Monks

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Martial artists who excel at unarmed combat, the deep training monks undergo allow them to move with grace, attack with surprising speed, and strike weak points to devastating effect.

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Monk Heroes

Prerequisite: 12 Strength
Starting Hit Points: 8 + your Constitution modifier
Hit Die: d8
Proficiencies: You are Trained in Simple Weapons, Dodge, Parry, Martial Maneuvers, and Initiative.
Skills: You possess the Acrobatics skill and can select 3 other Skills.

Monk Features

Flurry of Blows

Once per turn when you take an Attack action, you can make two attacks, one of which must be an unarmed strike. When you do so, both attacks and all other attempts until the start of your next turn suffer a -1 rank penalty.

Ki Techniques

You have mastered a powerful martial arts technique, which you can further enhance by spending a hero’s surge. You know one Ki Technique and learn an additional Ki Technique at every even level.

Boon Option: Learn an additional Ki Technique.

Martial Arts

You can consider your unarmed attacks to be either finesse or non-finesse weapons and to possess the Disarm, Grapple, , Sunder, and Trip features. In addition, while you are not wearing armor or employing a shield, your Unarmed Strikes deal increased damage, as specified in The Monk table.

Monastic Kinship

You can secure shelter, food, and drink from other monks and monasteries.

The Monk

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Level	Benefit	Hero’s Surges	Unarmed Strikes Damage	Title
1	Monk Features, Flurry of Blows, Ki Techniques, Martial Arts, Monastic Kinship	4	1d4	Student
2	Mobility, Swift Steps, Uncanny Parry, Ki Technique	5	1d4
3	Martial Discipline	5	1d6	Adept
4	Evasion, Ki Technique	6	1d6
5	Boon, Valor	6	1d6
6	Ki Technique, Martial Discipline Feature	7	1d6	Preceptor
7	Boon	7	1d8
8	Ki Technique, Martial Discipline Feature	8	1d8	Master
9	Boon	8	1d10
10	Heroism, Ki Technique	9	1d10

Monk Ki Techniques

Monk Ki Techniques

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Name	Effect	Hero’s Surge Enhancement
Dragon Strike	As an action, you can jump and during or at the end of this jump, attempt an unarmed strike or martial maneuver.	You can use the Success Level of your jump for your unarmed strike or martial maneuver and deal 1d6 bludgeoning damage per 10’ jumped. If this attempt misses, you don’t expend a hero’s surge.
Feather Step	You gain reliability on Acrobatics attempts.	While moving, gain the ability to cross any solid or liquid as if it were firm ground for the next minute. You can dance across rivers, run across caltrops or treetops, or tumble atop fresh snow.
Ki Spear	Once per turn, your unarmed strike or Martial Maneuver attack gains a reach of 10’	As an attack action, make an unarmed strike attempt with advantage at a range of 30'. If this attack hits, it deals force damage. If both rolls hit, also execute a push against the target at the higher success level. If this attack misses, you do not expend your hero's surge.
Ki Strike	You can treat your unarmed attacks and sunders as if they were iron weapons.	After spending a minute performing a kata or when you hit with an unarmed strike, your unarmed strikes become +1 magic weapons for the next minute. *You can learn this Ki Technique multiple times. Each time you do, increase the enhancement bonus by 1.
Ki Touch	As an attack action, you can touch a creature and allow it to spend a hero’s surge.	As part of your turn, touch a creature. It regains hit points equal to ¼ of your maximum and can spend a hero's surge.
Quelling Touch	As an action, you can touch a creature. It can attempt to end an effect you are aware of that an attempt can end.	As part of your turn, touch a creature. It can end an effect you are aware of that an attempt can end.
Spider Step	You gain reliability on Jump attempts.	Increase your jump distance by your Strength score and gain a climb speed equal to your speed. This effect lasts for one minute or until you take an action other than moving.
Stunning Fist	You can use a devastating effect of an unarmed strike to daze a creature, costing it its next attack.	When you hit with an unarmed strike, stun your target, costing it its next attack on a normal, its next attack and move on a major, or its next turn on a critical success.
Wheel Throw	Treat yourself as if you are one size larger when grappling.	When you successfully grapple a creature of one size larger than you or smaller, you immediately throw it using the same success level as your grapple attempt and increase the distance thrown by 10'.
Whirlwind Attack	When you use Flurry of Blows and hit with both attacks, you can deal your unarmed strike damage die to a creature within reach that you did not attack.	As an action, make an attack against all adjacent creatures. If you use only unarmed attacks for this action, you can choose which creatures you attack.

LEVEL 2 Monk

Mobility

You have Advantage on Dodge attempts against attacks triggered by your movement. In addition, when you are hit by an attack you can allow yourself to be pushed 5’.

Swift Steps

While not wearing armor, increase your speed by 5'

Boon Option: Increase your speed by an additional 10'

Uncanny Parry

While not wearing armor or employing a shield, you are Adept in Parry, can attempt to Parry ranged attacks, and parry an additional attack on a limited success or better when defending against Multiple Attacks

LEVEL 3 Monk

Martial Discipline

You have mastered transcending your body or mind beyond mortal bounds. Choose a martial discipline.

Ascetic

Ascetics

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Your obsession in pursuing and perfecting the martial arts elevates your techniques to levels of the great masters.

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Crane’s Step

When you fall, you can glide in one direction a distance equal to your speed or the distance you fell (whichever is less). In addition, subtract your speed from distances you fall for purposes of falling damage.

Monkey’s Theft

Once per day when you critically hit an enemy with a melee attack, you can have the attack cause no effect and regain a hero's surge.

Boon Option: Use this feature an additional time per day.

Rhino’s Strikes

You learn Ki Strike. If you already knew Ki Strike, learn a different Ki Technique. In addition, your Ki Strike’s duration becomes Permanent while you are conscious.

LEVEL 6 Ascetic

Mantis's Evasion

When you defend against a weapon attack or an attack that targets Dexterity with normal or better success, you can spend a hero's surge to take no ill effect from the attack.

Tiger’s Counter

Once per turn when you are hit by an attack, you can allow yourself to be pushed 10’. After doing so, once before the end of your next turn you can use the enhanced Dragon Strike Ki Technique without expending a hero’s surge.

LEVEL 8 Ascetic

Dragon’s Mastery

While your Ki Strike is active, your Ki Techniques gain the following effects:

Dragon Strike: Double your jumping distance.
Feather Step: Until the start of your next turn after using this ability, you can allow other creatures to tread your path with a successful Dexterity check.
Ki Spear: The enhancement can also deal cold, fire, or lightning damage.
Ki Touch: Your Ki Touch gains a range of 30'.
Quelling Touch: Your Quelling Touch gains a range of 30'.
Stunning Fist: Your enhanced Stunning Fist stuns for 1 minute. A creature with more hit points than your maximum can spend an attack to attempt to end this effect by resisting your unarmed strike with their Constitution.
Whirlwind Attack: After using this technique's enhancement, you can move 5' and attack adjacent creatures you have yet to attack with this technique.
Windmill Throw: Deal your unarmed strike damage to the target.

Ninja

Ninjas

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Your focus on combat propels you into a world of shadows and secrets, where death comes as easy as the night.

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Prerequisite: 12 Dexterity, Stealth skill

Element of Surprise

Your attacks against foes that cannot defend themselves or have yet to act in combat deal double their damage dice.

Ninjitsu

You become Trained in Finesse Weapons. In addition, your Flurry of Blows feature can be used to make two finesse weapon attacks.

Boon Option: You can treat finesse weapons you wield as unarmed strikes for features other than Martial Arts.

Silent Step

You gain Reliability on Stealth attempts.

LEVEL 6 Ninja

Shadow Counter

Once per turn when you are hit by an attack, you can allow yourself to be pushed 10’. After doing so, once before the end of your next turn you can use the Ki Spear Ki Technique without expending a hero’s surge. If you do so and hit a target, you can expend a hero’s surge to immediately Dragon Strike the target at the same success level.

LEVEL 8 Ninja

Meteor Strike

When you jump from a height that would result in you taking falling damage, upon landing you can spend a hero's surge to attack an adjacent creature you can see. If this attack hits, you deal additional damage equal to the falling damage you would've suffered instead of suffering this damage yourself. If you miss, you do not expend your hero's surge.

Shadow Mastery

Your Ki Technique enhancements gain the following additional effects:

Feather Step: Don't lose this benefit when not moving.
Ki Touch: Regain hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier.
Quelling Touch: Attempt to end an effect an attempt can end.
Spider's Step: Actions other than moves do not end this benefit.
Stunning Fist: Once per day when you critically hit with this technique's enhancement, regain a hero's surge.
Windmill Throw: You can jump after throwing a creature with this technique's enhancement.

Zen Master

Zen Masters

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Whether you seek enlightenment, absolution, alcohol, or something else to find zen, your focus on the non-physical grants supernatural awareness.

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Prerequisite: 12 Wisdom

Disrupting Maneuvers

Your major successes with Martial Maneuvers against enemies in your reach deal your unarmed strike damage dice.

Boon Option: Deal your unarmed strike damage instead.

Slow Fall

You gain Resistance to falling damage. If you land in the same square as another creature, you can deal the damage you reduced your fall by to them, though you fall prone afterward.

Still Mind

You can make a Wisdom attempt to resist or end an effect that would normally target another ability.

Tranquil Flow

When a creature misses you with an attack, you can spend a hero's surge to cause the attack to hit a creature adjacent to you other than the attacker.

Boon Option: Gain the option to hit your attacker.

LEVEL 6 Zen Master

Purity of Body

You gain Immunity to disease.

Toppling Counter

Once per turn as a Hampering Effect on a Parry attempt while not prone, you can make an unarmed strike or Martial Maneuver attack against your attacker. After doing so, you fall prone.

Boon Option: You do not suffer disadvantage on defenses or attacks while prone.

Wholeness of Body

When you are hit by an attack, you can spend a hero's surge to regain hit points equal to ¼ of your maximum.

Zen Focus

Once per day you can spend an hour concentrating on that which you seek, be it meditation, penitent katas, or ale. After doing so, you regain a hero's surge.

Boon Option: Use this feature an additional time per day.

Astral Self

While you are dying, you can take actions that do not require movement

LEVEL 8 Zen Master

Improved Evasion

When you have limited success or a failure against an attack targeting Dexterity, you take half damage.

Whirlwind Recovery

When you use Whirlwind Attack while prone, you make its attacks with Advantage and can stand up afterward.

LEVEL 4 Monk

Evasion

While not wearing armor, if you successfully resist, Dodge, or Parry an effect or attack, you suffer no ill effect.