Class Features

As a Daoist, you gain the following class features

Purge Impurities

Starting at level 3rd, Daoist can expell all impurities and toxins from his body. Once per short rest you can spend 1 minute meditating to emulate effects of lesser restoration spell on yourself.

At 9th level you can spend 10 minutes meditating to emulate effects of greater restoration spell instead.

Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. You can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

Foundation Establishment

When you reach 6th level, The Core Sea of Ki Condensation stage condenses into the first Dao Pillar. Granting you even more control over your Ki.

You may use an action to spend 3 Ki points and emit Ki pressure around yourself forcing every creature in 30ft. radius centered on you to make a Strength Saving Throw against your Ki Save DC or be knocked prone and take 1d6 bludgeoning damage.

Core Formation

When you reach 10th level, The pillars formed in Foundation Establishment melt and become a core. You also learn how to force read memories from a soul of a creature. You can use your action to touch the creature's forehead and spend 8 Ki Points to force your consciousness into it's soul. The creature has to be restrained or unconscious for this to work. To defend against this effect the creature has to make a Charisma Saving throw against your Ki Save DC.

If the creature makes the save nothing happens and it's immune to the effect for the next 24hours and because of the rebound you take 2d6 psychic damage.

If it fails you can read through the it's memories, the memories are fragmented and it's up to DM what you will learn. The process itself is very painful and agonizing making the creature take 2d6 psychic damage.

Nascent Soul

When you reach 17th level you form a nascent soul, a tiny humanoid that looks like you and lives in your dantian.

When your body dies your soul stays alive and leaves the body. While in this form you are tiny and transparent, but still visible.

If you're resurrected while in your nascent soul form, your nascent soul gets summoned back to your body.

As a nascent soul, you have half of your maximum hp and cannot take any actions, spend Ki Points, use reactions or bonus actions. As a nascent soul you always hover 5ft. above the ground. While hovering you can move at the half of your maximum speed. While In this form you can spend 8 hours meditating to recreate your body, effectively emulating a true ressurection spell.

Spirit Severing

When you reach 20th level Dao enlightenment grants you the ability to sever something from your soul. It can be love, wealth or any other earthly attachement. From that moment you will no longer feel any attachement to thing you've severed. By doing so you unlock additional insight into the Dao

Once per long rest as an action you can enter transcended state for 1 minute. While in this state you gain resistance to every type of damage and are able to teleport up to the 60ft. once per turn.

Dao

Dao the origin and source of all things. It can be translated in many different ways, it is the absolute principle underlying the universe, combining within itself the principles of Yin and Yang and signifying the way, or code of behavior, that is in harmony with the natural order.

Flying Sword

When you reach 11th level you have learned how to control your blades more effectively giving you the ability to fly using your sword. To do so you must use an action to stand on top of the sword you are attuned to. While you're standing on the sword you gain 30ft. flying speed and can't make attacks with the sword.

Countless Slashes

When you reach Level 14th you learn how to speed up your slashes using your Ki. Using your bonus action you can spend 4 Ki points allowing you to make two additional attacks with the sword you're attuned to.

If all additional attacks hit the target you can choose to regain 2 Ki points or make one more attack.

Nine Heavens Destruction.

Starting at level 18, by spending 9 Ki and using an action you may summon 9 illusory swords that hover around you for one minute.

You can spend a bonus action to make an attack with up to two swords. After you use the illusory sword to make an attack the sword disappears.

You use your Ki attack modifier for your attack rolls. First attack deals 1d6 slashing damage, the second one deals 2d6 slashing damage, the third one deals 3d6 damage and so on. Up to 9d6 damage with a final sword. You don't add modifiers to damage.

The strain of using this ability leaves you with two levels of exhaustion after all swords disappear.

Dao of Blood

You decided to strengthen your flesh and blood using your Ki as well as Ki of your enemies.

Dao of Karma

You decided to follow the ancient path of Karma manipulation. Cosmic merit or demerit accumulated throughout one’s life based on one’s deeds.

Mystic Echo

At level 5th, when a ranged spell attack (or Magic Missile) targets a creature you can see within 30 feet of you, and the results have not been announced, you can use your reaction and expend Ki points equal to twice the level of spell slot used to cast spell to make an opposed Ki casting ability contest against the caster. If you succeed, the spell targets the caster using the original attack roll. You cannot reflect spells cast above 5th-level.

You can use this feature two times, and regain expended uses of it when you complete a long rest.

Additionally you gain proficiency in Wisdom Saving Throws.

Karmic Ascension

When you reach 11th level you gain more insight into karma, allowing you to see how the creature perceives you. Are you his friend or maybe a foe, you will learn what kind of a person you are in the creature's eyes. Beware that you may learn some things you would not like to learn.

As an action, choose a creature you can see. Make an insight check against creature passive Deception. If you succeed, you learn target's opinion on yourself. If you fail you can't use the skill until you finish a long rest.

Additionally your Mystic Art Access is increased from 5 to 6

Karma Manipulation

When you reach 14th level your mastery over karma increases.

Once per long rest you can use your reaction to change a failed saving throw into a successful one and a successful one into a failed one. This doesn't work against creatures with legendary resistances.

Additionally your Mystic Art Access is increased from 6 to 8

Karmic Annihilation

Starting at level 18th, your mastery over karma reaches a pinnacle, allowing you to completely sever all karma threads connected to a person.

As an action you concentrate on a creature that you can see, the target makes an Intelligence saving throw against your Ki Save DC if it fails the target freezes in motion as if time froze. On a successful save, the creature isn't affected.

A creature frozen by this effect gradually disappears, disappearing completely by the end of it's 3rd turn after becoming frozen. If a greater restoration or similar magic is not cast on the creature within this time frame, the creature vanishes and also disappears from memories of every other creatures.

After the creature disappears you no longer have to maintain concentration.

Any creature with close ties to the target may try keep memories of the erased creature by making an Intelligence check against your Ki Save DC. If it fails the memories are erased until the karma threads are restored.

The only way to bring back the creature that has disappeared is by restoring severed karma threads by means of a Wish spell or a Divine Intervention.

You can use this skill once per long rest.

Additionally your Mystic Art Access is increased from 8 to 9.

Daoist Mystic Arts:

Daoist Techniques

Formation Expert

Prequisite: 7th level
You can now learn rituals. Choose two 1st-level spells that have the ritual tag from any class's spell list. The spells needn't be from the same spell list. The spells appear in the mystic art list and don't count against the number of mystic arts you know. You can cast the chosen spells as rituals. You can't cast the spells except as rituals, unless you've learned them by some other means. You can also cast a Daoist Mystic Arts you know as a ritual if it has the ritual tag.

On your adventures, you can add other ritual spells to your memory. When you find such a spell, you can add it to your mystic art list if the spell's level is equal to or less than half your Daoist level (rounded up) and if you can spare the time to learn the spell. For each level of the spell, the learning process takes 2 hours and costs 50 gp for the materials needed to practice.

Mystic Tongue

Prequisite: 7th level
You can cast Tongues at will, without expending Ki points or material components.

Concealment

Prequisite: 7th level
As an action you can toggle your concealment. While concealed you appear blurred and semi-transparent, you also gain +10 bonus on your stealth checks. You can't use concealment while in combat.

You are now also able to hide your energy inside of your body to appear harmless to most creatures. Meaning they will not act hostile towards you unless you or your companions provoke them first. Creatures with true sight are immune to this effect.

Feather Body

Prequisite: 9th level
You can now reduce fall damage by spending Ki points. For every Ki point spent you reduce fall damage by 5.

You are also able to walk on water. For every turn spent on a water you have to spend 1 Ki point or fall into water at the end of your turn.

Speed of Sound

Prequisite: 9th level
Your movement speed is increased by additional 10ft. and you can now take a dash action using your bonus action.

Once per long rest, if you are not exhausted you can as an action exceed your limits to gain inhuman speed allowing you to "teleport" up to 0.5 mile. You can only "teleport" to places you would be able to reach on foot. Teleporting this way gives you 2 levels of exhaustion, without Ki points and generates a thunderous sound at the origin and the destination. The sound can be heard within 300ft. radius. You can take up to 4 additional creatures with you, for each additional creature you gain an additional level of exhaustion.

Diamond Fist Combo

Prequisite: 9th level, Dao of Blood
By hardening blood in your fists, you make them as hard as diamonds. You gain +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls with your unarmed strikes, with each consecutive hit against the same creature bonus increases by an addtional 1, up to +3. Additionally when you hit somebody with your unarmed strike you can spend 1 ki point as a bonus action and make 2 additional unarmed strikes against the same creature.

Myriad Swords

Prequisite: 9th level, Dao of Sword
You may use your mind to control your swords, you can now wield 4 additional swords that hover behind you. You can incorporate these sword into your first melee attack. Swords don't get additional bonus to damage and their damage dice is reduced to 1d4.

Karmic Revelation

Prequisite: 9th level, Dao of Karma
Using karma you can manipulate people, as an action you may connect up to 5 willing creatures with allowing them to telepathically communicate with each other as long as they are in the same plane of existence. They are also able to sense directions where they are located. Using this Technique again removes the previous connection.

My Will is Eternal!

Prequisite: 12th level, doesn't have My Fate is The Aeon!
When you regain hit points you can choose the maximum value instead of rolling the dice. And resurrecting you doesn't consume any material components, but you still have to provide them.

My Fate is the Aeon!

Prequisite: 12th level, doesn't have My Will is Eternal!
Whenever you are reduced to 0 hit points you are always automatically stabilized and will wake up after the combat ends.

Additionally once per long rest when you are brought down to 0 hit points you may spend your hit dices to regain hit points and wake up on the beginning of your next turn.

Seven God Steps

Prequisite: 17th level
If you have not moved last turn, you gain additional 10ft. of movement.

If you move 40ft. in a straight line, in one turn you may make a special unarmed strike as action. This unarmed strike deals 7d12 radiant damage. After making this strike you end your turn. For the next 10 minutes your leg muscles are sore and you can't take a dash action and your movement speed is reduced to 20ft. and you can't increase it by any means.

Wishful Star Magic

Prequisite: 17th level, Dao of Karma
Once per long rest you may cast a wish spell, it still consumes Ki.

Fleshly Sanctification

Prequisite: 17th level, Dao of Blood
Your body becomes perfect rejecting every impurity. You're immune to being poisoned, petrified, paralyzed, deafened, blinded and stunned.

You also gain temporary hitpoints equal to your Wistom Modifier at the beginning of your turn. Once per long rest you may use your action to change this ability so it heals you for 1d10 + your constitution modifier at the beginning of your turn for the next 1 minute.

God Slaying Blade

Prequisite: 17th level, Dao of Sword
By infusing your swords with ki, every sword that you wield is now a +3 weapon and it's damage type is changed to force damage.

I Know Myriad of Techniques

Prequisite: 20th level
By studying the flow of your Ki, you've mastered the ability to control your inner self. By sacrifing number of the techniques you can use at one moment you can now change techniques you know by meditating for 8 hours, but you can only use 6 techniques at the same time, including this one.