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Her fists a blur as they deflect an incoming hail of arrows, a faerie springs over a barricade and throws herself into the massed ranks of sahuagins on the other side. She whirls among them, knocking their blows aside and sending them reeling, until at last she stands alone.<br>
Her fists a blur as they deflect an incoming hail of arrows, a faerie springs over a barricade and throws herself into the massed ranks of sahuagins on the other side. She whirls among them, knocking their blows aside and sending them reeling, until at last she stands alone.<br>
Taking a deep breath, a Verdan covered in tattoos settles into a battle stance. As the first charging woe striders reach him, he exhales and blasts of light flow from his fists, engulfing his foes.<br>
Taking a deep breath, a Verdan covered in tattoos settles into a battle stance. As the first charging woe striders reach him, he exhales and blasts of light flow from his fists, engulfing his foes.<br>
Moving with the silence of the night, a black-clad Ursan steps into a shadow beneath an arch and emerges from another inky shadow on a balcony a stone’s throw away. She slides her blade free of its cloth-wrapped scabbard and peers through the open window at the tyrant prince, so vulnerable in the grip of sleep.<br>
Moving with the silence of the night, a black-clad Ursan steps into a shadow beneath an arch and emerges from another inky shadow on a balcony a stone's throw away. She slides her blade free of its cloth-wrapped scabbard and peers through the open window at the tyrant prince, so vulnerable in the grip of sleep.<br>
Whatever their discipline, monks are united in their ability to magically harness the energy that flows in their bodies. Whether channeled as a striking display of combat prowess or a subtler focus of defensive ability and speed, this energy infuses all that a monk does.
Whatever their discipline, monks are united in their ability to magically harness the energy that flows in their bodies. Whether channeled as a striking display of combat prowess or a subtler focus of defensive ability and speed, this energy infuses all that a monk does.<br>
Monks make careful study of a magical energy that most monastic traditions call ki. This energy is an element of the magic that suffuses the multiverse—specifically, the element that flows through living bodies. Monks harness this power within themselves to create magical effects and exceed their bodies' physical capabilities, and some of their special attacks can hinder the flow of ki in their opponents. Using this energy, monks channel uncanny speed and strength into their unarmed strikes. As they gain experience, their martial training and their mastery of ki gives them more power over their bodies and the bodies of their foes.<br>
Small walled cloisters dot the landscape of the world, tiny refuges from the flow of ordinary life, where time seems to stand still. The monks who live there seek personal perfection through contemplation and rigorous training. Many entered the monastery as children, sent to live there when their parents died, when food couldn't be found to support them, or in return for some kindness that the monks had performed for their families.<br>
Some monks live entirely apart from the surrounding population, secluded from anything that might impede their spiritual progress. Others are sworn to isolation, emerging only to serve as spies or assassins at the command of their leader, a noble patron, or some other mortal or divine power.<br>
The majority of monks don't shun their neighbors, making frequent visits to nearby towns or villages and exchanging their service for food and other goods. As versatile warriors, monks often end up protecting their neighbors from monsters or tyrants.<br>
For a monk, becoming an adventurer means leaving a structured, communal lifestyle to become a wanderer. This can be a harsh transition, and monks don't undertake it lightly. Those who leave their cloisters take their work seriously, approaching their adventures as personal tests of their physical and spiritual growth. As a rule, monks care little for material wealth and are driven by a desire to accomplish a greater mission than merely slaying monsters and plundering their treasure.


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! Level !! Proficiency Bonus !! Features !! Martial Arts !! Unarmored Movement !! Experience Points
! Level !! Proficiency Bonus !! Features !! Martial Arts !! Unarmored Movement !! Experience Points
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| 1st || +2 || Unarmored Defense || 1d6 || - || 0
| 1st || +2 || [[Monk#Unarmored Defense|Unarmored Defense]], [[Monk#Martial Arts|Martial Arts]] || 1d6 || - || 0
|-
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| 2nd || +2 || Ki, Unarmored Movement || 1d6 || 10ft || 300
| 2nd || +2 || [[Monk#Ki|Ki]], [[Monk#Unarmored Movement|Unarmored Movement]] || 1d6 || 10ft || 300
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| 3rd || +2 || Monastic Traditions, Deflect Missiles || 1d6 || 10ft || 1,000
| 3rd || +2 || [[Monk#Monastic Tradition|Monastic Tradition]], [[Monk#Deflect Missiles|Deflect Missiles]] || 1d6 || 10ft || 1,000
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|-
| 4th || +2 || Ability Score Improvement, Slow Fall, Quickened Healing || 1d6 || 10ft || 3,000
| 4th || +2 || [[Monk#Ability Score Improvements|Ability Score Improvement]], [[Monk#Slow Fall|Slow Fall]], [[Monk#Quickened Healing|Quickened Healing]] || 1d6 || 10ft || 3,000
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|-
| 5th || +3 || Extra Attack, Fast Movement, Stunning Strike || 1d8 || 15ft || 6,000
| 5th || +3 || [[Monk#Extra Attack|Extra Attack]], [[Monk#Focused Aim|Focused Aim]], [[Monk#Stunning Strike|Stunning Strike]] || 1d8 || 15ft || 6,000
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| 6th || +3 || Ki-Empowered Strikes, Monastic Tradition Feature|| 1d8 || 15ft || 10,000
| 6th || +3 || [[Monk#Ki-Empowered Strikes|Ki-Empowered Strikes]], [[Monk#Monastic Tradition|Monastic Tradition Feature]] || 1d8 || 15ft || 10,000
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| 7th || +3 || Evasion, Stillness Of Mind || 1d8 || 15ft || 20,000
| 7th || +3 || [[Monk#Evasion|Evasion]], [[Monk#Stillness of Mind|Stillness of Mind]] || 1d8 || 15ft || 20,000
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| 8th || +3 || Ability Score Improvement || 1d8 || 15ft || 40,000
| 8th || +3 || [[Monk#Ability Score Improvements|Ability Score Improvement]] || 1d8 || 15ft || 40,000
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| 9th || +4 || Unarmored Movement || 1d8 || 20ft || 60,000
| 9th || +4 || [[Monk#Unarmored Movement Improvement|Unarmored Movement Improvement]] || 1d8 || 20ft || 60,000
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| 10th || +4 || Purity of Body || 1d8 || 20ft || 80,000
| 10th || +4 || [[Monk#Purity of Body|Purity of Body]] || 1d8 || 20ft || 80,000
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| 11th || +4 || Monastic Tradition || 1d10 || 20ft || 100,000
| 11th || +4 || [[Monk#Monastic Tradition|Monastic Tradition Feature]] || 1d10 || 20ft || 100,000
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| 12th || +4 || Ability Score Improvement || 1d10 || 20ft || 120,000
| 12th || +4 || [[Monk#Ability Score Improvements|Ability Score Improvement]] || 1d10 || 20ft || 120,000
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| 13th || +5 || Tongue of the Sun and Moon || 1d10 || 25ft || 140,000
| 13th || +5 || [[Monk#Tongue of the Sun and Moon|Tongue of the Sun and Moon]] || 1d10 || 25ft || 140,000
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| 14th || +5 || Diamond Soul || 1d10 || 25ft || 160,000
| 14th || +5 || [[Monk#Diamond Soul|Diamond Soul]] || 1d10 || 25ft || 160,000
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| 15th || +5 || Timeless Body, Quick Rest || 1d10 || 25ft || 180,000
| 15th || +5 || [[Monk#Timeless Body|Timeless Body]], [[Monk#Quick Rest|Quick Rest]] || 1d10 || 25ft || 180,000
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| 16th || +5 || Ability Score Improvement || 1d10 || 25ft || 200,000
| 16th || +5 || [[Monk#Ability Score Improvements|Ability Score Improvement]] || 1d10 || 25ft || 200,000
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| 17th || +6 || Monastic Tradition Feature || 1d12 || 30ft || 225,000
| 17th || +6 || [[Monk#Monastic Tradition|Monastic Tradition Feature]] || 1d12 || 30ft || 225,000
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| 18th || +6 || Empty Body || 1d12 || 30ft || 250,000
| 18th || +6 || [[Monk#Empty Body|Empty Body]] || 1d12 || 30ft || 250,000
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| 19th || +6 || Ability Score Improvement || 1d12 || 30ft || 300,000
| 19th || +6 || [[Monk#Ability Score Improvements|Ability Score Improvement]] || 1d12 || 30ft || 300,000
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| 20th || +6 || Perfect Self || 1d20 || 30ft || 350,000
| 20th || +6 || [[Monk#Perfect Self|Perfect Self]] || 1d20 || 30ft || 350,000
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'''Hit Dice.''' 1d10 per Monk Level<br>
'''Hit Dice.''' 1d10 per Monk Level<br>
'''1st Level Hitpoints.''' 10 + your Constitution Modifier<br>
'''1st Level Hitpoints.''' 10 + your Constitution Modifier<br>
'''Higher Level Hitpoints.''' 1d10 (or 6) + your Constitution Modifier per Monk Level after 1st<br>
'''Higher Level Hitpoints.''' 1d10 (increase to 6) + your Constitution Modifier per Monk Level after 1st<br>
'''Armor Proficiencies.''' None<br>
'''Armor Proficiencies.''' None<br>
'''Weapon Proficiencies.''' Simple Weapons<br>
'''Weapon Proficiencies.''' [[Armor and Weapons#Simple Weapons|Simple Weapons]]<br>
'''Tool Proficiencies.''' One type of Artisan’s Tools or one Musical Instrument<br>
'''Tool Proficiencies.''' One [[Adventuring Gear#Tools|Set of Tools]]<br>
'''Saving Throw Proficiencies.''' Strength and Dexterity<br>
'''Saving Throw Proficiencies.''' Strength and Dexterity<br>
'''Skill Proficiencies.''' Choose two from Acrobatics, Athletics, History, Insight, Religion, and Stealth<br>
'''Skill Proficiencies.''' Choose two from Acrobatics, Athletics, History, Insight, Religion, and Stealth<br>
'''Equipment.''' A Simple Weapon, an Equipment Pack, and 10 Darts
'''Equipment.''' A [[Armor and Weapons#Simple Weapons|Simple Weapon]], an [[Equipment Packs|Equipment Pack]], and 10 [[Armor and Weapons#Simple Ranged Weapons|Darts]]
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! Feature !! Level !! Feature
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| [[Monk#Unarmored Defense|Unarmored Defense]] || 1st || While not wearing armor you have a natural AC
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| [[Monk#Martial Arts|Martial Arts]] || 1st || [[Armor and Weapons#Simple Weapons|Simple Weapons]] and Unarmed Strikes are Monk Weapons, which gain a variety of bonuses
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| [[Monk#Ki|Ki]] || 2nd || You gain Ki Points which you can use to do a ton of things, like Attack more, Dodge, and Dash, Disengage, and Jump better
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| [[Monk#Unarmored Movement|Unarmored Movement]] || 2nd || You're faster while not wearing [[Armor and Weapons#Heavy Armor|Heavy Armor]] or using [[Armor and Weapons#Shields|Shields]]
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| [[Monk#Monastic Tradition|Monastic Tradition]] || 3rd || You choose your subclass, and gain features at 3rd, 6th, 11th, and 17th Level
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| [[Monk#Deflect Missiles|Deflect Missiles]] || 3rd || You can use your Reaction to reduce Damage from Ranged Attacks and use Ki Points to throw them back if you take no Damage
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| [[Monk#Ability Score Improvements|Ability Score Improvements]] || 4th || You increase your Ability Scores or gain a Feat, you do this at 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th Level
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| [[Monk#Slow Fall|Slow Fall]] || 4th || You take less Damage from falling, and don't fall [[Conditions#Prone|Prone]] When you fall
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| [[Monk#Quickened Healing|Quickened Healing]] || 4th || You can spend Ki Points to heal
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| [[Monk#Extra Attack|Extra Attack]] || 5th || You make an additional Attack every time you take the Attack Action
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| [[Monk#Focused Aim|Focused Aim]] || 5th || You can spend Ki Points to be more accurate on your Attacks
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| [[Monk#Stunning Strike|Stunning Strike]] || 5th || You can spend Ki Points to [[Conditions#Stunned|Stun]] creatures you hit with your Attacks
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| [[Monk#Ki-Empowered Strikes|Ki-Empowered Strikes]] || 6th || Your Attacks become magical
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| [[Monk#Evasion|Evasion]] || 7th || You're better against Dexterity Saving Throws to take half Damage
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| [[Monk#Stillness of Mind|Stillness of Mind]] || 7th || You can use an Action to end the [[Conditions#Charmed|Charmed]] and [[Conditions#Frightened|Frightened]] Conditions on yourself
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| [[Monk#Unarmored Movement Improvement|Unarmored Movement Improvement]] || 9th || You can run up walls and across water while not wearing [[Armor and Weapons#Heavy Armor|Heavy Armor]] or using [[Armor and Weapons#Shields|Shields]]
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| [[Monk#Purity of Body|Purity of Body]] || 10th || You become Immune to [[Conditions#Poisoned|Poison]], Disease, Poison Damage, and gain Resistance to Necrotic Damage.
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| [[Monk#Tongue of the Sun and Moon|Tongue of the Sun and Moon]] || 13th || You understand all creatures speech and all creatures understand your speech
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| [[Monk#Diamond Soul|Diamond Soul]] || 14th || You get Proficiency in all Saving Throw and can spend Ki Points to reroll failed Saving Throws
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| [[Monk#Timeless Body|Timeless Body]] || 15th || You stop aging and don't need to eat
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| [[Monk#Quick Rest|Quick Rest]] || 15th || You can Long Rest in half the normal amount of time
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| [[Monk#Empty Body|Empty Body]] || 18th || You can use Ki Points to become [[Conditions#Invisible|Invisible]] and cast the [[Level 9#Astral Projection|Astral Projection]] Spell
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| [[Monk#Perfect Self|Perfect Self]] || 20th || You can use your Action to regain 10 Ki Points
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==== Unarmored Defense ====
==== Unarmored Defense ====
''1st Level Monk Feature''<br>
''1st Level Monk Feature''<br>
While you are wearing no Armor and not wielding a Shield, your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity Modifier + your Wisdom Modifier.
While you are wearing no [[Armor and Weapons#Armor|Armor]] and not wielding a [[Armor and Weapons#Shields|Shields]], your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity Modifier + your Wisdom Modifier.
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==== Martial Arts ====
==== Martial Arts ====
''1st Level Monk Feature''<br>
''1st Level Monk Feature''<br>
Your practice of martial arts gives you mastery of combat styles that use Monk Weapons, which are Unarmed Strikes and Simple Weapons that do not have the Two-Handed or Heavy Properties.<br>
Your practice of martial arts gives you mastery of combat styles that use Monk Weapons, which are Unarmed Strikes and [[Armor and Weapons#Simple Weapons|Simple Weapons]] that do not have the Two-Handed or Heavy Properties.<br>
By meditating you can focus your ki to learn how to best use a Weapon. At the end of a Long Rest, you touch up to two Weapons that you are Proficient with and that don’t have the Heavy Property. These Weapons become Monk Weapons until you finish a Long Rest.<br>
By meditating you can focus your ki to learn how to best use a Weapon. At the end of a Long Rest, you touch up to two [[Armor and Weapons#Weapons|Weapons]] that you are Proficient with and that don't have the Heavy Property. These [[Armor and Weapons#Weapons|Weapons]] become Monk Weapons until you finish a Long Rest.<br>
You gain the following benefits while you are wielding only Monk Weapons and you aren’t wearing Heavy Armor or wielding a Shield:
You gain the following benefits while you are wielding only Monk Weapons and you aren't wearing [[Armor and Weapons#Heavy Armor|Heavy Armor]] or wielding a [[Armor and Weapons#Shields|Shield]]:
*You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for the Attack and Damage Rolls of your Monk Weapons.
*You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for the Attack and Damage Rolls of your Monk Weapons.
*You can roll your Martial Arts Die in place of the normal Damage of your Monk Weapons. This Die changes as you gain Levels in this class, as shown in the Martial Arts column of the Monk table, but starts as a d6.
*You can roll your Martial Arts Die in place of the normal Damage of your Monk Weapons. This Die changes as you gain Levels in this class, as shown in the Martial Arts column of the Monk table, but starts as a d6.
*If you use a Versatile Weapon with two hands as a Monk Weapon, you gain a +1 bonus to the Damage Roll of the Attack.
*If you use a Versatile [[Armor and Weapons#Weapons|Weapon]] with two hands as a Monk Weapon, you gain a +1 bonus to the Damage Roll of the Attack.
*When you take the Attack Action and use only Monk Weapons, you can make a single Attack with a Monk Weapon as a Bonus Action.
*When you take the Attack Action and use only Monk Weapons, you can make a single Attack with a Monk Weapon as a Bonus Action.
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''2nd Level Monk Feature''<br>
''2nd Level Monk Feature''<br>
Your training allows you to harness the mystic energy of ki, most scholars say this taps into creation energy, however no one is entirely sure. Your access to this energy is represented by a number of Ki Points. You have a number of Ki Points equal to twice your Monk Level + your Wisdom Modifier.<br>
Your training allows you to harness the mystic energy of ki, most scholars say this taps into creation energy, however no one is entirely sure. Your access to this energy is represented by a number of Ki Points. You have a number of Ki Points equal to twice your Monk Level + your Wisdom Modifier.<br>
You can spend your Ki Points to fuel various Monk features, and you regain all Ki Points when you finish a Long Rest. If you use an Action on your turn that spends Ki Points, you can make a single Attack using your Unarmed Strike as a Bonus Action. If a feature that uses Ki Points requires the target to make a Saving Throw, it uses your Ki Save DC, which has a DC of 8 + your Wisdom Modifier + your Proficiency Bonus.<br>
You can spend your Ki Points to fuel various Monk features, and you regain all expended Ki Points when you finish a Long Rest. If you use an Action on your turn that spends Ki Points, you can make a single Attack using a Monk Weapon as a Bonus Action. If a feature that uses Ki Points requires the target to make a Saving Throw, it uses your Ki Save DC, which has a DC of 8 + your Wisdom Modifier + your Proficiency Bonus.<br>
You also gain three ways to use your Ki Points as follows:
You also gain three ways to use your Ki Points as follows:
*'''Flurry of Blows.''' Immediately after you take the Attack Action on your turn, you can spend 1 Ki Point to make two Attacks using only Monk Weapons as a Bonus Action.
*'''Flurry of Blows.''' Immediately after you take the Attack Action on your turn, you can spend 1 Ki Point to make two Attacks using only Monk Weapons as a Bonus Action.
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==== Unarmored Movement ====
==== Unarmored Movement ====
''2nd Level Monk Feature''<br>
''2nd Level Monk Feature''<br>
Your Speed increases by 5 x your Proficiency Bonus while you are not wearing Heavy Armor or wielding a Shield. This Speed bonus is also shown in the Monk class table.
Your Speed increases by 5 x your Proficiency Bonus while you are not wearing [[Armor and Weapons#Heavy Armor|Heavy Armor]] or wielding a [[Armor and Weapons#Shields|Shield]]. This Speed bonus is also shown in the Monk class table.
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! Monastic Tradition !! Complexity (1-5) !! Description
! Monastic Tradition !! Complexity (1-5) !! Description
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| Way of the Adept Kensei || 3 || You gain a mastery over weaponry, augmenting your fighting style based on the qualities of the weapon and changing those qualities with your ki
| [[Monk#Way of the Adept Kensei|Way of the Adept Kensei]] || 3 || You gain a mastery over weaponry, augmenting your fighting style based on the qualities of the weapon and changing those qualities with your ki.
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| Way of the Ascendent Dragon || 2 || Example
| [[Monk#Way of the Ascendent Dragon|Way of the Ascendent Dragon]] || 2 || You harness the elemental power of dragons in order to transmute your strikes as well as embodying the physical frightening presence and winged forms of the dragons you imitate.
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| Way of the Astral Self || Example || Example
| [[Monk#Way of the Astral Self|Way of the Astral Self]] || 3 || You begin to manifest your true self physically, granting you power and heightening all of your abilities from your attacks to your very senses
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| Way of the Basking Viper || Example || Example
| [[Monk#Way of the Basking Viper|Way of the Basking Viper]] || 2 || You embody the skilled hunting of snakes to poison your foes and exploit their weaknesses as you become a perfect apex predator.
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| Way of the Drunken Master || Example || Example
| [[Monk#Way of the Drunken Master|Way of the Drunken Master]] || 2 || You embody the fighting style of a drunkard, but refine their jerky movements to great effect, allowing you to, instead of being a clumsy and bumbling fool, become an unpredictable and effective warrior.
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| Way of the Flowing River || Example || Example
| [[Monk#Way of the Flowing River|Way of the Flowing River]] || 3 || You learn to use your opponents actions against them, seeming to be helpless, then using their arrogance and momentum against them
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| Way of the Heroic Vigilante || Example || Example
| [[Monk#Way of the Heroic Vigilante|Way of the Heroic Vigilante]] || 4 || You assume a secret identity which is a larger than life personality you craft, as you hide your true identity and become a paragon of heroism.
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| Way of the Howling Hurricane || Example || Example
| [[Monk#Way of the Howling Hurricane|Way of the Howling Hurricane]] || 2 || You use heavy weaponry and use your ki to gain a level of control over the winds around you to harry your foes movement, strike nearby enemies simultaneously, and knock them to the ground before taking advantage of their new weakened position.
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| Way of the Long Death || Example || Example
| [[Monk#Way of the Long Death|Way of the Long Death]] || 1 || You gain a command over death which you use to deal out destruction onto your foes while granting yourself an unnatural vitality.
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| Way of the Merciful Grasp || Example || Example
| [[Monk#Way of the Merciful Grasp|Way of the Merciful Grasp ]] || 2 || You become a paragon of mercy, quickly ending the suffering of your foes while maintaining the life of your allies with your alternating hands of healing and harm.
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| Way of the Open Hand || Example || Example
| [[Monk#Way of the Open Hand|Way of the Open Hand]] || 1 || You use your mastery over ki to use your foes' ki against them and to use your ki to strengthen yourself.
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| Way of the Radiant Soul || Example || Example
| [[Monk#Way of the Radiant Soul|Way of the Radiant Soul]] || 3 || You use the power of radiant light to shoot beams of light and conjure spheres of burning brightness as you become a shining paragon against the darkness.
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| Way of the Raging Elements || Example || Example
| [[Monk#Way of the Raging Elements|Way of the Raging Elements]] || 4 || You use the elemental magic of shamans to deal elemental destructions out to your foes with your monk weapons and magic
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| Way of the Shadowed Heart || Example || Example
| [[Monk#Way of the Shadowed Heart|Way of the Shadowed Heart]] || 3 || You use the shadows around you to teleport through the world around you and gain a supernatural stealth, as well as gaining mastery over shadow magic to summon the shadows you use for your strength.
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| Way of the Silent Void || Example || Example
| [[Monk#Way of the Silent Void|Way of the Silent Void]] || 4 || You embody the endless void that will eventually consume that you use to interrupt the magic of your foes as you fade through the battlefield like a shade, destroying everything around you.
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| Way of the Still Lake || Example || Example
| [[Monk#Way of the Still Lake|Way of the Still Lake]] || 5 || You still your ki to reflect your foes to a supernatural degree, taking on their shape while reflecting magic and damage off of your still soul.
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==== Extra Attack ====
==== Extra Attack ====
''5th Level Monk Feature''<br>
''5th Level Monk Feature''<br>
You can perform an additional Attack as part of the Attack Action.<br>
You can make an additional Attack whenever you take the Attack Action.
If you have multiple copies of this feature and achieve a certain level threshold, the number of Attacks you can perform increases. At 5th Level if you have one copy of the feature, you can perform one extra Attack, at 11th Level if you have two copies of the feature you can perform two extra Attacks, and at 20th Level if you have three copies of the feature you can perform three extra Attacks.
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==== Stunning Strike ====
==== Stunning Strike ====
''5th Level Monk Feature''<br>
''5th Level Monk Feature''<br>
You can interfere with the flow of ki in an opponent’s body. When you hit a creature with a Melee Weapon Attack, you can spend 1 Ki Point to attempt a stunning strike. The target must succeed on a Constitution Saving Throw or be Stunned until the end of your next turn.
You can interfere with the flow of ki in an opponent's body. When you hit a creature with an Attack made with a Monk Weapon, you can spend 1 Ki Point to attempt a stunning strike. The target must succeed on a Constitution Saving Throw or be [[Conditions#Stunned|Stunned]] until the end of your next turn.
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==== Evasion ====
==== Evasion ====
''7th Level Monk Feature''<br>
''7th Level Monk Feature''<br>
You can nimbly dodge out of the way of certain area effects. When an area of effect would force you to make a Dexterity Saving Thrown that would have you take Damage on a failed Save or half as much Damage on a successful Save, you instead take no Damage if you succeed on the Saving Throw, and only half Damage if you fail.<br>
You can nimbly dodge out of the way of certain area effects. When an effect would force you to make a Dexterity Saving Thrown that would have you take Damage on a failed Save or half as much Damage on a successful Save, you instead take no Damage if you succeed on the Saving Throw, and only half Damage if you fail.<br>
Additionally, if you take no Damage due to a successful Save and the effect has an area, you can move out of that area without expending movement or provoking Opportunity Attacks.
Additionally, if you take no Damage due to a successful Save and the effect has an area, you can move out of that area without expending movement or provoking Opportunity Attacks.
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==== Stillness of Mind ====
==== Stillness of Mind ====
''7th Level Monk Feature''<br>
''7th Level Monk Feature''<br>
You can use your action to end one effect on yourself that is causing you to be Charmed or Frightened.
You can use an Action to end one effect on yourself that is causing you to be [[Conditions#Charmed|Charmed]] or [[Conditions#Frightened|Frightened]].
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==== Unarmored Movement Improvement ====
==== Unarmored Movement Improvement ====
''9th Level Monk Feature''<br>
''9th Level Monk Feature''<br>
You gain the ability to move along vertical surfaces and across liquids on your turn without falling during your move while you are not wearing Heavy Armor or wielding a Shield
You gain the ability to move along vertical surfaces and across liquids on your turn without falling during your move while you are not wearing [[Armor and Weapons#Heavy Armor|Heavy Armor]] or wielding a [[Armor and Weapons#Shield|Shield]].
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==== Purity of Body ====
==== Purity of Body ====
''10th Level Monk Feature''<br>
''10th Level Monk Feature''<br>
Your mastery of the ki flowing through you makes you Immune to Disease and Poison. You also become Immunity to Poison Damage and gain Resistance to Necrotic Damage.
Your mastery of the ki flowing through you makes you Immune to Disease and [[Conditions#Poisoned|Poison]]. You also become Immune to Poison Damage and gain Resistance to Necrotic Damage.
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==== Tongue of the Sun and Moon ====
==== Tongue of the Sun and Moon ====
''13th Level Monk Feature''<br>
''13th Level Monk Feature''<br>
You learn to touch the Ki of other minds. You understand all spoken Language. Moreover, any creature that can understand a Language can understand your speech.
You learn to touch the Ki of other minds. You understand all spoken [[Languages#Language]]. Moreover, any creature that can understand a [[Languages#Language]] can understand your speech.
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==== Empty Body ====
==== Empty Body ====
''18th Level Monk Feature''<br>
''18th Level Monk Feature''<br>
You can use your Action to spend 4 Ki Points to become Invisible for 1 minute. During that time, you also have Resistance to all Damage.<br>
You can use your Action to spend 4 Ki Points to become [[Conditions#Invisible|Invisible]] for 1 minute. During that time, you also have Resistance to all Damage.<br>
Additionally, you can spend 8 Ki Points to cast the Astral Projection Spell, without needing Material Components. When you do so, you can only target yourself.
Additionally, you can spend 8 Ki Points to cast the [[Level 9#Astral Projection|Astral Projection]] Spell, without needing Material Components. When you do so, you can only target yourself.
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= Monastic Tradition =
= Monastic Traditions =
== Way of the Adept Kensei ==
== Way of the Adept Kensei ==
Monks of the Way of the Adept Kensei train relentlessly with their weapons, to the point where the weapon becomes an extension of the body. Founded on a mastery of sword fighting, the tradition has expanded to include many different weapons.<br>
Monks of the Way of the Adept Kensei train relentlessly with their weapons, to the point where the weapon becomes an extension of the body. Founded on a mastery of sword fighting, the tradition has expanded to include many different weapons.<br>
A kensei sees a weapon in much the same way a calligrapher or painter regards a pen or brush. Whatever the weapon, the kensei views it as a tool used to express the beauty and precision of the martial arts. That such mastery makes a kensei a peerless warrior is but a side effect of intense devotion, practice, and study.
A kensei sees a weapon in much the same way a calligrapher or painter regards a pen or brush. Whatever the weapon, the kensei views it as a tool used to express the beauty and precision of the martial arts. That such mastery makes a kensei a peerless warrior is but a side effect of intense devotion, practice, and study.
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Adept Kensei Features
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Monk#Path of the Kensei|Path of the Kensei]] || 3rd || You get Proficiency with [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Weapons|Martial Weapons]], [[Armor and Weapons#Light Armor|Light Armor]], and [[Armor and Weapons#Medium Armor|Medium Armor]], [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Ranged Weapons|Shortbows]] and [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Ranged Weapons|Longbows]] count as Monk Weapons, you get Proficiency with [[Adventuring Gear#Artisan's Tools|Calligrapher's Tools]] and [[Adventuring Gear#Artisan's Tools|Painter's Tools]], and Ranged Weapons Attacks don't have Disadvantage because enemies are too close
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| [[Monk#Kensei Technique|Kensei Technique]] || 3rd || You can use a Bonus Action to buff [[Armor and Weapons#Weapons|Weapons]] that have a specific Property
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| [[Monk#Augmented Blades|Augmented Blades]] || 6th || You can spend Ki Points to give a [[Armor and Weapons#Weapons|Weapon]] a bonus on its Attack and Damage Rolls, as well as an additional Property
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| [[Monk#Heightening Technique|Heightening Technique]] || 11th || You can draw and stow [[Armor and Weapons#Weapons|Weapons]] when you Attack, you can move when you Attack, and you can use your Deflect Missiles feature even when you don't have a free hand
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| [[Monk#Unerring Strikes|Unerring Strikes]] || 17th || You can choose to hit on one missed Attack per turn
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==== Path of the Kensei ====
==== Path of the Kensei ====
''3rd Level Way of the Adept Kensei Feature''<br>
''3rd Level Way of the Adept Kensei Feature''<br>
Your training in the art of weaponry as given you skills most monks overlook the use of. You gain Proficiency with Martial Weapons, Light Armor, and Medium Armor. Martial Weapons also count as Monk Weapons for you. Additionally, Shortbows and Longbows also count as Monk Weapons.<br>
Your training in the art of weaponry as given you skills most monks overlook the use of. You gain Proficiency with [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Weapons|Martial Weapons]], [[Armor and Weapons#Light Armor|Light Armor]], and [[Armor and Weapons#Medium Armor|Medium Armor]]. [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Weapons|Martial Weapons]] also count as Monk Weapons for you. Additionally, [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Ranged Weapons|Shortbows]] and [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Ranged Weapons|Longbows]] also count as Monk Weapons.<br>
You also gain Proficiency with Calligrapher's Tools and Painter's Tools.<br>
You also gain Proficiency with [[Adventuring Gear#Artisan's Tools|Calligrapher's Tools]] and [[Adventuring Gear#Artisan's Tools|Painter's Tools]].<br>
Finally, Ranged Weapon Attacks you make do not have Disadvantage while a hostile creature is within 5ft of you.
Finally, Ranged Weapon Attacks you make do not have Disadvantage while a hostile creature is within 5ft of you.
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==== Kensei Technique ====
==== Kensei Technique ====
''3rd Level Way of the Adept Kensei Feature''<br>
''3rd Level Way of the Adept Kensei Feature''<br>
You improve your technique while using specific types of Weapons. You can use a Bonus Action, choosing one of the following benefits to gain until the start of your next turn:
You improve your technique while using specific types of [[Armor and Weapons#Weapons|Weapons]]. You can use a Bonus Action, choosing one of the following benefits to gain until the start of your next turn:
*'''Dazing Swings.''' When you choose this benefit, when you hit on an Attack using a Monk Weapon that has the Reach Property, you can Daze the creature until the start of your next turn.
*'''Dazing Swings.''' When you choose this benefit, when you hit on an Attack using a Monk Weapon that has the Reach Property, you can Daze the creature until the start of your next turn.
*'''Precise Strikes.''' When you choose this benefit, the Crit Range of your Attacks made using Monk Weapons that have the Finesse Property is increased by 2.
*'''Precise Strikes.''' When you choose this benefit, the Crit Range of your Attacks made using Monk Weapons that have the Finesse Property is increased by 2.
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==== Augmented Blades ====
==== Augmented Blades ====
''6th Level Way of the Adept Kensei Feature''<br>
''6th Level Way of the Adept Kensei Feature''<br>
As a Bonus Action, you can alter a Monk Weapon that you touch by spending up to 3 Ki Points, when you do so, that Weapon gains the following benefits:
As a Bonus Action, you can alter a Monk Weapon that you touch by spending up to 3 Ki Points, when you do so, that [[Armor and Weapons#Weapons|Weapon]] gains the following benefits:
*The Weapon you touch gains a bonus to its Attack and Damage Rolls equal to the number of Ki Points spent.
*The [[Armor and Weapons#Weapons|Weapon]] you touch gains a bonus to its Attack and Damage Rolls equal to the number of Ki Points spent.
*You give the Weapon a Property of your choice as your Ki augments the way it interacts with the world. If the Weapon is a Melee Weapon, you can give it the Finesse, Reach, Thrown (20/60), or Versatile Property (your choice).
*You give the [[Armor and Weapons#Weapons|Weapon]] a Property of your choice as your Ki augments the way it interacts with the world. If the Weapon is a Melee Weapon, you can give it the Finesse, Reach, Thrown (20/60), or Versatile Property (your choice).
*If the Weapon is a Ranged Weapon, you can give the Weapon the Concealable, Finesse, Stealthy, or Versatile Property (your choice).
*If the [[Armor and Weapons#Weapons|Weapon]] is a Ranged Weapon, you can give the Weapon the Concealable, Finesse, Stealthy, or Versatile Property (your choice).
This augmentation lasts for a number of hours equal to your Wisdom Modifier, and once you use this Bonus Action on a Weapon, you can't use it on that Weapon again until you finish a Long Rest.
This augmentation lasts for a number of hours equal to your Wisdom Modifier, and once you use this Bonus Action on a [[Armor and Weapons#Weapons|Weapon]], you can't use it on that [[Armor and Weapons#Weapons|Weapon]] again until you finish a Long Rest.
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As a follower of the Way of the Ascendant Dragon, you decide how you unlocked the power of dragons within yourself.
As a follower of the Way of the Ascendant Dragon, you decide how you unlocked the power of dragons within yourself.
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Ascendant Dragon Features
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Monk#Draconic Disciple|Draconic Disciple]] || 3rd || You Choose a Damage Type associated with dragons, you get Resistance to that Damage Type and can deal that Damage when you Attack with a Monk Weapon, which ignores Resistance
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| [[Monk#Draconic Will|Draconic Will]] || 3rd || You learn [[Languages#Draikyaan|Draikyaan]], and you can spend Ki Points to reroll Strength or Charisma (Intimidation) and Charisma (Persuasion) Checks, as well as Saving Throws against being [[Conditions#Charmed|Charmed]] or [[Conditions#Frightened|Frightened]]
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| [[Monk#Wings Unfurled|Winds Unfurled]] || 6th || When you use your Step of the Wind feature, you can try knock enemies [[Conditions#Prone|Prone]] and get a Flying Speed
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| [[Monk#Aspect of the Wyrm|Aspect of the Wyrm]] || 11th || You can create and aura to [[Conditions#Frightened|Frighten]] enemies give allies Resistance to the Damage Type you chose for your Draconic Disciple feature
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| [[Monk#Ascendent Aspect|Ascendent Aspect]] || 17th || When you use your Aspect of the Wyrm feature, you can deal Damage, [[Conditions#Frightened|Frighten]], and knock [[Conditions#Prone|Prone]] enemies in the aura
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==== Draconic Disciple ====
==== Draconic Disciple ====
''3rd Level Way of the Ascendent Dragon Feature''<br>
''3rd Level Way of the Ascendent Dragon Feature''<br>
You can channel draconic power to magnify your presence and imbue your unarmed strikes with the essence of a dragon’s power. Choose a Dragon type and an associated Damage Type. The Damage Type and color associated with each dragon is used by features you gain later. Amethyst (Force), Black (Acid), Blue (Lightning), Bronze (Lightning), Copper (Acid), Crystal (Radiance), Deep (Psychic), Emerald (Psychic), Faerie (Psychic), Gold (Fire), Green (Poison), Iron (Thunder), Moonstone (Radiant), Red (Fire), Sapphire (Thunder), Shadow (Necrotic), Silver (Cold), Topaz (Necrotic), Turtle (Fire), White (Cold).<br>
You can channel draconic power to magnify your presence and imbue your unarmed strikes with the essence of a dragon's power. Choose a Dragon type and an associated Damage Type. The Damage Type and color associated with each dragon is used by features you gain later. Amethyst (Force), Black (Acid), Blue (Lightning), Bronze (Lightning), Copper (Acid), Crystal (Radiance), Deep (Psychic), Emerald (Psychic), Faerie (Psychic), Gold (Fire), Green (Poison), Iron (Thunder), Moonstone (Radiant), Red (Fire), Sapphire (Thunder), Shadow (Necrotic), Silver (Cold), Topaz (Necrotic), Turtle (Fire), White (Cold).<br>
When you would deal Damage with a Monk Weapon, you can instead deal Damage of the Type you chose with this feature, when you do this, you ignore Resistance to that Damage Type.<br>
When you would deal Damage with a Monk Weapon, you can instead deal Damage of the Type you chose with this feature, when you do this, you ignore Resistance to that Damage Type.<br>
Additionally, you gain Resistance to the Damage Type you chose with this feature.
Additionally, you gain Resistance to the Damage Type you chose with this feature.
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==== Draconic Will ====
==== Draconic Will ====
''3rd Level Way of the Ascendent Dragon Feature''<br>
''3rd Level Way of the Ascendent Dragon Feature''<br>
You learn to speak, read, and write Draikyaan.<br>
You learn to speak, read, and write [[Languages#Draikyaan|Draikyaan]].<br>
Additionally, if you fail on a Strength or Charisma (Intimidation) or Charisma (Persuasion) Check, or fail on a Saving throw against being Charmed or Frightened you can use your Reaction to reroll the Check or Save, as you tap into the mighty presence of dragons. Once this Reaction changes the result of a Check, you can’t use it again until you finish a Long Rest unless you spend 1 Ki Point to use it again. You only expend the Ki Point using this feature if you change the result of the Check.
Additionally, if you fail on a Strength or Charisma (Intimidation) or Charisma (Persuasion) Check, or fail on a Saving throw against being [[Conditions#Charmed|Charmed]] or [[Conditions#Frightened|Frightened]] you can use your Reaction to reroll the Check or Save, as you tap into the mighty presence of dragons. Once this Reaction changes the result of a Check, you can't use it again until you finish a Long Rest unless you spend 1 Ki Point to use it again. You only expend the Ki Point using this feature if you change the result of the Check.
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''11th Level Way of the Ascendent Dragon Feature''<br>
''11th Level Way of the Ascendent Dragon Feature''<br>
The power of your draconic spirit now radiates from you, warding your allies or inspiring fear in your enemies. As a Bonus Action, you can create a 10ft Moving Emanation of draconic power for 1 minute. For the duration, you gain one of the following effects:
The power of your draconic spirit now radiates from you, warding your allies or inspiring fear in your enemies. As a Bonus Action, you can create a 10ft Moving Emanation of draconic power for 1 minute. For the duration, you gain one of the following effects:
*When you create this Emanation, and as a Bonus Action on subsequent turns, you can choose a creature within the Emanation. The target must succeed on a Wisdom Saving Throw against your Ki Save DC. On a failed Save, a creature becomes Frightened of you for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the Saving Throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a successful Save.
*When you create this Emanation, and as a Bonus Action on subsequent turns, you can choose a creature within the Emanation. The target must succeed on a Wisdom Saving Throw against your Ki Save DC. On a failed Save, a creature becomes [[Conditions#Frightened|Frightened]] of you for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the Saving Throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a successful Save.
*All creatures of your choice in the Emanation have Resistance to the Damage Type you chose with your Draconic Disciple feature.
*All creatures of your choice in the Emanation have Resistance to the Damage Type you chose with your Draconic Disciple feature.
Once you create this aura, you can’t create it again until you finish a Long Rest, unless you spend 3 Ki Points to create it again.
Once you create this aura, you can't create it again until you finish a Long Rest, unless you spend 3 Ki Points to create it again.
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==== Ascendant Aspect ====
==== Ascendant Aspect ====
''17th Level Way of the Ascendent Dragon Feature''<br>
''17th Level Way of the Ascendent Dragon Feature''<br>
You gain Blindsight out to a Range of 30ft. Additionally, When you use your Aspect of the Wyrm feature, draconic fury explodes from you. Choose any number of creatures you can see in the Emanation created by the feature. Each of those creatures must succeed on a Dexterity Saving Throw against your Ki Save DC. On a failed Save, a creature takes Damage of the Type you chose with your Draconic Disciple feature equal to 4d10, is Frightened of you until the end of your next turn, and is knocked Prone. On a successful Save a creature takes half as much Damage and is knocked Prone.
You gain Blindsight out to a Range of 30ft. Additionally, When you use your Aspect of the Wyrm feature, draconic fury explodes from you. Choose any number of creatures you can see in the Emanation created by the feature. Each of those creatures must succeed on a Dexterity Saving Throw against your Ki Save DC. On a failed Save, a creature takes Damage of the Type you chose with your Draconic Disciple feature equal to 4d10, is [[Conditions#Frightened|Frightened]] of you until the end of your next turn, and is knocked [[Conditions#Prone|Prone]]. On a successful Save a creature takes half as much Damage, is knocked [[Conditions#Prone|Prone]], but is not [[Conditions#Frightened|Frightened]] of you.
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A monk who follows the Way of the Astral Self believes their body is an illusion. They see their ki as a representation of their true form, an astral self. This astral self has the capacity to be a force of order or disorder, with some monasteries training students to use their power to protect the weak and other instructing aspirants in how to manifest their true selves in service to the mighty.
A monk who follows the Way of the Astral Self believes their body is an illusion. They see their ki as a representation of their true form, an astral self. This astral self has the capacity to be a force of order or disorder, with some monasteries training students to use their power to protect the weak and other instructing aspirants in how to manifest their true selves in service to the mighty.
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Monk#Arms of the Astral Self|Arms of the Astral Self]] || 3rd || You can spend Ki Points to summon Astral Arms which allow you to use Wisdom instead of Strength for Strength Checks and Saving Throws, as well as Natural Weapons which have the Reach Property, deal Force Damage, and use your Wisdom
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| [[Monk#Visage of the Astral Self|Visage of the Astral Self]] || 6th || You can spend Ki Points to summon your Astral Visage which allows you to see through mundane and magical Dim Light and Darkness, be better at Wisdom (Insight) and Strength or Charisma (Intimidation) Checks, and speak directly to creatures or speak really loudly
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| [[Monk#Body of the Astral Self|Body of the Astral Self]] || 11th || You can spend Ki Points summon your Astral Body which allows you to take less Acid, Cold, Fire, Force, Lightning, or Thunder Damage, and deal more Damage with your Astral Arms
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| [[Monk#Avatar of the Astral Self|Avatar of the Astral Self]] || 17th || You can spend Ki Points to summon your Astral Avatar which gives you extra AC and extra Attacks
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==== Arms of the Astral Self ====
==== Arms of the Astral Self ====
''3rd Level Way of the Astral Self Feature''<br>
''3rd Level Way of the Astral Self Feature''<br>
Your mastery of your ki allows you to summon a portion of your astral self. As a Bonus Action, you can spend 1 Ki Point to summon the Astral Arms of your astral self. When you do so, each creature of your choice that you can see within 10ft of you must succeed on a Dexterity Saving Throw or take Force Damage equal to two rolls of your Martial Arts Die.<br>
Your mastery of your ki allows you to summon a portion of your Astral Self. As a Bonus Action, you can spend 1 Ki Point to summon the Astral Arms of your Astral Self. When you do so, each creature of your choice that you can see within 10ft of you must succeed on a Dexterity Saving Throw or take Force Damage equal to two rolls of your Martial Arts Die.<br>
For 10 minutes, these Astral Arms hover near your shoulders or surround your arms (your choice). You determine the arms' appearance, and they vanish early if you are Incapacitated or die. While the Astral Arms are present, you gain the following benefits:
For 10 minutes, these Astral Arms hover near your shoulders or surround your arms (your choice). You determine the arms' appearance, and they vanish early if you are [[Conditions#Incapacitated|Incapacitated]] or die. While the Astral Arms are present, you gain the following benefits:
*You can use your Wisdom Modifier in place of your Strength Modifier when making Strength Checks and Strength Saving Throws.
*You can use your Wisdom Modifier in place of your Strength Modifier when making Strength Checks and Strength Saving Throws.
*Your Astral Arms are Natural Weapons with the Reach Property that deal 1d6 Force Damage and use your Wisdom for the Attack instead of Strength or Dexterity.
*Your Astral Arms are Natural Weapons with the Reach Property that deal 1d6 Force Damage and use your Wisdom for the Attack instead of Strength or Dexterity.
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==== Visage of the Astral Self ====
==== Visage of the Astral Self ====
''6th Level Way of the Astral Self Feature''<br>
''6th Level Way of the Astral Self Feature''<br>
You can summon the Visage of your Astral Self. As a Bonus Action, or as part of the Bonus Action you take to summon your Astral Arms with your Arms of the Astral Self feature, you can spend 1 Ki Point to summon an Astral Visage for 10 minutes. It vanishes early if you are Incapacitated or die. The Astral Visage covers your face like a helmet or mask. You determine its appearance. While the Astral Visage is present, you gain the following benefits:
You can summon the Visage of your Astral Self. As a Bonus Action, or as part of the Bonus Action you take to summon your Astral Arms with your Arms of the Astral Self feature, you can spend 1 Ki Point to summon an Astral Visage for 10 minutes. It vanishes early if you are [[Conditions#Incapacitated|Incapacitated]] or die. The Astral Visage covers your face like a helmet or mask. You determine its appearance. While the Astral Visage is present, you gain the following benefits:
*You can see normally in magical and mundane Dim Light and Darkness, out to a Range of 120ft.
*You can see normally in magical and mundane Dim Light and Darkness, out to a Range of 120ft.
*You have Advantage on Wisdom (Insight) and Strength or Charisma (Intimidation) Checks.
*You have Advantage on Wisdom (Insight) and Strength or Charisma (Intimidation) Checks.
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==== Avatar of the Astral Self ====
==== Avatar of the Astral Self ====
''17th Level Way of the Astral Self Feature''<br>
''17th Level Way of the Astral Self Feature''<br>
Your connection to your astral self is complete, allowing you to unleash its full potential. As a Bonus action, you can spend 5 Ki Points to summon your Astral Avatar. When you do so, you also summon your Astral Arms with your Arms of the Astral Self feature, your Astral Visage with your Visage of the Astral Self feature, and your Astral Body from your Body of the Astral Self feature. Your Astral Avatar lasts until you lose your Astral Arms, Astral Visage, or Astral Body. While your Astral Avatar is summoned, you gain the following benefits:
Your connection to your astral self is complete, allowing you to unleash its full potential. As a Bonus Action, you can spend 5 Ki Points to summon your Astral Avatar. When you do so, you also summon your Astral Arms with your Arms of the Astral Self feature, your Astral Visage with your Visage of the Astral Self feature, and your Astral Body from your Body of the Astral Self feature. Your Astral Avatar lasts until you lose your Astral Arms, Astral Visage, or Astral Body. While your Astral Avatar is summoned, you gain the following benefits:
*You gain a +2 bonus to your AC.
*You gain a +2 bonus to your AC.
*If you take the Attack Action and make all of the Attacks with your Astral Arms, you can make one additional Attack as part of that Action.
*If you take the Attack Action and make all of the Attacks with your Astral Arms, you can make one additional Attack as part of that Action.
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Monks of the Way of the Basking Viper seek to to emulate their way's titular animal, developing methods to turn their ki into deadly toxins and strike quickly. Masters of this tradition often cause others to become uncomfortable, as their everyday motions begin to resemble that of a cunning predator
Monks of the Way of the Basking Viper seek to to emulate their way's titular animal, developing methods to turn their ki into deadly toxins and strike quickly. Masters of this tradition often cause others to become uncomfortable, as their everyday motions begin to resemble that of a cunning predator
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Monk#Venom Strike|Venom Strike]] || 3rd || When you Attack with a Monk Weapon you can try [[Conditions#Poisoned|Poison]] creatures and deal Poison Damage to the target at the start of each of its turns
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| [[Monk#Earthen Rhythm|Earthen Rhythm]] || 3rd || You get Tremorsense out to a Range of 30ft
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| [[Monk#Potent Toxin|Potent Toxin]] || 6th || You ignore Resistance to Poison Damage and deal more Damage with your Venom Strike feature
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| [[Monk#Coldblooded Predator|Coldblooded Predator]] || 11th || You can use your Venom Strike feature for free when you make an Opportunity Attack, you ignore Extreme Heat, and your Reach increases by 5ft
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| [[Monk#Virulent Venom|Virulent Venom]] || 17th || You can send Ki Points to [[Conditions#Paralyzed|Paralyze]] enemies with your Venom Strike feature, when you do you deal extra Poison Damage
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==== Venom Strike ====
==== Venom Strike ====
''3rd Level Way of the Basking Viper Feature''<br>
''3rd Level Way of the Basking Viper Feature''<br>
You can channel your ki into an enemy to introduce a toxin into their body. When you hit a creature with an Attack made with a Monk Weapon, you an force that creature to make a Constitution Saving Throw against your Ki Save DC. On a failed Save, a creature is Poisoned for a number of rounds equal to your Wisdom Modifier. While a creature is Poisoned in this way, it takes an amount of Poison Damage equal to one roll of your Martial Arts Die at the end of each of its turns, then makes the Saving Throw again, ending the effect on a successful Save.<br>
You can channel your ki into an enemy to introduce a toxin into their body. When you hit a creature with an Attack made with a Monk Weapon, you an force that creature to make a Constitution Saving Throw against your Ki Save DC. On a failed Save, a creature is [[Conditions#Poisoned|Poisoned]] for a number of rounds equal to your Wisdom Modifier. While a creature is [[Conditions#Poisoned|Poisoned]] in this way, it takes an amount of [[Conditions#Poisoned|Poisoned]] Damage equal to one roll of your Martial Arts Die at the end of each of its turns, then makes the Saving Throw again, ending the effect on a successful Save.<br>
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regaining expended uses at the end of a Long Rest. If you have no remaining uses of this feature, you can spend 2 Ki Points to use it again.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regaining expended uses at the end of a Long Rest. If you have no remaining uses of this feature, you can spend 2 Ki Points to use it again.
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==== Virulent Venom ====
==== Virulent Venom ====
''17th Level Way of the Basking Viper Feature''<br>
''17th Level Way of the Basking Viper Feature''<br>
Your venomous strikes have become even more gruesome. When you use your Venom Strike feature, you can expend 3 Ki Points, causing the target to be Paralyzed instead of Poisoned on a failed Save. Additionally, the target takes three rolls of your Martial Arts Die instead of two while Paralyzed in this way.
Your venomous strikes have become even more gruesome. When you use your Venom Strike feature, you can spend 3 Ki Points, causing the target to be [[Conditions#Paralyzed|Paralyzed]] instead of being [[Conditions#Poisoned|Poisoned]] on a failed Save. Additionally, the target takes three rolls of your Martial Arts Die instead of two while [[Conditions#Paralyzed|Paralyzed]] in this way.
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== Way of the Drunken Master ==
== Way of the Drunken Master ==
The Way of the Drunken Master teaches its students to move with the jerky, unpredictable movements of a drunkard. A drunken master sways, tottering on unsteady feet, to present what seems like an incompetent combatant who proves frustrating to engage. The drunken master’s erratic stumbles conceal a carefully executed dance of blocks, parries, advances, attacks, and retreats.<br>
The Way of the Drunken Master teaches its students to move with the jerky, unpredictable movements of a drunkard. A drunken master sways, tottering on unsteady feet, to present what seems like an incompetent combatant who proves frustrating to engage. The drunken master's erratic stumbles conceal a carefully executed dance of blocks, parries, advances, attacks, and retreats.<br>
A drunken master often enjoys playing the fool to bring gladness to the despondent or to demonstrate humility to the arrogant, but when battle is joined, the drunken master can be a maddening, masterful foe.
A drunken master often enjoys playing the fool to bring gladness to the despondent or to demonstrate humility to the arrogant, but when battle is joined, the drunken master can be a maddening, masterful foe.
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Drunken Master Features
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Monk#Bonus Proficiencies|Bonus Proficiencies]] || 3rd || You get Proficiency with Performance and [[Adventuring Gear#Artisan's Tools|Brewer's Supplies]]
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| [[Monk#Drunken Technique|Drunken Technique]] || 3rd || When you use your Flurry of Blows feature, you take the Disengage Action and become faster for free
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| [[Monk#Tipsy Sway|Tipsy Sway]] || 6th || You can stand up from being [[Conditions#Prone|Prone]] easier, and when you miss on an Attack you can spend Ki Points to hit a different creature instead
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| [[Monk#Drunkard's Luck|Drunkard's Luck]] || 11th || When you have Disadvantage, you can spend Ki Points to not have Disadvantage instead
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| [[Monk#Intoxicated Frenzy|Intoxicated Frenzy]] || 17th || When you use your Flurry of Blows feature you can make additional Attacks but they have to target different creatures
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==== Bonus Proficiencies ====
==== Bonus Proficiencies ====
''3rd Level Way of the Drunken Master Feature''<br>
''3rd Level Way of the Drunken Master Feature''<br>
You gain Proficiency in Performance and Brewer's Supplies. Your martial arts technique mixes combat training with the precision of a dancer and the antics of a jester.
You gain Proficiency in Performance and [[Adventuring Gear#Artisan's Tools|Brewer's Supplies]]. Your martial arts technique mixes combat training with the precision of a dancer and the antics of a jester.
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==== Drunken Technique ====
==== Drunken Technique ====
''3rd Level Way of the Drunken Master Feature''<br>
''3rd Level Way of the Drunken Master Feature''<br>
You learn how to twist and turn quickly as part of your flurrying strikes. Whenever you use your Flurry of Blows feature, you can take the Disengage action and increase your Speed by 10ft until the start of your next turn as part of the Bonus Action you used.
You learn how to twist and turn quickly as part of your flurrying strikes. Whenever you use your Flurry of Blows feature, you can take the Disengage Action as part of that Bonus Action and increase your Speed by 10ft until the start of your next turn as part of the Bonus Action you used.
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''6th Level Way of the Drunken Master Feature''<br>
''6th Level Way of the Drunken Master Feature''<br>
You can move in sudden, swaying ways. You gain the following benefits:
You can move in sudden, swaying ways. You gain the following benefits:
*When you’re Prone, you can stand up by spending 5ft of Speed, rather than half your Speed.
*When you're Prone, you can stand up by spending 5ft of Speed, rather than half your Speed.
*When a creature misses you with a Melee Attack, you can spend 1 Ki Point as a Reaction to cause that Attack to hit one creature of your choice, other than the Attacker, that you can see within 5ft of you.
*When a creature misses you with a Melee Attack, you can spend 1 Ki Point as a Reaction to cause that Attack to hit one creature of your choice, other than the Attacker, that you can see within 5ft of you.
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==== Drunkard’s Luck ====
==== Drunkard's Luck ====
''11th Level Way of the Drunken Master Feature''<br>
''11th Level Way of the Drunken Master Feature''<br>
You always seem to get a lucky bounce at the right moment. When you make an Attack Roll, Ability Check, or Saving Throw with Disadvantage, you can spend 2 Ki Points to no have Disadvantage on that roll.
You always seem to get a lucky bounce at the right moment. When you make an Attack Roll, Ability Check, or Saving Throw with Disadvantage, you can spend 2 Ki Points to not have Disadvantage on that roll.
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Novices who adopt the Way of the Flowing River are taught a style of martial arts that emphasizes non-violence and only using force when necessary. Named for the masterful grace and fluidity that these warriors exhibit, practitioners of the Flowing River are often known as dancing monks.
Novices who adopt the Way of the Flowing River are taught a style of martial arts that emphasizes non-violence and only using force when necessary. Named for the masterful grace and fluidity that these warriors exhibit, practitioners of the Flowing River are often known as dancing monks.
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Flowing River Features
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Monk#Dancing Monk|Dancing Monk]] || 3rd || You get Proficiency with Acrobatics and Performance, can use Dexterity (Performance) Checks instead of Charisma (Performance) Checks, and you're minimum roll for Dexterity (Acrobatics) or Dexterity or Charisma (Performance) Checks is an 8
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| [[Monk#Flowing River Stance|Flowing River Stance]] || 3rd || You can use an Action to enter a stance where you get extra Reactions, and if a creature misses you with an Attack while in this Stance, you can use a Reaction knock it [[Conditions#Prone|Prone]] and reduce its Speed to 0
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| [[Monk#Graceful Step|Graceful Step]] || 6th || You can use your Step of the Wind feature without spending Ki Points, and when you use your Flowing River Stance feature, you can use your Patient Defense feature without spending Ki Points
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| [[Monk#Enchanting Flow|Enchanting Flow]] || 11th || You can spend Ki Points when you use your Flowing River Stance feature to cause nearby enemies to be worse at Attacking creatures other than you
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| [[Monk#Wrath of the Flowing River|Wrath of the Flowing River]] || 17th || You can spend Ki Points to shoot a river in a Line that deals Damage and knocks enemies [[Conditions#Prone|Prone]]
|}
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==== Dancing Monk ====
==== Dancing Monk ====
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The signature mark of a Vigilante monk is their Heroic Persona, a mantle they create for themselves that protects their true identity. Vigilante monks almost always have a deeply personal reason for donning their Heroic Persona and working to thwart villains of all kinds. What is yours?
The signature mark of a Vigilante monk is their Heroic Persona, a mantle they create for themselves that protects their true identity. Vigilante monks almost always have a deeply personal reason for donning their Heroic Persona and working to thwart villains of all kinds. What is yours?
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Heroic Vigilante Features
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Monk#Bonus Proficiencies|Bonus Proficiencies]] || 3rd || You get Proficiency with Intimidation, Performance, [[Armor and Weapons#Light Armor|Light Armor]], [[Armor and Weapons#Medium Armor|Medium Armor]], and [[Armor and Weapons#Shields|Shields]], also you can use a [[Armor and Weapons#Shields|Shield]] to still gain the benefits of all your Monk features
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| [[Monk#Force of Personality|Force of Personality]] || 3rd || You use your Charisma instead of your Wisdom for all of your Monk features
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| [[Monk#Heroic Persona|Heroic Persona]] || 3rd || As a Bonus Action when no one sees you, you can transform into your Heroic Persona to get a bunch of buffs
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| [[Monk#Valiant Action|Valiant Action]] || 6th || You get Proficiency with Acrobatics and Athletics, and can use a Reaction to move to an ally and take the hit for them
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| [[Monk#Inspiring Presence|Inspiring Presence]] || 11th || While in your Heroic Persona, nearby allies are better at resisting [[Conditions#Charmed|Charmed]] and [[Conditions#Frightened|Frightened]], as well as gain some Temporary Hit Points
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| [[Monk#Heroic Strike|Heroic Strike]] || 17th || You can spend Ki Points to push away and Damage an enemy
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| [[Monk#Paragon of Virtue|Paragon of Virtue]] || 17th || Your Heroic Persona lasts forever unless you choose to leave it
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==== Bonus Proficiencies ====
==== Bonus Proficiencies ====
''3rd Level Way of the Heroic Vigilante Feature''<br>
''3rd Level Way of the Heroic Vigilante Feature''<br>
You gain the skills to succeed as a heroic Vigilante. You gain Proficiency in Intimidation and Performance.<br>
You gain the skills to succeed as a Heroic Vigilante. You gain Proficiency in Intimidation and Performance.<br>
You also gain Proficiency with Light Armor, Medium Armor, and Shields. While wielding a Shield you still gain the benefits of your Martial Arts, Unarmored Movement, and Unarmored Movement Improvement features.
You also gain Proficiency with [[Armor and Weapons#Light Armor|Light Armor]], [[Armor and Weapons#Medium Armor|Medium Armor]], and [[Armor and Weapons#Shields|Shields]]. While wielding a [[Armor and Weapons#Shields|Shield]] you still gain the benefits of your Martial Arts, Unarmored Movement, and Unarmored Movement Improvement features.
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==== Force of Personality ====
==== Force of Personality ====
''3rd Level Way of the Heroic Vigilante Feature''<br>
''3rd Level Way of the Heroic Vigilante Feature''<br>
You use your Charisma Modifier for your Monk feature instead of your Wisdom Modifier.
Your Ki Save DC is now 8 + your Charisma Modifier + your Proficiency Bonus, and your AC from your Unarmored Defense feature is now 10 + your Dexterity Modifier + your Charisma Modifier, and you have a number of Ki Points equal to twice your Monk Level + your Charisma Modifier.
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==== Heroic Persona ====
==== Heroic Persona ====
''3rd Level Way of the Heroic Vigilante Feature''<br>
''3rd Level Way of the Heroic Vigilante Feature''<br>
You design your Heroic Persona, a lager than life identity usually marked by a thematic costume or flashy suit of armor. As a Bonus Action if no creatures can see you, you can adopt your Heroic Persona, which can include a suit of Light or Medium Armor and a Shield if you have them on your person. When you do so, you gain Temporary Hit Points equal to your Monk Level, and while your Heroic Persona is active you gain the following benefits:
You design your Heroic Persona, a larger than life identity usually marked by a thematic costume or flashy suit of armor. As a Bonus Action if no creatures can see you, you can adopt your Heroic Persona, which can include a suit of [[Armor and Weapons#Light Armor|Light Armor]] or [[Armor and Weapons#Medium Armor|Medium Armor]] and a [[Armor and Weapons#Shields|Shield]] if you have them on your person. When you do so, you gain Temporary Hit Points equal to your Monk Level, and while your Heroic Persona is active you gain the following benefits:
*As a Bonus Action, you can spend 1 Ki Point to gain Temporary Hit Points equal to your Monk Level + your Charisma Modifier.
*As a Bonus Action, you can spend 1 Ki Point to gain Temporary Hit Points equal to your Monk Level + your Charisma Modifier.
*When you hit on a Melee Attack made using a Monk Weapon, you can spend 1 Ki Point to deal an additional 1d10 Bludgeoning Damage.
*When you hit on a Melee Attack made using a Monk Weapon, you can spend 1 Ki Point to deal an additional 1d10 Bludgeoning Damage.
*You can use your Charisma, in place of Dexterity, when calculating your Armor Class for Light and Medium Armor.
*You can use your Charisma, in place of Dexterity, when calculating your Armor Class for [[Armor and Weapons#Light Armor|Light Armor]] and [[Armor and Weapons#Medium Armor|Medium Armor]].
*Ability Checks and Divination Spells that would discern your true identity automatically fail.
*Ability Checks and [[Divination|Divination Spells]] that would discern your true identity automatically fail.
Your Heroic Persona lasts for 1 hour, and ends early if you use a Bonus Action to exit your Heroic Persona, which you can only do if no creatures can see you. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regaining expended uses at the end of a Long Rest, unless you spend 3 Ki Points to use it again.
Your Heroic Persona lasts for 1 hour, and ends early if you use a Bonus Action to exit your Heroic Persona, which you can only do if no creatures can see you. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regaining expended uses at the end of a Long Rest, unless you spend 3 Ki Points to use it again.
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==== Valiant Action ====
==== Valiant Action ====
''6th Level Way of the Heroic Vigilante Feature''<br>
''6th Level Way of the Heroic Vigilante Feature''<br>
As the reputation and power of your Heroic Persona grows, you gain enhanced physical abilities. You gain proficiency in Acrobatics and Athletics.<br>
As the reputation and power of your Heroic Persona grows, you gain enhanced physical abilities. You gain Proficiency in Acrobatics and Athletics.<br>
Additionally, when a creature within 20ft of you is hit by an Attack, you can move to a space within 5ft of that creature and redirect the Attack to target you instead. You can do this a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regaining expended uses at the end of a Long Rest.
Additionally, when a creature within 20ft of you is hit by an Attack, you can move to a space within 5ft of that creature and redirect the Attack to target you instead. You can do this a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regaining expended uses at the end of a Long Rest.
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==== Inspiring Presence ====
==== Inspiring Presence ====
''11th Level Way of the Heroic Vigilante Feature''<br>
''11th Level Way of the Heroic Vigilante Feature''<br>
The presence of your Heroic Persona inspires confidence in those who fight alongside you. While your Heroic Persona from your Heroic Persona feature is active, creatures of your choice within 15ft of you that can see or hear you have Advantage on Saving Throws to resist being Charmed or Frightened. At the start of your turn, all creatures of your choice within this area gain a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to your Monk Level + your Charisma Modifier that remain until they are no longer within this area. At 17th Level, the Radius of this feature increases to 30ft.
The presence of your Heroic Persona inspires confidence in those who fight alongside you. While your Heroic Persona from your Heroic Persona feature is active, creatures of your choice within 15ft of you that can see or hear you have Advantage on Saving Throws to resist being [[Conditions#Charmed|Charmed]] or [[Conditions#Frightened|Frightened]]. At the start of your turn, all creatures of your choice within this area gain a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to your Monk Level + your Charisma Modifier that remain until they are no longer within this area. At 17th Level, the Radius of this feature increases to 30ft.
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While most monks master styles of martial arts that focus on rapid strikes and elusive movement, those who embrace the Way of the Hurricane utilize mighty weapons alongside their martial arts. Using their signature technique, monks of this Tradition become walls of whirling steel, cutting down any who would dare to stand against them.
While most monks master styles of martial arts that focus on rapid strikes and elusive movement, those who embrace the Way of the Hurricane utilize mighty weapons alongside their martial arts. Using their signature technique, monks of this Tradition become walls of whirling steel, cutting down any who would dare to stand against them.
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Howling Hurricane Features
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Monk#Heavy Warrior|Heavy Warrior]] || 3rd || You get Proficiency with [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Melee Weapons|Martial Melee Weapons]] with the Heavy Property and they also count as Monk Weapons
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| [[Monk#Whirling Strike|Whirling Strike]] || 3rd || When you Attack with a Heavy [[Armor and Weapons#Weapons|Weapon]], you can spend Ki Points to instead cause nearby creatures to get hit by the Attack
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| [[Monk#Gale's Ward|Gale's Ward]] || 6th || You can spend Ki Points to cause the area around you to become Difficult Terrain and give you 1/2 Cover
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| [[Monk#Buffeting Winds|Buffeting Winds]] || 11th || When you hit a creature with a Heavy [[Armor and Weapons#Weapons|Weapon]], you can spend Ki Points to push it away from you and knock it [[Conditions#Prone|Prone]]
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| [[Monk#Improved Whirling Strike|Improved Whirling Strike]] || 11th || You add your Dexterity Modifier to the Damage of your Whirling Strike feature
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| [[Monk#True Tempest|True Tempest]] || 17th || Your Reach with Heavy [[Armor and Weapons#Weapons|Weapons]] increases, creatures you hit with Heavy [[Armor and Weapons#Weapons|Weapon]] are knocked [[Conditions#Prone|Prone]], and your Crit Range while Attacking [[Conditions#Prone|Prone]] and [[Conditions#Slowed|Slowed]] creatures increases by 2
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==== Heavy Warrior ====
==== Heavy Warrior ====
''3rd Level Way of the Howling Hurricane Feature''<br>
''3rd Level Way of the Howling Hurricane Feature''<br>
You have trained to wield Heavy Weapons in conjunction with your martial arts. You gain Proficiency with all Martial Melee Weapons with the Heavy Property, and also count as Monk Weapons for you.
You have trained to wield Heavy Weapons in conjunction with your martial arts. You gain Proficiency with all [[Armor and Weapons#Martial Melee Weapons|Martial Melee Weapons]] with the Heavy Property, and also count as Monk Weapons for you.
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==== Gale's Ward ====
==== Gale's Ward ====
''6th Level Way of the Howling Hurricane Feature''<br>
''6th Level Way of the Howling Hurricane Feature''<br>
You learn to use the weight of your Weapon to rebuke your attackers. When you use your Patient Defense feature, you can spend 2 Ki Points to cause whirling gusts of wind to shoot forth causing the area within 10ft of you to become Difficult Terrain, and you Half Cover from all other creatures for this duration. These benefits last for 1 minute.
You learn to use the weight of your Weapon to rebuke your attackers. When you use your Patient Defense feature, you can spend 2 Ki Points to cause whirling gusts of wind to shoot forth causing the area within 10ft of you to become Difficult Terrain, you also gain 1/2 Cover from all other creatures for this duration. These benefits last for 1 minute.
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==== Buffeting Winds ====
==== Buffeting Winds ====
''11th Level Way of the Howling Hurricane Feature''<br>
''11th Level Way of the Howling Hurricane Feature''<br>
You use the weight of your weapon to create gusts of wind which empower your strikes. When you hit on an Attack using a Monk Weapon Weapon that has the Heavy Property, you can force the target of the Attack to make a Strength Saving Throw against your Ki Save DC. On a failed Save, the target is knocked Prone, or it pushed a number of feet equal to 5 x your Proficiency Bonus (your choice).<br>
You use the weight of your weapon to create gusts of wind which empower your strikes. When you hit on an Attack using a Monk Weapon that has the Heavy Property, you can force the target of the Attack to make a Strength Saving Throw against your Ki Save DC. On a failed Save, the target is knocked Prone, or it pushed a number of feet equal to 5 x your Proficiency Bonus (your choice).<br>
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom Modifier, regaining expended uses at the end of a Long Rest, unless you spend 1 Ki Point to use it again.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom Modifier, regaining expended uses at the end of a Long Rest, unless you spend 1 Ki Point to use it again.
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''17th Level Way of the Howling Hurricane Feature''<br>
''17th Level Way of the Howling Hurricane Feature''<br>
Your mastery over the weight of your weapons increases. Your Reach while using Monk Weapons that have the Heavy Property is increased by 5ft. Additionally, when you hit on an Attack using a Monk Weapon that has the Heavy Property, that creature must make a Strength Saving Throw or be knocked Prone.<br>
Your mastery over the weight of your weapons increases. Your Reach while using Monk Weapons that have the Heavy Property is increased by 5ft. Additionally, when you hit on an Attack using a Monk Weapon that has the Heavy Property, that creature must make a Strength Saving Throw or be knocked Prone.<br>
Additionally, your Crit Range increases by 2 while Attacing creatures that are Slowed or Prone
Additionally, your Crit Range increases by 2 while Attacking creatures that are [[Conditions#Slowed|Slowed]] or [[Conditions#Prone|Prone]]
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Monks of the Way of the Long Death are obsessed with the meaning and mechanics of dying. They capture creatures and prepare elaborate experiments to capture, record, and understand the moments of their demise. They then use this knowledge to guide their understanding of martial arts, yielding a deadly fighting style.
Monks of the Way of the Long Death are obsessed with the meaning and mechanics of dying. They capture creatures and prepare elaborate experiments to capture, record, and understand the moments of their demise. They then use this knowledge to guide their understanding of martial arts, yielding a deadly fighting style.
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Long Death Features
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Monk#Touch of Death|Touch of Death]] || 3rd || When you kill a creature, you get Temporary Hit Points
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| [[Monk#Hour of Reaping|Hour of Reaping]] || 6th || You can [[Conditions#Frightened|Frighten]] enemies
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| [[Monk#Mastery of Death|Mastery of Death]] || 11th || When you would die, you can spend Ki Points to not die instead
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| [[Monk#Touch of the Long Death|Touch of the Long Death]] || 17th || You can spend Ki Points to deal a bunch of Necrotic Damage
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==== Touch of Death ====
==== Touch of Death ====
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==== Hour of Reaping ====
==== Hour of Reaping ====
''6th Level Way of the Long Death Feature''<br>
''6th Level Way of the Long Death Feature''<br>
You gain the ability to unsettle or terrify those around you, for your soul has been touched by the shadow of death. As an Action, each creature of your choice within 30ft of you that can see you must succeed on a Wisdom Saving Throw. On a failed Save a creature is Frightened of you until the end of your next turn.
You gain the ability to unsettle or terrify those around you, for your soul has been touched by the shadow of death. As an Action, each creature of your choice within 30ft of you that can see you must succeed on a Wisdom Saving Throw. On a failed Save a creature is [[Conditions#Frightened|Frightened]] of you until the end of your next turn.
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Those who follow the Way of the Merciful Grasp might be members of a religious order, administering to the needy and making grim choices rooted in reality rather than idealism. Some might be gentle-voiced healers, beloved by their communities, while others might be masked bringers of macabre mercies.
Those who follow the Way of the Merciful Grasp might be members of a religious order, administering to the needy and making grim choices rooted in reality rather than idealism. Some might be gentle-voiced healers, beloved by their communities, while others might be masked bringers of macabre mercies.
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Merciful Grasp Features
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Monk#Implements of Mercy|Implements of Mercy]] || 3rd || You get Proficiency with Insight, Medicine, and [[Adventuring Gear#Alchemical Tools|Herbalism Kits]]
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| [[Monk#Hand of Healing|Hand of Healing]] || 3rd || You can spend Ki Points to replace your Attacks with healing allies, and can do so for free once per turn when you use Flurry of Blows
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| [[Monk#Hand of Harm|Hand of Harm]] || 3rd || You can spend Ki Points to deal extra Necrotic Damage to the target
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| [[Monk#Physician's Touch|Physician's Touch]] || 6th || When you use your Hand of Healing feature you can end a bunch a [[Conditions|Condition]] or Disease affecting the target, you can also [[Conditions#Poisoned|Poison]] with your Hand of Harm feature
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| [[Monk#Flurry of Healing and Harm|Flurry of Healing and Harm]] || 11th || When you use your Flurry of Blows feature, you can use your Hand of Healing and Hand of Harm features for free
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| [[Monk#Heroes Never Die|Heroes Never Die]] || 17th || You can revive a recently dead ally
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==== Implements of Mercy ====
==== Implements of Mercy ====
''3rd Level Way of the Merciful Grasp Feature''<br>
''3rd Level Way of the Merciful Grasp Feature''<br>
You gain Proficiency in Insight and Medicine, and you gain Proficiency with Herbalism Kits.
You gain Proficiency in Insight and Medicine, and you gain Proficiency with [[Adventuring Gear#Alchemical Tools|Herbalism Kits]].
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==== Physician’s Touch ====
==== Physician's Touch ====
''6th Level Way of the Merciful Grasp Feature''<br>
''6th Level Way of the Merciful Grasp Feature''<br>
You can administer even greater cures with a touch, and if you feel it’s necessary, you can use your knowledge to cause harm.<br>
You can administer even greater cures with a touch, and if you feel it's necessary, you can use your knowledge to cause harm.<br>
When you use your Hand of Healing feature, you can also end one Disease or one of the following Conditions affecting the creature: Blinded, Dazed, Deafened, Paralyzed, Poisoned, or Stunned.<br>
When you use your Hand of Healing feature, you can also end one Disease or one of the following Conditions affecting the creature: [[Conditions#Blinded|Blinded]], [[Conditions#Dazed|Dazed]], [[Conditions#Deafened|Deafened]], [[Conditions#Paralyzed|Paralyzed]], [[Conditions#Poisoned|Poisoned]], or [[Conditions#Stunned|Stunned]].<br>
When you use your Hand of Harm feature, you Poison that creature until the end of your next turn.
When you use your Hand of Harm feature, you [[Conditions#Poisoned|Poison]] that creature until the end of your next turn.
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==== Heroes Never Die ====
==== Heroes Never Die ====
''17th Level Way of the Merciful Grasp Feature''<br>
''17th Level Way of the Merciful Grasp Feature''<br>
Your mastery of life energy opens the door to the ultimate mercy. As an Action, you can touch the corpse of a creature that died within the past 24 hours and spend 5 Ki Points. The creature then returns to life, regaining a number of Hit Points equal to 4d10 + your Wisdom Modifier. If the creature died while subject to any of the following conditions, it revives with them removed: Blinded, Dazed, Deafened, Paralyzed, Poisoned, and Stunned. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a Long Rest.
Your mastery of life energy opens the door to the ultimate mercy. As an Action, you can touch the corpse of a creature that died within the past 24 hours and spend 5 Ki Points. The creature then returns to life, regaining a number of Hit Points equal to 4d10 + your Wisdom Modifier. If the creature died while subject to any of the following Conditions, it revives with them removed: [[Conditions#Blinded|Blinded]], [[Conditions#Dazed|Dazed]], [[Conditions#Deafened|Deafened]], [[Conditions#Paralyzed|Paralyzed]], [[Conditions#Poisoned|Poisoned]], and [[Conditions#Stunned|Stunned]]. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Long Rest.
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Monks of the Way of the Open Hand are the ultimate masters of martial arts combat, whether armed or unarmed. They learn techniques to push and trip their opponents, manipulate Ki to heal damage to their bodies, and practice advanced meditation that can protect them from harm.
Monks of the Way of the Open Hand are the ultimate masters of martial arts combat, whether armed or unarmed. They learn techniques to push and trip their opponents, manipulate Ki to heal damage to their bodies, and practice advanced meditation that can protect them from harm.
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Open Hand Features
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Monk#Open Hand Technique|Open Hand Technique]] || 3rd || You can harry an enemy you hit with your Flurry of Blows feature in a variety of ways
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| [[Monk#Wholeness of Body|Wholeness of Body]] || 6th || You can heal yourself as an Action
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| [[Monk#Tranquility|Tranquility]] || 11th || Your permanently under the effects of the [[Level 1#Sanctuary|Sanctuary]]
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| [[Monk#Quivering Palm|Quivering Palm]] || 17th || You can start waves in a creature when you hit it with an Attack, and then use an Action either kill or deal a ton of Damage to the target
|}
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==== Open Hand Technique ====
==== Open Hand Technique ====
''3rd Level Way of the Open Hand Feature''<br>
''3rd Level Way of the Open Hand Feature''<br>
You can manipulate your enemy’s Ki when you harness your own. Whenever you hit a creature with an Attack from your Flurry of Blows feature, choose one of the following effects to impose on the target:
You can manipulate your enemy's Ki when you harness your own. Whenever you hit a creature with an Attack from your Flurry of Blows feature, choose one of the following effects to impose on the target:
*The target falls Prone.
*The target falls Prone.
*The target is pushed 15ft away from you.
*The target is pushed 15ft away from you.
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==== Tranquility ====
==== Tranquility ====
''11th Level Way of the Open Hand Feature''<br>
''11th Level Way of the Open Hand Feature''<br>
You can enter a special meditation that surrounds you with an aura of peace. At the end of a Long Rest, you non-magically gain the effects of the Sanctuary Spell with a Duration of Until the end of your next Long Rest. You use Wisdom as your Spellcasting Ability for this effect.
You can enter a special meditation that surrounds you with an aura of peace. At the end of a Long Rest, you non-magically gain the effects of the [[Level 1#Sanctuary|Sanctuary]] Spell with a Duration of Until the end of your next Long Rest. You use Wisdom as your Spellcasting Ability for this effect.
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==== Quivering Palm ====
==== Quivering Palm ====
''17th Level Way of the Open Hand Feature''<br>
''17th Level Way of the Open Hand Feature''<br>
You gain the ability to set up lethal vibrations in someone’s body. When you hit a creature with an Attack made with a Monk Weapon, you can spend 3 Ki Points to start these imperceptible vibrations, which last for a number of days equal to your Monk Level. The vibrations are harmless. You can only have these vibrations affecting one creature at a time. You can end the vibrations early and harmlessly as a Free Action, or you can end the vibrations as an Action, to end the vibrations in either of these ways you and the target must be on the same plane of existence. If you end the vibrations as an Action, the creature must make a Constitution Saving throw. On a failed Save, the creature is reduced to 0 Hit Points. On a successful Save, the creature takes 10d10 Necrotic Damage.
You gain the ability to set up lethal vibrations in someone's body. When you hit a creature with an Attack made with a Monk Weapon, you can spend 3 Ki Points to start these imperceptible vibrations, which last for a number of days equal to your Monk Level. The vibrations are harmless. You can only have these vibrations affecting one creature at a time. You can end the vibrations early and harmlessly as a Free Action, or you can end the vibrations as an Action, to end the vibrations in either of these ways you and the target must be on the same plane of existence. If you end the vibrations as an Action, the creature must make a Constitution Saving throw. On a failed Save, the creature is reduced to 0 Hit Points. On a successful Save, the creature takes 10d10 Necrotic Damage.
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Monks of the Way of the Radiant Soul learn to channel their life energy into searing bolts of light. They teach that meditation can unlock the ability to unleash the indomitable light shed by the soul of every living creature.
Monks of the Way of the Radiant Soul learn to channel their life energy into searing bolts of light. They teach that meditation can unlock the ability to unleash the indomitable light shed by the soul of every living creature.
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Radiant Soul Features
|-
! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
|-
| [[Monk#Radiant Sun Bolt|Radiant Sun Bolt]] || 3rd || You can shoot bolts of light out of your hands that Attack and deal Radiant Damage
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| [[Monk#Searing Arc Strike|Searing Arc Strike]] || 6th || You use a Bonus Action and spend Ki Points to cast the [[Level 1#Burning Hands|Burning Hands]] Spell after you take Attack Action
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| [[Monk#Searing Sunburst|Searing Sunburst]] || 11th || You can throw a radiant sphere of light that deals Radiant Damage to all nearby creatures
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| [[Monk#Sun Shield|Sun Shield]] || 17th || You emit Light, when creatures in this Light hits you with an Attack, you can use your Reaction to deal Damage to it
|}
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==== Radiant Sun Bolt ====
==== Radiant Sun Bolt ====
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==== Searing Arc Strike ====
==== Searing Arc Strike ====
''6th Level Way of the Radiant Soul Feature''<br>
''6th Level Way of the Radiant Soul Feature''<br>
You gain the ability to channel your Ki into searing waves of energy. Immediately after you take the Attack Action on your turn, you can spend 2 Ki Points to cast the Burning Hands Spell as a Bonus Action. You use Dexterity as your Spellcasting Ability for this Spell.<br>
You gain the ability to channel your Ki into searing waves of energy. Immediately after you take the Attack Action on your turn, you can spend 2 Ki Points to cast the [[Level 1#Burning Hands|Burning Hands]] Spell as a Bonus Action. You use Dexterity as your Spellcasting Ability for this Spell.<br>
You can spend additional Ki Points to cast the Burning Hands Spell in this way at a higher Spell Level. Each additional Ki Point you spend increases the Spell's Level by 1.  
You can spend additional Ki Points to cast the [[Level 1#Burning Hands|Burning Hands]] Spell in this way at a higher Spell Level. Each additional Ki Point you spend increases the Spell's Level by 1.  
You can raise the Spell's Level in this way a number of times equal to half your Monk Level.
You can raise the Spell's Level in this way a number of times equal to half your Monk Level.
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''11th Level Way of the Radiant Soul Feature''<br>
''11th Level Way of the Radiant Soul Feature''<br>
You gain the ability to create an orb of light that erupts into a devastating explosion. As an Action, you magically create an orb and hurl it at a point you choose within 150ft of you, where it erupts into a sphere of radiant light for a brief but deadly instant.
You gain the ability to create an orb of light that erupts into a devastating explosion. As an Action, you magically create an orb and hurl it at a point you choose within 150ft of you, where it erupts into a sphere of radiant light for a brief but deadly instant.
Each creature within 20ft of the point you hurled the orb at makes a Constitution Saving Throw against your Ki Save DC. Pn a failed Save, a creature takes 2d6 Radiant Damage.<br>
Each creature within 20ft of the point you hurled the orb at makes a Constitution Saving Throw against your Ki Save DC. On a failed Save, a creature takes 2d6 Radiant Damage.<br>
This feature ignores Cover from material that is not completely opaque.<br>
This feature ignores Cover from material that is not completely opaque.<br>
You can increase the Damage of the sphere by spending up to 3 Ki Points. You increase the Damage of the sphere by 2d6 for every Ki Point you spent.
You can increase the Damage of the sphere by spending up to 3 Ki Points. You increase the Damage of the sphere by 2d6 for every Ki Point you spent.
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Many monks of this tradition tattoo their bodies with representations of their ki powers, commonly imagined as coiling dragons, but also as phoenixes, fish, plants, mountains, and cresting waves.
Many monks of this tradition tattoo their bodies with representations of their ki powers, commonly imagined as coiling dragons, but also as phoenixes, fish, plants, mountains, and cresting waves.
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Raging Elements Features
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Monk#Spellcasting|Spellcasting]] || 3rd || You gain Quarter Spellcasting that uses Wisdom and Learning Spells, usually from the [[Evocation]] or [[Transmutation]] Schools from the [[Shaman Spells|Shaman Spell List]], you also cast these Spells using Ki Points, but get extra Ki Points you can only use to cast these Spells
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| [[Monk#Shamanic Magic|Shamanic Magic]] || 3rd || You learn [[Languages#Elemental|Elemental]] and can use a Monk Weapon as a Spellcasting Focus
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| [[Monk#Elemental Attunement|Elemental Attunement]] || 3rd || You choose a Damage Type that you're really good at using, you chose more as you gain Levels in this class
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| [[Monk#Elemental Flurries|Elemental Flurries]] || 6th || You can use your Flurry of Blows feature when you cast a Spell, and you ignore Resistance to the Damage Type you chose with your Elemental Attunement feature
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| [[Monk#Furious Elements|Furious Elements]] || 11th || When you Attack with Monk Weapons, you can change the Damage Type to the Damage Type you chose with your Elemental Attunement feature, and you deal more Damage with that Damage Type
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| [[Monk#Elemental Conditioning|Elemental Conditioning]] || 17th || When you deal a Damage Type you chose your Elemental Attunement feature, the target makes a Constitution Saving Throw, suffering a [[Conditions|Condition]] on a failed Save
|}
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==== Spellcasting ====
==== Spellcasting ====
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'''Spell Attack Bonus.''' Your Wisdom Modifier + your Proficiency Bonus<br>
'''Spell Attack Bonus.''' Your Wisdom Modifier + your Proficiency Bonus<br>
'''Spellcasting Focus.''' A Druidic Focus<br>
'''Spellcasting Focus.''' A Druidic Focus<br>
'''Spell Learning Method.''' You start knowing 3 Spells from the Shaman Spell List, two of which must be from the Evocation or Transmutation Schools. You learn additional Spells from the Shaman Spell List which can only be learnt from the Evocation or Abjuration Schools as shown in the following class table. The Spells you learn at 8th, 14th, and 20th Level can be from any School of Magic.<br>
'''Spell Learning Method.''' You start knowing 3 Spells from the [[Shaman Spells|Shaman Spell List]], two of which must be from the [[Evocation]] or [[Transmutation]] Schools. You learn additional Spells from the [[Shaman Spells|Shaman Spell List]] which can only be learnt from the [[Evocation]] or [[Transmutation]] Schools as shown in the following class table. The Spells you learn at 8th, 14th, and 20th Level can be from any School of Magic.<br>
You do not gain Spell Slots, instead, if you cast a Spell, you must spend Ki Points to do so. The number of Ki Points spent to cast a Spell is equal to 1 + the Spell's Level. The maximum Spell Level you can cast Spells at with this feature is shown in the Spell Level column in the following table.<br>
You do not gain Spell Slots, instead, if you cast a Spell, you must spend Ki Points to do so. The number of Ki Points spent to cast a Spell is equal to 1 + the Spell's Level. The maximum Spell Level you can cast Spells at with this feature is shown in the Spell Level column in the following table.<br>
You also gain special Ki Points you can only to cast Spells in this way, these special Ki Points are called Spell Ki, and the amount you have per Level is shown in the Spell Ki column of the following table.
You also gain special Ki Points you can only to cast Spells in this way, these special Ki Points are called Spell Ki, and the amount you have per Level is shown in the Spell Ki column of the following table.


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Spells Known and Spell Level per Level
|+ [[Shaman Spells|Shaman Spell List]]
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|-
! Level !! Cantrips Known !! Spells Known !! Spell Level !! Spell Ki
! Level !! Cantrips Known !! Spells Known !! Spell Level !! Spell Ki
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|-
| 3rd || 2 || 3 || 1st || 2/2
| 3rd || 2 || 3 || 1st || 5
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| 4th || 2 || 4 || 1st || 3/3
| 4th || 2 || 4 || 1st || 5
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|-
| 5th || 2 || 4 || 1st || 3/3
| 5th || 2 || 4 || 1st || 5
|-
|-
| 6th || 2 || 4 || 1st || 3/3
| 6th || 2 || 4 || 1st || 5
|-
|-
| 7th || 2 || 5 || 2nd || 6/8
| 7th || 2 || 5 || 2nd || 10
|-
|-
| 8th || 2 || 6 || 2nd || 6/8
| 8th || 2 || 6 || 2nd || 10
|-
|-
| 9th || 2 || 6 || 2nd || 6/8
| 9th || 2 || 6 || 2nd || 10
|-
|-
| 10th || 3 || 7 || 2nd || 7/10
| 10th || 3 || 7 || 2nd || 12
|-
|-
| 11th || 3 || 8 || 2nd || 7/10
| 11th || 3 || 8 || 2nd || 12
|-
|-
| 12th || 3 || 8 || 2nd || 7/10
| 12th || 3 || 8 || 2nd || 12
|-
|-
| 13th || 3 || 9 || 3rd || 9/16
| 13th || 3 || 9 || 3rd || 18
|-
|-
| 14th || 3 || 10 || 3rd || 9/16
| 14th || 3 || 10 || 3rd || 18
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|-
| 15th || 3 || 10 || 3rd || 9/16
| 15th || 3 || 10 || 3rd || 18
|-
|-
| 16th || 3 || 11 || 3rd || 10/19
| 16th || 3 || 11 || 3rd || 21
|-
|-
| 17th || 3 || 11 || 3rd || 10/19
| 17th || 3 || 11 || 3rd || 21
|-
|-
| 18th || 3 || 11 || 3rd || 10/19
| 18th || 3 || 11 || 3rd || 21
|-
|-
| 19th || 3 || 12 || 4th || 11/23
| 19th || 3 || 12 || 4th || 25
|-
|-
| 20th || 3 || 13 || 4th || 11/23
| 20th || 3 || 13 || 4th || 25
|}
|}
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==== Shamanic Magic ====
==== Shamanic Magic ====
''3rd Level Way of the Raging Elements Feature''<br>
''3rd Level Way of the Raging Elements Feature''<br>
You begin to take on the traits of the shamans and use their magic through your Ki. You learn Elemental. Additionally, you can use a Monk Weapon as a Way of the Raging Elements Spellcasting Focus.
You begin to take on the traits of the shamans and use their magic through your Ki. You learn [[Languages#Elemental|Elemental]]. Additionally, you can use a Monk Weapon as a Way of the Raging Elements Spellcasting Focus.
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''17th Level Way of the Raging Elements Feature''<br>
''17th Level Way of the Raging Elements Feature''<br>
When you deal Damage of a Type you chose with your Elemental Attunement feature to a creature, you can force it to make a Constitution Saving Throw against your Ki Save DC. On a failed Save a creature gains a Condition based on the Damage Type dealt as follows until the start of your next turn:
When you deal Damage of a Type you chose with your Elemental Attunement feature to a creature, you can force it to make a Constitution Saving Throw against your Ki Save DC. On a failed Save a creature gains a Condition based on the Damage Type dealt as follows until the start of your next turn:
*If you dealt Acid Damage, the target is Dazed until the end of your next turn.
*If you dealt Acid Damage, the target is [[Conditions#Dazed|Dazed]] until the end of your next turn.
*If you dealt Cold Damage, the target is Slowed until the end of your next turn.
*If you dealt Cold Damage, the target is [[Conditions#Slowed|Slowed]] until the end of your next turn.
*If you dealt Fire Damage, the target is Blinded until the end of your next turn.
*If you dealt Fire Damage, the target is [[Conditions#Blinded|Blinded]] until the end of your next turn.
*If you dealt Lightning Damage, the target is gains 1 Level of Exhaustion end the start of your next turn.
*If you dealt Lightning Damage, the target gains 1 Level of [[Conditions#Exhaustion|Exhaustion]]. When a creature [[Conditions#Exhaustion|Exhausted]] in this way regains Hit Points, it can expend any number of Hit Dice up to the number of the Levels of [[Conditions#Exhaustion|Exhaustion]] it has, it then loses a number of Levels of [[Conditions#Exhaustion|Exhaustion]] equal to the number of Hit Dice expended.
*If you dealt Poison Damage, the target is Poisoned until the end of your next turn.
*If you dealt Poison Damage, the target is [[Conditions#Poisoned|Poisoned]] until the end of your next turn.
*If you dealt Thunder Damage, the target is Deafened until the end of your next turn.
*If you dealt Thunder Damage, the target is [[Conditions#Deafened|Deafened]] until the end of your next turn.
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== Way of the Shadowed Heart ==
== Way of the Shadowed Heart ==
Monks of the Way of Shadow follow a tradition that values stealth and subterfuge. These monks might be called ninjas or shadowdancers, and they serve as spies and assassins. Sometimes the members of a ninja monastery are family members, forming a clan sworn to secrecy about their arts and missions. Other monasteries are more like thieves’ guilds, hiring out their services to nobles, rich merchants, or anyone else who can pay their fees. Regardless of their methods, the heads of these monasteries expect the unquestioning obedience of their students.
Monks of the Way of Shadow follow a tradition that values stealth and subterfuge. These monks might be called ninjas or shadowdancers, and they serve as spies and assassins. Sometimes the members of a ninja monastery are family members, forming a clan sworn to secrecy about their arts and missions. Other monasteries are more like thieves' guilds, hiring out their services to nobles, rich merchants, or anyone else who can pay their fees. Regardless of their methods, the heads of these monasteries expect the unquestioning obedience of their students.
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Shadowed Heart Features
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Monk#Shadow Arts|Shadow Arts]] || 3rd || You can Spend Ki Points to cast a couple Spells, you also learn the [[Cantrips#Minor Illusion|Minor Illusion]] Cantrip
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| [[Monk#Shadow Step|Shadow Step]] || 6th || While in Dim Light or Darkness, you can teleport to other Dim Light or Darkness, if you do then your next Attack has Advantage
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| [[Monk#Cloak of Shadows|Cloak of Shadows]] || 11th || You can use an Action to become [[Conditions#Invisible|Invisible]] while in Dim Light or Darkness
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| [[Monk#Opportunist|Opportunist]] || 17th || When nearby foes are hit by Attacks from other creatures you can Attack that enemy
|}
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==== Shadow Arts ====
==== Shadow Arts ====
''3rd Level Way of the Shadowed Heart Feature''
''3rd Level Way of the Shadowed Heart Feature''
You can use your Ki to duplicate the effects of certain Spells. As an Action, you can spend 2 Ki Points to cast the Darkness, Darkvision, Pass Without Trace, or Silence Spells without Components. Additionally, you learn the Minor Illusion Cantrip. Wisdom is your Spellcasting Ability for these Spells.
You can use your Ki to duplicate the effects of certain Spells. As an Action, you can spend 2 Ki Points to cast the [[Level 2#Darkness|Darkness]], [[Level 2#Darkvision|Darkvision]], [[Level 2#Pass Without Trace|Pass Without Trace]], or [[Level 2#Silence|Silence]] Spells without Components. Additionally, you learn the [[Cantrips#Minor Illusion|Minor Illusion]] Cantrip. Wisdom is your Spellcasting Ability for these Spells.
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==== Cloak of Shadows ====
==== Cloak of Shadows ====
''11th Level Way of the Shadowed Heart Feature''
''11th Level Way of the Shadowed Heart Feature''
You have learned to become one with the shadows. When you are in Dim Light or Darkness, you can use your Action to become Invisible. You remain Invisible until you make an Attack, cast a Spell, or are in an area of Bright Light.
You have learned to become one with the shadows. When you are in Dim Light or Darkness, you can use your Action to become [[Conditions#Invisible|Invisible]]. You remain [[Conditions#Invisible|Invisible]] until you make an Attack, cast a Spell, or are in an area of Bright Light.
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==== Opportunist ====
==== Opportunist ====
''17th Level Way of the Shadowed Heart Feature''
''17th Level Way of the Shadowed Heart Feature''
You can exploit a creature’s momentary distraction when it is hit by an Attack. Whenever a creature within 5ft of you is hit by an Attack made by a creature other than you, you can use your Reaction to make a Melee Attack against that creature.
You can exploit a creature's momentary distraction when it is hit by an Attack. Whenever a creature within 5ft of you is hit by an Attack made by a creature other than you, you can use your Reaction to make a Melee Attack against that creature.
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While all monks seek unity with the cosmos as something to be desired, those who follow the Way of the Silent Void seek this unity through annihilation. These nihilistic warriors channel the power of entropy, the gradual journey of all things in the universe towards nothingness. The followers of this Tradition use their power to accelerate this natural process of cosmic decay. Mortal or immortal, mundane or magical in origin, all will eventually become one in the inescapable void.
While all monks seek unity with the cosmos as something to be desired, those who follow the Way of the Silent Void seek this unity through annihilation. These nihilistic warriors channel the power of entropy, the gradual journey of all things in the universe towards nothingness. The followers of this Tradition use their power to accelerate this natural process of cosmic decay. Mortal or immortal, mundane or magical in origin, all will eventually become one in the inescapable void.
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Silent Void Features
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Monk#Entropic Touch|Entropic Touch]] || 3rd || You deal Force Damage to objects and structures, and deal double Damage to objects and structures
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| [[Monk#Void Wielder|Void Wielder]] || 3rd || You can spend Ki Points to deal extra Force Damage on a hit with an Attack, and Concentration Saving Throws made by the target are worse
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| [[Monk#Vorpal Step|Vorpal Step]] || 6th || When you use your Step of the Wind feature, you can move through objects and creatures
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| [[Monk#Degraded Form|Degraded Form]] || 11th || You can spend Ki Points to cast the [[Level 3#Dispel Magic|Dispel Magic]] Spell, you also deal Force Damage to creatures you move through with your Vorpal Step feature
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| [[Monk#Avatar of Entropy|Avatar of Entropy]] || 17th || You can spend Ki Points to cast an altered form fo the [[Level 9#Disintegrate|Disintegrate]] Spell
|}
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==== Entropic Touch ====
==== Entropic Touch ====
''3rd Level Way of the Silent Void Feature''<br>
''3rd Level Way of the Silent Void Feature''<br>
You learn to draw upon the power of the void to destroy. When make an Attack using a Monk Weapon against an object, you deal Force Damage instead of your normal Damage Type. Additionally, you deal twice as much Damage to objects and structures.
You learn to draw upon the power of the void to destroy. When make an Attack using a Monk Weapon against an object or a structure, you deal Force Damage instead of your normal Damage Type. Additionally, you deal twice as much Damage to objects and structures.
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==== Degraded Form ====
==== Degraded Form ====
''11th Level Way of the Silent Void Feature''<br>
''11th Level Way of the Silent Void Feature''<br>
You can use an Action and spend 4 Ki Points to non-magically replicate the effects of the Dispel Magic Spell at 3rd Level using Wisdom as your Spellcasting and with a Range of Touch.<br>
You can use an Action and spend 4 Ki Points to non-magically replicate the effects of the [[Level 3#Dispel Magic|Dispel Magic]] Spell at 3rd Level using Wisdom as your Spellcasting and with a Range of Touch.<br>
Also, when you pass through a creature with your Vorpal Step feature, you can force it to make a Constitution Saving Throw. On a failed Save a creature takes Force Damage equal to one roll of your Martial Arts Die + your Wisdom Modifier. You can only force a creature to make this Saving Throw once per turn.
Also, when you pass through a creature with your Vorpal Step feature, you can force it to make a Constitution Saving Throw. On a failed Save a creature takes Force Damage equal to one roll of your Martial Arts Die + your Wisdom Modifier. You can only force a creature to make this Saving Throw once per turn.
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==== Avatar of Entropy ====
==== Avatar of Entropy ====
''17th Level Way of the Silent Void Feature''<br>
''17th Level Way of the Silent Void Feature''<br>
You can use an Action to non-magically replicate the effects of the Disintegrate Spell at 6th Level using Wisdom as your Spellcasting and with a Range of Touch. Additionally, when you use this Action the creature must make a Constitution Saving Throw instead of a Dexterity Saving Throw.<br>
You can use an Action to non-magically replicate the effects of the [[Level 9#Disintegrate|Disintegrate]] Spell at 6th Level using Wisdom as your Spellcasting and with a Range of Touch. Additionally, when you use this Action the creature must make a Constitution Saving Throw instead of a Dexterity Saving Throw.<br>
Once you use this Action, you can't use it again until you finish a Long Rest, unless you spend 6 Ki Points to use it again.
Once you use this Action, you can't use it again until you finish a Long Rest, unless you spend 6 Ki Points to use it again.
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These monks have stilled their own Ki, abandoning their sense of self, so that it may become a shimmering reflection of others inner energy.
These monks have stilled their own Ki, abandoning their sense of self, so that it may become a shimmering reflection of others inner energy.
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Still Lake Features
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! Feature !! Level !! Quick Explanation
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| [[Monk#Reflection|Reflection]] || 3rd || When you hit a creature with an Attack you can spend Ki Points to become a reflection of the target
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| [[Monk#Reflect Arcana|Reflect Arcana]] || 6th || You can deflect magic with your Deflect Missiles feature
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| [[Monk#There is no Self|There is no Self]] || 11th || You can use you Reaction to gain Resistance to Damage dealt by an Attack or spend Ki Points to gain Immunity to it, you also become better at Dexterity (Stealth) Checks
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| [[Monk#True Stilness|True Stilness]] || 17th || You can become a perfect reflection of a creature with your Reflection feature, which also is maintained for a longer duration
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==== Reflection ====
==== Reflection ====
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==== There Is No Self ====
==== There is no Self ====
''11th Level Way of the Still Lake Feature''<br>
''11th Level Way of the Still Lake Feature''<br>
As a Reaction when a creature hits you with an Attack, you can momentarily fade into the Second Ward, gain Resistance to all Damage dealt by the Attack until the start of your next turn.<br>
As a Reaction when a creature hits you with an Attack, you can momentarily fade into the Second Ward, gain Resistance to that Damage.<br>
You can instead spend 5 Ki Points to gain Immunity to the Damage dealt by the Attack instead for the same duration.<br>
You can instead spend 5 Ki Points to gain Immunity to the Damage dealt by the Attack instead.<br>
Additionally, you have grown so proficient in stilling your Ki that you add your Wisdom Modifier to Dexterity (Stealth) Checks you make, and you gain Advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) Checks you make if you aren't moving.
Additionally, you have grown so proficient in stilling your Ki that you add your Wisdom Modifier to Dexterity (Stealth) Checks you make, and you gain Advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) Checks you make if you aren't moving.
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Monk

Her fists a blur as they deflect an incoming hail of arrows, a faerie springs over a barricade and throws herself into the massed ranks of sahuagins on the other side. She whirls among them, knocking their blows aside and sending them reeling, until at last she stands alone.
Taking a deep breath, a Verdan covered in tattoos settles into a battle stance. As the first charging woe striders reach him, he exhales and blasts of light flow from his fists, engulfing his foes.
Moving with the silence of the night, a black-clad Ursan steps into a shadow beneath an arch and emerges from another inky shadow on a balcony a stone's throw away. She slides her blade free of its cloth-wrapped scabbard and peers through the open window at the tyrant prince, so vulnerable in the grip of sleep.
Whatever their discipline, monks are united in their ability to magically harness the energy that flows in their bodies. Whether channeled as a striking display of combat prowess or a subtler focus of defensive ability and speed, this energy infuses all that a monk does.
Monks make careful study of a magical energy that most monastic traditions call ki. This energy is an element of the magic that suffuses the multiverse—specifically, the element that flows through living bodies. Monks harness this power within themselves to create magical effects and exceed their bodies' physical capabilities, and some of their special attacks can hinder the flow of ki in their opponents. Using this energy, monks channel uncanny speed and strength into their unarmed strikes. As they gain experience, their martial training and their mastery of ki gives them more power over their bodies and the bodies of their foes.
Small walled cloisters dot the landscape of the world, tiny refuges from the flow of ordinary life, where time seems to stand still. The monks who live there seek personal perfection through contemplation and rigorous training. Many entered the monastery as children, sent to live there when their parents died, when food couldn't be found to support them, or in return for some kindness that the monks had performed for their families.
Some monks live entirely apart from the surrounding population, secluded from anything that might impede their spiritual progress. Others are sworn to isolation, emerging only to serve as spies or assassins at the command of their leader, a noble patron, or some other mortal or divine power.
The majority of monks don't shun their neighbors, making frequent visits to nearby towns or villages and exchanging their service for food and other goods. As versatile warriors, monks often end up protecting their neighbors from monsters or tyrants.
For a monk, becoming an adventurer means leaving a structured, communal lifestyle to become a wanderer. This can be a harsh transition, and monks don't undertake it lightly. Those who leave their cloisters take their work seriously, approaching their adventures as personal tests of their physical and spiritual growth. As a rule, monks care little for material wealth and are driven by a desire to accomplish a greater mission than merely slaying monsters and plundering their treasure.

Class Table
Level Proficiency Bonus Features Martial Arts Unarmored Movement Experience Points
1st +2 Unarmored Defense, Martial Arts 1d6 - 0
2nd +2 Ki, Unarmored Movement 1d6 10ft 300
3rd +2 Monastic Tradition, Deflect Missiles 1d6 10ft 1,000
4th +2 Ability Score Improvement, Slow Fall, Quickened Healing 1d6 10ft 3,000
5th +3 Extra Attack, Focused Aim, Stunning Strike 1d8 15ft 6,000
6th +3 Ki-Empowered Strikes, Monastic Tradition Feature 1d8 15ft 10,000
7th +3 Evasion, Stillness of Mind 1d8 15ft 20,000
8th +3 Ability Score Improvement 1d8 15ft 40,000
9th +4 Unarmored Movement Improvement 1d8 20ft 60,000
10th +4 Purity of Body 1d8 20ft 80,000
11th +4 Monastic Tradition Feature 1d10 20ft 100,000
12th +4 Ability Score Improvement 1d10 20ft 120,000
13th +5 Tongue of the Sun and Moon 1d10 25ft 140,000
14th +5 Diamond Soul 1d10 25ft 160,000
15th +5 Timeless Body, Quick Rest 1d10 25ft 180,000
16th +5 Ability Score Improvement 1d10 25ft 200,000
17th +6 Monastic Tradition Feature 1d12 30ft 225,000
18th +6 Empty Body 1d12 30ft 250,000
19th +6 Ability Score Improvement 1d12 30ft 300,000
20th +6 Perfect Self 1d20 30ft 350,000

Class Information

Hit Dice. 1d10 per Monk Level
1st Level Hitpoints. 10 + your Constitution Modifier
Higher Level Hitpoints. 1d10 (increase to 6) + your Constitution Modifier per Monk Level after 1st
Armor Proficiencies. None
Weapon Proficiencies. Simple Weapons
Tool Proficiencies. One Set of Tools
Saving Throw Proficiencies. Strength and Dexterity
Skill Proficiencies. Choose two from Acrobatics, Athletics, History, Insight, Religion, and Stealth
Equipment. A Simple Weapon, an Equipment Pack, and 10 Darts

Monk Features Summarized
Feature Level Feature
Unarmored Defense 1st While not wearing armor you have a natural AC
Martial Arts 1st Simple Weapons and Unarmed Strikes are Monk Weapons, which gain a variety of bonuses
Ki 2nd You gain Ki Points which you can use to do a ton of things, like Attack more, Dodge, and Dash, Disengage, and Jump better
Unarmored Movement 2nd You're faster while not wearing Heavy Armor or using Shields
Monastic Tradition 3rd You choose your subclass, and gain features at 3rd, 6th, 11th, and 17th Level
Deflect Missiles 3rd You can use your Reaction to reduce Damage from Ranged Attacks and use Ki Points to throw them back if you take no Damage
Ability Score Improvements 4th You increase your Ability Scores or gain a Feat, you do this at 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th Level
Slow Fall 4th You take less Damage from falling, and don't fall Prone When you fall
Quickened Healing 4th You can spend Ki Points to heal
Extra Attack 5th You make an additional Attack every time you take the Attack Action
Focused Aim 5th You can spend Ki Points to be more accurate on your Attacks
Stunning Strike 5th You can spend Ki Points to Stun creatures you hit with your Attacks
Ki-Empowered Strikes 6th Your Attacks become magical
Evasion 7th You're better against Dexterity Saving Throws to take half Damage
Stillness of Mind 7th You can use an Action to end the Charmed and Frightened Conditions on yourself
Unarmored Movement Improvement 9th You can run up walls and across water while not wearing Heavy Armor or using Shields
Purity of Body 10th You become Immune to Poison, Disease, Poison Damage, and gain Resistance to Necrotic Damage.
Tongue of the Sun and Moon 13th You understand all creatures speech and all creatures understand your speech
Diamond Soul 14th You get Proficiency in all Saving Throw and can spend Ki Points to reroll failed Saving Throws
Timeless Body 15th You stop aging and don't need to eat
Quick Rest 15th You can Long Rest in half the normal amount of time
Empty Body 18th You can use Ki Points to become Invisible and cast the Astral Projection Spell
Perfect Self 20th You can use your Action to regain 10 Ki Points


Unarmored Defense

1st Level Monk Feature
While you are wearing no Armor and not wielding a Shields, your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity Modifier + your Wisdom Modifier.

Martial Arts

1st Level Monk Feature
Your practice of martial arts gives you mastery of combat styles that use Monk Weapons, which are Unarmed Strikes and Simple Weapons that do not have the Two-Handed or Heavy Properties.
By meditating you can focus your ki to learn how to best use a Weapon. At the end of a Long Rest, you touch up to two Weapons that you are Proficient with and that don't have the Heavy Property. These Weapons become Monk Weapons until you finish a Long Rest.
You gain the following benefits while you are wielding only Monk Weapons and you aren't wearing Heavy Armor or wielding a Shield:

  • You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for the Attack and Damage Rolls of your Monk Weapons.
  • You can roll your Martial Arts Die in place of the normal Damage of your Monk Weapons. This Die changes as you gain Levels in this class, as shown in the Martial Arts column of the Monk table, but starts as a d6.
  • If you use a Versatile Weapon with two hands as a Monk Weapon, you gain a +1 bonus to the Damage Roll of the Attack.
  • When you take the Attack Action and use only Monk Weapons, you can make a single Attack with a Monk Weapon as a Bonus Action.


Ki

2nd Level Monk Feature
Your training allows you to harness the mystic energy of ki, most scholars say this taps into creation energy, however no one is entirely sure. Your access to this energy is represented by a number of Ki Points. You have a number of Ki Points equal to twice your Monk Level + your Wisdom Modifier.
You can spend your Ki Points to fuel various Monk features, and you regain all expended Ki Points when you finish a Long Rest. If you use an Action on your turn that spends Ki Points, you can make a single Attack using a Monk Weapon as a Bonus Action. If a feature that uses Ki Points requires the target to make a Saving Throw, it uses your Ki Save DC, which has a DC of 8 + your Wisdom Modifier + your Proficiency Bonus.
You also gain three ways to use your Ki Points as follows:

  • Flurry of Blows. Immediately after you take the Attack Action on your turn, you can spend 1 Ki Point to make two Attacks using only Monk Weapons as a Bonus Action.
  • Patient Defense. You can spend 1 Ki Point to take the Dodge Action as a Bonus Action.
  • Step of the Wind. You can spend 1 Ki Point to take the Disengage and Dash Action simultaneously as a Bonus Action, and when you do so, your Jump distance is doubled for that turn.


Unarmored Movement

2nd Level Monk Feature
Your Speed increases by 5 x your Proficiency Bonus while you are not wearing Heavy Armor or wielding a Shield. This Speed bonus is also shown in the Monk class table.

Monastic Tradition

3rd, 6th, 11th, and 17th Level Monk Feature
You choose one of the Monastic Traditions in the table below that you commit yourself to.

Monastic Traditions
Monastic Tradition Complexity (1-5) Description
Way of the Adept Kensei 3 You gain a mastery over weaponry, augmenting your fighting style based on the qualities of the weapon and changing those qualities with your ki.
Way of the Ascendent Dragon 2 You harness the elemental power of dragons in order to transmute your strikes as well as embodying the physical frightening presence and winged forms of the dragons you imitate.
Way of the Astral Self 3 You begin to manifest your true self physically, granting you power and heightening all of your abilities from your attacks to your very senses
Way of the Basking Viper 2 You embody the skilled hunting of snakes to poison your foes and exploit their weaknesses as you become a perfect apex predator.
Way of the Drunken Master 2 You embody the fighting style of a drunkard, but refine their jerky movements to great effect, allowing you to, instead of being a clumsy and bumbling fool, become an unpredictable and effective warrior.
Way of the Flowing River 3 You learn to use your opponents actions against them, seeming to be helpless, then using their arrogance and momentum against them
Way of the Heroic Vigilante 4 You assume a secret identity which is a larger than life personality you craft, as you hide your true identity and become a paragon of heroism.
Way of the Howling Hurricane 2 You use heavy weaponry and use your ki to gain a level of control over the winds around you to harry your foes movement, strike nearby enemies simultaneously, and knock them to the ground before taking advantage of their new weakened position.
Way of the Long Death 1 You gain a command over death which you use to deal out destruction onto your foes while granting yourself an unnatural vitality.
Way of the Merciful Grasp 2 You become a paragon of mercy, quickly ending the suffering of your foes while maintaining the life of your allies with your alternating hands of healing and harm.
Way of the Open Hand 1 You use your mastery over ki to use your foes' ki against them and to use your ki to strengthen yourself.
Way of the Radiant Soul 3 You use the power of radiant light to shoot beams of light and conjure spheres of burning brightness as you become a shining paragon against the darkness.
Way of the Raging Elements 4 You use the elemental magic of shamans to deal elemental destructions out to your foes with your monk weapons and magic
Way of the Shadowed Heart 3 You use the shadows around you to teleport through the world around you and gain a supernatural stealth, as well as gaining mastery over shadow magic to summon the shadows you use for your strength.
Way of the Silent Void 4 You embody the endless void that will eventually consume that you use to interrupt the magic of your foes as you fade through the battlefield like a shade, destroying everything around you.
Way of the Still Lake 5 You still your ki to reflect your foes to a supernatural degree, taking on their shape while reflecting magic and damage off of your still soul.


Deflect Missiles

3rd Level Monk Feature
You can use your Reaction to deflect or catch a projectile when you are hit by a Ranged Weapon Attack. When you do so, the Damage you take from the Attack is reduced by 1d10 + your Dexterity Modifier + your Monk Level.
If you reduce the Damage of the Attack to 0, you can catch the projectile if it is small enough for you to hold in one hand and you have at least one hand free. If you catch a projectile in this way, you can spend 1 Ki Point to make a Ranged Weapon Attack with the projectile as part of the Reaction used to catch it. You are considered Proficient with the projectile, you use game statistics for that projectile, and it is considered a Monk Weapon during the Attack. Additionally, it has the Thrown (20/60) Property.

Ability Score Improvements

4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th Level Monk Feature
Your skill and strength expands, choose one of the following:

  • Increase one Ability Score of your choice by 3.
  • Increase one Ability Score of your choice by 2 and one Ability Score of your choice by 1
  • Increases three Ability Scores of your choice by 1.
  • Gain one Feat of your choice.

No Ability Score increases or Feat gained from this feature can increase one of your Ability Scores beyond 20 unless stated otherwise.

Slow Fall

4th Level Monk Feature
You can use your Reaction when to reduce any Falling Damage you take by an amount equal to 5 x your Monk Level.
Additionally, you do not fall Prone when you take Falling Damage

Quickened Healing

4th Level Monk Feature
You gain the ability to center yourself, as an Action, you can spend 1 Ki Point to regain a number of Hit Points equal to one roll of your Martial Arts Die + your Proficiency Bonus.

Extra Attack

5th Level Monk Feature
You can make an additional Attack whenever you take the Attack Action.

Focused Aim

5th Level Monk Feature
When you miss on an Attack, you can spend up to number of Ki Points equal to your Proficiency Bonus. When you do, you increase the Attack Roll by 2 for every Ki Point Spent.

Stunning Strike

5th Level Monk Feature
You can interfere with the flow of ki in an opponent's body. When you hit a creature with an Attack made with a Monk Weapon, you can spend 1 Ki Point to attempt a stunning strike. The target must succeed on a Constitution Saving Throw or be Stunned until the end of your next turn.

Ki-Empowered Strikes

6th Level Monk Feature
Your Monk Weapons count as magical for the purpose of overcoming Resistance and Immunity to non-magical Attacks and Damage.

Evasion

7th Level Monk Feature
You can nimbly dodge out of the way of certain area effects. When an effect would force you to make a Dexterity Saving Thrown that would have you take Damage on a failed Save or half as much Damage on a successful Save, you instead take no Damage if you succeed on the Saving Throw, and only half Damage if you fail.
Additionally, if you take no Damage due to a successful Save and the effect has an area, you can move out of that area without expending movement or provoking Opportunity Attacks.

Stillness of Mind

7th Level Monk Feature
You can use an Action to end one effect on yourself that is causing you to be Charmed or Frightened.

Unarmored Movement Improvement

9th Level Monk Feature
You gain the ability to move along vertical surfaces and across liquids on your turn without falling during your move while you are not wearing Heavy Armor or wielding a Shield.

Purity of Body

10th Level Monk Feature
Your mastery of the ki flowing through you makes you Immune to Disease and Poison. You also become Immune to Poison Damage and gain Resistance to Necrotic Damage.

Tongue of the Sun and Moon

13th Level Monk Feature
You learn to touch the Ki of other minds. You understand all spoken Languages#Language. Moreover, any creature that can understand a Languages#Language can understand your speech.

Diamond Soul

14th Level Monk Feature
Your mastery of ki grants you Proficiency in all Saving Throws.
Additionally, whenever you fail on a Saving Throw, you can spend 1 Ki Point to reroll the Saving Throw, but you must use the new result.

Timeless Body

15th Level Monk Feature
Your ki sustains you. You do not age and you cannot be aged magically. You also no longer need food and water.

Quick Rest

15th Level Monk Feature
Your improved vitality allows you to rest at an accelerated rate. You need half as much time to finish a Long Rest.

Empty Body

18th Level Monk Feature
You can use your Action to spend 4 Ki Points to become Invisible for 1 minute. During that time, you also have Resistance to all Damage.
Additionally, you can spend 8 Ki Points to cast the Astral Projection Spell, without needing Material Components. When you do so, you can only target yourself.

Perfect Self

20th Level Monk Feature
Your mastery over Ki and creation energy allows you to, as an Action, regain 10 Ki Points.

Monastic Traditions

Way of the Adept Kensei

Monks of the Way of the Adept Kensei train relentlessly with their weapons, to the point where the weapon becomes an extension of the body. Founded on a mastery of sword fighting, the tradition has expanded to include many different weapons.
A kensei sees a weapon in much the same way a calligrapher or painter regards a pen or brush. Whatever the weapon, the kensei views it as a tool used to express the beauty and precision of the martial arts. That such mastery makes a kensei a peerless warrior is but a side effect of intense devotion, practice, and study.

Adept Kensei Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Path of the Kensei 3rd You get Proficiency with Martial Weapons, Light Armor, and Medium Armor, Shortbows and Longbows count as Monk Weapons, you get Proficiency with Calligrapher's Tools and Painter's Tools, and Ranged Weapons Attacks don't have Disadvantage because enemies are too close
Kensei Technique 3rd You can use a Bonus Action to buff Weapons that have a specific Property
Augmented Blades 6th You can spend Ki Points to give a Weapon a bonus on its Attack and Damage Rolls, as well as an additional Property
Heightening Technique 11th You can draw and stow Weapons when you Attack, you can move when you Attack, and you can use your Deflect Missiles feature even when you don't have a free hand
Unerring Strikes 17th You can choose to hit on one missed Attack per turn


Path of the Kensei

3rd Level Way of the Adept Kensei Feature
Your training in the art of weaponry as given you skills most monks overlook the use of. You gain Proficiency with Martial Weapons, Light Armor, and Medium Armor. Martial Weapons also count as Monk Weapons for you. Additionally, Shortbows and Longbows also count as Monk Weapons.
You also gain Proficiency with Calligrapher's Tools and Painter's Tools.
Finally, Ranged Weapon Attacks you make do not have Disadvantage while a hostile creature is within 5ft of you.

Kensei Technique

3rd Level Way of the Adept Kensei Feature
You improve your technique while using specific types of Weapons. You can use a Bonus Action, choosing one of the following benefits to gain until the start of your next turn:

  • Dazing Swings. When you choose this benefit, when you hit on an Attack using a Monk Weapon that has the Reach Property, you can Daze the creature until the start of your next turn.
  • Precise Strikes. When you choose this benefit, the Crit Range of your Attacks made using Monk Weapons that have the Finesse Property is increased by 2.
  • Ricocheting Hurls. When you choose this benefit, when you hit on a Ranged Attack using a Monk Weapon that has the Thrown Property, you can make another Attack against another creature within 15ft of the target. Also, after you make a Ranged Attack using a Monk Weapon that has the Thrown Property, you can cause the Weapon to fly back to one of your free hands.
  • Shifting Blows. When you choose this benefit, when you hit on an Attack using a Monk Weapon that has the Versatile Property wielded with one hand, you gain a +1 bonus to your AC until the start of your next turn. When you hit on an Attack using a Monk Weapon that has the Versatile Property wielded with two hands, you gain a +1 bonus to your Attack Rolls made with that Weapon until the start of your next turn.
  • Staggering Shots. When you choose this benefit, when you hit on a Ranged Attack using a Monk Weapon that has the Ammunition Property, you can knock the creature Prone and push it 10ft.


Augmented Blades

6th Level Way of the Adept Kensei Feature
As a Bonus Action, you can alter a Monk Weapon that you touch by spending up to 3 Ki Points, when you do so, that Weapon gains the following benefits:

  • The Weapon you touch gains a bonus to its Attack and Damage Rolls equal to the number of Ki Points spent.
  • You give the Weapon a Property of your choice as your Ki augments the way it interacts with the world. If the Weapon is a Melee Weapon, you can give it the Finesse, Reach, Thrown (20/60), or Versatile Property (your choice).
  • If the Weapon is a Ranged Weapon, you can give the Weapon the Concealable, Finesse, Stealthy, or Versatile Property (your choice).

This augmentation lasts for a number of hours equal to your Wisdom Modifier, and once you use this Bonus Action on a Weapon, you can't use it on that Weapon again until you finish a Long Rest.

Heightening Technique

11th Level Way of the Adept Kensei Feature
Your technique and skill with weaponry improves in a variety of ways, giving you the following benefits:

  • Immediately before and after you make an Attack using a Monk Weapon, you can stow up to two Monk Weapons and you can draw up to two Monk Weapons.
  • Additionally, immediately before or after you make an Attack using a Monk Weapon you can move 10ft without spending Speed or provoking Opportunity Attacks.
  • You can use your Deflect Missiles feature without needing a free hand or needing the projectile to be small enough to fit in one hand.


Unerring Strikes

17th Level Way of the Adept Kensei Feature
When you would miss on an Attack using a Monk Weapon, you can choose to hit on the Attack instead.
You can use this feature once per turn.


Way of the Ascendant Dragon

The fundamental teaching of this tradition holds that by emulating dragons, a monk becomes a more integrated part of the world and its magic. By altering their spirit to resonate with draconic might, monks who follow this tradition augment their prowess in battle, bolster their allies, and can even soar through the air on draconic wings. But all this power is in service of a greater goal: achieving a spiritual unity with the essence of the Material Plane.
As a follower of the Way of the Ascendant Dragon, you decide how you unlocked the power of dragons within yourself.

Ascendant Dragon Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Draconic Disciple 3rd You Choose a Damage Type associated with dragons, you get Resistance to that Damage Type and can deal that Damage when you Attack with a Monk Weapon, which ignores Resistance
Draconic Will 3rd You learn Draikyaan, and you can spend Ki Points to reroll Strength or Charisma (Intimidation) and Charisma (Persuasion) Checks, as well as Saving Throws against being Charmed or Frightened
Winds Unfurled 6th When you use your Step of the Wind feature, you can try knock enemies Prone and get a Flying Speed
Aspect of the Wyrm 11th You can create and aura to Frighten enemies give allies Resistance to the Damage Type you chose for your Draconic Disciple feature
Ascendent Aspect 17th When you use your Aspect of the Wyrm feature, you can deal Damage, Frighten, and knock Prone enemies in the aura


Draconic Disciple

3rd Level Way of the Ascendent Dragon Feature
You can channel draconic power to magnify your presence and imbue your unarmed strikes with the essence of a dragon's power. Choose a Dragon type and an associated Damage Type. The Damage Type and color associated with each dragon is used by features you gain later. Amethyst (Force), Black (Acid), Blue (Lightning), Bronze (Lightning), Copper (Acid), Crystal (Radiance), Deep (Psychic), Emerald (Psychic), Faerie (Psychic), Gold (Fire), Green (Poison), Iron (Thunder), Moonstone (Radiant), Red (Fire), Sapphire (Thunder), Shadow (Necrotic), Silver (Cold), Topaz (Necrotic), Turtle (Fire), White (Cold).
When you would deal Damage with a Monk Weapon, you can instead deal Damage of the Type you chose with this feature, when you do this, you ignore Resistance to that Damage Type.
Additionally, you gain Resistance to the Damage Type you chose with this feature.

Draconic Will

3rd Level Way of the Ascendent Dragon Feature
You learn to speak, read, and write Draikyaan.
Additionally, if you fail on a Strength or Charisma (Intimidation) or Charisma (Persuasion) Check, or fail on a Saving throw against being Charmed or Frightened you can use your Reaction to reroll the Check or Save, as you tap into the mighty presence of dragons. Once this Reaction changes the result of a Check, you can't use it again until you finish a Long Rest unless you spend 1 Ki Point to use it again. You only expend the Ki Point using this feature if you change the result of the Check.

Wings Unfurled

6th Level Way of the Ascendent Dragon Feature
When you use your Step of the Wind feature, you can unfurl spectral draconic wings from your back that vanish at the end of your turn. When you do so, all creatures of your choice within 15ft of you must make a Strength Saving Throw against your Ki Save DC or fall Prone.
Additionally, while the wings exist, you have a Flying Speed equal to your Walking Speed.

Aspect of the Wyrm

11th Level Way of the Ascendent Dragon Feature
The power of your draconic spirit now radiates from you, warding your allies or inspiring fear in your enemies. As a Bonus Action, you can create a 10ft Moving Emanation of draconic power for 1 minute. For the duration, you gain one of the following effects:

  • When you create this Emanation, and as a Bonus Action on subsequent turns, you can choose a creature within the Emanation. The target must succeed on a Wisdom Saving Throw against your Ki Save DC. On a failed Save, a creature becomes Frightened of you for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the Saving Throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a successful Save.
  • All creatures of your choice in the Emanation have Resistance to the Damage Type you chose with your Draconic Disciple feature.

Once you create this aura, you can't create it again until you finish a Long Rest, unless you spend 3 Ki Points to create it again.

Ascendant Aspect

17th Level Way of the Ascendent Dragon Feature
You gain Blindsight out to a Range of 30ft. Additionally, When you use your Aspect of the Wyrm feature, draconic fury explodes from you. Choose any number of creatures you can see in the Emanation created by the feature. Each of those creatures must succeed on a Dexterity Saving Throw against your Ki Save DC. On a failed Save, a creature takes Damage of the Type you chose with your Draconic Disciple feature equal to 4d10, is Frightened of you until the end of your next turn, and is knocked Prone. On a successful Save a creature takes half as much Damage, is knocked Prone, but is not Frightened of you.


Way of the Astral Self

A monk who follows the Way of the Astral Self believes their body is an illusion. They see their ki as a representation of their true form, an astral self. This astral self has the capacity to be a force of order or disorder, with some monasteries training students to use their power to protect the weak and other instructing aspirants in how to manifest their true selves in service to the mighty.

Astral Self Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Arms of the Astral Self 3rd You can spend Ki Points to summon Astral Arms which allow you to use Wisdom instead of Strength for Strength Checks and Saving Throws, as well as Natural Weapons which have the Reach Property, deal Force Damage, and use your Wisdom
Visage of the Astral Self 6th You can spend Ki Points to summon your Astral Visage which allows you to see through mundane and magical Dim Light and Darkness, be better at Wisdom (Insight) and Strength or Charisma (Intimidation) Checks, and speak directly to creatures or speak really loudly
Body of the Astral Self 11th You can spend Ki Points summon your Astral Body which allows you to take less Acid, Cold, Fire, Force, Lightning, or Thunder Damage, and deal more Damage with your Astral Arms
Avatar of the Astral Self 17th You can spend Ki Points to summon your Astral Avatar which gives you extra AC and extra Attacks


Arms of the Astral Self

3rd Level Way of the Astral Self Feature
Your mastery of your ki allows you to summon a portion of your Astral Self. As a Bonus Action, you can spend 1 Ki Point to summon the Astral Arms of your Astral Self. When you do so, each creature of your choice that you can see within 10ft of you must succeed on a Dexterity Saving Throw or take Force Damage equal to two rolls of your Martial Arts Die.
For 10 minutes, these Astral Arms hover near your shoulders or surround your arms (your choice). You determine the arms' appearance, and they vanish early if you are Incapacitated or die. While the Astral Arms are present, you gain the following benefits:

  • You can use your Wisdom Modifier in place of your Strength Modifier when making Strength Checks and Strength Saving Throws.
  • Your Astral Arms are Natural Weapons with the Reach Property that deal 1d6 Force Damage and use your Wisdom for the Attack instead of Strength or Dexterity.


Visage of the Astral Self

6th Level Way of the Astral Self Feature
You can summon the Visage of your Astral Self. As a Bonus Action, or as part of the Bonus Action you take to summon your Astral Arms with your Arms of the Astral Self feature, you can spend 1 Ki Point to summon an Astral Visage for 10 minutes. It vanishes early if you are Incapacitated or die. The Astral Visage covers your face like a helmet or mask. You determine its appearance. While the Astral Visage is present, you gain the following benefits:

  • You can see normally in magical and mundane Dim Light and Darkness, out to a Range of 120ft.
  • You have Advantage on Wisdom (Insight) and Strength or Charisma (Intimidation) Checks.
  • When you speak, you can direct your words to a creature of your choice that you can see within 60ft of you, making it so only that creature can hear you. Alternatively, you can amplify your voice so that all creatures within 600ft can hear you.


Body of the Astral Self

11th Level Way of the Astral Self Feature
When you have both your Astral Arms from your Arms of the Astral Self feature, and your Astral Visage from your Visage of the Astral Self feature summoned, you can cause the Body of your Astral Self to appear as a Free Action. Your Astral Body covers your physical form like a suit of armor, connecting with your Astral Arms and Astral Visage and lasts until you lose your Astral Arms and Astral Visage. You determine its appearance. While your Astral Body is summoned, you gain the following benefits:

  • When you take Acid, Cold, Fire, Force, Lightning, or Thunder Damage, you can use your Reaction to deflect it. When you do so, the Damage you take is reduced by 1d10 + your Wisdom Modifier.
  • Once per turn when you hit a creature with your Astral Arms, you an deal additional Damage with the Attack equal to one roll of your Martial Arts Die.


Avatar of the Astral Self

17th Level Way of the Astral Self Feature
Your connection to your astral self is complete, allowing you to unleash its full potential. As a Bonus Action, you can spend 5 Ki Points to summon your Astral Avatar. When you do so, you also summon your Astral Arms with your Arms of the Astral Self feature, your Astral Visage with your Visage of the Astral Self feature, and your Astral Body from your Body of the Astral Self feature. Your Astral Avatar lasts until you lose your Astral Arms, Astral Visage, or Astral Body. While your Astral Avatar is summoned, you gain the following benefits:

  • You gain a +2 bonus to your AC.
  • If you take the Attack Action and make all of the Attacks with your Astral Arms, you can make one additional Attack as part of that Action.



Way of the Basking Viper

Monks of the Way of the Basking Viper seek to to emulate their way's titular animal, developing methods to turn their ki into deadly toxins and strike quickly. Masters of this tradition often cause others to become uncomfortable, as their everyday motions begin to resemble that of a cunning predator

Basking Viper Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Venom Strike 3rd When you Attack with a Monk Weapon you can try Poison creatures and deal Poison Damage to the target at the start of each of its turns
Earthen Rhythm 3rd You get Tremorsense out to a Range of 30ft
Potent Toxin 6th You ignore Resistance to Poison Damage and deal more Damage with your Venom Strike feature
Coldblooded Predator 11th You can use your Venom Strike feature for free when you make an Opportunity Attack, you ignore Extreme Heat, and your Reach increases by 5ft
Virulent Venom 17th You can send Ki Points to Paralyze enemies with your Venom Strike feature, when you do you deal extra Poison Damage


Venom Strike

3rd Level Way of the Basking Viper Feature
You can channel your ki into an enemy to introduce a toxin into their body. When you hit a creature with an Attack made with a Monk Weapon, you an force that creature to make a Constitution Saving Throw against your Ki Save DC. On a failed Save, a creature is Poisoned for a number of rounds equal to your Wisdom Modifier. While a creature is Poisoned in this way, it takes an amount of Poisoned Damage equal to one roll of your Martial Arts Die at the end of each of its turns, then makes the Saving Throw again, ending the effect on a successful Save.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regaining expended uses at the end of a Long Rest. If you have no remaining uses of this feature, you can spend 2 Ki Points to use it again.

Earthen Rhythm

3rd Level Way of the Basking Viper Feature
You can detect subtle changes in the ground around you. You gain Tremorsense out to a Range of 30ft.

Potent Toxins

6th Level Way of the Basking Viper Feature
The venoms you create are far more lethal. Whenever you deal Poison Damage to a creature, you ignore Resistance to that Damage. In addition, the Damage from your Venom Strike feature increases to two rolls of your Martial Arts Die.

Coldblooded Predator

11th Level Way of the Basking Viper Feature
Your fighting style has become more snakelike, causing your ambushes to become more deadly. You have Advantage on Opportunity Attacks, and when you hit a creature with an Opportunity Attack, you can use your Venom Strike feature without expending a use of the feature. You also ignore the effects of Extreme Heat.
Additionally, when you make an Attack with a Monk Weapon, you Reach increases by 5ft.

Virulent Venom

17th Level Way of the Basking Viper Feature
Your venomous strikes have become even more gruesome. When you use your Venom Strike feature, you can spend 3 Ki Points, causing the target to be Paralyzed instead of being Poisoned on a failed Save. Additionally, the target takes three rolls of your Martial Arts Die instead of two while Paralyzed in this way.


Way of the Drunken Master

The Way of the Drunken Master teaches its students to move with the jerky, unpredictable movements of a drunkard. A drunken master sways, tottering on unsteady feet, to present what seems like an incompetent combatant who proves frustrating to engage. The drunken master's erratic stumbles conceal a carefully executed dance of blocks, parries, advances, attacks, and retreats.
A drunken master often enjoys playing the fool to bring gladness to the despondent or to demonstrate humility to the arrogant, but when battle is joined, the drunken master can be a maddening, masterful foe.

Drunken Master Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Bonus Proficiencies 3rd You get Proficiency with Performance and Brewer's Supplies
Drunken Technique 3rd When you use your Flurry of Blows feature, you take the Disengage Action and become faster for free
Tipsy Sway 6th You can stand up from being Prone easier, and when you miss on an Attack you can spend Ki Points to hit a different creature instead
Drunkard's Luck 11th When you have Disadvantage, you can spend Ki Points to not have Disadvantage instead
Intoxicated Frenzy 17th When you use your Flurry of Blows feature you can make additional Attacks but they have to target different creatures


Bonus Proficiencies

3rd Level Way of the Drunken Master Feature
You gain Proficiency in Performance and Brewer's Supplies. Your martial arts technique mixes combat training with the precision of a dancer and the antics of a jester.

Drunken Technique

3rd Level Way of the Drunken Master Feature
You learn how to twist and turn quickly as part of your flurrying strikes. Whenever you use your Flurry of Blows feature, you can take the Disengage Action as part of that Bonus Action and increase your Speed by 10ft until the start of your next turn as part of the Bonus Action you used.

Tipsy Sway

6th Level Way of the Drunken Master Feature
You can move in sudden, swaying ways. You gain the following benefits:

  • When you're Prone, you can stand up by spending 5ft of Speed, rather than half your Speed.
  • When a creature misses you with a Melee Attack, you can spend 1 Ki Point as a Reaction to cause that Attack to hit one creature of your choice, other than the Attacker, that you can see within 5ft of you.


Drunkard's Luck

11th Level Way of the Drunken Master Feature
You always seem to get a lucky bounce at the right moment. When you make an Attack Roll, Ability Check, or Saving Throw with Disadvantage, you can spend 2 Ki Points to not have Disadvantage on that roll.

Intoxicated Frenzy

17th Level Way of the Drunken Master Feature
You gain the ability to make an overwhelming number of attacks against a group of enemies. When you use your Flurry of Blows feature, you can make up to three additional Attacks with it, provided that each of the Attacks made with that Bonus Action target a different creature.


Way of the Flowing River

Novices who adopt the Way of the Flowing River are taught a style of martial arts that emphasizes non-violence and only using force when necessary. Named for the masterful grace and fluidity that these warriors exhibit, practitioners of the Flowing River are often known as dancing monks.

Flowing River Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Dancing Monk 3rd You get Proficiency with Acrobatics and Performance, can use Dexterity (Performance) Checks instead of Charisma (Performance) Checks, and you're minimum roll for Dexterity (Acrobatics) or Dexterity or Charisma (Performance) Checks is an 8
Flowing River Stance 3rd You can use an Action to enter a stance where you get extra Reactions, and if a creature misses you with an Attack while in this Stance, you can use a Reaction knock it Prone and reduce its Speed to 0
Graceful Step 6th You can use your Step of the Wind feature without spending Ki Points, and when you use your Flowing River Stance feature, you can use your Patient Defense feature without spending Ki Points
Enchanting Flow 11th You can spend Ki Points when you use your Flowing River Stance feature to cause nearby enemies to be worse at Attacking creatures other than you
Wrath of the Flowing River 17th You can spend Ki Points to shoot a river in a Line that deals Damage and knocks enemies Prone


Dancing Monk

3rd Level Way of the Flowing River Feature
You learn to move with a delicate grace rarely found among warriors. You gain Proficiency with Acrobatics and Performance. You can make Dexterity (Performance) Checks instead of Charisma (Performance) Checks. Whenever you make a Dexterity (Acrobatics) or Dexterity or Charisma (Performance) Check, you can treat a roll of 7 or lower on the d20 as an 8.

Flowing River Stance

3rd Level Way of the Flowing River Feature
You have learned to utilize a signature defensive stance. You can use an Action to enter the Flowing River Stance, which lasts until the start of your next turn. While you are in this Stance, you have a number of additional Reactions equal to your Proficiency Bonus.
When a creature misses you with a Melee Attack while you are in your Flowing River Stance, you can use your Reaction to force that creature to make a Dexterity Saving Throw against your Ki Save DC. On a failed Save, a creature falls Prone and its Speed is reduced to 0 until the start of your next turn.

Graceful Step

6th Level Way of the Flowing River Feature
You can move about the battlefield and skirt incoming blows with the gentle grace of a stream. You can use your Step of the Wind feature without expending Ki Points.
Additionally, when you enter your Flowing River Stance, you can use your Patient Defense feature without expending Ki Points.

Enchanting Flow

11th Level Way of the Flowing River Feature
You can spend 2 Ki Points when you enter your Flowing River Stance to allure the foes around you. For the duration of that Stance, a creature that starts its turn within 10ft of you has Disadvantage on Attacks against creatures other than you until the end of its turn.

Wrath of the Flowing River

17th Level Way of the Flowing River Feature
Sometimes even the gentle stream runs with the waters of a flood. As an Action, you can spend 3 Ki Points to shoot rushing water forth to take your foes in the rapids. If you do so, all creatures in a 120x15ft Emanated Line must make a Strength Saving Throw. On a failed Save, a creature takes 5d10 Magical Bludgeoning Damage and is pushed 60ft away from you. On a successful Save, a creature takes half as much Damage and is pushed 30ft away from you.


Way of the Heroic Vigilante

While all monks strive for perfection in one way or another, monks of this Tradition stand as paragons of justice, liberty, and fair play. Lauded as heroes by some, and derided as extrajudicial criminals by others, Vigilante monks work to perform ever more impressive feats of heroism.
The signature mark of a Vigilante monk is their Heroic Persona, a mantle they create for themselves that protects their true identity. Vigilante monks almost always have a deeply personal reason for donning their Heroic Persona and working to thwart villains of all kinds. What is yours?

Heroic Vigilante Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Bonus Proficiencies 3rd You get Proficiency with Intimidation, Performance, Light Armor, Medium Armor, and Shields, also you can use a Shield to still gain the benefits of all your Monk features
Force of Personality 3rd You use your Charisma instead of your Wisdom for all of your Monk features
Heroic Persona 3rd As a Bonus Action when no one sees you, you can transform into your Heroic Persona to get a bunch of buffs
Valiant Action 6th You get Proficiency with Acrobatics and Athletics, and can use a Reaction to move to an ally and take the hit for them
Inspiring Presence 11th While in your Heroic Persona, nearby allies are better at resisting Charmed and Frightened, as well as gain some Temporary Hit Points
Heroic Strike 17th You can spend Ki Points to push away and Damage an enemy
Paragon of Virtue 17th Your Heroic Persona lasts forever unless you choose to leave it


Bonus Proficiencies

3rd Level Way of the Heroic Vigilante Feature
You gain the skills to succeed as a Heroic Vigilante. You gain Proficiency in Intimidation and Performance.
You also gain Proficiency with Light Armor, Medium Armor, and Shields. While wielding a Shield you still gain the benefits of your Martial Arts, Unarmored Movement, and Unarmored Movement Improvement features.

Force of Personality

3rd Level Way of the Heroic Vigilante Feature
Your Ki Save DC is now 8 + your Charisma Modifier + your Proficiency Bonus, and your AC from your Unarmored Defense feature is now 10 + your Dexterity Modifier + your Charisma Modifier, and you have a number of Ki Points equal to twice your Monk Level + your Charisma Modifier.

Heroic Persona

3rd Level Way of the Heroic Vigilante Feature
You design your Heroic Persona, a larger than life identity usually marked by a thematic costume or flashy suit of armor. As a Bonus Action if no creatures can see you, you can adopt your Heroic Persona, which can include a suit of Light Armor or Medium Armor and a Shield if you have them on your person. When you do so, you gain Temporary Hit Points equal to your Monk Level, and while your Heroic Persona is active you gain the following benefits:

  • As a Bonus Action, you can spend 1 Ki Point to gain Temporary Hit Points equal to your Monk Level + your Charisma Modifier.
  • When you hit on a Melee Attack made using a Monk Weapon, you can spend 1 Ki Point to deal an additional 1d10 Bludgeoning Damage.
  • You can use your Charisma, in place of Dexterity, when calculating your Armor Class for Light Armor and Medium Armor.
  • Ability Checks and Divination Spells that would discern your true identity automatically fail.

Your Heroic Persona lasts for 1 hour, and ends early if you use a Bonus Action to exit your Heroic Persona, which you can only do if no creatures can see you. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regaining expended uses at the end of a Long Rest, unless you spend 3 Ki Points to use it again.

Valiant Action

6th Level Way of the Heroic Vigilante Feature
As the reputation and power of your Heroic Persona grows, you gain enhanced physical abilities. You gain Proficiency in Acrobatics and Athletics.
Additionally, when a creature within 20ft of you is hit by an Attack, you can move to a space within 5ft of that creature and redirect the Attack to target you instead. You can do this a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regaining expended uses at the end of a Long Rest.

Inspiring Presence

11th Level Way of the Heroic Vigilante Feature
The presence of your Heroic Persona inspires confidence in those who fight alongside you. While your Heroic Persona from your Heroic Persona feature is active, creatures of your choice within 15ft of you that can see or hear you have Advantage on Saving Throws to resist being Charmed or Frightened. At the start of your turn, all creatures of your choice within this area gain a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to your Monk Level + your Charisma Modifier that remain until they are no longer within this area. At 17th Level, the Radius of this feature increases to 30ft.

Heroic Strike

17th Level Way of the Heroic Vigilante Feature
You can channel all that you are into one devastating blow. As an Action, you can touch a creature and spend up to 10 Ki Points and force it to make a Strength Saving Throw. On a failed Save, the target takes 1d10 Bludgeoning Damage and is pushed 10ft away from you for each Ki Point you spent. On a successful Save, the creature takes half Damage and is not pushed.

Paragon of Virtue

17th Level Way of the Heroic Vigilante Feature
Your true identity and your Heroic Persona have become one. When you adopt your Heroic Persona, it lasts until you choose to dismiss it as a Free Action.


Way of the Howling Hurricane

While most monks master styles of martial arts that focus on rapid strikes and elusive movement, those who embrace the Way of the Hurricane utilize mighty weapons alongside their martial arts. Using their signature technique, monks of this Tradition become walls of whirling steel, cutting down any who would dare to stand against them.

Howling Hurricane Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Heavy Warrior 3rd You get Proficiency with Martial Melee Weapons with the Heavy Property and they also count as Monk Weapons
Whirling Strike 3rd When you Attack with a Heavy Weapon, you can spend Ki Points to instead cause nearby creatures to get hit by the Attack
Gale's Ward 6th You can spend Ki Points to cause the area around you to become Difficult Terrain and give you 1/2 Cover
Buffeting Winds 11th When you hit a creature with a Heavy Weapon, you can spend Ki Points to push it away from you and knock it Prone
Improved Whirling Strike 11th You add your Dexterity Modifier to the Damage of your Whirling Strike feature
True Tempest 17th Your Reach with Heavy Weapons increases, creatures you hit with Heavy Weapon are knocked Prone, and your Crit Range while Attacking Prone and Slowed creatures increases by 2


Heavy Warrior

3rd Level Way of the Howling Hurricane Feature
You have trained to wield Heavy Weapons in conjunction with your martial arts. You gain Proficiency with all Martial Melee Weapons with the Heavy Property, and also count as Monk Weapons for you.

Whirling Strike

3rd Level Way of the Howling Hurricane Feature
You learn to wield the heaviest weapons with the fury of a storm. When you take the Attack Action while wielding a Monk Weapon with the Heavy Property, you can spend 1 Ki Point to replace one of your Attacks to lash out. When you do, all creatures within 10ft of you to make a Dexterity Saving Throw against your Ki Save DC. On a failed Save, a creature takes Damage equal to the Weapon's normal Damage or one roll of your Martial Arts Die (whichever is larger), or half as much Damage on a successful Save.

Gale's Ward

6th Level Way of the Howling Hurricane Feature
You learn to use the weight of your Weapon to rebuke your attackers. When you use your Patient Defense feature, you can spend 2 Ki Points to cause whirling gusts of wind to shoot forth causing the area within 10ft of you to become Difficult Terrain, you also gain 1/2 Cover from all other creatures for this duration. These benefits last for 1 minute.

Buffeting Winds

11th Level Way of the Howling Hurricane Feature
You use the weight of your weapon to create gusts of wind which empower your strikes. When you hit on an Attack using a Monk Weapon that has the Heavy Property, you can force the target of the Attack to make a Strength Saving Throw against your Ki Save DC. On a failed Save, the target is knocked Prone, or it pushed a number of feet equal to 5 x your Proficiency Bonus (your choice).
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom Modifier, regaining expended uses at the end of a Long Rest, unless you spend 1 Ki Point to use it again.

Improved Whirling Strike

11th Level Way of the Howling Hurricane Feature
Your Whirling Strike improves. When you use your Whirling Strike feature, targets take additional Damage equal to your Dexterity Modifier.

True Tempest

17th Level Way of the Howling Hurricane Feature
Your mastery over the weight of your weapons increases. Your Reach while using Monk Weapons that have the Heavy Property is increased by 5ft. Additionally, when you hit on an Attack using a Monk Weapon that has the Heavy Property, that creature must make a Strength Saving Throw or be knocked Prone.
Additionally, your Crit Range increases by 2 while Attacking creatures that are Slowed or Prone


Way of the Long Death

Monks of the Way of the Long Death are obsessed with the meaning and mechanics of dying. They capture creatures and prepare elaborate experiments to capture, record, and understand the moments of their demise. They then use this knowledge to guide their understanding of martial arts, yielding a deadly fighting style.

Long Death Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Touch of Death 3rd When you kill a creature, you get Temporary Hit Points
Hour of Reaping 6th You can Frighten enemies
Mastery of Death 11th When you would die, you can spend Ki Points to not die instead
Touch of the Long Death 17th You can spend Ki Points to deal a bunch of Necrotic Damage


Touch of Death

3rd Level Way of the Long Death Feature
Your study of death allows you to extract vitality from another creature as it nears its demise. When you reduce a creature within 5ft of you to 0 Hit Points, you gain Temporary Hit Points equal to your Wisdom Modifier + your Monk Level

Hour of Reaping

6th Level Way of the Long Death Feature
You gain the ability to unsettle or terrify those around you, for your soul has been touched by the shadow of death. As an Action, each creature of your choice within 30ft of you that can see you must succeed on a Wisdom Saving Throw. On a failed Save a creature is Frightened of you until the end of your next turn.

Mastery of Death

11th Level Way of the Long Death Feature
You use your familiarity with death to escape its grasp. When you are reduced to 0 Hit Points, you can expend 1 Ki Point as a reaction to drop to 1 Hit Point instead.

Touch of the Long Death

17th Level Way of the Long Death Feature
Your touch can channel the energy of death into a creature. As an Action, you touch one creature within 5ft of you and expend up to 10 Ki Points. The target must make a Constitution Saving Throw. On a failed Save, a creature takes 2d10 Necrotic Damage for every Ki Point spent, or half Damage on a successful Save.


Way of the Merciful Grasp

Monks of the Way of the Merciful Grasp learn to manipulate the life force of others to bring aid to those in need. They are wandering physicians to the poor and hurt. However, to those beyond their help, they bring a swift end as an act of mercy.
Those who follow the Way of the Merciful Grasp might be members of a religious order, administering to the needy and making grim choices rooted in reality rather than idealism. Some might be gentle-voiced healers, beloved by their communities, while others might be masked bringers of macabre mercies.

Merciful Grasp Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Implements of Mercy 3rd You get Proficiency with Insight, Medicine, and Herbalism Kits
Hand of Healing 3rd You can spend Ki Points to replace your Attacks with healing allies, and can do so for free once per turn when you use Flurry of Blows
Hand of Harm 3rd You can spend Ki Points to deal extra Necrotic Damage to the target
Physician's Touch 6th When you use your Hand of Healing feature you can end a bunch a Condition or Disease affecting the target, you can also Poison with your Hand of Harm feature
Flurry of Healing and Harm 11th When you use your Flurry of Blows feature, you can use your Hand of Healing and Hand of Harm features for free
Heroes Never Die 17th You can revive a recently dead ally


Implements of Mercy

3rd Level Way of the Merciful Grasp Feature
You gain Proficiency in Insight and Medicine, and you gain Proficiency with Herbalism Kits.

Hand of Healing

3rd Level Way of the Merciful Grasp Feature
Your mystical touch can mend wounds. When you would make an Attack with a Monk Weapon, you can spend 1 Ki Point to touch a creature and restore a number of Hit Points to that creature equal to one roll of your Martial Arts Die + your Wisdom Modifier.
Once per turn when you replace an Attack made with your Flurry of Blows feature with this feature, you need not expend any Ki Points to do so.

Hand of Harm

3rd Level Way of the Merciful Grasp Feature
When you hit on an Attack using a Monk Weapon, you can spend 1 Ki Point to deal additional Necrotic Damage to the target equal to one roll of your Martial Arts Die + your Wisdom Modifier.

Physician's Touch

6th Level Way of the Merciful Grasp Feature
You can administer even greater cures with a touch, and if you feel it's necessary, you can use your knowledge to cause harm.
When you use your Hand of Healing feature, you can also end one Disease or one of the following Conditions affecting the creature: Blinded, Dazed, Deafened, Paralyzed, Poisoned, or Stunned.
When you use your Hand of Harm feature, you Poison that creature until the end of your next turn.

Flurry of Healing and Harm

11th Level Way of the Merciful Grasp Feature
You can now doll out a flurry of comfort and hurt. When you use your Flurry of Blows feature, you can now replace each of the Attacks with a use of your Hand of Healing feature without spending Ki Points to do so. In addition, when you make an Attack with your Flurry of Blows feature, you can use your Hand of Harm feature with that Attack without spending Ki Points to do so.

Heroes Never Die

17th Level Way of the Merciful Grasp Feature
Your mastery of life energy opens the door to the ultimate mercy. As an Action, you can touch the corpse of a creature that died within the past 24 hours and spend 5 Ki Points. The creature then returns to life, regaining a number of Hit Points equal to 4d10 + your Wisdom Modifier. If the creature died while subject to any of the following Conditions, it revives with them removed: Blinded, Dazed, Deafened, Paralyzed, Poisoned, and Stunned. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Long Rest.


Way of the Open Hand

Monks of the Way of the Open Hand are the ultimate masters of martial arts combat, whether armed or unarmed. They learn techniques to push and trip their opponents, manipulate Ki to heal damage to their bodies, and practice advanced meditation that can protect them from harm.

Open Hand Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Open Hand Technique 3rd You can harry an enemy you hit with your Flurry of Blows feature in a variety of ways
Wholeness of Body 6th You can heal yourself as an Action
Tranquility 11th Your permanently under the effects of the Sanctuary
Quivering Palm 17th You can start waves in a creature when you hit it with an Attack, and then use an Action either kill or deal a ton of Damage to the target


Open Hand Technique

3rd Level Way of the Open Hand Feature
You can manipulate your enemy's Ki when you harness your own. Whenever you hit a creature with an Attack from your Flurry of Blows feature, choose one of the following effects to impose on the target:

  • The target falls Prone.
  • The target is pushed 15ft away from you.
  • The target can't take Reactions until the end of your next turn.


Wholeness of Body

6th Level Way of the Open Hand Feature
You gain the ability to heal yourself. As an Action, you regain Hit Points equal to 3 x your Monk Level. Once you use this Action, you can't use it again until you finish a Long Rest unless you spend 4 Ki Points to use it again.

Tranquility

11th Level Way of the Open Hand Feature
You can enter a special meditation that surrounds you with an aura of peace. At the end of a Long Rest, you non-magically gain the effects of the Sanctuary Spell with a Duration of Until the end of your next Long Rest. You use Wisdom as your Spellcasting Ability for this effect.

Quivering Palm

17th Level Way of the Open Hand Feature
You gain the ability to set up lethal vibrations in someone's body. When you hit a creature with an Attack made with a Monk Weapon, you can spend 3 Ki Points to start these imperceptible vibrations, which last for a number of days equal to your Monk Level. The vibrations are harmless. You can only have these vibrations affecting one creature at a time. You can end the vibrations early and harmlessly as a Free Action, or you can end the vibrations as an Action, to end the vibrations in either of these ways you and the target must be on the same plane of existence. If you end the vibrations as an Action, the creature must make a Constitution Saving throw. On a failed Save, the creature is reduced to 0 Hit Points. On a successful Save, the creature takes 10d10 Necrotic Damage.


Way of the Radiant Soul

Monks of the Way of the Radiant Soul learn to channel their life energy into searing bolts of light. They teach that meditation can unlock the ability to unleash the indomitable light shed by the soul of every living creature.

Radiant Soul Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Radiant Sun Bolt 3rd You can shoot bolts of light out of your hands that Attack and deal Radiant Damage
Searing Arc Strike 6th You use a Bonus Action and spend Ki Points to cast the Burning Hands Spell after you take Attack Action
Searing Sunburst 11th You can throw a radiant sphere of light that deals Radiant Damage to all nearby creatures
Sun Shield 17th You emit Light, when creatures in this Light hits you with an Attack, you can use your Reaction to deal Damage to it


Radiant Sun Bolt

3rd Level Way of the Radiant Soul Feature
You can hurl searing bolts of magical radiance. when you make an Attack and have a free hand, you can instead make a Ranged Spell Attack using a Sun Bolt. This Attack uses Dexterity as your Spellcasting Ability, deals 1d6 Radiant Damage, you add your Spellcasting Ability to the Damage dealt with the Attack, it has a Range of 30ft, and it counts as a Monk Weapon.

Searing Arc Strike

6th Level Way of the Radiant Soul Feature
You gain the ability to channel your Ki into searing waves of energy. Immediately after you take the Attack Action on your turn, you can spend 2 Ki Points to cast the Burning Hands Spell as a Bonus Action. You use Dexterity as your Spellcasting Ability for this Spell.
You can spend additional Ki Points to cast the Burning Hands Spell in this way at a higher Spell Level. Each additional Ki Point you spend increases the Spell's Level by 1. You can raise the Spell's Level in this way a number of times equal to half your Monk Level.

Searing Sunburst

11th Level Way of the Radiant Soul Feature
You gain the ability to create an orb of light that erupts into a devastating explosion. As an Action, you magically create an orb and hurl it at a point you choose within 150ft of you, where it erupts into a sphere of radiant light for a brief but deadly instant. Each creature within 20ft of the point you hurled the orb at makes a Constitution Saving Throw against your Ki Save DC. On a failed Save, a creature takes 2d6 Radiant Damage.
This feature ignores Cover from material that is not completely opaque.
You can increase the Damage of the sphere by spending up to 3 Ki Points. You increase the Damage of the sphere by 2d6 for every Ki Point you spent.

Sun Shield

17th Level Way of the Radiant Soul Feature
You become wreathed in a luminous, magical aura. You shed Bright Light out to a Range of 30ft, and Dim Light an additional 30ft. You can use your Bonus Action to extinguish or restore the light.
If a creature in the Bright or Dim Light created by this feature hits you with a Melee Attack, you can use your Reaction to deal Radiant Damage to that creature equal to one roll of your Martial Arts Die + your Wisdom Modifier.


Way of the Raging Elements

You follow a monastic tradition that teaches you to harness the elements. When you focus your ki, you can align yourself with the forces of creation and bend the elements to your will, using them as an extension of your body. Some members of this tradition dedicate themselves to a single element, but others weave the elements together.
Many monks of this tradition tattoo their bodies with representations of their ki powers, commonly imagined as coiling dragons, but also as phoenixes, fish, plants, mountains, and cresting waves.

Raging Elements Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Spellcasting 3rd You gain Quarter Spellcasting that uses Wisdom and Learning Spells, usually from the Evocation or Transmutation Schools from the Shaman Spell List, you also cast these Spells using Ki Points, but get extra Ki Points you can only use to cast these Spells
Shamanic Magic 3rd You learn Elemental and can use a Monk Weapon as a Spellcasting Focus
Elemental Attunement 3rd You choose a Damage Type that you're really good at using, you chose more as you gain Levels in this class
Elemental Flurries 6th You can use your Flurry of Blows feature when you cast a Spell, and you ignore Resistance to the Damage Type you chose with your Elemental Attunement feature
Furious Elements 11th When you Attack with Monk Weapons, you can change the Damage Type to the Damage Type you chose with your Elemental Attunement feature, and you deal more Damage with that Damage Type
Elemental Conditioning 17th When you deal a Damage Type you chose your Elemental Attunement feature, the target makes a Constitution Saving Throw, suffering a Condition on a failed Save


Spellcasting

3rd Level Way of the Raging Elements Feature
Spellcasting Ability. Wisdom
Spell Save DC. your Ki Save DC
Spell Attack Bonus. Your Wisdom Modifier + your Proficiency Bonus
Spellcasting Focus. A Druidic Focus
Spell Learning Method. You start knowing 3 Spells from the Shaman Spell List, two of which must be from the Evocation or Transmutation Schools. You learn additional Spells from the Shaman Spell List which can only be learnt from the Evocation or Transmutation Schools as shown in the following class table. The Spells you learn at 8th, 14th, and 20th Level can be from any School of Magic.
You do not gain Spell Slots, instead, if you cast a Spell, you must spend Ki Points to do so. The number of Ki Points spent to cast a Spell is equal to 1 + the Spell's Level. The maximum Spell Level you can cast Spells at with this feature is shown in the Spell Level column in the following table.
You also gain special Ki Points you can only to cast Spells in this way, these special Ki Points are called Spell Ki, and the amount you have per Level is shown in the Spell Ki column of the following table.

Shaman Spell List
Level Cantrips Known Spells Known Spell Level Spell Ki
3rd 2 3 1st 5
4th 2 4 1st 5
5th 2 4 1st 5
6th 2 4 1st 5
7th 2 5 2nd 10
8th 2 6 2nd 10
9th 2 6 2nd 10
10th 3 7 2nd 12
11th 3 8 2nd 12
12th 3 8 2nd 12
13th 3 9 3rd 18
14th 3 10 3rd 18
15th 3 10 3rd 18
16th 3 11 3rd 21
17th 3 11 3rd 21
18th 3 11 3rd 21
19th 3 12 4th 25
20th 3 13 4th 25


Shamanic Magic

3rd Level Way of the Raging Elements Feature
You begin to take on the traits of the shamans and use their magic through your Ki. You learn Elemental. Additionally, you can use a Monk Weapon as a Way of the Raging Elements Spellcasting Focus.

Elemental Attunement

3rd Level Way of the Raging Elements Feature
You empower your use of the elemental power of shamanic magic. At the end of a Long Rest choose one of the following Damage Types: Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, or Thunder. Until the end of your next Long Rest, when you deal Damage of the Type you chose, you treat a 1 on the Damage die as a 2.
As you reach certain Levels in this class you can choose additional Damage Types at the end of every Long Rests. These additional Damage Types follow the rules of this feature. You can choose 1 additional Damage Type at 6th Level (2 total), 2 additional Damage Type at 11th Level (3 total), and 3 additional Damage Types at 17th Level (4 total).

Elemental Flurries

6th Level Way of the Raging Elements Feature
You can use your Flurry of Blows Feature after you cast a Spell with a Casting Time of 1 Action.
Additionally, when you deal Damage of a Type you chose with your Elemental Attunement feature, you can ignore Resistance to that Damage Type.

Furious Elements

11th Level Way of the Raging Elements Feature
When you make an Attack using a Monk Weapon, you can replace the Damage Type dealt by that Attack with a Damage Type you chose with your Elemental Attunement feature.
Additionally, when you deal Damage of the Type you chose with your Elemental Attunement feature, you treat a 1 or 2 on the Damage die as a 3.

Elemental Conditioning

17th Level Way of the Raging Elements Feature
When you deal Damage of a Type you chose with your Elemental Attunement feature to a creature, you can force it to make a Constitution Saving Throw against your Ki Save DC. On a failed Save a creature gains a Condition based on the Damage Type dealt as follows until the start of your next turn:

  • If you dealt Acid Damage, the target is Dazed until the end of your next turn.
  • If you dealt Cold Damage, the target is Slowed until the end of your next turn.
  • If you dealt Fire Damage, the target is Blinded until the end of your next turn.
  • If you dealt Lightning Damage, the target gains 1 Level of Exhaustion. When a creature Exhausted in this way regains Hit Points, it can expend any number of Hit Dice up to the number of the Levels of Exhaustion it has, it then loses a number of Levels of Exhaustion equal to the number of Hit Dice expended.
  • If you dealt Poison Damage, the target is Poisoned until the end of your next turn.
  • If you dealt Thunder Damage, the target is Deafened until the end of your next turn.



Way of the Shadowed Heart

Monks of the Way of Shadow follow a tradition that values stealth and subterfuge. These monks might be called ninjas or shadowdancers, and they serve as spies and assassins. Sometimes the members of a ninja monastery are family members, forming a clan sworn to secrecy about their arts and missions. Other monasteries are more like thieves' guilds, hiring out their services to nobles, rich merchants, or anyone else who can pay their fees. Regardless of their methods, the heads of these monasteries expect the unquestioning obedience of their students.

Shadowed Heart Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Shadow Arts 3rd You can Spend Ki Points to cast a couple Spells, you also learn the Minor Illusion Cantrip
Shadow Step 6th While in Dim Light or Darkness, you can teleport to other Dim Light or Darkness, if you do then your next Attack has Advantage
Cloak of Shadows 11th You can use an Action to become Invisible while in Dim Light or Darkness
Opportunist 17th When nearby foes are hit by Attacks from other creatures you can Attack that enemy


Shadow Arts

3rd Level Way of the Shadowed Heart Feature You can use your Ki to duplicate the effects of certain Spells. As an Action, you can spend 2 Ki Points to cast the Darkness, Darkvision, Pass Without Trace, or Silence Spells without Components. Additionally, you learn the Minor Illusion Cantrip. Wisdom is your Spellcasting Ability for these Spells.

Shadow Step

6th Level Way of the Shadowed Heart Feature You gain the ability to step from one shadow into another. When you are in Dim Light or Darkness, as a Bonus Action you can teleport up to 60ft to an unoccupied space you can see that is also in Dim Light or Darkness. After you do so, the next Attack you make before the end of your turn is made at Advantage.

Cloak of Shadows

11th Level Way of the Shadowed Heart Feature You have learned to become one with the shadows. When you are in Dim Light or Darkness, you can use your Action to become Invisible. You remain Invisible until you make an Attack, cast a Spell, or are in an area of Bright Light.

Opportunist

17th Level Way of the Shadowed Heart Feature You can exploit a creature's momentary distraction when it is hit by an Attack. Whenever a creature within 5ft of you is hit by an Attack made by a creature other than you, you can use your Reaction to make a Melee Attack against that creature.


Way of the Silent Void

While all monks seek unity with the cosmos as something to be desired, those who follow the Way of the Silent Void seek this unity through annihilation. These nihilistic warriors channel the power of entropy, the gradual journey of all things in the universe towards nothingness. The followers of this Tradition use their power to accelerate this natural process of cosmic decay. Mortal or immortal, mundane or magical in origin, all will eventually become one in the inescapable void.

Silent Void Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Entropic Touch 3rd You deal Force Damage to objects and structures, and deal double Damage to objects and structures
Void Wielder 3rd You can spend Ki Points to deal extra Force Damage on a hit with an Attack, and Concentration Saving Throws made by the target are worse
Vorpal Step 6th When you use your Step of the Wind feature, you can move through objects and creatures
Degraded Form 11th You can spend Ki Points to cast the Dispel Magic Spell, you also deal Force Damage to creatures you move through with your Vorpal Step feature
Avatar of Entropy 17th You can spend Ki Points to cast an altered form fo the Disintegrate Spell


Entropic Touch

3rd Level Way of the Silent Void Feature
You learn to draw upon the power of the void to destroy. When make an Attack using a Monk Weapon against an object or a structure, you deal Force Damage instead of your normal Damage Type. Additionally, you deal twice as much Damage to objects and structures.

Void Wielder

3rd Level Way of the Silent Void Feature
Your connection to the nothingless void allows you to channel its power through your strikes. When you hit on an Attack using a Monk Weapon, you can spend 1 Ki Point to deal 1d12 Force Damage to the target.
When you deal Force Damage to a creature that is Concentrating on an effect, that creature has Disadvantage on the Saving Throw it makes to maintain its Concentration.

Vorpal Step

6th Level Way of the Silent Void Feature
When you use your Step of the Wind feature, you draw upon the power of the void to discorporate. Until the end of your current turn, you can move through non-magical objects and creatures as if they were Difficult Terrain.
If you end this movement inside an object or creature, you are instantly shunted to the nearest unoccupied space, taking 1d10 Force Damage for every 5ft you are forced to move.

Degraded Form

11th Level Way of the Silent Void Feature
You can use an Action and spend 4 Ki Points to non-magically replicate the effects of the Dispel Magic Spell at 3rd Level using Wisdom as your Spellcasting and with a Range of Touch.
Also, when you pass through a creature with your Vorpal Step feature, you can force it to make a Constitution Saving Throw. On a failed Save a creature takes Force Damage equal to one roll of your Martial Arts Die + your Wisdom Modifier. You can only force a creature to make this Saving Throw once per turn.

Avatar of Entropy

17th Level Way of the Silent Void Feature
You can use an Action to non-magically replicate the effects of the Disintegrate Spell at 6th Level using Wisdom as your Spellcasting and with a Range of Touch. Additionally, when you use this Action the creature must make a Constitution Saving Throw instead of a Dexterity Saving Throw.
Once you use this Action, you can't use it again until you finish a Long Rest, unless you spend 6 Ki Points to use it again.


Way of the Still Lake

These monks have stilled their own Ki, abandoning their sense of self, so that it may become a shimmering reflection of others inner energy.

Still Lake Features
Feature Level Quick Explanation
Reflection 3rd When you hit a creature with an Attack you can spend Ki Points to become a reflection of the target
Reflect Arcana 6th You can deflect magic with your Deflect Missiles feature
There is no Self 11th You can use you Reaction to gain Resistance to Damage dealt by an Attack or spend Ki Points to gain Immunity to it, you also become better at Dexterity (Stealth) Checks
True Stilness 17th You can become a perfect reflection of a creature with your Reflection feature, which also is maintained for a longer duration


Reflection

3rd Level Way of the Still Lake Feature
You know how to stop the flow of your Ki, forcing it to forget the shape of your body and instead become a reflection of your enemies.
Immediately after you hit a creature with an Attack made using a Monk Weapon, you can spend 1 Ki Point and become a reflection of your target.
When you do so, you make an Attack against the reflected creature with one of its own basic Melee Attacks. While making the Attack you replace all of your game statistics apart from your Hit Points with that of the target's, reverting to your normal game statistics after the Attack. If you target a Huge or larger creature, you spend 2 Ki Points instead. You can use this feature only once per turn.

Reflect Arcana

6th Level Way of the Still Lake Feature
Damaging Spells that only target you can be deflected with your Deflect Missiles feature, both for the Damage reduction and throwing the Attack back at the creature.

There is no Self

11th Level Way of the Still Lake Feature
As a Reaction when a creature hits you with an Attack, you can momentarily fade into the Second Ward, gain Resistance to that Damage.
You can instead spend 5 Ki Points to gain Immunity to the Damage dealt by the Attack instead.
Additionally, you have grown so proficient in stilling your Ki that you add your Wisdom Modifier to Dexterity (Stealth) Checks you make, and you gain Advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) Checks you make if you aren't moving.

True Stillness

17th Level Way of the Still Lake Feature
When you become a reflection of a creature with your Reflection feature, you can spend an additional number of Ki Points equal to the creatures CR to fully reflect the creature for an extended duration. For this time, you replace all of your game statistics apart from your Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma Scores unless the target's are higher with that of the target.
You remain in this form for 1 minute, until you lose Concentration on this effect, or until either you, or the creature, drop to 0 Hit Points.