Martial Arts in 5e

Monk Feature: Ki Techniques

2nd level monk feature (enhances Ki)

You start knowing Flurry of Blows, Patient Defense, and Step of the Wind. You know a number of extra Ki Ki Techniques, equal to half your Monk level rounded down. These are detailed at the end of this document. You must meet any other requirements. Additionally when you gain a level in this class you can choose one of the ki techniques you know and replace it with another ki technique that you could learn at that level. An attack can only benefit from one Strike Technique.

Feat: Martial Artist

You have training in one of the martial arts traditions of Kara-tur. You may take this feat multiple times to learn more techniques and gain 2 additional ki points. You may also spend downtime once you have taken this feat to learn a new technique. You gain the following benefits.

• You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for the Attack and Damage Rolls of your unarmed strikes, and you can roll a d4 in place of the normal damage of your Unarmed Strike. If you take this feat a second time you can roll a d6 in place of the normal damage of your Unarmed Strikes. You use this die for any techniques that reference your Martial Arts die.
• You learn two techniques of your choice from those available on the Martial Arts technique list. If a technique you use requires your target to make a saving throw to resist the technique’s effects, the saving throw DC equals 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Dexterity or Wisdom modifier (your choice).
• You gain 2 ki points. These are used to fuel your techniques. A ki point is expended when you use it. You regain all your expended ki points when you finish a short or long rest, as long as you spent 30 minutes of the rest meditating.

KI TECHNIQUE LIST

Black Tiger Steals Heart Strike. You cause intense pain in an opponent with a successful attack that they are nauseated and have trouble continuing. After successfully making an unarmed melee attack you can spend 1 ki point to cause such debilitating pain that the target creature is Poisoned until the end of their next turn.

Bronze Dragon Plays With Water. When another creature damages you with a melee attack, you can use your reaction and spend 1 ki point to roll a martial arts dice and add the number to your AC for that attack. If the attack misses you can make an unarmed attack.

Distant Eye. When you make a ranged weapon attack, you can spend 1 ki point to prevent attacking at long range from imposing disadvantage on your attack rolls until the end of the current turn.

Dragon And Tiger Appear Strike. When you hit a creature with an unarmed attack, you can spend 1 ki point to attempt to drive the target back. If the target is Large or smaller, it must make a Strength saving throw, On a failed save, you push the target up to 15 feet away from you.

Drunken Dance. You do not have disadvantage when making melee attacks from the Prone condition. If you make a successful melee attack, you may regain your feet immediately as a reaction.

Earth’s Embrace. You can crush opponents when you grapple them. When you start a grapple you can do 1d4 bludgeoning damage to the grappled creature. Until the grapple ends, you can also deal this damage to the creature whenever you hit it with a melee attack.

Falling Star Strike. You have mastered strikes that blind. When you hit another creature with an unarmed strike you can spend 1 ki point to attempt a Falling Star Strike. The target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or be Blinded until the beginning of their next turn.

Flurry of Blows. Immediately after you take the attack action on your turn, you can spend 1 ki and make two unarmed strikes as a bonus action.

Flurry of Blows, Mastery. 11th level, and Flurry of Blows Ki Technique When you use your Flurry of Blows, the unarmed strikes increase to 3. At level 20, they increase to four.

Golden Bell Shout. 6th level Using the attack action, you can make a special attack. If you’re able to make multiple attacks this replaces one of them. You spend 1 ki point and make a loud shout at a creature within 20 ft. They must make a Wisdom saving throw or be Stunned until the end of your turn.

Grounding. You have advantage on any save or skill check to force you to move. As a reaction, when something forces you to move, you can spend 1 ki point to stop yourself from being moved.

Grounding Mastery. 5th level, You must know the Grounding Ki Technique You have learned to channel energy through you. When you take Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning or Thunder damage, as a reaction you can spend 1 ki point to reduce the damage by 1d10 + your Wisdom modifier + your monk Level.

Inner Gate Strike. 3rd level. When you make an Unarmed Strike you can replace that with an Inner Gate Strike. Instead of damage this strike injures their saving throws. Make a melee attack against the target, if you are successful choose one saving throw. The target has disadvantage on those saving throws until the end of your turn.

Iron Body. When you take damage that you are not resistant to you can reduce it by half your Constitution modifier rounded up, minimum 1.