The Elemental Bender

Quick Build

You can make a Elemental Bender quickly by following these suggestions. First, make Dexterity your highest ability score. Your next-highest score should be Wisdom. Second, choose the hermit background.

Elemental Bender Multiclassing Prerequisites

Ability Score Minimum: Dexterity 13 and Wisdom 13

The Elemental Bender Multiclassing with Monk

You have access to 1 ki point and the Elemental Ki feature at 1st level as a Elemental Bender if you already have a Level in the Monk Class.

Aura of Breeze

You learn the Cantrip Gust. If you would take falling damage, you can roll a Dexterity (Acrobatics) check and reduce the damage equal to the number of the roll you made.

Wind Strike

Once during your turn, when you take the Dash action you can choose to spend 1 Ki points to create a powerful airflow to increase your speed. You add 10 feet of movement to your Dash action.

You can also make one melee attack as part of your Dash action. Make a melee weapon attack, if it is successful the target must succeed on a Strength Saving throw or be knocked prone.

Your movement from your dash increases as you increase in level in this class. It becomes 15 feet at 5th level, 20 feet at 9th level and 25 feet at 15th level.

Air Blast

Once during your turn, when you take the Disengage action, you can choose to spend 2 ki point to take flight for a brief moment. You gain a flying speed of 30 feet.

You can also create a burst of wind coming from your body as part of your Disengage action. All creatures within 10 feet from you must then make a Strength Saving throw. On a failed save, they take 1d10 bludgeoning damage and are knocked prone. On a success, they take half as much damage and aren't knocked prone.

The bludgeoning damage increases as you increase in level in this class. It becomes 2d10 at 5th level, 3d10 at 9th level and 4d10 at 15th level.

Aura of Stone

You learn the Cantrip Mold Earth and gain a Tremorsense of 30 feet

Stone Strike

Once during your turn, when you hit a target with a melee attack you can choose to spend 1 ki point to move the rocks around you, or the ground beneath you so it can hit that target as part of that melee attack. You then add 1d6 bludgeoning damage to your attack.

The bludgeoning damage increases as you increase in level in this class. It becomes 2d6 at 5th level, 3d6 at 9th level and 4d6 at 15th level.

Stone Shield

Once during your turn, when you take the Dodge action you can choose to spend 2 ki points to make 1 piece of rock next to you to start levitate around your body for 1 minute.

If a creature you can see attempts to make a melee attack against you, you can use your reaction to use 1 levitating piece of rock to either add 5 to your AC for that attack, or make one melee spell attack against that target, which deals 1d8 + your Wisdom modifier bludgeoning damage. The piece of rock then breaks and cannot be used again.

The number of rocks you can levitate increases as you increase in level in this class. It becomes 2 at 5th level, 3 at 9th level and 4 at 15th level.

The Avatar State

As a bonus action, you can spend 3 ki points to enter in Avatar state for 1 minute. Your Avatar state ends if you fall unconscious, drop to 0 hit points, or die. After you use your Avatar state, you gain 1 point of exhaustion.

While you are in Avatar state, you gain the following features:

Ancestral Knowledge. You know how to use Air Bending, Earth Bending, Fire Bending and Water Bending

Spiritual Energy. When you use a Bending Art feature or cast a spell with your Elemental Ki feature, you can spend 1 less ki point to use those features.

Astral Meditation

At the 5th level, you learn how to channel the Astral Energy to replenish the energies of your body.

Once per day, when you finish a short rest, you can choose to reduce your exhaustion level by 1.

Awakened Bending

At 5th level, you learned how to channel your Ancestral Knowledge even while your not in the Avatar state.

You learn a second Bending Arts from your Elemental Bending feature. At 9th level you learn a third Bending Art, and at 15th level, you learn all four Bending Arts from the Elemental Bending feature.

Astral Power

At the 9th level, your experience with Astral Energy allowed you to bend the Elemental Energy around you in a better way. You gain additional features while in your Avatar state:

Astral Absorption. You can now use your Elemental Absorption feature as a bonus action.

Spiritual Protection. When you enter on your Avatar state, you gain temporary hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier + your level in this class.

Avatar Master

At the 15th level, you learn how to use the full potential of your Spiritual Energy. You gain additional features while in your Avatar state:

Avatar Fury. As an action, you can spend 7 ki points to make 1 melee spell attack against one creature and attempt to block all magic that flows in it.

On a hit, both you and that creature becomes restrained. That creature must then make a Wisdom saving throw at the start of each of its turns. If it successfully saves against this effect three times, this effect ends and you are dropped to 0 hit points. If it fails saves three times, it loses all it's magical abilities and it can't use spells, or any ability that uses spell slots or ki points.

The successes and failures don’t need to be consecutive; keep track of both until the target collects three of a kind. The creature automatically succeeds all three saves if your Avatar State ends in the middle of this process.

This ability can be used again to unblock the magic of that creature. Otherwise, only a wish spell can undone this effect.

Spiritual Resurrection. When you are reduced to 0 hit points, you can spend 3 ki points (no action required) to have 1 hit point instead.

The Elemental Bender

Fast Response

Starting when you choose this archetype at 3rd level, your reflexes become unnaturally fast.

You gain advantage on Initative rolls and on Wisdom (Perceptions) checks against being surprised.

You also gain proficiency in one of the following skills of your choice: Acrobatics, Athletics, or Stealth.

Fighting Style

Starting when you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn how to use almost every weapon available to you.

You gain proficiency with martial weapons and adopt a style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the following options. You can’t take a Fighting Style option more than once, even if you later get to choose again.

Extra Attack

Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Supreme Accuracy

At the 9th level, your battle instincts are now sharp and allow you to push your enemies with incredible fast attacks.

Whenever you miss a melee attack against a target, you can use your reaction to spend 1 ki point and make one melee attack against the same target.

Bending Movement

At 15th level, you can use your ki to increase your mobility even further.

Whenever you take the Dash, Dogde or Disengage action, you can spend 4 ki points to make a second Dash, Dogde or Disengage action as part of the same action.

The Elemental Bender

Lightning Bending Art

Starting when you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn the special lightning Bending Art, detailed in the end of this sub-class description.

You also learn some particular Spells in the lightning Bender table, detailed in the end of this sub-class description.

Electrical Field

At the 5th level, you create an electrical field around you that protects you from incoming attacks.

You gain the following features:

Electrical Dodge. When an attacker hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to spend 1 ki point and halve the attack’s damage against you.

Electrical Resistance. You gain resistance to lightning damage while you're not incapacitated or surprised.

Electrical Chain

At the 9th level, when a creature you can see within 10 feet from you takes lightning damage, you can use your reaction to spread that damage to other targets. You need to spend ki points equal to the lightning damage that the first creature took divided by 10 (rounded up) to use this feature.

You make a lightning ray leap from that first creature to another target within 10 feet from it. That target must then make a Dexterity saving throw. It takes the same lightning damage from the first creature on a failed save, or half as much on a successful one.

When you reach 15th level in this class, you can make a second lightning ray leap from the first creature, but the rays must be used in different targets.

Shocking Power

At 15th level, your electrical field becomes stronger and can now damage creatures and increase your powers.

You gain the following features:

Electrical Counter. A creature takes 1d10 lightning damage whenever it hits a melee attack against you.

Lightning Fury You can cast Chain Lightning using your Elemental ki feature once per long rest.

Lightning Aura

You learn the Cantrips Lightning Lure and Shocking Grasp.

Lightning Strike

Once during your turn, when you take the Dash action you can choose to spend 1 Ki points to create a powerful lightning covering your body. You add 10 feet of movement to your Dash action, but you can only move in one direction.

You can also make one melee attack as part of your Dash action. Make a melee weapon attack, if it is successful you must then make a Wisdom Saving throw. On a failure, you take 1d6 lightning damage. On a success, you add 1d6 lightning damage to your attack instead.

The lightning damage that you take and from your attack increases as you increase in level in this class. It becomes 2d6 at 5th level, 3d6 at 9th level and 4d6 at 15th level.

Lightning Shock

Once during your turn, when you take the Disengage action you can choose to spend 2 Ki points to create an electrical and stunning flow around you.

Each creatures 5 ft. next to you (including yourself) must make on a Wisdom Saving throw. On a failure, a creature takes 1d8 lightning damage and then becomes stunned until the end of your next turn. On a success, a creature takes half as much damage and isn’t stunned.

If a creature has immunity or resistance to lightning damage, it makes this saving throw with advantage.

The lightning damage increases as you increase in level in this class. It becomes 2d8 at 5th level, 3d8 at 9th level and 4d8 at 15th level.

Explosion Beam

Starting when you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn the Cantrip Fire Bolt and the technique of shooting explosions with your mind.

You can spend 3 ki points to cast Fireball as a third level spell trough your forehead, but the spell deals only 5d6 fire damage instead and you automatically fails the spell saving throw if your caught by your own explosions.

The fire damage becomes 8d6 instead when you reach the 5th level in this class.

Enhanced Focus

At the 5th level, you learn how to better control your telekinetic abilities.

You gain the following abilities:

Specialized Beam

At the 9th level, you learn how to control your elemental energy in a different from, which changes the power of your Beams. Choose a type of energy below and gain its feature:

Sun Energy. When you cast a spell that deals fire damage, you can cause that spell to deal radiant damage instead.

In addition, when a creature reaches 5 feet close to you, you can use your reaction to spend 2 ki points to shoot a light beam. That creature must then make a Constitution Saving Throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 2d6 radiant damage and becomes blinded until the end of your next turn. On a successful save, the creature takes only half of the damage and isn't blinded.

Pure Energy. When you cast a spell that deals fire damage, you can cause that spell to deal force damage instead. In addition, whenever you roll 1 on a damage die for a spell, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll

Blue Flame Energy The spells you cast ignore resistance to fire damage. In addition, whenever you cast a spell that deals fire damage, you can spend 2 ki points and add 2d6 to that damage.

Brute power

At the 15th level, you mastered your telekinetic abilities

You gain the following abilities:

Blood Bending Art

Starting when you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn the special Blood Bending Art, detailed in the end of this sub-class description.

You also learn some particular Spells in the Blood Bender table, detailed in the end of this sub-class description.

Red Transfusion

At the 5th level, you learn how to use the blood of others for your Blood Bending Arts.

Once during your turn, if you would lose hit points due your Red Curse effect, you can spend 1 ki point and target one creature that contains blood within 10 feet from you. That creature must succeed on a Constitution Saving throw or your Red Curse effects them instead of you.

If the target is unconscious or with 0 hit points, it automatically fails this saving throw. If you target a dead body with blood that way, you don't lose hit points with your Red Cruse effect instead.

Advanced Blood Bending

At the 9th level, you learn the following features:

Red Absorption. You can now use your Elemental Absorption feature as a bonus action, but you trigger the effect of your Red Curse while doing so.

Vampiric Drain When a creatures fails the saving throw of your Red Transfusion feature, you can regain half of the hit points that creature lost due to the effect of your Red Curse.

Blood Master

At the 15th level, you learned how to use your Blood Bending Art in a more effective way and gain the following features:

Anemic Constitution You lose only half of your hit points with your Red Curse effect.

Blood Blocking You can use your action to spend 5 ki points and make one melee spell attack against one target.

On a hit, that target loses its maximum hit points equal to your Red Curse effect and gain 1 point of exhaustion. A Greater Restoration spell or more powerful magic is required to restore its maximum hit points.

Red Curse

When you use any Blood Bending Art feature, you lose hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier + your level in this class.

Red Water

When you use your Water Strike or your Water Whip bending features, you can choose to amplify its strikes with your blood bending skills.

The amplified Water Whip creates 1 additional water whip that you can control.

The amplified Water Strike deals 1d8 bludgeoning damage when you hit the target with your melee attack.

The bludgeoning damage from your amplified Water Strike increases as you increase in level in this class. It becomes 2d8 at 5th level, 3d8 at 9th level and 4d8 at 15th level.

Red Devastation

When you cast a spell with your Elemental Ki feature, you can use your blood bending skills to amplify that spell. If you do so, target one creature affected by the spell, which has its defenses diminished.

If the spell requires that creature to make a saving throw, that creature has disadvantage on the first save they make against the spell.

The number of creatures you can target increases as you increase in level in this class. It becomes up to 2 at 5th level, up to 3 at 9th level and up to 4 at 15th level.

Plant Bending Art

Starting when you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn the special Plant Bending Art, detailed in the end of this sub-class description.

You also learn some particular Spells in the Plant Bender table, detailed in the end of this sub-class description.

Natural Might

At the 5th level, you gain additional features while your Swamp Armor is activated:

Strong Wood You gain a +1 to melee damage rolls. This bonus increases by 1 at 9th and 15th level. You also gain advantage on Constitution saving throws to maintain your concentration on a spell when you take damage.

Soil Drain You can use your bonus action to root your plants in the ground. While you're fixed in the ground that way, your movement speed becomes 0 and you regain 2 expended ki points during the end of your turns.

Wild Swamp

At the 9th level, you gain additional features while your Swamp Armor is activated:

Spiked Woods Your melee attacks deal additional 2d4 piercing damage. At 15th level, your melee attacks deal additional 3d4 piercing damage instead.

Soil Absorption When you would regain ki points with your Soil Drain feature, you can also use your Elemental Absorption feature at the same time during the end of your turn (no action required).

Swamp Monstrosity

At the 15th level, you gain additional features while your Swamp Armor is activated:

Enlarged Swamp When you activate your Swamp Armor, you can choose to become a Large size creature. If you do so, you gain temporary hit points equal to 5 times your Wsidom modifier + your level in this class instead of the usual temporary hit points provided by your Swamp Armor.

Swamp Fury You can cast Wall of Thorns using your Elemental ki feature once per long rest.

Aura of Green

You learn the Cantrips Druidcraft and Thornwhip.

Swamp Strike

Once during your turn, when you hit a target with a melee attack you can choose to spend 1 ki point to use poisonous thorns to hit that target as part of that melee attack.

You then add 1d6 bludgeoning damage to your attack and that target must then succeed on a Constitution saving throw or become poisoned. While poisoned that way, it takes 1d6 poison damage at the start of their turns. The target can repeat this saving throw at the end of their turns.

The bludgeoning damage increases as you increase in level in this class. It becomes 2d6 at 5th level, 3d6 at 9th level and 4d6 at 15th level.

Swamp Armor

Once during your turn, when you take the Disengage action you can choose to spend 2 ki points to completely cover yourself with multiple plants for the next 10 minutes.

You assume an intimidating form of a swamp monster. You gain advantage on Charisma (Intimidation) checks and on Dexterity (Stealth) checks while in a forest. You can use your bonus action at any time to exit your Swamp armor, which than wilt away.

While your in your Swamp armor, your AC can’t be less than 17, regardless of what kind of armor your wearing and you gain temporary hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier + your level in this class, which are lost when you exist your Swamp Armor.

The AC increases as you increase in level in this class. It can't be less than 18 at 5th level, then 19 at 9th level and then 20 at 15th level.

Lava Bending Art

Starting when you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn the special Lava Bending Art, detailed in the end of this sub-class description.

You also learn some particular Spells in the Lava Bender table, detailed in the end of this sub-class description.

Volcanic Smoke

At the 5th level, you learned how to put pressure on rocks and pulverize them, transforming them into volcanic smoke.

When you take the Dodge action, you can spend 1 ki point and make a 5-foot radius volcanic black gas extend from you.

The gas spreads around corners, and its area is completely obscured. It lasts until the start of your next turn or until a strong wind disperses it. Any creature that starts its turn in that area must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until the start of its next turn. While poisoned in this way, the target can take either an action or a bonus action on its turn, not both, and can't take reactions.

Volcanic Power

At the 9th level, you gain the following features:

Burning Smoke. A creature poisoned by your Volcanic Smoke feature takes 2d6 fire damage at the start of their turn

Volcanic Burn. Your Lava Bending Art features as well as the spells you cast with your Elemental Ki feature ignore resistance to fire damage.

Raging Earth

At the 15th level, you learn how to amplify your lava bending skills and your elemental spells.

When you use a Lava Bending Art or cast a spell with your Elemental Ki feature, you spend up to 3 additional ki points to amplify its powers.

You add 1d8 fire damage to the first damage roll you make for your amplify spell or Lava Bending Art for each additional ki point spent that way.

Volcanic Aura

You learn the Cantrips Create Bonfire and Produce Flame, but you must use rocks as components to cast them and all the spells from your Lava Bending Spells table.

Burning Rocks

You know how to put pressure and energy on rocks, to the point where they start burning and spiting flames.

When you use your Stone Strike feature, you can spend 1 additional ki point and add 1d6 fire damage to that hit and causes that target to ignite in flames.

At the start of the ignited creature turns, it must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, it takes 1d6 fire damage. On a successful save, the fire ends. If the target or a creature within 5 feet of it uses an action to put out the flames, or if some other effect douses the flames (such as the target being submerged in water), the fire ends.

The fire damage from the hit attack increases as you increase in level in this class. It becomes 2d6 at 5th level, 3d6 at 9th level and 4d6 at 15th level.

Burning Ground

You know how to put the immense pressure on the ground, to the point where it starts burning and almost turning into lava.

Once during your turn, when you take the Disengage action, you can choose to spend 2 ki points and make the ground burn in a 10-foot radius centered on a point within a range of 100 feet. The ground in that area becomes difficult terrain and burns until start of your next turn.

All creatures standing in that area must make a Dexterity saving throw. The creatures take 1d10 fire damage on a fail save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Any creature that enters the grounds area for the first time in their turn or ends its turn in that area must repeat this saving throw.

The fire damage from the hit attack increases as you increase in level in this class. It becomes 2d10 at 5th level, 3d10 at 9th level and 4d10 at 15th level.

Metal Shape

Starting when you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn how to shape metal and can use it for your normal Earth bending features instead of normal rocks.

You can also make metal assume the form of weapons of your choice. You gain proficiency with martial melee weapons made of metal and as an action, you can spend 1 ki point and turn one piece of metal you carrying into a simple or martial melee weapon of your choice.

The weapons you shape are always considered magical to you and have a bonus of +1 on attack rolls and damage rolls if your the one using them. This bonus increases by 1 at 9th and 15th levels.

Metal Shell

Starting when you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn how to enhance your defenses by completely covering yourself with metal.

When you take the Dodge action, you can choose to spend 2 ki points to bend a piece of metal to completely cover yourself in Metal Shell for the next minute, after which you can spend 2 additional ki points to use the armor for another minute, or else you become restrained by the metal covering you. You can use your action to exit the Metal Shell at any time. While in you Metal Shell you gain the following benefits:

• Your AC can’t be less than 18, regardless of what kind of armor your wearing
• You have advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws.
• You have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.

Metallic Skills

At the 5th level, you learn how to channel your ki to enhance your abilities with metal weapons you use.

Weapons made of metal gain special properties while being used by you, as detailed below:

Metal Attraction If the weapon has the thrown property, it returns to your hand immediately after it is used to make a ranged attack

Adaptable Metal If the weapon has the versatile property, it always counts as if you were using both hands.

Metal Whip. When you hit an attack against a medium or smaller target with a whip, you cause it to restrain that target. At the start of their turn, that target can make a Strength saving throw, which ends the restrain condition on a success. The whip can only restrain one target at a time.

Flying Metal If the weapon has the light property, you can use your bonus action to spend 1 ki point and make that weapon float and perform an attack with it. You can then make one melee attack with that weapon against one target without using your hands.

Metal Rage

At the 9th level, you become an unstoppable force that run over your enemies. You gain the following feature while in your Metal Shell:

Metal Might. When you take the Dash action, your movement doesn't provoke opportunity attacks and you can pass through the space of a medium or smaller creature. That creature must then succeed on a Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.

Metallic Dodge. When an attacker hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to exit your Metal Shell and take no damage from that attack.

Metal Force

At the 15th level, you can now channel incredible amount of ki to your weapons, giving them incredible powers.

Weapons made of metal gain special properties while being used by you, as detailed below:

Heavy Metal. If the weapon has the heavy property, you can add your Wisdom modifier (minimum of +1) to the damage of that weapon.

Electromagnetic Force. If the weapon has the light property, you use your bonus action to spend 2 ki points and make that weapon float with incredible speed against your enemies. You can then make two melee attack with that weapon without using your hands.

Spiritual Bending

tarting when you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn the special Spiritual Bending Art, detailed in the end of this sub-class description.

You also learn some particular Spells in the Spiritual Bender table, detailed in the end of this sub-class description.

Etheral Step

Upon reaching 7th level, at the start of your turn, if you aren’t incapacitated, you can choose to magically step into the veil between the planes.

You can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain, as well as see and affect creatures and objects on the Ethereal Plane. You take 1d10 force damage if you end your turn inside an object. If you are inside an object when this feature ends, you are immediately shunted to the nearest unoccupied space that you can occupy and take force damage equal to twice the number of feet you moved. This feature lasts for a number of rounds equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of 1 round).

You can use this feature once. Beginning at 15th level, you can use your Ethereal Step feature twice between rests. You regain all expended uses when you finish a short or long rest.