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#1 FunkySpunk May 20, 2015 21:57:18	I'm going to play a monk soon. I'm starting at 5th level    My real problem is coming up with a good role playing reason on why he's leaving the monastery.     Any ideas past the cliche "I'm going to test my skills I've learned"   TiA
#2 Treantmonklvl20 May 20, 2015 22:03:00	What about a crisis of faith?
#3 AndrewJO May 20, 2015 22:19:41	What's the campaign setting? Do you have an idea for what sort of monastery he's trained at?
#4 WizardV May 21, 2015 1:49:13	Any sort of threat to your monestary will work. Perhaps their beliefs include finding and defeating evil. It entirely depends on the monastic order and your setting. Work with your DM on this.
#5 FunkySpunk May 21, 2015 5:19:49	AndrewJO wrote:
#6 Mommy_was_an_Orc May 21, 2015 7:04:22	FunkySpunk wrote:
#7 durntaur May 21, 2015 12:17:01	Mommy_was_an_Orc wrote:
#8 Bloodscythe May 21, 2015 15:20:44	Or you could be a nontraditional monk- no monastery in your past at all.  Maybe you were raised by a monk-in-hiding who was your father or father-figure.  Maybe you were part of a travelling troupe of performers and one of them was a female monk who taught you all she knew before being murdered by a shadowy figure you spotted leaving the camp just moments before you were caught in the tent with the dead woman.  You are caught over the dead body holding the murder weapon, so you had to flee.  Determined to clear your name, or at least get revenge, you search.  The only clues you have to go on are in your mentor's diary, which includes further training and other useful information, the weapon used to murder her, and the appearance of the shadowy figure you saw that fateful night: a distinct mask that haunts your dreams.   Go crazy.  It's your story to tell.
#9 durntaur May 21, 2015 16:11:11	What "way" are you choosing? That could point to an interesting backstory.
#10 FunkySpunk May 21, 2015 18:52:18	Bloodscythe wrote:
#11 FunkySpunk May 21, 2015 18:56:57	durntaur wrote:
#12 BRJN May 21, 2015 19:09:16	Why are you leaving the monastery?  Because you have learned all the Master can teach you.  This may be a confession of the smallness of his talent, or it may be because you require some change of mind / an experience that the monastery cannot provide. After some length of time or when a critical event occurs, you will be ready to return for more "official" training.
#13 durntaur May 21, 2015 22:36:54	FunkySpunk wrote:
#14 Jordan175 May 21, 2015 20:34:04	What is your characters background? Maybe you are trying to reconnect with someone you knew or loved before entering the temple. Maybe the temple is is sending you on a specific mission that only someone with your skills/contacts can achieve.     Other ideas include: -A journey of self-discovery is an important part of your training. -A prophecy stated that you would go forth and defeat some terrible evil yet to come. -A rival within the temple framed you and got you expelled. -You failed an important test, and left to avoid the shame. -A high priest disliked you and sent you on a fake mission to get rid of you. -You were chosen by a god, unfortunately, it was a god that neither you nor anyone in your temple had ever heard of, let alone worshiped. Now you have to find a priest of your unexpected patron so they can explain themselves or better yet clear up what is obviously a heavenly bureaucratic error.