk for a Forgotten Realms campaign but my DM has told me that unless I can give him more information on monasteries and orders of monks in Faerun that I will not be able to use this character. Can someone give me a website or sourcebook that would help?
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin 01-25-08, 01:30 PM	What kind of monk is he (benevolent, malevolent, somewhere in-between?)? Where does he come from? Is he fond of any particular gods? There should be some information in the FRCS. Also, there is a lot of information on the Sun Soul Monks in the 3E Waterdeep sourcebook.
sleeplessghost 01-25-08, 01:47 PM	He is a lawful good monk who worships Illmater and wants to prevent suffering in the world. Also his combat stile is going to try and stop combat as quickly as possible. The feats I have are Power Attack, Improved Sunder, Stunning fist, and instead of flurry of blows my DM let me use the Decisive strike variant from either the Unearthed arcana or PH2. I can't determine where he comes from until I know where different monestaries are located, though my DM prefers the North.
Phelf_Der_Zemit 01-25-08, 06:11 PM	In Thay Kossuth has been known to have quiet a few blackflame monks on hold. There is a monistary in the Snowflake Mountians, but I'm not sure if you could train there as a monk (You know who I'm talking about). And there is the traveling Monistary called the Monks of the Long Death, which can be found in Unapproachable East.
Old Sage 01-25-08, 06:12 PM	The 2e accessories - Lands of Intrigue and Empires of the Shining Sea - cover several monastic orders, including one based on Ilmater. There should be some information in the FRCS.Note however that these monastic orders were made up for the FRCS to insert 3e monks into the Realms. Almost certainly, unlike almost every other aspect of the Realms, there's little or no extant unpublished lore.
Old Sage 01-25-08, 06:15 PM	Here's what Steven Schend had to say about several Ilmatari monkish orders active in the Lands of Intrigue - "Abbeys & Cloisters of Ilmater The ten cloisters of Ilmater were established over the past 400 years, and three of them remarkably came into being during the Alemandrian Interregnum. They are placed throughout the country such that a pilgrim/devotee can, with some effort, travel from one to another within two days' ride. They are all manors of sorts, with protective walls around at least a chapel, chapter house, stables, and gardens. Some are more opulent with libraries, monks' quarters separate from the chapter house, or even garrisons for an affiliated knightly order. Each has a specific goal for its faithful, in accord with the saint after which the house is named. While commoners see no distinction among them other than their services and ages, some are more prestigious within church hierarchies of Tethyr simply by their famous founders or associated saints. There are more notes and details about these monasteries, including the various duties of each house, within the various county sections below. The cloisters of Ilmater are noted under their full names, though everyone refers to them simply by their saint's names (i.e. "St. Alaric's, St. Cabram's, etc.). They are listed by age (first number), and each has a second number, which ranks its prestige among the clergy: 1/2) Convent of St. Rhynda: Symbol=Night violet (deep bluish-purple flower). Dedicated in the Year of Bright Nights (985 DR). 2/7) Missionary of St. Cabram: Symbol=Sunset daisy (deep orange). Dedicated in the Year of the Stone Rose (1017 DR). 3/4) Monastery of St. Natan: Symbol=Calim lily (local pale blue floating lily). Dedicated in the Year of the Keening Gale (1050 DR). 4/5) Seminary of St. Ostus: Symbol=Morning glory. Dedicated in the Year of Shambles (1088 DR). 5/1) Convent of St. Teresa: Symbol=Bloodlily (scarlet lily). Dedicated in the Year of Azure Blood (1126 DR). 6/3) Abbey of St. Alaric: Symbol=Briar rose. Dedicated in the Year of the Howling Moon (1130 DR). 7/8) Hospice of St. Corin: Symbol=Thistle. Dedicated in the Year of the Yellow Rose (1242 DR). 8/10) St. Ramedar's Cloister: Symbol=Rock violet (pale, miniature ground flower). Dedicated in the Year of the Dragon (1352 DR). 9/9) Monastery of St. Domin: Symbol=Mountain daisy (tiny, ochre-yellow ground-crawling flowers). Dedicated in the Year of Maidens (1361 DR). 10/6) Priory of St. Silvyr: Symbol=Tuarlye (blue flower with green highlights indigenous only to the Forest of Tethir). Dedicated in the Year of the Staff (1366 DR)."
Ramar Aulinvox 01-25-08, 07:09 PM	Check out the first web enhancement for Faiths and Pantheons for a large list of FR monk orders along with diefic sponsers and allowed multi-classing.
Bullet06320 01-28-08, 12:22 AM	page 25 of FRCS has information on Monastic Orders the first entry is an order devoted to Ilmater
Aldareth 01-28-08, 02:11 AM	and dont forget the monastery of the yellow rose in danmara ( grandmaster kane anyone? :D *evades the flying objects* )
ukplayerX 02-07-08, 05:21 PM	hope that .pdf file i sent you was useful :D
The Ubbergeek 02-07-08, 05:54 PM	There was Monks in FR first edition. Any material given for monks in the books back then?
Lord Karsus 02-07-08, 07:24 PM	He is a lawful good monk who worships Illmater and wants to prevent suffering in the world. Also his combat stile is going to try and stop combat as quickly as possible. The feats I have are Power Attack, Improved Sunder, Stunning fist, and instead of flurry of blows my DM let me use the Decisive strike variant from either the Unearthed arcana or PH2. I can't determine where he comes from until I know where different monestaries are located, though my DM prefers the North. -What order did those monks who were featured in Sojourn belong to? From what I can recall of them, this character sounds like he'd fit in.
The Ubbergeek 02-07-08, 07:33 PM	Related question, and personal speculation; the 'gone god'(?) that the Old Order of monks are linked to... Was that Appaunser, the sleeping god of psionic?
MarkusTay63 02-10-08, 12:11 AM	could of been - I don't think anything else about those FRCS orders was ever revealed. <Wow... that was my 6000th post...>
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