Monk #

Monks use Ki to power many of their abilities. Every Monk has (before feats) 3 Ki in Adventurer Tier, 4 Ki in Champion Tier, and 5 Ki in Epic Tier. It’s restored during a Quick Rest.

Once per turn, you can spend 1 Ki as a free action on or outside your turn to give 1 Disadvantage to an attack vs your AC, PD, or MD. Once per turn, you can also spend 1 Ki after any roll you’ve made to raise or lower the natural result of the roll by 1.

• Champion Perk: If you lower the natural result of a roll you make by 1, make a 11+ save. If it succeeds, you don’t spend Ki.
• Epic Perk: You have one extra maximum Ki.

• Adventurer Perk: You gain 1 advantage to basic melee attacks made in Swift stance.
• Champion Perk: You may spend 1 Ki after missing with a basic melee attack to add double your level to any miss damage.
• Epic Perk: You gain the ability to use Aggressive stance (d10 damage).

• Adventurer Perk: If you’re at 0 Ki when you do this, add 1 to the Ki you restore.
• Champion Perk: Once per day, you may refocus as a Move action instead of a Standard.
• Epic Perk: Regain 1d4 instead of 1d3.

• Adventurer Perk: You can spend 1 Ki and not gain the Advantage to ignore some distracting factor while doing something else, like ignoring a buffeting storm while tying down a rope.

• Adventurer Perk: You can spend 1 Ki and not gain the Advantage when you perform a dicey move or class skill roll out of combat to do something physically impossible or unfeasible, like running up a sheer wall or balancing on a rope at full speed.

Your self-control is unparalleled. You gain a Save Bonus of +1 and you can choose to not count as Staggered if it would benefit you to do so.

You gain Diamond Soul:

Diamond Soul
At-Will, Interrupt
Spend 1 Ki

Make a 11+ save against a Dazed, Softened, or Weakened effect. On a success, it ends immediately.

• Adventurer Perk: You can also use Diamond Soul to end Confused, Hampered, or Stuck.
• Champion Perk: The Save Bonus increases to +2.
• Epic Perk: You may spend 1 extra Ki to use Diamond Soul to immediately attempt a Death Save or Last Gasp Save. This doesn’t count against failed Death/Last Gasp saves if it fails.

Your martial tradition incorporates ranged attacks. Your ranged attacks deal miss damage equal to your level. Your Form Abilities can now be Ranged or Melee Attacks and have a range of Nearby when used in that way. Decrease the damage die size of your form abilities by 1 step when not Engaged with the target.

You gain Soul Arrow:

Soul Arrow
At-Will, Free
Spend 1 Ki

Use this before using a Form ability at range. It deals Force damage and attacks against PD.

• Adventurer Perk: Ranged Form Abilities can be used at Far now.
• Champion Perk: Your first Soul Arrow attack in every encounter gains 1 Advantage.
• Epic Perk: You no longer take Opportunity Attacks when you use a ranged weapon while engaged.

Your monastic tradition embodies the spirit of the free-flowing wind. Once per encounter, you may take two Move actions instead of one during a turn. When you can touch some kind of object while falling, you can treat the fall as if it were 20 feet less per level.

You gain Wind’s Comrade:

Wind’s Comrade
At-Will, Free
Spend 1 Ki

You gain Flight until the end of your next turn.

• Adventurer Perk: You gain 1 Advantage to Disengage attempts.
• Champion Perk: You take half damage from any attacks that target multiple allies, hit or miss.
• Epic Perk: When you use Wind’s Comrade, when Flight would normally expire roll a 11+ save. If you succeed, it lasts another turn.

Your monastic tradition incorporates the legend of the fiery, resurrecting phoenix. When you’re Staggered, each of your attacks that hit heal you for an amount equal to your Volition x Tier.

You gain Phoenix Flare:

Phoenix Flare
At-Will, Free
Spend 1 Ki

The base damage from your attacks this turn deal fire damage. On a Natural Even Hit with any attack you make this turn, your target takes ongoing fire damage equal to your level in addition to any other effects.

• Adventurer Perk: When you’re Staggered, you may choose to deal extra damage with each attack equal to the amount you would heal instead of healing. An attack that has its damage increased deals fire damage when you do this.
• Champion Perk: You gain 1 Advantage on your first Death Save of the day.
• Epic Perk: If you would die, you instead wake up 1d6 days later at your monastery (or a similar institution).

You’ve learned to bend like the mighty willow to avoid certain attacks. When a ranged attack vs AC hits you, you may attempt a 11+ save to halve the damage.

You gain The Willow Bends:

The Willow Bends
At-Will, Free
Spend 1 Ki

You can turn a failed Spinning Willow save into a success at the minimum value for the save.

• Adventurer Perk: You can also use this on attacks targeting PD.
• Champion Perk: If you roll 13+ on the Spinning Willow save, you take no damage.
• Epic Perk: Spinning Willow saves are now 9+ saves.

Your monastic martial tradition involves surprising actions. When you attack, instead of choosing to use a Form ability, you may choose to invoke this talent. When you do, pick a Form at random from among those you have prepared. You can only use that Form’s At-Will or Daily abilities this round, but one target of any attack you make is Vulnerable until the end of your turn.

You gain Flash of Clarity:

Flash of Clarity
At-Will, Free
Spend 1 Ki

When picking your Form randomly as above, pick randomly twice and use your preference.

• Adventurer Perk: When you spend Ki during a round where you’ve used your Drunken Master ability, you gain Resist Damage 12+ until the start of your next turn.
• Champion Perk: The Resist Damage is now 13+ and lasts until the end of your next turn. Vulnerable now lasts until the start of your next turn.
• Epic Perk: Roll a 13+ save when you use Flash of Clarity. If it succeeds, Flash of Clarity costs 0 Ki.

Your monastic martial tradition involves engaging the target as many times as possible. At Escalation 2+, you may make a basic melee attack with no miss damage as a quick action once per turn.

You gain Thousand Fists:

Thousand Fists
At-Will, Quick
Spend 1 Ki

You may make a basic melee attack with no miss damage as a quick action against a target you haven’t attacked this turn.

• Adventurer Perk: You may use this at Escalation 1+.
• Champion Perk: You now deal damage on a miss with your basic attacks from this talent.
• Epic Perk: At Escalation 4+, Thousand Fists is Spend 0.

Your monastic martial tradition explicitly includes arcane, divine, or occult traditions. Choose one Form (chosen Forms are known as Forbidden Forms). Its At-Will and Daily abilities deal Fire, Cold, or Lightning damage (choose when attacking) and attack vs PD instead of AC. You may change one Forbidden Form to another when you gain a level. You gain Subtle Fist:

Subtle Flame
At-Will, Free
Spend 1 Ki

Use this before making a Forbidden Form attack. It deals Thunder or Psychic damage and you may choose to attack vs MD instead of PD.

• Adventurer Perk: Another Form is now a Forbidden Form. Add Acid to your Forbidden Form damage types and Necrotic to your Subtle Flame damage types.
• Champion Perk: A third Form is now a Forbidden Form. Add Force to your Forbidden Form damage types and Radiant to your Subtle Flame damage types.
• Epic Perk: A fourth Form is now a Forbidden Form. At Escalation 2+, Subtle Flame costs 0 Ki.

Your monastic martial tradition involves quick, forceful approaches. The first time you attack a target during combat, add 1d4 x Level to hit damage.

You gain Open the Gate:

Open the Gate
At-Will, Free
Spend 1 Ki

Use this after hitting with an attack that deals extra damage from Greeting Fist. Add your level to the damage.

• Adventurer Perk: Once per encounter, if you miss on an attack that qualified for Greeting Fist, you can count them as if they hadn’t been hit yet this encounter.
• Champion Perk: When you disengage, you deal damage equal to your level to every enemy you disengage (not pop off) from.
• Epic Perk: Once per encounter, an attack that qualifies for Greeting Fist gains 1 Advantage.

Your monastic tradition incorporates weaponry for symbolic and practical reasons. Increase the damage die size of your Form attacks by one step (d6 to d8, d8 to d10, d10 to d12).

You gain Perfect Parry:

Perfect Parry
At-Will, Quick
Spend 1 Ki

Attacks vs your AC gain 1 Disadvantage until an attack misses.

• Adventurer Perk: Perfect Parry also applies to attacks against your PD as well.
• Champion Perk: You also increase your basic melee attack damage dice by one die size.
• Epic Perk: One encounter per day, increase your defenses by the escalation die if you haven’t been hit in the previous round.

Hit: 1d6 x Level + Volition x Tier Damage.

Natural Odd Hit: As Hit, and you can pop free from your target.

Natural Even Hit: As Hit, and you deal 1d6 damage multiplied by Tier to all engaged enemies.

Natural Odd Miss: You can pop free from your target. Damage equal to your level.

Natural Even Miss: Damage equal to your level.

Hit: 1d10 x Level + Vol Damage.

Natural Odd Miss: Damage equal to your level.

Natural Even Miss: Half damage.

Hit: 1d8 x Level + Volition x Tier Damage. Natural 13+ Hit: Damage as a hit, and you may heal using a recovery. Miss: Damage equal to your level.

Hit: 1d8 x Level + Volition x Tier Damage. Miss: If you didn’t start the turn engaged with the enemy, half damage. Otherwise, damage equal to your level.

Hit: 1d8 x Level + Vol Damage. If the attack crits or the target is staggered after the attack, it takes extra ongoing Necrotic damage equal to your Volition multiplied by Tier.

Miss: Both you and the target take damage equal to your level.

Natural Odd Hit: 1d10 x Level + Volition x Tier Damage. Natural Even Hit: As Natural Odd Hit, and the target adds your level to every instance of ongoing damage they’re taking. If they’re staggered after taking the damage from this attack, they’re Hampered (11+ save ends). Miss: Half damage to the target. You take damage equal to your level.

Natural Odd Hit: 1d8 x Level + Volition x Tier Damage.

Natural Even Hit: As Natural Odd Hit, and when an engaged enemy targets you with an attack before the start of your next turn, as an Interrupt, you may deal 1d6 x Level damage.

Miss: Damage equal to your level.

Hit: 1d6 x Level + Volition x Tier Damage.

Natural Even Hit: As Hit, and Your target takes extra ongoing Cold damage equal to half your damage.

Miss: Half damage.

Hit: 1d10 x Level + Vol Fire Damage. Miss: Damage equal to your level.

Hit: 1d8 x Level + Volition x Tier Damage.

Miss: Half damage.

Special: You may only use this when you, an ally, or the target are Staggered.

Hit: 1d8 x Level + Volition x Tier Damage.

Natural Even Hit: A random nearby enemy takes Thunder damage equal to double your level.

Miss: Half damage.

Hit: 1d8 x Level + Volition x Tier Fire Damage, and you may attempt to Disengage as a free action. If you end the turn unengaged, you gain Flight until the end of your next turn.

Miss: Damage equal to your level.

Hit: 1d10 x Level + Volition x Tier Fire Damage. You may heal using a Recovery. Miss: Half damage. Natural Even Hit/Miss: You may roll a save against a condition or ongoing damage.

Hit: 1d6 x Level + Volition x Tier Damage.

Natural Odd Hit/Miss: You gain Flight until the end of your next turn. A random nearby enemy takes lightning damage equal to your level.

Natural Even Hit/Miss: Your target takes 1d6 extra fire damage for every point of escalation.

Hit: 1d10 x Level + Volition x Tier damage.

Miss: Both you and the target take damage equal to your level.

Natural Even Hit: Damage as above, and the attack deals extra ongoing lightning damage equal to double your level.

Natural Odd Hit: Damage as above, and 1d3 nearby enemies take lightning damage equal to your level.

Hit: 1d10 x Level + Volition x Tier damage.

Miss: Half damage.

Natural Even Hit: 1d4 x Level + Volition x Tier Radiant damage. You or an ally gain +1 to their Save Bonus for the rest of the encounter.

Natural Odd Hit: 1d4 x Level + Volition x Tier Radiant damage. Your target takes -1 to their Save Bonus for the rest of the encounter.

Miss: Damage equal to your level.

Hit: 1d6 x Level + Volition x Tier necrotic damage. If the target is Staggered, it’s Stunned until the end of your next turn, and you can’t use Fist of Stillness on them until the end of your next turn.

Miss: You and your target take Necrotic damage equal to your level.

Hit: 1d6 x Level + Volition x Tier necrotic damage. After you’ve hit an enemy with this, until the end of the encounter (or five minutes) you may spend 1 Ki as a quick action to deal the same damage again to the target. (If the original attack crits, use the doubled damage).

Miss: No damage.