![]() They also unlock a pool of Ki points, which is the class resource Monks spend to use most of their powers. They also get their class-defining feature Martial Arts, which grants them scaling damage when fighting unarmed (from 1d4 at level 1 to 1d8 at level 11), allows them to use Dexterity instead of Strength for those attacks and gives them the ability to do an additional unarmed strike with a bonus action.Īt level 2 Monks get a passive movement speed increase (from +2 cells at level 2 to +4 cells at level 10) with the Unarmored Movement feature, making them the fastest of all classes. Starting at level 1 Monks get access to Unarmed Defense, allowing them to add their Wisdom modifier to their Armor Class as long as they are not wearing armor. These expert martial artists are simply the fastest among all existing classes, and although they are less durable than most other front liners their speed allows them to quickly get in and out of combat. Each of their strike may not deal large amounts of damage, but they can be empowered with Ki to add debilitating effects, such as the infamous Stunning Strike (which makes many DMs weep for their boss monsters). But hear this - you want to go even faster? Punch people in the face and kick them in the nuts instead of relying on a big chunk of metal to swing around? Well look no further than Monks. Barbarian, okay I guess that's correct too. Told stories by his parents and real life tales from his grandmother.I know Kung FuIf I ask you which class runs around half-naked on the battlefield while smashing enemies left and right, you say. Introduction to the magical world of stories was, as with so many of us, being Places, walks in woods and on hills, along lanes once travelled by ourĪncestors in centuries gone by finding inspiration and ideas for new Wide and varied repertoire of often humorous stories and tales to entertainīoth adults and children traditional and historical tales, animal stories, legendsĪnd anecdotes. Sometimes writing his own short stories to accompany the activities. In North Lancashire, often weaving stories of birds and beasts into the It has become very successful and attracts some wonderful storytellers.īegan telling stories 10 years ago whilst working with the RSPB education team In late 2016 Shane started the first regular bi-monthly Oral Storytelling event in Chelmsford. Shane tells regularly to MENCAP users and tells stories to visually impaired groups, Shane also tells weekly to an Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ childminding group. Shane has worked with children for many years and designed and led therapeutic Storytelling workshop programmes for schools and an Adolescent Mental Health Unit in Essex.He works on Outdoor Education programs for Teenagers, in Essex and Surrey. In the last 3 years Shane has told stories every week and has performed at places such as The Estuary Fringe Festival, ArtsSeaMusic Festival, Barking Folk Festival, Winterfest, Harlequin Fayre, Folk East, Into The Wild Festival, Beltane Festival and The East Anglian Storytelling Festival. He attended the International School of Storytelling, to learn about performing Oral Stories. He collects folk stories, nursery rhymes and short stories. Shane was told stories and nursery rhymes by his father and at Infant school. He has an array of original and “hybrid” tales, described as New story entitled “The bravery and battles of Beowulf” He also performs tales from a hammock at Holywells Park!Īt Spring Wood Day 2018, Gerry introduced their first TellerThon, when he brought ten storytellers together and they achieved 4hrs 37 minutes ofĬontinuous storytelling, in 2019 nine storytellers set a new record of 4hrs 45minutes. He has performed at many festivals, including: The East Anglian Storytelling Festival, Cambridge Folk Festival, Folk East, Harlequin Fayre, The Glens Storytelling Festival, Scéalta Beo Storytelling and Mythology festival where he performed with Kate Corkery a joint telling of The Three Etains, The Spirit of Beowulf community Festival, for which he wrote a He is founder and co-host of Storytelling with Bards Aloud, co-founder of The East Anglian Storytelling Festival and is also founder of Poetree Walks with Bards in the Gerry Donlon is a Woodbridge based Irish storyteller and poet. ![]()
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