Generic, Text: Elemental Disciplines

3rd Level Elemental Disciplines

Starting at 3rd level, you can learn the following disciplines:
 
Become the Teapot: You roll with the incoming energy, attuning to element, becoming it. You can spend 1 chi point to cast Absorb Elements.
 
Effortless Step: The air around you works in unison with your movements, rising you up as you jump. Your jump height and distance are doubled (quadrupled with Step of the Wind) and you gain advantage on Strength (Athletics) checks related to jumping.
 
Enduring Mountain Stance: Your body and mind becomes as rigid and unyielding as the ground below you. Your chi roots your feet into the ground and you become immovable. When you use the Dodge action, you cannot be moved, pushed, grappled, Frightened, or knocked Prone against your will until the start of your next turn, even if magically compelled to do so. You must be standing on the ground to use this ability.
 
Fangs of the Fire Snake: Your arms and legs become enveloped in roaring gouts of flame. When you make an unarmed attack on your turn, you can choose to strike out tendrils of flames which stretch out beyond your normal reach. Your reach increases by 5 feet for that attack, and it deals fire damage instead of bludgeoning damage. If the attack hits you can spend 1 chi point to deal an extra 1d10 fire damage.
 
Fang of the Frost Wolf: You summon a shard of razorsharp ice and fling it at your foe. You can spend 1 chi point to cast Ice Knife.
 
Fist of Four Thunders: You slam your fists together in front of you, causing a thunderous boom that blows away everything around you. You can spend 1 chi point to cast Thunderwave.
 
Fist of Unbroken Air: You summon a swirling wind and concentrate it around your fist. When you make an unarmed attack on your turn, you can choose to strike out condensed bursts of air which stretch out beyond your normal reach. Your reach increases by 10 feet for that attack. If the attack hits you can spend 1 chi point to force the target to make a Strength saving throw or be pushed back 10 feet and be knocked Prone.
 
Golden Snake’s Icy Path: Whenever you take the Dash action, until the end of your turn for any movement you make along a surface you can leave a trail of slippery ice. This ice counts as difficult terrain and lasts until the start of your next turn.
 
Rumbling Badger: You shake the ground, causing a tremor that knocks over your foes. You can spend 1 chi point to cast Earth Tremor.
 
Rush of the Gale Spirits: You send a blast of air outward with a thrust of your open palm. You can spend 2 chi points to cast Gust of Wind.
 
Shape the Raincloud: You can spend 1 chi point to cast Create or Destroy Water.
 
Sweeping Cinder Strike: With a wide sweeping gesture, you summon forth a barrage of hot cinders. You can spend 1 chi point to cast Burning Hands.
 
Water Whip: You summon a long, rubbery whip of pure water that you grip by one end. You can spend 1 chi point as a bonus action to create a whip of water that shoves and pulls a creature to unbalance it. A creature that you can see that is within 30 feet of you must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes bludgeoning damage equal to your Martial Arts die + your Wisdom modifier, plus an extra 1d10 bludgeoning damage for each additional chi point you spend, and you can either knock it prone or pull it up to 25 feet closer to you. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage, and you don’t pull it or knock it Prone. You can’t use Water Whip and cast a spell during the same turn.
 

6th Level Elemental Disciplines

Starting at 6th level, you can learn the following disciplines:
 
A Leaf on the Wind: A powerful wind rises up to catch you as you fall. Your Slow Fall ability no longer requires a reaction to use, and instead you may use it automatically whenever you are conscious and not incapacitated, and it negates all falling damage regardless of distance. When you use the Slow Fall ability, you may also glide along the air to move 5 feet in any horizontal direction for every 5 feet that you fall.
 
Burning Ember Flourish: You reach out with your chi to snuff out a source of fire, causing it to go out with a bang or to sputter black smoke. You can spend 2 chi points to cast Pyrotechnics.
 
Crushing Hand of the Mountain: You focus your strength into your outstretched fist, summoning a hand of earth from the ground. You can spend 2 chi points to cast Maximillian's Earthen Grasp.
 
Curtain of Unyielding Wind: You let out a fierce howl as a mighty wind begins swirling around you. You can spend 2 chi points to cast Warding Wind.
 
Gong of the Summit: You strike the air as if it were a gong. You can spend 2 chi points to cast Shatter.
 
Hatchling’s Flame: You focus your chi into a torrent of fire that streaks away from you. You can spend 2 chi points to cast Aganazzar's Scorcher.
 
Impenetrable Iron Tortoise Shell: You summon an earthen barrier to defend yourself or an ally. As a reaction, you may spend 2 chi points to use your Deflect Missiles ability against an attack you can see within 30 feet of you. Any damage not prevented by this ability is taken by the original target of the attack. If you reduce the damage to 0, you can’t make an attack with it.
 
Mote of the Sun: Your chi manifests as a roaring orb of fire. You can spend 2 chi points to cast Flaming Sphere.
 
Patient Badger Listens: You reach out with your chi to the ground beneath you. You can spend 2 chi points as a bonus action to gain tremorsense with a range of 30 feet and a burrow speed equal to half of your walking speed for up to 1 minute. Your movement leaves behind a tunnel that remains for as long as this ability is active, and then collapses.
 
Red Dragon’s Claws: Rays of fire spring from your outstretched hand to sear your foes. You can spend 2 chi points to cast Scorching Ray.
 
Swarming Ice Rabbit: A flurry of magic snowballs erupts from a point you choose within range. You can spend 2 chi points to cast Snilloc's Snowball Storm.
 
Water Jet: You can spend 2 chi points as an action to unleash a jet of water in a line that is 30 feet long and 5 feet wide. Each creature in the line must make a Strength saving throw, taking bludgeoning damage equal to your Martial Arts die + your Wisdom modifier on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. In addition, you can move each target that fails its saving throw to any unoccupied space touching the line.
 

11th Level Elemental Disciplines

Starting at 11th level, you can learn the following disciplines:
 
Cloud of the Raijin: Your body swells with the force of thunder and lightning, stepping in a blast of force and thunderous boom sound. You can spend 3 chi points to cast Thunder Step.
 
Crouching Stone: You focus on shaping the stone and earth around you, as if flowing water, before you drop out of sight. You can spend 3 chi points to cast Meld into Stone.
 
Dance of Three Ways: You summon six spheres of earth from the ground, suspend them in the air around you, and ignite them with your fiery chi. With a thought, you launch these blazing meteors at your foe. You can spend 3 chi points to cast Melf's Minute Meteors.
 
Earth Reaches for Sky: Focusing your strength with a deep, rumbling shout, you swing your arms up high, causing an eruption of churned earth and stone that engulfs your foes. You can spend 3 chi points to cast Erupting Earth.
 
Eternal Mountain Defense: Your body hardens to stone, nearly impervious to weapons. You can spend 4 chi points to cast Stoneskin, targeting yourself.
 
Flames of the Phoenix: With a hand motion, you conjure a tiny bead of burning energy. You spend 3 chi points to cast Fireball.
 
Fist of the Elements: The elements swirl around your weapon. You can spend 3 chi points to add 2d4 damage to your weapon. Choosing from only the damage types cold, fire, or thunder. Your unarmed strikes count as a weapon for the purposes of this discipline.
 
Hua’s Water Prison: You conjure up a sphere of water that engulfs and imprisons foes that touch its surface. You can spend 4 chi to cast Watery Sphere.
 
Mist Stance: A swirling mist envelopes your body and you merge with it, becoming a cloud. You can spend 3 chi points to cast Gaseous Form, targeting yourself.
 
One with the Tides: You reach out with your chi and become one with water. You spend 2 chi points as an action to gain underwater adaptations for 8 hours. While this ability is active, you can breath normally underwater, you gain a swim speed equal to your walking speed, and you gain blindsight with a radius of 60 feet while underwater.
 
Rain of the Frigid Glacier: You cool the air in the skies above you, condensing the water droplets into freezing rain and sleet. You can spend 3 chi points to cast Sleet Storm.
 
Raise the Troubled Earth: You stir the earth around you into action, summoning a wall of sand to serve as your barricade. You can spend 3 chi to cast Wall of Sand.
 
Raise the Still Waters: Though water can give way easily, it can just as easily offer great resistance. You can spend 3 chi to cast Wall of Water.
 
Ride the Wind: You summon a mighty wind that envelopes your body, sweeping you to where you want to go. You spend 3 chi points to cast Fly, targeting yourself, except your fly speed is equal to your movement speed.
 
River of Hungry Flame: You sweep your hands upward, causing a wall of blazing hot fire to leap up from the ground. You can spend 4 chi points to cast Wall of Fire.
 
Sea’s Fury: You conjure up a mighty wave of water that crashes down on your foes. You can spend 3 chi to cast Tidal Wave.
 
Shape of the Flowing River: You touch the body of water with your chi, coaxing it to change its form. You can spend 4 chi points to cast Control Water.
 
Sweeping Crosswind: A wall of strong wind rises from the ground, batting away anything in its path. You can spend 3 chi points to cast Wind Wall.
 

17th Level Elemental Disciplines

Starting at 17th level, you can learn the following disciplines:
 
Avatar of the Elements: As an ultimate display of your mastery of the elements, you can spend 5 chi as an action to have the elements of earth, fire, air, and water form a protective sphere around your body, gaining multiple benefits for 1 minute. While this ability is active, you have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, slashing, cold, fire, lightning, and thunder damage. You also gain a burrow, fly, and swim speed equal to your movement speed. Lastly, you can use any of the following abilities as a bonus action:
 
• You create a small earthquake on the ground in a 15-foot radius around you. Each creature in that area must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 1d6 bludgeoning damage and is knocked prone.
• You create a line of fire 15 feet long and 5 feet wide extending from you in a direction you choose. Each creature in the line must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 3d6 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
• You create a 15-foot cube of swirling wind centered on a point you can see within 60 feet of you. Each creature in that area must make a Constitution saving throw. A creature takes 1d10 bludgeoning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If a Large or smaller creature fails the save, that creature is also pushed up to 10 feet away from the center of the cube.
• You create a 15-foot cone of ice shards extending from your outstretched hand in a direction you choose. Each creature in the cone must make a Constitution save throw. A creature takes 2d6 cold damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature that fails its save against this effect has its speed halved until the start of your next turn.
 
Bend Blood: You reach out and seize control of the water in creatures veins, controlling them like a puppet. You can spend 5 chi points to cast Dominate Person.
 
Breath of Winter: You inhale deeply and then exhale, blasting a cone of frigid air out in front of you that freezes everything in its path. You can spend 5 chi points to cast Cone of Cold.
 
Eyes of Fire: Your foes may try to hide in darkness, but their chi lights up like a torch to you. You may cast See Invisibility without expending any chi. In addition, while under the effects of See Invisibility, you may spend 2 chi points as a bonus action to gain truesight until the end of your next turn.
 
Eye of the Hurricane: You stretch out your chi to embrace the winds. You can spend 5 chi points to cast Control Winds.
 
Greater Mist Stance: A swirling mist envelopes your body and you merge with it, becoming a cloud. You can spend 5 chi points and an action to cast Wind Walk on yourself only.
 
Mould the Mountain: You master the many forms that earth may take. You can spend 5 chi to cast Transmute Rock.
 
Mountain Strike: You reach out into the very bowls of the earth to conjure it's growing wrath. You can spend 6 chi points to cast Bones of the Earth.
 
Swirling Crab’s Revenge: Your chi manifests as a swirling pool of water, smashing and pulling your foes towards its center. You can spend 5 chi points to cast Maelstrom.
 
Wave of Rolling Earth: The ground shakes and emits a low rumble as a wall of stone erupts up into being. You can spend 5 chi points to cast Wall of Stone.