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    The Basics of the Game Why I love Midgard

    September 12, 2018 / Comments Off on The Basics of the Game Why I love Midgard

      First in a new series where I talk about things I love. Starting out with the Midgard Setting by Kobold Press. https://koboldpress.com/ https://www.patreon.com/jeremiahmccoy

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    The Way of the Grasping Hand: a Midgard “monastic” Tradition

    June 23, 2018 / Comments Off on The Way of the Grasping Hand: a Midgard “monastic” Tradition

    I am writing this for use in the Midgard setting, but I should state upfront that this can be used for just about any setting. A grappling style Monk would fit in just about any setting that allows monks. I recently wrote a blog post about the weird misconceptions held about martial arts and how they shape their presentation in D&D. One of the reasons I wrote that was because I could see some specific archetypes for Monks in Midgard I wanted to make.

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    Non East Asian Versions of Monks and Martial Arts

    May 22, 2018 / 4 Comments

    So, there is an idea out there that monks have no place in a western European inspired campaign setting.  Settings like Forgotten Realms or Greyhawk owe a lot to western European history, legends, and literature for their basis, and monks are not part of those traditions, or so the argument goes. This came to mind while looking at the Midgard setting and noticing they had many character options for the range of character classes, but not for monks. I asked about this and was directed to this blog post about monk weapons characteristics, which is awesome, but was also told there was not a lot of places for monks in…

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