Wolffenjugend
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I'm looking for something to base a LN monk's code of honour on. Any (online) suggestions?
Monk Code of Honour?
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LoneWolf23
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Wolffenjugend said:
Well, I believe the Shaolin Code of Honor was rather simple, focusing on installing Discipline and a Love of Peace in it's practitionners; daily regimens of training, meditations on ancient lore and spiritual teachings, and an attitude towards combat that basically goes "don't kill if you can maim; don't maim if you can subdue; don't subdue if you can avoid a fight altogether."
An alternate Code of Honor more appropriate for an evil secret society could be similar to the path of the Arabic Hashashin, who followed a strict, radical interpretation of the Q'uran, followed their masters to the letter and gave their lives in the pursuit of their missions.
Basically, think of the reason why the School of Fighting Arts your Monk is a student of exists in the campaign world, and build a code of honor on that. A school that was founded to teach peasents to defend themselves against bandits will make it's students travel amongst peasent villagers to watch for bandit raids or abusive overlords; a school of royal bodyguards will indoctrinate it's students to show total devotion to the Crown; a school of monks created by an evil cult to make excellent assassins will focus on absolute loyalty to the cult's masters and complete ruthlessness in accomplishing it's mission.
It's all up to you.
From a quick seach on taekwondo code of honor I got this:
The great monk and scholar, Won-Gwang Bopsah, authored the famous Five Codes of Honor or Five Commandments — the basic rules of Hwarang-Do. These tenets form the basis of Taekwondo and are:
• Loyalty to the King and Nation.
• Respect and obedience to one's parents.
• Faithfulness to one's friends.
• Courage in battle and not to retreat.
• Avoidance of unnecessary violence and killing.
http://www.mntaekwondocenter.com/resources/history2.html
You should be able to find more based on the martial art being used.
The great monk and scholar, Won-Gwang Bopsah, authored the famous Five Codes of Honor or Five Commandments — the basic rules of Hwarang-Do. These tenets form the basis of Taekwondo and are:
• Loyalty to the King and Nation.
• Respect and obedience to one's parents.
• Faithfulness to one's friends.
• Courage in battle and not to retreat.
• Avoidance of unnecessary violence and killing.
http://www.mntaekwondocenter.com/resources/history2.html
You should be able to find more based on the martial art being used.
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Wolffenjugend
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I've got a LN monk who has never defined his character's code of honour. Basically, the player never made a code so he wouldn't have to abide by one. It's a good campaign and he wants to be evil so I'm finding that he is regularly crossing the line into evil. I want to make a code of honour so we'll both have a better grasp of what's "good" and what's "bad".
As for his character, he's an exile whose father was a lord who was framed and murdered by his rivals. The monk and his sister fled and are seeking out fellow exiles to help them reclaim their heritage.
The monk's clan is a small one in a nation dominated by major clans. It's loosely based off the Mantis Clan from Rokugan.
As for his character, he's an exile whose father was a lord who was framed and murdered by his rivals. The monk and his sister fled and are seeking out fellow exiles to help them reclaim their heritage.
The monk's clan is a small one in a nation dominated by major clans. It's loosely based off the Mantis Clan from Rokugan.
Another
The Seven (7) Virtues of Bushido
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~aiki/training.shtml
The Seven (7) Virtues of Bushido
Benevolence
Politeness
Courage
Justice
Honor
Veracity
Loyalty
Politeness
Courage
Justice
Honor
Veracity
Loyalty
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~aiki/training.shtml
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Particle_Man
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Wolffenjugend said:
Well if it is a good campaign, you could also tell him that there are no evil pcs. Then tell him that you are monitoring his alignment drift, and if he does too many evil acts, he becomes LE instead of LN and permanently becomes an NPC in your world. That should solve the problem. To help him know when he is in the danger zone, you two could work together on a code that will define what counts as evil, and basically say "don't do these evil things". Emphasize that this is just to help him out, and that you will be monitoring his alignment drift whether he has a code or not. A Code of honour would be useful in-game to give him guidelines vs. this drift, so he might be sold on it. So since evil is associated with being completely selfish and with causing gratuitous pain and suffering to others, you could model the code on that. If he doesn't want a formal code, then you can still monitor his alignment drift (since he can't voluntarily do without alignment in your campaign).
kamosa
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Wolffenjugend said:
I always liked Odo from Deep Space Nine's code of ethics.
1) There is justice, and I know it when I see it.
2) The rules are in consequetial compared to my sense of right and wrong.
3) I don't care who is in charge, they will bend to my rules of order.
4) No one is above the my sense of law.
Kahuna Burger
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Actually, this one from hand of evil :Axegrrl said:
works as lawful neutral to me. the loyalty to authority figures regardless of their ethics, faithfulness to friends, but not neccassarily any person you meet, avoid unneccasary violence, but no obligation to end violence you aren't involved in, or activly help anyone - I think this is comfortably neutral, especially if you consider the order of the tenets to also be their priority.
Kahuna Burger
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