#jarsh

So inspired by a recent post I saw explaining how people can associate songs with characters, I decided to list a few songs I associate with one of my original characters, namely Jarsh, my anxious githzerai monk from one of my DnD campaigns. Now I gotta say that Jarsh is a fish out of water, torn between a desire to return to the life she used to lead before she arrived in the campaign setting and to stay and commit herself to her new life, and one aspect of that struggle for her is her friendship and recently noticed crush she has on Yasorvir (who besides being her first friend she made in this world is also the daughter of the two authority figures Jarsh is bound to, also she belongs to the wonderful @socialmediasocrates, who DMs that campaign; thank you for doing that, my wonderful friend!), and a lot of the songs here are about that dynamic between the two. Also please note that I suck at discovering music, so expect an eclectic but still very pop selection of stuff. Enjoy these songs after the break!

Dexterity used to shove and grapple, Disengage and Dash no longer costing ki/discipline points (and instead you can use discipline points to enhance them, aka Disengage & Dodge as the same bonus action OR Dash & Disengage as the same bonus action + jump distance doubling!), a once-per-day discipline point recovery as part of rolling for initiative, and melee attack deflection... All that in just the first three levels!

And at 10th level your options for Flurry of Blows, Patient Defense, and Step of the Wind improve drastically, giving monk a worthwhile feature around that time! In fact monks get a feature (either from the main chassis, the subclass, or an ASI) at every level!

I'm just gonna do my three active DnD characters, plus my current favorite among my prospective DnD characters (aka the one I'd play if I either were to start a new campaign or if one of my other characters were to die).

Wococo: The aarakocra ranger loves eating game, especially seared deer or boar, with a warm sauce made of berries and served alongside a decent ale, which he usually drinks after his meal is over because he is a drinking lightweight and doesn't enjoy how being drunk lessens the taste of dishes for him.

Worteg: He's from a Dragon Age-based DnD campaign and, while a dwarf, his opinion on traditional dwarven cuisine is very low. His favorite dish is roasted nug, stuffed with fresh herbs and fruit. Nugs are a traditional dwarven meat source but he appreciates it most when prepared in a more Ferelden style like that.

Subtle Flame: My tabaxi rogue is an adventurous eater, seeing regional cuisine as a way to experience different cultures. As a result they tend to order dishes which common folk can afford and which is typical for the people of the area. Flame, despite their name, isn't that big into very spicy food, though, which is why they tend to order milk as their preferred drink to compensate for potential heat in their order. On the road however Flame is an opportunistic eater.

Jarsh: The githzerai monk is a vegetarian and tends to favor simple dishes. I imagine her to mostly prefer soups with bread, ideally whatever the Faerûnian equivalent of broccoli cream soup is, with a nice whole wheat bread to dip it with.