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Look back on the previous messages, see that people are quoting the Kung fu series as proof positive about the activities of Shaolin monks (ahhh gwasshoppa, grab the cockroach from my hand and you can go, ahhh... ok, now put the shears down, tape my hand back on and do it properly...). If you see what peoples interpretation of Shaolin monks is, you'll get my drift about the Hollywood feel to the game (i.e. Americanised interpretation of Chinese civilization). Also, the bit about Europe is out of place. The forgotten realms draw from a Tolkien background, in the Tolkien world there was no Oriental country containing badass monks, in fact vampires weren't even mentioned (although life draining undead spectres were). It all seems to be borrowing from American TV and cinema, Interview with a vampire meets enter the dragon and stops to chat with Kung fu and the Karate Kid... remember people... "wax on, wax off, arrgggh the hairs on my legs...."
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