The Bending Ways

Features

Every monastic tradition grants you features at 3rd, 6th, 11th, and 17th levels. At each of these levels, you can learn a new Bending Discipline and unlock a different Chakra.

The disciplines allow you to learn magical abilities that harness the power of the chosen element. A discipline requires you to spend ki points each time you use it, unless otherwise specified. You learn a basic bending discipline and one other discipline of your choice at 3rd level. Then at 6th, 11th, and 17th levels, you gain access to a new set of disciplines and can choose an additional one. You can also replace one elemental discipline that you already know with a different discipline from the same level by meditating during a short or long rest.

The chakras grant you new advanced bending techniques. To master the element you choose, you must learn all the disciplines and unlock all of your chakras, allowing yourself to grow more powerful as you do so.

Once you reach 5th level in this class, you can spend additional ki points to increase the level of an elemental discipline spell that you cast, provided that the spell has an enhanced effect at a higher level. The spell's level increases by 1 for each additional ki point you spend. The maximum number of ki points you can spend to cast a spell in this way (including its base ki point cost and any additional ki points you spend to increase its level) is determined by your monk level, as shown in the Spells and Ki Points table. At 5th level, you may spend up to 3 ki points; this increases to 4 ki points at 9th level, 5 at 13th level, and 6 at 17th level.

Monk Levels	Maximum Ki Points for a Spell
5th-8th	3
9th-12th	4
13th-16th	5
17th-20th	6

Disclaimer

Most of the information about the philosophy and fighting styles of the bending arts in this homebrew is directly copied from the Avatar Fandom Wiki.

Also, all the images have links to where I found them at the end of the document, but I'm not sure if those are the real authors, so if you do know who they are, please let me know.

Introduction

Way of Waterbending

Water is the element of change. The moon is the source of power in waterbending, and the original waterbenders learned to bend by observing how the moon pushed and pulled the tides. The fighting style of waterbending is mostly fluid and graceful, acting in concert with the environment.

Waterbenders deal with the flow of energy; they let their defense become their offense, turning their opponents' own forces against them. Even when waterbenders do take an attack stance, their moves always appear to flow from one to the other.

Waterbending Discipline I

At 3rd level, all your work finally starts to pay off and you can focus your ki to produce some waterbending tricks. You learn magical disciplines that harness the power of water. You learn the Bend Water discipline, which you always know and cannot change at later levels, plus one other waterbending discipline of your choice from the following options:

Bend Water: You can cast Shape Water at will, as a bonus action, and at a range of sight.

Glacial Armor: You can spend 2 ki points to cast Armor of Agathys.

Ice Spear: You can spend 2 ki points to cast Ice Knife.

Frozen Floor: You can spend 2 ki points to cast Ice Floor.

To cast one of these spells, you use its casting time and other rules, but you always use only somatic components, despite of the spells original components.

You can also replace one elemental discipline that you already know with a different discipline from this level by meditating during a short or long rest.

Once you reach 5th level in this class, you can spend additional ki points to increase the level of an elemental discipline spell that you cast, provided that the spell has an enhanced effect at a higher level. The spell's level increases by 1 for each additional ki point you spend. The maximum number of ki points you can spend to cast a spell in this way (including its base ki point cost and any additional ki points you spend to increase its level) is determined by your monk level, as shown in the Spells and Ki Points table.

Monk Levels	Maximum Ki Points for a Spell
5th-8th	3
9th-12th	4
13th-16th	5
17th-20th	6

Finally, Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Note

Some of the spells listed here are variations of already existing spells, just modified to suit specific elements.

Part 1 | Waterbending

Chakra of the Tides

At 11th level, your journey as a waterbender continues. The third chakra you must unlock is the Chakra of the Tides, which is located on your eyes. This is the defining step in your journey, because at this point you truly understand the fundamentals of waterbending. One of which is the principle of redirecting an opponents attack like the flow of water. To unlock this chakra you must spend at least 12 hours meditating and succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom check.

Whenever a creature misses you with an attack you may spend 1 ki point to make an unarmed strike against that creature as a reaction.

While unlocking this chakra, you also realize that water is everywhere around you. This lets you bend all the water around you, meaning that from this point on, you no longer need to carry water around you to bend, you can instead use the water from plants, sweat, or even in the air. But this becomes a very dangerous realization, once you know that living creatures also have water in their bodies. And so the most terrifying bending technique ever was born, one so difficult it can only be performed when a waterbender is under a full moon: the art of Bloodbending.

If you are under a full moon, as an action, you may try to impose your will over another creature that has blood. Choose a creature that you can see within 60ft of you.

It must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be controlled by you for up to 1 minute, requiring concentration. While the creature is being puppeteered in this way, you have control over it as long as the two of you are within 60ft of each other. From then on, you can use your action to take total control of the target. Until the end of your next turn, the creature takes only the actions you choose, and doesn't do anything that you don't allow it to do, although you cannot make it cast any spells, and it uses your Wisdom modifier for any attacks or ability checks it makes while under your control. Alternatively, you can instead move the creature up to 30 feet in any direction, including upward but not beyond the range of this ability. Until the end of your next turn, the creature is restrained in your grip. A creature lifted upward is suspended in mid-air. During this time, you can also cause the creature to use a reaction, but this requires you to use your own reaction as well. At the end of each of its turns, the target can make another Wisdom saving throw. On a success, the effect ends on the target.

Bloodbending imposes a heavy toll on both the bender and the victim. After using this ability, both you and the target make another Wisdom saving throw. The DC equals 10 + the number of turns you spent bloodbending. On a failure, roll on the Short-Term Madness table. The effects last for 1d4 rounds for the bender and 1d6 for the victim.

At 17th level, you no longer need to be under a full moon to bloodbend, but it costs 5 ki points

Part 1 | Waterbending

Waterbend Discipline IV

At 17th level, your control over your waterbending technique is unmatched. You learn another waterbending discipline of your choice from the following options:

Drain: You can spend 5 ki points to cast Blight.

Control Water: You can spend 5 ki points to cast Control Water.

Watery Sphere: You can spend 5 ki points to cast Watery Sphere.

You can also replace one elemental discipline that you already know with a different discipline from this level by meditating during a short or long rest.

Chakra of the Lunar Soul

At 17th level, your journey as a waterbender is in its final stages. The fourth, and last, chakra you must unlock is the Chakra of the Lunar Soul, which is located in your heart. Unlocking this chakra brings you closer than ever to the original waterbending master, the Moon, and by focusing on your ki, you can control water just like the moon pushes and pulls the tides. To unlock this chakra you must spend at least 24 hours meditating and succeed on a DC 20 Wisdom check.

As a 1 minute ritual, you can cast Tsunami. After the tsunami ends, or your concentration is broken you are stunned for 1 round and you gain 2 levels of exhaustion. You may use this ability once per long rest.

Avatar State

At 17th level, you are granted access to the infinite wisdom of the original waterbender, the Moon, which kicks in when you are in mortal danger. When you are reduced to 0 hit points, but not killed outright, you may use your reaction to enter the Avatar State and spring back to your feet.

When you do so, you gain a number of temporary hit points equal to the amount of ki points you have left (minimum of 1), after that, your number of ki points is reduced to zero, if it isn't already. Then, as part of the same reaction, you can stand up and move, up to your movement speed, without provoking attacks of opportunity.

While in this state you carry the wisdom of all the greatest waterbending masters that already passed away. Your eyes shine with a bright white light, as ice rimes your body and you gain the following benefits:

• You are immune to cold damage and have resistance to fire damage.
• You can move across difficult terrain created by ice or snow without spending extra movement.
• The ground in a 10-foot radius around you is icy and is difficult terrain for creatures other than you. The radius moves with you.

This form lasts for 1 minute, or until you fall unconscious. After the transormation, you also gain a level of exhaustion. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

At 20th level, you may use this transformation as an action on your turn, without gaining temporary hit points nor levels of exhaustion at the cost of 7 ki points.

Part 1 | Waterbending

Way of Firebending

Fire is the element of power, consisting of overpowering force tempered by the unflinching will to accomplish tasks and desires, it draws its power from the sun, and the first human firebenders derived their firebending techniques from gold dragons.

Firebending is known for its intense and aggressive attacking style and general lack of adequate defensive moves, although firebenders can modify offensive maneuvers to function as a defense, such as creating large walls of fire or shooting down incoming attacks with fire jabs.

Firebending Discipline I

At 3rd level, all your work finally starts to pay off and you can focus your ki to produce some firebending tricks. You learn magical disciplines that harness the power of fire. You learn the Bend Fire discipline, which you always know and cannot change at later levels, plus one other waterbending discipline of your choice from the following options:

Bend Fire: You can cast Control Flames at will, as a bonus action, and at a range of sight.

Cinder Strike: You can spend 2 ki points to cast Burning Hands.

Burning Vengeance: You can spend 2 ki points to cast Hellish Rebuke.

Blazing Weapon: You can spend 2 ki points to cast Searing Smite.

To cast one of these spells, you use its casting time and other rules, but you don't need to provide material or verbal components for it.

You can also replace one elemental discipline that you already know with a different discipline from this level by meditating during a short or long rest.

Once you reach 5th level in this class, you can spend additional ki points to increase the level of an elemental discipline spell that you cast, provided that the spell has an enhanced effect at a higher level. The spell's level increases by 1 for each additional ki point you spend. The maximum number of ki points you can spend to cast a spell in this way (including its base ki point cost and any additional ki points you spend to increase its level) is determined by your monk level, as shown in the Spells and Ki Points table.

Monk Levels	Maximum Ki Points for a Spell
5th-8th	3
9th-12th	4
13th-16th	5
17th-20th	6

Finally, Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Part 2 | Firebending

Firebending Discipline III

At 11th level, your control over your firebending technique improves. You learn another waterbending discipline of your choice from the following options:

Firestorm: You can spend 4 ki points to cast Fireball.

Fire Bolts: You can spend 4 ki points to cast Melf's Minute Meteors.

Schorching Weapon: You can spend 4 ki points to cast Fire Weapon.

You can also replace one elemental discipline that you already know with a different discipline from this level by meditating during a short or long rest.

Chakra of Balance

At 11th level, your journey as a firebender continues. The third chakra you must unlock is the Chakra of Balance, which is located on the back of your head. When you unlock this chakra, you learn one of the most advanced techniques a firebender can ever master: Lightning Generation. To unlock this chakra you must spend at least 12 hours meditating and succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom check.

Lightning Generation is an advanced sub-skill within firebending that allows the user to produce lightning by separating the positive and negative energies internally, before directing it up through the arm and out the fingertips. The technique is extremely precise and deadly and is referred to by some as the "cold blooded fire". Mentally, it involves a complete absence of emotion and peace of mind, and physically, it requires separating the energies of yin and yang, also interpreted as positive and negative electric potential respectively. When the yin and yang collide together to become whole again, lightning is created, with the bender only guiding, rather than controlling, the lightning's direction. If one attempts to conjure lightning without the required emotional discipline, it can instead result in a huge explosion of fire.

In order to conjure lightning you must spend 5 ki points and your whole turn in order to prepare the attack, that means you cannot do anything else during your turn, including using your movement or bonus action. Then, at the start of your next turn, as an action, you make a DC 12 Wisdom check. On a success you create a bolt of lightning that arcs toward a target of your choice that you can see within 100ft. The target must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 1d8 lightning damage per your monk level on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. On the other hand, if you fail the Wisdom check, the air around you ignites causing an explosion in a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on you. Each creature in this area must make a Dexterity saving throw or suffer your monk level in fire damage on a fail, or half as much on a success. You automatically fail your save.

This ability requires you to maintain your concentration, when you first start to create the lightning until the start of your next turn, when it is released. If during this time you break your concentration, the air ignites as if you had failed your Wisdom check.

At 17th level, you make a DC 7 Wisdom check instead. Additionally, the initial range increases to 150ft. You can use this ability once per short rest.

Also at 11th level, you learn how to Redirect Lightning. After observing the redirecting techniques of waterbending, firebenders developed a technique to redirect the course of lightning strikes by absorbing it through one arm, guiding it through the stomach, and out the other arm.

As a reaction, when you are targeted by an attack, spell or area of effect that deals lightning damage, you may attempt a Wisdom saving throw, with a DC equal to 10 or half the damage of that attack, whichever is lower. On a success you can redirect that attack to any creature within 100ft of you, which then, must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking the original damage on a failure or half as much on a success.

Part 2 | Firebending

Firebending Discipline IV

At 17th level, your control over your firebending technique is unmatched. You learn another firebending discipline of your choice from the following options:

Fire Shield: You can spend 5 ki points to cast Warm Shield.

Wall of Fire: You can spend 5 ki points to cast Wall of Fire.

Fire Bane: You can spend 5 ki points to cast Fire Bane.

You can also replace one elemental discipline that you already know with a different discipline from this level by meditating during a short or long rest.

Chakra of the Dragon Soul

At 17th level, your journey as a firebender is in its final stages. The fourth, and last, chakra you must unlock is the Chakra of the Dragon Soul, which is located in your lungs. The lungs are the soul of firebending, because breathing is the key to every firebending ability. Unlocking this chakra brings you closer than ever to the original firebending masters, the Gold Dragons, and by focusing on your ki, you can conjure a flaming golden dragon. This technique is called The Dancing Dragon. To unlock this chakra you must spend at least 24 hours meditating and succeed on a DC 20 Wisdom check.

As an action, you can cast The Dancing Dragon. After the spell ends, or your concentration is broken you are stunned for 1 round and you gain 2 levels of exhaustion. You may use this ability once per long rest.

The Avatar State

When in the Avatar State, one is at its most powerful, but also as its most vulnerable. If you are killed in the Avatar State, you cannot be resurrected by any means short of a wish spell.

Avatar State

At 17th level, you are granted access to the infinite wisdom of the original firebenders, the Gold Dragons, which kicks in when you are in mortal danger. When you are reduced to 0 hit points, but not killed outright, you may use your reaction to enter the Avatar State and spring back to your feet.

When you do so, you gain a number of temporary hit points equal to the amount of ki points you have left (minimum of 1), after that, your number of ki points is reduced to zero, if it isn't already. Then, as part of the same reaction, you can stand up and move, up to your movement speed, without provoking attacks of opportunity.

While in this state you carry the wisdom of all the greatest firebending masters that already passed away. Your eyes shine with a bright white light, as flames race across your body, shedding bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet for the duration. The flames don't harm you. Until the transformation ends, you gain the following benefits:

• You are immune to fire damage and have resistance to cold damage.
• Any creature that moves within 5 feet of you for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there takes 1d10 fire damage.

This form lasts for 1 minute, or until you fall unconscious. After the transormation, you also gain a level of exhaustion. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

At 20th level, you may use this transformation as an action on your turn, without gaining temporary hit points nor levels of exhaustion at the cost of 7 ki points.

Part 2 | Firebending

Way of Earthbending

Earth is the element of substance and the first human earthbenders derived their earthbending techniques from the migthy Tarrasque. The key to earthbending is utilizing neutral jing, which involves waiting and listening for the right moment to strike and, when that moment comes, acting decisively. In other words, earthbenders generally endure their enemies' attacks until the right opportunity to counterattack reveals itself.

Earthbenders are generally muscular, tough and direct, and like all benders, their technique reflects on their individual personalities.

Earthbending Discipline I

At 3rd level, all your work finally starts to pay off and you can focus your ki to produce some earthbending tricks. You learn magical disciplines that harness the power of earth. You learn the Bend Earth discipline, which you always know and cannot change at later levels, plus one other earthbending discipline of your choice from the following options:

Bend Earth: You can cast Mold Earth at will, as a bonus action, and at a range of sight.

Catapult Rock: You can spend 2 ki points to cast Catapult Rock.

Earth Tremor: You can spend 2 ki points to cast Earth Tremor.

Mud Floor: You can spend 2 ki points to cast Mud Floor.

To cast one of these spells, you use its casting time and other rules, but you don't need to provide material or verbal components for it.

You can also replace one elemental discipline that you already know with a different discipline from this level by meditating during a short or long rest.

Once you reach 5th level in this class, you can spend additional ki points to increase the level of an elemental discipline spell that you cast, provided that the spell has an enhanced effect at a higher level. The spell's level increases by 1 for each additional ki point you spend. The maximum number of ki points you can spend to cast a spell in this way (including its base ki point cost and any additional ki points you spend to increase its level) is determined by your monk level, as shown in the Spells and Ki Points table.

Monk Levels	Maximum Ki Points for a Spell
5th-8th	3
9th-12th	4
13th-16th	5
17th-20th	6

Finally, Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Part 3 | Earthbending

Chakra of Substance

When you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you officially start your journey as a earthbender. To master the element of earth you must unlock all of your chakras, growing more powerful as you do so. To unlock this chakra you must spend at least 3 hours meditating (which can be taken during a long rest) and succeed on a DC 5 Wisdom check.

The first chakra you must unlock is the Chakra of Substance, which is located in your abdomen. When you unlock this chakra, you gain a new attack option that you can use with the Attack action called the Earth Block. This special attack is a ranged attack with a range of 15 feet, and increases by 5 feet when your Martial Arts die increases. You are proficient with it, and you add your Dexterity modifier to its attack and damage rolls. This attack produces 1d4 bludgeoning damage. This die changes as you gain monk levels, as shown in the Martial Arts column of the Monk table. When you're able to make an unarmed strike with a Monk feature such as Extra Attack or Flurry of Blows, you can replace any of the strikes with an earth block attack, but you are unable to use the Stunning Strike ability when you hit a creature with this attack.

Additionally, you can use your action to smash two stones together and create a burst of thunderous sound that can be heard up to 100 feet away. Each creature within 5ft, other than you, must make a Constitution saving throw or take 1d6 thunder damage. This damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6).

Earthbending Discipline II

At 6th level, your control over your earthbending technique improves. You learn another earthbending discipline of your choice from the following options:

Earthen Grasp: You can spend 3 ki points to cast Maximilian's Earthen Grasp.

Shatter: You can spend 3 ki points to cast Shatter.

Spike Growth: You can spend 3 ki points to cast Spike Growth.

You can also replace one elemental discipline that you already know with a different discipline from this level by meditating during a short or long rest.

Chakra of Stones

At 6th level, your journey as an earthbender continues. The second chakra you must unlock is the Chakra of Stones, which is located on the base of your feet. When you unlock this chakra, you create a stronger connection to the earth. To unlock this chakra you must spend at least 6 hours meditating (which can be taken during a long rest) and succeed on a DC 10 Wisdom check.

When you unlock this chakra, you learn a new earthbending technique called the Stone Armor, with it you can endure the toughest of hits without even breaking a sweat. In order to use this ability you must spend 3 ki points and your action to bring rocks, dust, pebbles, or crystals around yourself and mold them to fit your body and create something similar to armor. When you do this, you gain a number of temporary hit points equal to 1/2 your level. You can use this ability once per short rest.

Also at 6th level, you learn a technique originally learned from the mighty tarrasque. You are able to sense vibrations through the ground, "seeing" by sensing your surroundings and making a mental image of it. This technique allows for a 360-degree field of "vision", outside of normal line-of-sight. But for this to work, you need direct contact with the ground, preferably without something like shoes in between. This technique is only usable on surfaces you can bend. At 6th level, you gain 10ft tremorsense, this increases to 30ft at 11th level, to 60ft at 17th level and to 100ft at 20th level.

Ki-Empowered Bending

Starting at 6th level, you learn how to use ki to empower even your earthbending, making you even more deadly than ever before. Your bending abilities that deal bludgeoning, slashing, or piercing damage count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.

Part 3 | Earthbending

Earthbending

Discipline IV

At 17th level, your control over your earthbending technique is unmatched. You learn another earthbending discipline of your choice from the following options:

Stone Shape: You can spend 5 ki points to cast Stone Shape.

Stoneskin: You can spend 5 ki points to cast Stoneskin.

Fabricate: You can spend 5 ki points to cast Fabricate, but only with stone and metal.

You can also replace one elemental discipline that you already know with a different discipline from this level by meditating during a short or long rest.

Chakra of the Mountain Soul

At 17th level, your journey as a earthbender is in its final stages. The fourth, and last, chakra you must unlock is the Chakra of the Maountain Soul, which is located in your arms. Unlocking this chakra brings you closer than ever to the original earthbending master, the Tarrasque, and by focusing on your ki, you can also cause destruction in your path. To unlock this chakra you must spend at least 24 hours meditating and succeed on a DC 20 Wisdom check.

As an action, you can cast Earthquake. After the earthquake ends, or your concentration is broken you are stunned for 1 round and you gain 2 levels of exhaustion. You may use this ability once per long rest.

Avatar State

At 17th level, you are granted access to the infinite wisdom of the original earthbender, the Tarrasque, which kicks in when you are in mortal danger. When you are reduced to 0 hit points, but not killed outright, you may use your reaction to enter the Avatar State and spring back to your feet.

When you do so, you gain a number of temporary hit points equal to the amount of ki points you have left (minimum of 1), after that, your number of ki points is reduced to zero, if it isn't already. Then, as part of the same reaction, you can stand up and move, up to your movement speed, without provoking attacks of opportunity.

While in this state you carry the wisdom of all the greatest earthbending masters that already passed away. Your eyes shine with a bright white light, as bits of rock spread across your body, and you gain the following benefits:

• You have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks.
• You can move across difficult terrain made of earth or stone without spending extra movement. You can move through solid earth or stone as if it was air and without destabilizing it, but you can't end your movement there. If you do so, you are ejected to the nearest unoccupied space, this spell ends, and you are stunned until the end of your next turn.

This form lasts for 1 minute, or until you fall unconscious. After the transormation, you also gain a level of exhaustion. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

At 20th level, you may use this transformation as an action on your turn, without gaining temporary hit points nor levels of exhaustion at the cost of 7 ki points.

The Avatar State

When in the Avatar State, one is at its most powerful, but also as its most vulnerable. If you are killed in the Avatar State, you cannot be resurrected by any means short of a wish spell.

Part 3 | Earthbending

Way of Airbending

Air is the element of freedom and he first airbenders learned their art from the flying bison. The key to airbending is flexibility and finding and following the path of least resistance. Airbending is notable for being almost purely defensive, as well as the most dynamic of the four bending arts.

Airbenders can overwhelm many opponents at once with large and powerful attacks that could prove fatal

Airbending Discipline I

At 3rd level, all your work finally starts to pay off and you can focus your ki to produce some airbending tricks. You learn magical disciplines that harness the power of air. You learn the Bend Air discipline, which you always know and cannot change at later levels, plus one other airbending discipline of your choice from the following options:

Bend Air: You can cast Airbend at will, as a bonus action, and at a range of sight.

Enhanced Speed: You can spend 2 ki points to cast Longstrider.

Fog Cloud: You can spend 2 ki points to cast Fog Cloud.

Jump: You can spend 2 ki points to cast Jump.

To cast one of these spells, you use its casting time and other rules, but you don't need to provide material or verbal components for it.

You can also replace one elemental discipline that you already know with a different discipline from this level by meditating during a short or long rest.

Once you reach 5th level in this class, you can spend additional ki points to increase the level of an elemental discipline spell that you cast, provided that the spell has an enhanced effect at a higher level. The spell's level increases by 1 for each additional ki point you spend. The maximum number of ki points you can spend to cast a spell in this way (including its base ki point cost and any additional ki points you spend to increase its level) is determined by your monk level, as shown in the Spells and Ki Points table.

Monk Levels	Maximum Ki Points for a Spell
5th-8th	3
9th-12th	4
13th-16th	5
17th-20th	6

Finally, Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Part 4 | Airhbending

Chakra of Flexibility

When you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you officially start your journey as an airbender. To master the element of air you must unlock all of your chakras, growing more powerful as you do so. To unlock this chakra you must spend at least 3 hours meditating (which can be taken during a long rest) and succeed on a DC 5 Wisdom check.

The first chakra you must unlock is the Chakra of Flexibilty, which is located in your spine. When you unlock this chakra, you gain a new attack option that you can use with the Attack action called the Airblast. This special attack is a ranged attack with a range of 15 feet, and increases by 5 feet when your Martial Arts die increases. You are proficient with it, and you add your Dexterity modifier to its attack and damage rolls. This attack produces 1d4 piercing damage. This die changes as you gain monk levels, as shown in the Martial Arts column of the Monk table. When you're able to make an unarmed strike with a Monk feature such as Extra Attack or Flurry of Blows, you can replace any of the strikes with an air blast attack, but you are unable to use the Stunning Strike ability when you hit a creature with this attack.

Additionally, you can use your action to try to push, pull, or knock a creature prone using air. If the target is Large or smaller, it must make a Strength saving throw. On a failed save, you push or pull the target a number of feet equal to your airblast range; or knock the creature prone. At 11th level, this ability also functions on Huge creatures. At 17th level, Gargantuan creatures too.

Airbending Discipline II

At 6th level, your control over your airbending technique improves. You learn another airbending discipline of your choice from the following options:

Air Mask: You can spend 3 ki points to cast Blur.

Gust of Wind: You can spend 3 ki points to cast Gust of Wind.

Warding Wind: You can spend 3 ki points to cast Warding Wind.

You can also replace one elemental discipline that you already know with a different discipline from this level by meditating during a short or long rest.

Chakra of Lightness

At 6th level, your journey as an airbender continues. The second chakra you must unlock is the Chakra of Lightness, wich is located on the top of your head. When you unlock this chakra, you shave your head to create a stronger connection to the air. To unlock this chakra you must spend at least 6 hours meditating (wich can be taken during a long rest) and succeed on a DC 10 Wisdom check.

When you unlock this chakra, you learn a new airbending technique called the Air Shield. The most common defensive tactic for an airbender involves circling enemies, suddenly changing direction when attacked and evading by physical movement rather than bending. However, an airbender can still deflect attacks as needed by throwing up gusts of air close to their bodies as a shield.

This is rarely to stop attacks directly and more often to push the attack aside, conserving energy and allowing them to move. As a reaction, when you are hit by an attack, you can spend 2 ki points to make an air shield around you, gaining a +5 bonus to your AC only for that attack. As part of this same reaction, you may move up to your movement speed.

Also at 6th level, due to being capable of perceiving subtle shifts and vibrations in the surrounding air currents, airbenders can detect approaching threats, which gives them a split-second increase in their reaction time, similar to how earthbenders use seismic sense. You add your Wisdom modifier to Initiative checks.

Ki-Empowered Bending

Starting at 6th level, you learn how to use ki to empower even your airbending, making you even more deadly than ever before. Your bending abilities that deal bludgeoning, slashing, or piercing damage count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.

Part 4 | Airhbending

Airbending Discipline III

At 11th level, your control over your airbending technique improves. You learn another airbending discipline of your choice from the following options:

Air Sphere: You can spend 4 ki points to cast Fly.

Air Wave: You can spend 4 ki points to cast Pulse Wave.

Wind Wall: You can spend 4 ki points to cast Wind Wall.

You can also replace one elemental discipline that you already know with a different discipline from this level by meditating during a short or long rest.

Chakra of Freedom

At 11th level, your journey as an airbender continues. The third chakra you must unlock is the Chakra of Freedom, which is located on your belly. This is the defining step in your journey, because at this point you truly understand the fundamentals of airbending. To unlock this chakra you must spend at least 12 hours meditating and succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom check.

When unlocking this chakra, you learn a new technique called Airbomb. This technique creates a powerful, outward-moving air current in all directions around the bender. Usually performed after landing on the ground from above, this airbending form has great concussive force, and the capacity to completely blow away anything within its radius.

When falling from any altitude that would deal damage, you can spend 3 ki points to produce an air wave when you land on the ground. Each creature within 20 feet of the space you land must make a Strenght saving throw. A creature takes bludgeoning damage equal to 1/2 the fall damage you would originally receive if they fail, or half as much damage if they succeed. Additionally, every creature that fails the save is pushed 15 feet away from you. In addition, unsecured objects that are completely within the area are likewise pulled or pushed 15 feet.

You can use this ability once per short rest.

Also at 11th level, you learn a rather sinister technique of airbending, whereby an airbender manipulates the flow of air within a creature's respiratory system, extracting it from the lungs via the nostrils and mouth, and preventing any new intake of breath by forming a ball of air around the head, thus eventually killing the victim by suffocation.

As an action, you can choose a creature that breathes air you can see within 30ft of you and start to bend the air out of their lungs, at the cost of 5 ki points. It must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or start to suffocate. A suffocating creature can last for a number of rounds equal to its Constitution modifier, after that, it falls unconscious with all its hit points (while unconscious, it fails all saving throws automatically). At the end of each of its turns, the target can make another Constitution saving throw. On a success, the effect ends on the target.

In order for this ability to work, you must use your action to bend the air out of the creature's lungs at every consecutive turn until the creature dies or you loose your concentration.

Part 4 | Airhbending