Monk

Her fists a blur as they deflect an incoming hail of arrows, a half-elf springs over a barricade and throws herself into the massed ranks of hobgoblins on the other side. She whirls among them, knocking their blows aside and sending them reeling, until at last she stands alone.

Taking a deep breath, a human covered in tattoos settles into a battle stance. As the first charging orcs reach him, he exhales and a blast of fire roars from his mouth, engulfing his foes.

Moving with the silence of the night, a black-clad halfling steps into a shadow beneath an arch and emerges from another inky shadow on a balcony a stone's throw away. She slides her blade free of its cloth-wrapped scabbard and peers through the open window at the tyrant prince, so vulnerable in the grip of sleep.

Whatever their discipline, monks are united in their ability to magically harness the energy that flows in their bodies. Whether channeled as a striking display of combat prowess or a subtler focus of defensive ability and speed, this energy infuses all that a monk does.

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.

Proficiencies

Armor: None
Weapons: Simple Weapons, Shortswords
Tools: Any two types of tools and/or musical instruments of your choice
Saving Throws: Strength, Dexterity
Skills: Any four of your choice.

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
• 5 Daggers

Alternatively, you could begin with starting wealth of 4d4 gp and purchase starting items of your choice.

Archery

You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls you make with ranged weapons.

Blind Fighting

You have blindsight with a range of 10 feet. Within that range, you can effectively see anything that isn't behind total cover, even if you're blinded or in darkness. Moreover, you can see an invisible creature within that range, unless the creature successfully hides from you.

Dueling

When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.

Marksman's Fighting

You learn one arcane shot option of your choice from among those available to the Arcane Marksman archetype of the Fighter Class. If an Arcane Shot option you use requires your target to make a saving throw to resist the shot option's effects, the saving throw DC equals 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Dexterity modifier.

You gain one use of this arcane shot, which is replenished when you finish a short or long rest.

Monastic Fighting

As long as you are not wearing armor, holding a weapon, or using a shield, you have a swimming speed and a climbing speed equal to your normal speed, and you gain a +1 bonus to AC.

Superior Technique

You learn one maneuver of your choice from among those available to the Fighter class. If a maneuver you use requires your target to make a saving throw to resist the maneuver's effects, the saving throw DC equals 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Dexterity or Wisdom modifier (your choice).

You gain one maneuver die, which is a d6 (this die is added to any maneuver dice you have from another source). This die is used to fuel your maneuvers. A maneuver die is expended when you use it. You regain your expended maneuver dice when you finish a short or long rest.

Thrown Weapon Fighting

You can draw a weapon that has the thrown property as part of the attack you make with the weapon.

In addition, when you hit with a ranged attack using a thrown weapon, you gain a +2 bonus to the damage roll.

Maneuvers

The maneuvers are presented in alphabetical order.

Ambush. When you make a Dexterity (Stealth) check or an initiative roll, you can expend one superiority die and add the die to the roll, provided you aren't incapacitated.

Bait and Switch. When you're within 5 feet of a creature on your turn, you can expend one superiority die and switch places with that creature, provided you spend at least 5 feet of movement and the creature is willing and isn't incapacitated. This movement doesn't provoke opportunity attacks.

Roll the superiority die. Until the start of your next turn, you or the other creature (your choice) gains a bonus to AC equal to the number rolled.

Brace. When a creature you can see moves into the reach you have with the melee weapon you're wielding, you can use your reaction to expend one superiority die and make one attack against the creature, using that weapon. If the attack hits, add the superiority die to the weapon's damage roll.

Commander's Strike. When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can forgo one of your attacks and use a bonus action to direct one of your companions to strike. When you do so, choose a friendly creature who can see or hear you and expend one superiority die. That creature can immediately use its reaction to make one weapon attack, adding the superiority die to the attack's damage roll.

Commanding Presence. When you make a Charisma (Intimidation), a Charisma (Performance), or a Charisma (Persuasion) check, you can expend one superiority die and add the superiority die to the ability check.

Disarming Attack. When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend one superiority die to attempt to disarm the target, forcing it to drop one item of your choice that it's holding. You add the superiority die to the attack's damage roll, and the target must make a Strength saving throw. On a failed save, it drops the object you choose. The object lands at its feet.

Dragon Disciple

Starting at 3rd level, you can channel draconic power to magnify your presence and imbue your unarmed strikes with the essence of a dragon's breath. You gain the following benefits:

• Draconic Presence. If you fail a Charisma (Intimidation) or Charisma (Persuasion) check, you can use your reaction to reroll the check, as you tap into the mighty presence of dragons. Once this feature turns a failure into a success, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

• Draconic Strike. When you damage a target with an unarmed strike or Monk Weapon, you can change the damage type to acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison.

• Tongue of Dragons. You learn to speak, read, and write Draconic or one other language of your choice.

Breath of the Dragon

At 3rd level, you can channel destructive waves of energy, like those created by the dragons you emulate. When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of the attacks with an exhalation of draconic energy in either a 20-foot cone or a 30-foot line that is 5 feet wide (your choice). Choose a damage type: acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison. Each creature in that area must make a Dexterity saving throw against your ki save DC, taking damage of the chosen type equal to two rolls of your Martial Arts die on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

The damage of this feature increases to three rolls of your Martial Arts die at 11th level and four rolls at 17th level.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. While you have no uses available, you can spend 2 ki points to use this feature again.

Wings Unfurled

Starting at 6th level, when you move on your turn, you can spend 2 Ki to unfurl spectral draconic wings from your back that vanish at the end of your turn. While the wings exist, you have a flying speed equal to your walking speed.

At 17th level, these wings no longer cost Ki to use and can be summoned or dismissed as a Bonus Action, remaining active and granting their benefits until dismissed.

Aspect of the Wyrm

At 11th level, the power of your draconic spirit now radiates from you, warding your allies or inspiring fear in your enemies. As a bonus action, you can create an aura of draconic power that radiates 15 feet from you for 1 minute. This aura's radius becomes 30 feet at 17th level. For the duration, you gain one of the following effects of your choice:

Frightful Presence. When you create this aura, and as a bonus action on subsequent turns, you can choose a creature within the aura. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw against your ki save DC or become frightened of you for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a successful save.

Resistance. Choose a damage type when you activate this aura: acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison. You and your allies within the aura have resistance to that damage.

Forms of Your Astral Self

The astral self is a translucent embodiment of the monk's soul. As a result, an astral self can reflect aspects of a monk's background, ideals, flaws, and bonds, and an astral self doesn't necessarily look anything like the monk. For example, the astral self of a lanky human might be reminiscent of a minotaur-the strength of which the monk feels within. Similarly, an orc monk might manifest gossamer arms and a delicate visage, representing the gentle beauty of the orc's soul. Each astral self is unique, and some of the monks of this monastic tradition are known more for the appearance of their astral self than for their physical appearance.

When choosing this path, consider the quirks that define your monk. Are you obsessed with something? Are you driven by justice or a selfish desire? Any of these motivations could manifest in the form of your astral self.

Arms of the Astral Self

At 3rd Level, your mastery of your ki allows you to summon a portion of your astral self. As a bonus action, you can summon the arms of your astral self. You an dismiss them at any time as a Bonus Action.

While this feature is active, these spectral arms hover near your shoulders or surround your arms (your choice). You determine the arms' appearance, and they vanish early if you are incapacitated or die.

While the spectral arms are present, you gain the following benefits:

• You can use your Wisdom modifier in place of your Strength modifier when making Strength checks and Strength saving throws.
• You can use the spectral arms to make unarmed strikes.
• When you make an unarmed strike with the arms on your turn, your reach for it is 5 feet greater than normal.
• The unarmed strikes you make with the arms can use your Wisdom modifier in place of your Strength or Dexterity modifier for the attack and damage rolls.
• By spending 1 Ki point when you deal damage with an Unarmed Strike made using the arms, you can change the damage type to Force.
• As an Action, you can spend 2 Ki to force each creature of your choice that you can see within 10 feet of you to make a Dexterity saving throw or take force damage equal to two rolls of your Martial Arts die.

Visage of the Astral Self

At 6th level, you can summon the visage of your astral self. As a bonus action, or as part of the bonus action you take to activate Arms of the Astral Self, you can spend 1 ki point to summon this visage. It vanishes early if you are incapacitated or die and you can end it early as a Bonus Action or as part of the Bonus Action you use to end your Arms of the Astral Self.

The spectral visage covers your face like a helmet or mask. You determine its appearance.

While the spectral visage is present, you gain one of the following benefits. You choose which when you activate the feature and may spend 1 Ki as a Bonus Action to change which feature you benefit from.

Astral Sight. You can see normally in darkness, both magical and nonmagical, to a distance of 120 feet.
Wisdom of the Spirit. You have advantage on Wisdom (Insight) and Charisma (Intimidation) checks.
Word of the Spirit. When you speak, you can direct your words to a creature of your choice that you can see within 60 feet of you, making it so only that creature can hear you. Alternatively, you can amplify your voice so that all creatures within 600 feet can hear you.

Body of the Astral Self

At 11th level, when you have both your astral arms and visage summoned, you can cause the body of your astral self to appear (no action required). This spectral body covers your physical form like a suit of armor, connecting with the arms and visage. You determine its appearance.

While the spectral body is present, you gain the following benefits.

Deflect Energy. When you take acid, cold, fire, force, lightning, or thunder damage, you can use your reaction to deflect it. When you do so, the damage you take is reduced by 1d10 + your Wisdom modifier (minimum reduction of 1).
Empowered Arms. Once on each of your turns when you hit a target with the Arms of the Astral Self, you can deal extra damage to the target equal to your Martial Arts die.

Bonus Proficiencies

When you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in the Performance skill if you don't already have it. Your martial arts technique mixes combat training with the precision of a dancer and the antics of a jester. You also gain proficiency with brewer's supplies if you don't already have it.

Drunken Technique

At 3rd level, you learn how to twist and turn quickly as part of your Flurry of Blows. Whenever you use Flurry of Blows, you gain the benefit of the Disengage action, and your walking speed increases by 10 feet until the end of the current turn.

If you spend 1 additional Ki as part of this feature, you gain the benefits of the Dodge action against the next attack made against you.

Tipsy Sway

Starting at 6th level, you can move in sudden, swaying ways. You gain the following benefits.

Leap to Your Feet. When you're prone, you can stand up by spending 5 feet of movement, rather than half your speed.
Redirect Attack. When a creature misses you with a melee attack roll, you can spend 1 ki point as a reaction to cause that attack to hit one creature of your choice, other than the attacker, that you can see within 5 feet of you.

Drunkard's Luck

Starting at 11th level, you always seem to get a lucky bounce at the right moment. When you make an ability check, an attack roll, or a saving throw and have disadvantage on the roll, you can spend 2 ki points to cancel the disadvantage for that roll.

Intoxicated Frenzy

At 17th level, you gain the ability to make an overwhelming number of attacks against a group of enemies. When you use your Flurry of Blows, you can make up to three additional attacks with it (up to a total of five Flurry of Blows attacks), provided that each Flurry of Blows attack targets a different creature this turn.

Path of the Kensei

When you choose this tradition at 3rd level, your special martial arts training leads you to master the use of certain weapons. This path also includes instruction in the deft strokes of calligraphy or painting. You gain the following benefits.

Kensei Weapons. You gain Proficiency with all Martial Weapons except those that have the Special Quality. Additionally, choose two types of weapons to be your kensei weapons: one melee weapon and one ranged weapon. Each of these weapons can be any weapon that lacks th special property. You gain proficiency with these weapons if you don't already have it. Weapons of the chosen types are monk weapons for you. Many of this tradition's features work only with your kensei weapons. When you reach 6th, 11th, and 17th level in this class, you can choose another type of weapon—either melee or ranged—to be a kensei weapon for you, following the criteria above. If a weapon has been infused with Ki via your Dedicated Weapon feature, it also counts as a Kensei Weapon for you.
Agile Parry. If you make an unarmed strike as part of the Attack action on your turn and are holding a kensei weapon, you can use it to defend yourself if it is a melee weapon. You gain a +2 bonus to AC until the start of your next turn, while the weapon is in your hand and you aren't incapacitated.
Kensei's Shot. You can use a bonus action on your turn to make your ranged attacks with a kensei weapon more deadly. When you do so, any target you hit with a ranged attack using a kensei weapon takes an extra 1d4 damage of the weapon's type. This damage increases to 1d6 at 11th level. You retain this benefit until the end of the current turn.
Way of the Brush. You gain proficiency with your choice of calligrapher's supplies or painter's supplies. If you are already proficient with both of these, you may instead choose one set of Artisan's Tools with which you are not proficient.

One With the Blade

At 6th level, you extend your ki into your kensei weapons, granting you the following benefits.

Magic Kensei Weapons. Your attacks with your kensei weapons count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.
Deft Strike. When you hit a target with a kensei weapon, you can spend 1 ki point to cause the weapon to deal extra damage to the target equal to your Martial Arts die. You can use this feature only once on each of your turns.

Sharpen the Blade

At 11th level, you gain the ability to augment your weapons further with your ki. As a bonus action, you can expend up to 3 ki points to grant one kensei weapon you touch a bonus to attack and damage rolls when you attack with it. The bonus equals the number of ki points you spent. This bonus lasts for 1 minute or until you use this feature again. This feature has no effect on a magic weapon that already has a bonus to attack and damage rolls.

Unerring Accuracy

At 17th level, your mastery of weapons grants you extraordinary accuracy. If you miss with an attack roll using a monk weapon on your turn, you can reroll it. You can use this feature only once on each of your turns.

Touch of Death

Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, your study of death allows you to extract vitality from another creature as it nears its demise. When a creature within 5 feet of you is reduced to to 0 hit points, you gain temporary hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier + your half of your monk level (minimum of 1 temporary hit point).

Hour of Reaping

At 6th level, you gain the ability to unsettle or terrify those around you, for your soul has been touched by the shadow of death. As part of the Attack Action, you may replace one Attack with this feature. If you do, each creature within 30 feet of you that can see you must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be frightened of you until the end of your next turn.

Mastery of Death

Beginning at 11th level, you use your familiarity with death to escape its grasp. When you are reduced to 0 hit points, you can expend 2 ki points (no action required) to have 1 hit point instead.

Additionally, you have Advantage on Death Saving Throws.

Touch of the Long Death

Starting at 17th level, your touch can channel the energy of death into a creature. As an action, you touch one creature within 5 feet of you, and you expend 1 to 10 ki points. The target must make a Constitution saving throw, and it takes one roll of your Martial Arts die in necrotic damage per ki point spent on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Implements of Mercy

At 3rd level, you gain proficiency in the Insight and Medicine skills, and you gain proficiency with the herbalism kit.

You also gain a special mask, which you often wear when using the features of this subclass. You determine its appearance, or generate it randomly by rolling on the Merciful Mask table. While wearing this mask, you have advantage on Wisdom (Medicine) Skill Checks made to stabilize a creature. If it is destroyed, you can craft a new one over the course of an hour using 25 GP in materials.

Hand of Healing

At 3rd level, your mystical touch can mend wounds. As an action, you can spend 1 ki point to touch a creature and restore a number of hit points equal to a roll of your Martial Arts die + your Wisdom modifier.

When you use your Flurry of Blows, you can replace one of the unarmed strikes with a use of this feature without spending a ki point for the healing.

Hand of Harm

At 3rd level, you use your ki to inflict wounds. When you hit a creature with an unarmed strike, you can spend 1 ki point to deal extra necrotic damage equal to one roll of your Martial Arts die + your Wisdom modifier. You can use this feature only once per turn.

Physician's Touch

At 6th level, you can administer even greater cures with a touch, and if you feel it's necessary, you can use your knowledge to cause harm.

When you use Hand of Healing on a creature, you can also end one disease or one of the following conditions affecting the creature: blinded, deafened, paralyzed, poisoned, or stunned.

When you use Hand of Harm on a creature, you can subject that creature to the poisoned condition until the end of your next turn.

Flurry of Healing and Harm

At 11th level, you can now mete out a flurry of comfort and hurt. When you use Flurry of Blows, you can now replace each of the unarmed strikes with a use of your Hand of Healing, without spending ki points for the healing.

In addition, when you make an unarmed strike with Flurry of Blows, you can use Hand of Harm with that strike without spending the ki point for Hand of Harm. You can now use Hand of Harm twice per turn, but you may only use it once per turn with this feature.

Hand of Ultimate Mercy

At 17th level, your mastery of life energy opens the door to the ultimate mercy. As an action, you can touch the corpse of a creature that died within the past 24 hours and expend 5 ki points. The creature then returns to life, regaining a number of hit points equal to 4d10 + your Wisdom modifier. If the creature died while subject to any of the following conditions, it revives with them removed: blinded, deafened, paralyzed, poisoned, and stunned.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Open Hand Technique

At 3rd level, you can manipulate your enemy's ki when you harness your own. Whenever you hit a creature with an Unarmed Strike, you can impose one of the following effects on that target. A saving throw a creature must make using any features below is made against your Ki Save DC.

Knockback. The creature must succeed on a Strength Saving Throw or be pushed backwards 15 feet in a straight line away from you
Shock. The creature must succeed on a Constitution Saving Throw or be unable to make Reactions until the end of your next turn.
Stumble. The creature must succeed on a Dexterity Saving Throw or be knocked Prone.

Wholeness of Body

At 6th level, you gain the ability to heal yourself more effectively. When you use your Quickened Healing feature, you can roll an additional Martial Arts die.

Shocking Strikes

Also at 6th level, when you use your Ki-Empowered Strikes feature to change the damage type of your Unarmed Strikes, you can choose Lightning as the damage type instead of Force.

Fleeting Step

Beginning at 11th level, you have learned to move at alarming speeds. As a Bonus Action, you can spend 3 Ki to teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space that you can see.

Quivering Palm

At 17th level, you gain the ability to set up lethal vibrations in someone's body. When you hit a creature with an unarmed strike, you can spend 12 ki points to start these imperceptible vibrations, which last for a number of days equal to your monk level. The vibrations are harmless unless you use your action to end them. To do so, you and the target must be on the same plane of existence. When you use this action, the creature must make a Constitution saving throw. If it fails, it is reduced to 0 hit points. If it succeeds, it takes 10d12 force damage instead.

You can have only one creature under the effect of this feature at a time. You can choose to end the vibrations harmlessly without using an action.

Genin Shadow Arts

At 3rd level, you can use your ki to Gain powerful abilities to enhance your stealthiness. Any Spell you cast with this feature or any other feature from this Archetype uses Wisdom as its spellcasting modifier.

Shadow Curtain. As an action, you can spend 4 ki points to cast the Darkness spell without providing material components.
Shadow Sight. You gain 60 feet of darkvision, and can see in both magical and non-magical darkness. If you already have Darkvision from another source, you increase the range of it by 30 feet instead and also gain the benefits of seeing in magical darkness.
Shadowy Shards. You learn the minor illusion cantrip if you don't already know it.

Shadow Step

At 6th level, you gain the ability to step from one shadow into another. When you are in dim light or darkness, you can teleport up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space you can see that is also in dim light or darkness as a Bonus Action. You then have advantage on the first melee attack you make before the end of the turn.

Chunin Shadow Arts

Also at 6th level, you learn more Shadow Arts.

One With The Shadows. As an Action, you can spend 6 Ki Points to cast the Pass Without Trace Spell without providing material components.
Silent Shadows. As an Action, you can spend 6 Ki Points to cast the Silence Spell.
Shadowy Form. As an Action, you can spend 6 Ki Points to cast the Alter Self Spell.

Greater Shadow Step

By 11th level, you have learned how to better utilize shadows for movement. When you use your Shadow Step feature, you can spend 2 Ki points to ignore the requirements that you must start and end in dim light or darkness. As part of your Bonus Action when you use your Shadow Step feature, you may make an Unarmed Strike immediately after you finish the teleportation.

Jonin Shadow Arts

Also at 11th level, you learn new ways to bend your ki into powerful magical effects.

True Shadow. As an action, you can spend 8 ki points to cast the Greater Invisibility spell without providing material components. If you cast this spell in this way, you may only target yourself with it.
Shifting Shadows. As an action, you can spend 8 ki points to cast the Polymorph spell without providing material components. If you cast this spell in this way, you may only target yourself with it.

Master of Shadows

At 17th level, you can spend 6 Ki points as a bonus action while in Dim Light or Darkness to shroud yourself in Magical darkness for 1 minute or until you are incapacitated or end your turn in Bright Light. While in this Magical Darkness, you gain the following benefits:

Passing Shadow. You can move through creatures or objects as if they were difficult terrain, but you take 2d10 Force Damage if you end your turn inside of a creature or object and are immediately shunted to the nearest empty space.
Shadow Strike. Your Flurry of Blows feature costs no Ki to use.

Kage Shadow Arts

Also at 17th level, you learn the most powerful of Shadow Arts.

Duplicitous Shadows. As an action, you can spend 10 ki points to cast the Mislead Spell.
Shadow Roulette. As an action, you can spend 10 ki points to cast the Seeming Spell.

Radiant Ki Bolt

Starting at 3rd level, you can hurl searing bolts of magical radiance.

You learn how to make a special Ranged Spell Attack with a range of equal to your Walking Speed + 5 in feet. You are proficient with it, and you add your Dexterity modifier to its attack and damage rolls. Its damage is radiant, it uses your Martial Arts die for damage, and any feature from the Monk Class that would apply to your Unarmed Strikes or Monk Weapons (Such as Flurry of Blows) also applies to this attack option.

Radiant Ki Beam

At 6th level, you learn how to condense your Ki Bolts into a powerful beam of radiant energy. As an Action, you can spend 2 Ki. If you do, you unleash a 5 foot wide beam of energy from your hands with a length of 60 feet. Each creature within this area must make a Dexterity Saving Throw against your Ki Save DC or take 2 x your Martial Arts die in Radiant damage. A creature that succeeds takes half damage instead.

You can spend additional Ki to roll one additional Martial Arts die per 1 Ki spent. The maximum number of Ki you can spend on this feature is equal to your Proficiency Bonus.

At 17th level, the width of this beam becomes 15 feet and its length doubles.

Searing Ki Wave

Also at 6th level, you gain the ability to channel your ki into searing waves of energy. You can spend 1 ki point to cast the burning hands spell as an action. Alternatively, you can spend 2 Ki Points to cast this spell as a Bonus Action. When you cast this spell using Ki, it does Radiant instead of Fire damage.

You can spend additional ki points to cast burning hands in this way as a higher-level spell. Each additional ki point you spend increases the spell's level by 1. The maximum number of ki points (2 plus any additional points) that you can spend on the spell equals your Proficiency Bonus.

At 17th level, the area of the cone increases to 30 feet.

Searing Soul Blast

At 11th level, you gain the ability to create an orb of light that erupts into a devastating explosion that utterly devastates evil beings. As an action, you can spend 2 Ki to create an orb of power and hurl it at a point you choose within 150 feet, where it erupts into a sphere of radiant light for a brief but deadly instant.

Each creature in that 20-foot-radius sphere must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or take 4d6 radiant damage. On a successful save, creatures take half damage instead. Fiends and Undead make this saving throw with disadvantage and take an additional 2d6 damage on a failed save.

You can increase the sphere's damage by spending ki points. Each point you spend, to a maximum equal to your Proficiency Bonus, increases the damage by 1d6.

At 17th level, the radius increases to 40 feet.

Soaring Sunlight

Also at 11th level, you gain a flying speed equal to your walking speed. If you already have a flying speed, it is instead increased by 10 feet.

Aura of the Sun

At 17th level, you become wreathed in a luminous, magical aura. You shed bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet. You can extinguish or restore the light as a bonus action.

While this shield is active, any undead or fiend within the bright light of this feature has disadvantage on attack rolls and saving throws and you have immunity to Necrotic damage as well as resistance to Radiant Damage. If you already have Resistance to Raidant damage from another source, such as your Race, you instead gain immunity.

If a creature hits you with a melee attack while this light shines, you can use your reaction to deal radiant damage to the creature. The radiant damage equals one roll of your Martial Arts Die + your Wisdom Modifier. Undead and Fiends instead take damage equal to two rolls of your Martial Arts Die + your Wisdom Modifier.

Arcane Sight

Prerequisites(s): Proficient in the Arcana skill

You can cast detect magic at will, without expending a spell slot.

Blademaster

Prerequisites(s): 5th level, Proficiency with at least one Martial Weapon.

Select one type of martial weapon with which you are proficient. While you are wielding this weapon, it counts as magical for the purpose of piercing resistance and immunity.

Carnie

Prerequisites(s): Thrown Weapon Fighting Fighting Style

The ranges of any weapon you use with the Thrown property are doubled when you throw that weapon.

Drain Life

Prerequisites(s): 3rd level, Way of the Long Death.

If you reduce a creature to 0 hit points and use your Touch of Death feature, you may roll your Martial Arts die once, add your Wisdom Modifier (minimum 0), and recover that many hit points instead of gaining temporary hit points.

Alternatively, you may add one roll of your Martial Arts die to the amount of Temporary Hit Points you gain.

Dual Spear Strike

Prerequisites(s): 7th level

When you would deal damage with an Unarmed Strike, you can forgo dealing damage to force the target to make a Dexterity saving throw against your Ki Save DC. On a failed save, the target is blinded until the end of its next turn.

Duel of Honor

Prerequisites(s): Proficient in the Deception or Intimidation Skill. Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma 14 or higher.

You can cast compelled duel at 1st level once without using a spell slot. You can't do so again until you finish a short or long rest. Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your Spellcasting modifier for this spell (you choose which when you take this talent).

Elemental Protection

Prerequisites(s): 5th level, Constitution 18 or higher.

You can cast absorb elements at 1st level once without using a spell slot. You can't do so again until you finish a short or long rest.

Enhanced Four Elements

Prerequisites(s): 3rd level, Way of The Four Elements

When you learn a cantrip as part of this archetype, you learn an additional cantrip from the list below. Wisdom is your spellcasting modifier for these cantrips.

Expert

Prerequisites(s): N/A

You choose one Skill or Tool with which you gained proficiency from this Class. You add double your profociency bonus when you make an ability check using this skill or tool. This talent can be taken up to two times, and you must choose a different skill or tool to benefit from this Talent for each.

Flowing River

Prerequisites(s): 3rd level
When you take the attack action on your turn, you can spend 1 ki as part of that action to move 15 feet. You must end this movement within range of your opponent to use this Talent.

Giantslayer

Prerequisites(s): N/A

You gain a climbing speed equal to your walking speed if you don't already have one. If you already have a climbing speed, your movement is increased by 30 feet while using it. You can use your climbing speed to scale creatures that are at least one size larger than you. At the start of each of your turns while you are climbing this creature, you must make a Strength (Athletics) skill check contested by a Strength (Athletics) skill check from the creature you are climbing.

While you are climbing a creature in this way, you have advantage on your melee attack rolls against it while that creature has disadvantage on attacks against you. The creature you are climbing has advantage on a Strength (Athletics) Skill Check made to grapple you while you are climbing it.

Green Dragon's Fang

Prerequisites(s): 5th level, Way of the Ascendant Dragon

When you would deal Poison damage with an Unarmed Strike using your Dragon Disciple feature, you can forgo dealing damage to force the target of the attack to make a Constitution saving throw against your Ki Save DC. On a failure, the target is poisoned until the end of its next turn.

Art (In Order)

• Raikoart
• kemachiku
• kemachiku
• hokuto_(scichil)
• Gabe687
• rikizo
• fsnowzombie
• kayoko (panchlora) (Dead Source)
• ji no
• Kandoken
• Edwin Huang

1.01

• Updated formatting of the Multiclassing information to better fit the PHB.
• Updated Social Media and Credits to include my username and social media stuff.

1.02

• Fixed the formatting on the Fighting Styles.

1.03

• Patient Defense now costs 2 Ki. In play, it proved very powerful short of a foe who can grapple. As such, its cost has been increased to 2 as not every encounter will have an enemy who can grapple.
• The attack from Deflect Missiles has regained its Ki cost. It has proven to be powerful enough to warrant this in testing.
• Revised formatting a little to fix issues from the edits.

1.04

• Ascendant Dragon's Draconic Strike can now be applied to Monk Weapons.

1.05

• Unarmored Movement now grants additional Jump height and distance equal to your Dexterity Score.
• Monks now receive an additional Ability Score Improvement at 10th level.

1.06

• Updated the WOT4E Revision stuff. Turns out, the version GM Binder was an impostor using the art from the version I prefer and use.

1.07

• Unarmed Die now scales on the same levels as the base Monk, but goes from d6 to d12.
• Step of the Wind no longer costs Ki, but you can spend 1 Ki to triple your jump distance.
• Monk now gets access to power Attack.
• Focused Aim was removed.
• Power Attack and Stunning Strike cannot be used on the same attack, noted on Stunning Strike.

1.08

• Unarmored Defense goes up by +1 at 10th level, to match Barbarian.

1.09

• 10 Darts have been changed to 5 Daggers since those are Monk Weapons... And darts aren't.

1.10

• Power attack now scales with Proficiency Bonus.

1.11

• Power Attack is improved. Now is -prof bonus/ + (prof bonus x 2).
• Stunning Strike costs 3 Ki. this makes it less spammable.

1.12

• Removed Extra Attack.
• Added Multi-Attack.

1.13

• Added my own take on Way of the Sun Soul. Very clearly more Dragonball-Inspired, it makes Sun Soul Monk a good deal stronger and gives them an edge against Fiends and Undead as they deal Radiant damgae.