Ala Mhigan Monk
A stoic wanderer stands along at the gates of the town he's called home for the night. Invading bandits strike his skin only to find it hard as stone, and his earth shaking blows leave them running in fear.
A skilled martial artist whose fists sudden become engulfed in flame strikes out against a powerful beast,
in search of greater challenges to become the greatest
fighter in the world.
A cheerful traveller walked down the winding paths of a mountainous region, happily going wherever their heart
led them, stopping to help those they encountered
along the way.
Monks who train under the Fist of Rhalgr may
sharpen their skills in a wide number of ways, from protectors, to travellers to those who seek glory, monks of this sacred tradition use the power drawn from
within their bodies, chakra, to perform powerful
martial arts and superhuman feats.
Guided By A Falling Star
Centuries ago, refugees of the great flood were lead to
safety by their god, Rhalgr the Destory using a meteorite
to guide them to the Gyr Albanian highlands. It was here
they would plant their roots and an order of devotees to this god, The Fist of Rhalgr would be formed. Monks of the Fist of Rhalgr trained their bodies and spirits to become closer to their god and discovered the life energy of chakra through this training. Eventually they'd find themselves as a key military force in Gyr Albania until political upheaval and civil war caused their order to be broken and scattered to the wind.
By Their Hands
The primary way of doing battle for the Fist of Rhalgr is with their fists, sometimes augmented with claws, knuckles, tonfas and other hand accessories to assist their striking. Some choosing to weave staves, spears or blades into their fighting style alongside becoming masters of unarmed combat.
Creating a Class
When creating a monk consider where you've received your training. Have you trained directly under a master of the Fist of Rhalgr? Perhaps you have called a monastery home for a time, or through meditation and intense training you've unlocked these secrets for yourself. You must also consider your path, as there are three elemental Riddles which define the path you walk as a monk. How might your temperament and goals tie into your training? Whether training alone or alongside other students, those who train under the Fist of Rhalgr spend a good deal meditating on their place int he world and where they are going next.
The Monk
| Level | Proficiency Bonus | Martial Arts Die | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | +2 | 1d4 | Martial Arts, Unarmoured Defense |
| 2nd | +2 | 1d4 | Chakra Gate, Monastic Artes |
| 3rd | +2 | 1d4 | Elemental Gate, Monastic Riddle |
| 4th | +2 | 1d4 | Ability Score Improvement |
| 5th | +3 | 1d6 | Extra Attack |
| 6th | +3 | 1d6 | Riddle Feature, Fists of Rhalgr |
| 7th | +3 | 1d6 | Evasion |
| 8th | +3 | 1d6 | Ability Score Improvement |
| 9th | +4 | 1d6 | Master of Movement |
| 10th | +4 | 1d6 | Aura Veil |
| 11th | +4 | 1d8 | Perfect Balance, Riddle Feature |
| 12th | +4 | 1d8 | Ability Score Improvement |
| 13th | +5 | 1d8 | Aura Speech |
| 14th | +5 | 1d8 | Iron Will |
| 15th | +5 | 1d8 | Aura Sense |
| 16th | +5 | 1d8 | Ability Score Improvement |
| 17th | +6 | 1d10 | Riddle Feature |
| 18th | +6 | 1d10 | Anatman |
| 19th | +6 | 1d10 | Ability Score Improvement |
| 20th | +6 | 1d10 | Transcendence |
Quick Build
You can make a monk quickly by following these suggestions. First, make Dexterity your highest ability score, followed by Wisdom. Second, choose the hermit background.
Class Features
As an Eorzean Monk, you gain the following class features
Hit Points
- Hit Dice: 1d10 per eorzean monk level
- Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + your Constitution modifier
- Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) + your Constitution modifier per monk level after 1st
Proficiencies
- Armor: none
- Weapons: Simple Weapons, Martial Weapons
- Tools: none
- Saving Throws: Strength, Dexterity
- Skills: Choose two from Acrobatics, Athletics, History, Insight, Religion, and Stealth
Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:
- (a) a shortsword or (b) any simple weapon
- (a) a dungeoneer's pack or (b) an explorer's pack
- 10 darts
Unarmoured Defense
Beginning at 1st level, while you are wearing no armor and not wielding a shield, your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Wisdom modifier.
Martial Arts
At 1st level, your practice of martial arts gives you mastery of combat styles that use unarmed strikes and monk weapons, which are shortswords and any simple melee weapons that don’t have the two-handed or heavy property.
You gain the following benefits while you are unarmed or wielding only monk weapons and you aren’t wearing armor or wielding a shield:
You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for the attack and damage rolls of your unarmed strikes and monk weapons.
You can roll a d4 in place of the normal damage of your unarmed strike or monk weapon. This die changes as you gain monk levels, as shown in the Martial Arts column of the Monk table.
When you use the Attack action with an unarmed strike or a monk weapon on your turn, you can make one unarmed strike as a bonus action. For example, if you take the Attack action and attack with a quarterstaff, you can also make an unarmed strike as a bonus action, assuming you haven’t already taken a bonus action this turn.
Chakra Gate
Starting at 2nd level, you learn to open chakra gates in your body, giving you a sharp increase in your physical ability. As a bonus action, you may open a chakra gate, granting you a number of chakra charges equal to your Wisdom modifier.
These charges persist in your body until you complete a short or long rest, or until you open the chakra gate again. You may use chakra channel a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus. Your uses of the Chakra Channel feature refresh when you complete a short or long rest.
Monastic Artes
As part of your monk training, you have learned a variety of special techniques that make use of the chakra flowing through your body. Various Monastic Artes require use of different types of chakra to activate.
Some of your Monastic Artes may require your target to make a saving throw against the attack or work in a similar way to spell casting. For such effects use the following calculations:
Monastic Artes save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier.
Monastic Artes attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier.
You can find a list of Monastic Artes at the end of the class description.
Monastic Riddle
Starting at 3rd level, you have selected your elemental Riddle you consider while meditating that guides your path as a monk. You select between the Riddle of Earth, Riddle of Fire or Riddle of Wind, detailed at the end of the class description or one from another source. Your tradition grants you features at 3rd level and again at 6th, 11th, and 17th level.
Elemental Gate
Also starting at 3rd level, your rumination on an elemental riddle has awakened a second chakra gate in your body. As a bonus action, you may open the elemental chakra gate, granting you a number of elemental chakra equal to your Wisdom modifier.
These charges persist in your body until you complete a long rest, or until you open the elemental chakra gate again. You may use elemental gate a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus. Your uses of the Elemental Channel feature refresh when you complete long rest.
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. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.
Extra Attack
Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Fists of Rhalgr
Starting at 6th level, your unarmed strikes count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.
Evasion
At 7th level, your instinctive agility lets you dodge out of the way of certain area effects, such as a blue dragon’s lightning breath or a fireball spell. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail.
Master of Movement
Starting at 9th level, when you make a Athletics (Strength) or Acrobatics (Dexterity) skill check, you may spend one chakra charge to gain advantage on the roll.
Aura Veil
Starting at 10th level, when you take damage, you may spend any number of Chakra and Element charges. You gain temporary hit points equal to the amount of charges spent. These hit points are gained prior to applying the damage.
Perfect Balance
Beginning at 11th level, you've learned to open a third powerful chakra gate in your body. As a bonus action you gain a number of Perfect Balance chakra charges equal to your Wisdom modifier. These charges can be used for specific Monastic Artes and as a replacement for the cost of Chakra or Element charges.
These charges persist in your body until you complete a long rest. Use of the Perfect Balance feature refreshes when you complete a long rest.
Aura Speech
Starting at 13th level, you have learned to make an aetherial connect with the minds so that you understand all spoken languages. Moreover, any creature that can understand a language can understand what you say.
Iron Will
Starting at 14th level, your mastery of chakra grants you proficiency in all saving throws.
Additionally, whenever you make a saving throw and fail, you can spend 1 chakra charge to reroll it and take the second result.
Aura Sense
Starting at 15th level, you can feel the aura of those around you. You gain 10ft. of blindsight.
Anatman
Starting at 18th level, your ability to channel chakra is unrivaled. When you use the Chakra Gate, Elemental Gate or Perfect Balance feature, you gain one additional charge.
Transcendence
Beginning at 20th level, you have mastered your ability to open your chakra gates. As a bonus action, you gain the benefit of your Chakra Channel, Elemental Gate and Perfect Balance features. You may use Transcendence once, use of this feature refreshing when you complete a long rest.
Rhalgr's Riddles
Monks who seek to reach perfection through the opening of their chakra gates often take up one of the Riddles of Rhalgr to ruminate on during their meditations. These meditations lead to further development of additional gates in their body unlocking further supernatural abilities. The Riddle of Earth focuses on the stability of nature, while the riddle of fire focuses on the passionate pursuit of one's goals. The Riddle of Wind muses about the flexibility of one's spirit, adjusting to the changing winds of life.
Riddle of Earth
Monks who ruminate on the Riddle of Earth focus on the relationship between humanity and the natural world, and the unmoving truths of the world. Their fighting style also emulates the stoicism of the earth, the monk developing a solid defensive approach to combat.
Stone Skin
Beginning at 2nd level, while you have charges of Elemental chakra, when you are hit by an attack, you may expend one chakra to gain resistance to slashing, piercing and bludgeoning damage until the start of your next turn.
Lore of the Land
At 6th level, your meditations have lead you to a deep understanding of the natural world. You gain proficiency in the Nature skill.
Earth's Reply
Beginning at 11th level, when you take damage from a creature that you can see within 30ft. of you, as a reaction you may spend one elemental chakra to release chakra in a concussive burst at their location. The creature must make a Strength saving throw. It takes 2d10 magical bludgeoning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Heart of Solid Earth
At 17th level, you've learned to create a perfect defensive technique with your chakra. As a bonus action, you may spend 1 perfect balance chakra and spend a number of hit points up to or equal to your monk level to create a protective layer of vitality that coats your body.
This protective layer has a number of hit points equal to the number spent and takes damage in place of you when you take damage. This layer is protected by temporary hit points. This protective layer cannot receive healing and when it is reduced to 0 hit points it fades away, but any excess damage is not applied.
You may create this protective layer once. Use of this feature refreshes when you complete a long rest.
Riddle of Fire
The Monks who focus their meditations of the Riddle of Fire are focused on the pursuit of passion and the power that comes from within themselves. These monks are the movers and shakers of their world, seeking challenges and adventures to sharpen their skills and ever seeking a new challenge.
Fists of Fire
Beginning at 2nd level, when you hit a creature with an unarmed weapon attack, you may expend one Chakra Charge or Elemental Charge to deal an additional damage die of fire damage to the target creature.
Chakra Candle
At 6th level, as an action you can spend an Elemental Chakra to create a small white flame whose light highlights hidden objects. The flame persists for 1 minute in place, hovering five feet off the ground. It emits a 10ft. radius of bright light and an additional 10ft. of dim light. Hidden objects or passages within 10ft. of the flame are outlined with a thin line of light.
An invisible creature that comes within 10ft. of the chakra candle must make a Charisma saving throw against your Monastic Artes DC, and on a failure their body is outlined in light. The creature is immune to this effect on a success.
Inferno Strikes
Beginning at 11th level, when you use Fists of Fire, you may spend an additional Elemental Charge to force all creatures within 10ft. of the target to make a Dexterity saving throw against your Monastic Artes DC, taking damage equal to the target of your unarmed strike on a failure and half as much on a success.
Heart of Raging Flames
At 17th level, you've learned to ignite the chakra around your body. As a bonus action you cloak yourself in flames for one minute. When a hostile creature enters a space within 5ft. of you they take 5 fire damage. When you start your turn any hostile creature within 5ft. of you takes 5 fire damage.
While you are cloaked in flames, as an action you may expend a number of hit die up to or equal to your Wisdom ability modifier. Roll the expended die and recover hit points equal to the result.
You may enter this state once, use of this feature refreshes when you complete a long rest.
Riddle of Wind
Those who ruminate on the Riddle of Wind are travelers and wanderers. They're always in motion and let their adventures guide them without a long term goal in mind. To these monk life is what happens to you as your make your way through your days, and its important to be adaptable and help out where you can.
Second Wind Infusion
Beginning at 2nd level, you learn to manipulate chakra to heal wounds. You have a pool of healing power that replenishes when you take a long rest. With that pool, you can restore a total number of hit points equal to your monk level × 5.
As an action, you can touch a creature and draw power from the pool to restore a number of hit points to that creature, up to the maximum amount remaining in your pool.
Alternatively, you can expend 5 hit points from your pool of healing to cure the target of one disease or neutralize one poison affecting it. You can cure multiple diseases and neutralize multiple poisons with a single use of Second Wind Infusion, expending hit points separately for each one.
This feature has no effect on undead and constructs.
Featherfoot
At 6th level, your base movement speed is increased by 10 feet. Your jumping height and distance is increased by 10 feet as well.
Mantra
Beginning at 11th level, as an action you have learned to heal multiple creatures around you at once. You may heal a number of creatures up to a number equal to your proficiency bonus within 10ft. of you using healing power from your Second Wind Infusion pool.
Heart of Soothing Winds
At 17th level, you have mastered the art of manipulating chakra to emulate the element of wind. As a bonus action you enter an awakened state gaining a flying speed equal to your walking speed for one minute.
You can enter this state once, use of this feature refreshing when you complete a long rest.
Monastic Artes List
As you develop your skills as a monk, you develop powerful monastic arts that allow you to manipulate your chakra for a wide variety of effects.
Arm of the Destroyer
Requirement: 3rd level monk, Riddle of Earth
Cost: 2 Element Charges
As an action, you cast the Earth Tremor spell at 1st level. You may spend additional Element Charges to increase the casting level of the spell by one for each additional charge spent.
Brotherhood
Requirement: 17th level monk, Riddle of Earth
Cost: 1 Perfect Balance Charge, 3 Element Charges
As a bonus action, you use your mastery of chakra to protect your allies. You infuse a number of creatures up to your Wisdom modifier with a protective ward. Each creature gains 1d10 + your Wisdom modifier temporary hit points. While they are protected by these temporary hit points they have a +3 bonus to AC.
Celestial Revolution
Requirement: 17th level monk, Riddle of Wind
Cost: 1 Perfect Blance Charge, 3 Element Charges
You attempt to make a devastating blow that allows you to vanish in the blink of the eye. When you hit another creature with a melee weapon attack. you can spend the chakra cost to deal 6d8 thunder damage, you then teleport up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space that you can see.
When you hit another creature with a melee weapon attack. you can spend the chakra cost to
Chakra Shot
Requirement: 2nd level monk
Cost: 1 Chakra Charge
As an action, you concentrate chakra in the palm of your hand and make a ranged Monastic Arte attack against a creature within 60ft. of you. This attack deals force damage equal to your Martial Arts die + your Wisdom modifier.
Demolish
Requirement: 6th level monk, Riddle of Earth
Cost: 3 Element Charges
When you hit another creature with a melee weapon attack, you can spend the chakra cost to attempt to shatter the target's defenses. The creature must succeed on a Constitution saving throw. On a failure, attack rolls against the creature gain a +2 bonus until the start of your next turn, on a success no additional effects happen.
Dragon Kick
Requirement: 9th level monk
Cost: 3 Chakra Charges
When you hit another creature with a melee weapon attack. you can spend the chakra cost to enter a heightened state. Until the start of your next turn, you add your Wisdom modifier to your unarmed strike damage rolls.
Elixir Field
Requirement: 14th level monk
Cost: 1 Perfect Balance Change, 3 Chakra Charges
As an action, you bathe a 20ft. radius sphere around you in a wave of chakra. All creatures in the affected area must make a Dexterity saving throw or take 6d6 force damage and be blinded for 1 minute, taking half damage and not becoming blinded on a success.
Enlightenment
Requirement: 14th level monk
Cost: 1 Perfect Balance Change, 3 Chakra Charges
As an action, you concentrate chakra into your arms and release it in a wide ray which is 15ft. wide and 60ft. long. All creatures in the affected range make a Dexterity saving throw or take 6d8 force damage, and half as much on a success.
Flash Fire
Requirement: 3rd level monk, Riddle of Fire
Cost: 2 Element Charges
As an action, you cast the Burning Hands spell at 1st level. You may spend additional Element Charges to increase the casting level of the spell by one for each additional charge spent.
Flint Strike
Requirement: 11th level monk, Riddle of Fire
Cost: 3 Element Charges
As an action, you unleash a powerful axe kick which scorches nearby enemies with fiery chakra. Each creature in a 20ft. radius circle around you must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 8d6 Fire damage, and half as much on a success.
The affected area is left ignited in chakra infused flames for 1 minute. These flames do not have any effect on you but when a creature enters the flames or starts their turn within them, they take 2d4 fire damage.
Greased Lightning
Requirement: 2nd level monk
Cost: 1 Chakra Charge
Immediately after you take the Attack action or perform a Monastic Arte as an action, you make two unarmed strikes as a bonus action.
Howling Fist
Requirement: 6th level monk, Riddle of Fire
Cost: 2 Element Charges
As an action you unleash a bursting wave of chakra in a 5ft. wide, 60ft long line from your fist. Each creature in the affected area succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 3d8 fire damage and be knocked prone. On a success the creature takes half as much damage and is not knocked prone.
Phantom Rush
Requirement: 18th level monk
Cost: 3 Perfect Balance Charges
As an action, you spend any number of Chakra Charges or Elemental Charges to unleash a blinding flurry of blows against a creature within 30ft. of you that you can see. For each charge spent, you make one unarmed strike. Afterwards you appear in an unoccupied space adjacent to the target creature.
Rising Phoenix
Requirement: 17th level monk, Riddle of Fire
Cost: 1 Perfect Balance Charge, 3 Element Charges
You release blazing chakra around yourself in a 30ft. radius sphere creating phoenix flames that both wound and heal. For each creature in the affected area you decide how the flames affect them.
Heal. The affected creature recovers 1d8 + your Wisdom modifier hit points.
Wound. The affected creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw, taking 8d8 + your Wisdom modifier fire damage and half as much on a success.
Rockbreaker
Requirement: 11th level monk, Riddle of Earth
Cost: 3 Element Charges
As an action you let loose a concussive blast of focused chakra capable of shattering stone in a 30ft. cone. Each creature in range must make a Strength saving throw, taking 4d8 magical bludgeoning damage and be either knocked back 30ft. or knocked prone, your choice.
Steel Peak
Requirement: 5th level monk
Cost: 2 Chakra Charges
When you hit another creature with a melee weapon attack you can spend the chakra cost to attempt to leave the creature dazed. The creature must succeed on a strength saving throw or be stunned until the start of your next turn.
Six-Sided Star
Requirement: 2nd level monk
Cost: 1 Chakra Charge
When you hit another creature with a melee weapon attack you can spend the chakra cost to become more nimble for a moment. Until the end of your current turn, you may use the Disengage action as a bonus action.
Snap Punch
Requirement: 5th level monk
Cost: 2 Chakra Charges
When a creature enters a space within 5ft. of you, as a reaction you may make one unarmed strike against that creature.
Tailwind
Requirement: 3rd level monk, Riddle of Wind
Cost: 2 Element Charges
As an action, you cast the Longstrider or Jump spell targeting yourself.
Thunderclap
Requirement: 6th level monk, Riddle of Wind
Cost: 3 Element Charges
As a bonus action, you teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space that you can see.
Tornado Kick
Requirement: 11th level monk, Riddle of Wind
Cost: 3 Element Charges
As an action, you create a vacuum wave that affects all creatures in a 20ft. radius sphere around you. Each creature in the affected area must succeed on a Strength saving throw or take 5d8 thunder damage and be knocked back 30ft. from you. On a success, the creature takes half damage and are not knocked back.
True Strike
Requirement: 9th level monk
Cost: 3 Chakra Charges
As an action, you make an unarmed strike attack infused with chakra to pierce the target's defense. The proficiency bonus on the attack roll is doubled and the attack deals additional damage equal to your Wisdom modifier.