Dungeons & Dragons 5e Class Features : Adept
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Adept
Adepts are living weapons and athletes that have
trained their bodies and honed their minds to perfection.
This process endows them with considerable
mental power and an unusual understanding of the
self. Every adept has a different reason for striving
towards ever greater heights of personal achievement,
but all can be incredibly deadly. Be they rough pugilists
used to life in the pits, religious dancers whose
prayer is battle, or covert assassins from secret societies,
adepts all learn amazing supernatural abilities
that set them apart from common warriors.
Power of Discipline
Adepts harness mental and physical power through
training, an energy they call focus. While this can
be fuel for supernatural feats, in essence it is nothing
more than the innate potential every living being
has. Adepts channel this power within themselves to
accomplish the impossible and surpass the limitations
of their bodies, allowing them to be as deadly
unarmed as a trained warrior is with sharp blades.
As they grow more powerful, they learn several new
ways of using their focus.
Masters and Students
The art of the adept is old and personal, often
taught by one master to a single student, and though
the path to perfection is always long, each chooses
their own different way to reach it. However they
are all united by the generations of adepts that came
before them, the ones who discovered these secrets
and passed them forward. Adepts are always ready
to learn, both when it comes to their own abilities
and about the world around them. They are also
always ready to teach, for they know their craft
will never survive unless more adepts are trained
like they were.
Creating an Adept
When creating an adept, ask yourself the following
questions. Where did you meet your master? Why
did they choose to train you? How was your relationship
while you were training? Is your master still
alive? Do they have enemies that might know about
you? How ingrained are you with the adept community?
Are you familiar with other adepts? Have you
visited other masters, maybe even trained under
them? Do you have any friends or rivals in other
schools? Do you have any scars, whether physical or
emotional, from engaging in battle with your peers?
Why have you chosen to walk the path to perfection?
Have you suffered a crushing defeat due to
your lack of martial prowess, or lost a loved one
because you were not able to defend them? Did
you witness a true master in action and hoped you
could be like them? Are you the reincarnation of a
legendary martial arts prodigy?
hit dice:
1d8
hit points at 1st level:
8+ your constitution modifier
hit points at higher levels:
1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution modifier per adept level after 1st
armor proficiencies:
None
weapon proficiencies:
Simple weapons, punching daggers, shortswords, throwing daggers
tools:
Choose one type of artisan’s tools or one musical instrument
saving throws:
Strength, Dexterity
skills:
Choose two from Acrobatics, Athletics,
History, Insight, Perception, Religion and Stealth
starting equipment:
You begin the game with 30 gold which you can
spend on your character’s starting weapons, armor,
and adventuring gear. You can select your own gear
or choose one of the following equipment packages.
Also consult the Suggested Equipment section of your
chosen background.
• Dungeoneer’s Set (Cost 18 gold): Quarterstaff,
10 darts, dungeoneer’s pack
• Explorer’s Set (Cost 25 gold): Shortsword,
10 darts, explorer’s pack
You begin the game with 30 gold which you can
spend on your character’s starting weapons, armor,
and adventuring gear. You can select your own gear
or choose one of the following equipment packages.
Also consult the Suggested Equipment section of your
chosen background.
• Dungeoneer’s Set (Cost 18 gold): Quarterstaff,
10 darts, dungeoneer’s pack
• Explorer’s Set (Cost 25 gold): Shortsword,
10 darts, explorer’s pack
spellcasting:
class features:
Adroit Defense At 1st level, you learn special defensive techniques. Choose one of the following options. Agile Defense While you are wearing no armor and not wielding a shield, your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Wisdom modifier.
Brutal Defense You are proficient with light armor. While you are wearing light armor, you replace your Dexterity modifier with your Strength modifier for AC. If you know the Adept Speed practiced technique or any other that has it as a requirement, you can use them while wearing light armor. Martial Arts At 1st level, your trail to perfection gives you mastery of combat styles that use unarmed strikes and adept weapons, which are quarterstaffs, punching daggers, 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 adept weapons and you aren’t wielding a shield: • You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for the attack and damage rolls of your unarmed strikes and adept weapons. • You can roll a d4 in place of the normal damage of your unarmed strike or adept weapon. This die changes as you gain adept levels, as shown in the Martial Arts column of the Adept table. • When you use the Attack action with an unarmed strike or an adept 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. Combat Maneuvers Starting at 2nd level, you gain the ability to use combat maneuvers. You gain proficiency in two combat traditions from the following list: Mirror’s Glint, Rapid Current, Razor’s Edge, Unending Wheel. You learn two maneuvers of your choice from traditions you are proficient with. You gain an exertion pool equal to twice your proficiency bonus, regaining any spent exertion at the end of a short or long rest. You use your maneuvers by spending points from your exertion pool. The Maneuvers Known column of the Adept table shows when you learn more maneuvers from a tradition you are proficient with, while the Maneuver Degree column shows the highest degree you can select maneuvers from at a given level. Additionally, whenever you learn a new maneuver, you can choose one of the maneuvers you know and replace it with another maneuver of the same degree from a tradition you are proficient with. As an adept, you gain +1 to your maneuver DC. Exertion Focus At 2nd level, your training allows you to harness your mental energy into a supernatural state of focus. Some cultures refer to this energy as axé, prana, pneuma, or ki. Your access to this energy is represented by your exertion pool. You can spend exertion points to fuel various focus features. You start knowing three such features: Flurry of Blows, Long Step, and Patient Defense. You learn more focus features as you gain levels in this class. Some of your focus features require your target to make a saving throw to resist the feature’s effects. The saving throw DC is calculated as follows: Focus save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier Flurry of Blows Immediately after you take the Attack action on your turn, you can spend 1 exertion to make two unarmed strikes as a bonus action.
Long Step You can spend 1 exertion to take the Disengage or Dash action as a bonus action on your turn, and your jump distance is doubled for the turn.
Patient Defense You can spend 1 exertion to take the Dodge action as a bonus action on your turn. Practiced Techniques You have picked up a number of tricks in your path towards perfection. At 2nd level you gain a practiced technique of your choice. Your practiced techniques are detailed at the end of the class description. The Techniques Known column of the Adept table shows when you learn more practiced techniques. Unless otherwise noted, you can gain each technique only once. Adept Archetype When you reach 3rd level, you commit yourself to an adept archetype: a specialization that defines how you train your body to perfection. Your tradition grants you features at 3rd level and again at 6th, 11th, and 17th level. Focus Feature Focus features stem from the mastery of your internal energies. At 3rd level, and again every level after that, choose one option from the list below. Some features have requirements, such as minimum adept level or another focus feature. You must meet those requirements before you choose that focus feature. Additional Attack Requirement: 11th level You can attack three times, instead of twice, when you take the Attack action. Adept Weaponry Requirement: 5th level Choose two weapons or one rare weapon. If you are not proficient with them, you become proficient with them. They count as adept weapons for you. Chapter 3: Adept Battering Shield Requirement: 11th level Your weapon attacks blend together so aggressively that your assault acts almost as a shield. When you hit a creature with two or more melee attacks in the same round, you gain a +2 bonus to AC against it until the beginning of your next turn. Battle Dance You gain proficiency in the Performance skill. As a bonus action, you can spend 2 exertion to bob and sway, starting a battle dance. Until the end of your turn, your Speed increases by 20 feet and opportunity attacks against you are made with disadvantage. When an opportunity attack misses you, you can use your reaction to retaliate with an unarmed strike. Battle Meditation As an action, you can spend 1 hit die to regain 1d4 exertion. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a short or long rest. Beyond Size Requirement: 11th level You have learned to use your opponents’ size against them. You can use basic maneuvers against creatures of any size. If a creature is larger than you, when it saves against your basic maneuver you can use your reaction to give it disadvantage. Closed Soul Requirement: 9th level When you make a saving throw, you can use your reaction and spend 2 exertion to gain advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects until the beginning of your next turn. Dancing Maneuver Requirement: 11th level, any dance When you use a bonus action to activate a combat maneuver, you can spend 2 exertion to start one of your dances as part of the same bonus action. Deflect Missiles You can use your reaction to deflect or catch the missile when you are hit by a ranged weapon attack. When you do so, the damage you take from the attack is reduced by 1d10 + your Dexterity modifier + your adept level. If you reduce the damage to 0, you can catch the missile if it is small enough for you to hold in one hand and you have at least one hand free. If you catch a missile in this way, you can spend 1 exertion to make a ranged weapon attack with the weapon or piece of ammunition you just caught, as part of the same reaction. You make this attack with proficiency, regardless of your weapon proficiencies, and the missile counts as an adept weapon for the attack, which has a normal range of 20 feet and a long range of 60 feet. Deflect Spells Requirement: Deflect Missiles, 9th level When you are hit by a ranged spell attack that deals damage, you can use your reaction and spend 2 exertion to deflect the magic. When you do so, the damage you take from the attack is reduced by 2d10 + your Dexterity modifier + your adept level. If you reduce the damage to 0, you can spend 1 exertion to redirect the spell to another target within 30 feet of you as part of the same reaction. You make this attack with proficiency using your Wisdom modifier. Distant Death Dance Requirement: 5th level As a bonus action, you can inhale air slowly and spend 2 exertion to start the distant death dance. Until the end of your turn, your reach with unarmed strikes increases to 60 feet. You have disadvantage on melee attacks against creatures more than 20 feet away from you. Dual Stance Requirement: 11th level, know at least 2 stance combat maneuvers Your martial stances don’t end when you start another stance. You can have two stances active at the same time. If you are knocked unconscious, stunned, or begin a long rest both stances end. Eye for Detail Requirement: Proficiency with the Insight skill You notice patterns others cannot. As an action, you can spend 1 exertion to study a creature you have watched speak for at least 1 minute. You can ask the Narrator one of these questions: • Is the creature hiding any strong emotions? • Does the creature have a secret agenda? • Did the creature lie in the last minute? • Is the creature hiding their true heritage and/ or culture? The Narrator must give you a truthful answer. Focused Strikes Requirement: 5th level Your unarmed strikes count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage. Forbidden Strike Requirement: 7th level When you hit an opponent with at least one attack from a Flurry of Blows, you can spend 1 exertion to deal additional damage equal to your martial arts die. Hooked Swords Dance When you are fighting with a shortsword in each hand, you can use a bonus action and spend 2 exertion to hook them together to start a hooked swords dance. Until the end of your next turn, your shortswords gain the reach property. If you hit a target with both swords in the same turn, the target takes an additional 1d10 slashing damage. Last Dance Requirement: any dance When the duration of one of your dances ends, you can spend 2 exertion to make the effect last until the end of your next turn. In addition, if you know two or more dance focus features you can spend 3 additional exertion to activate two dances using the same bonus action. Magic Resistance Requirement: 15th level, Closed Soul You have advantage on saving throws made against spells and other magical effects. Maneuver Rush Requirement: 7th level When you hit with a maneuver that requires 2 attacks from your Attack action, you can use another maneuver that requires 1 or 2 attacks from your Attack action as part of the same Attack action. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a short or long rest. Mind Over Body You can use a bonus action and spend 2 exertion to gain temporary hit points equal to your martial arts die plus your adept level. Mirage Dance Requirement: 5th level As a bonus action, you can spend 2 exertion to swiftly start a mirage dance. Until the end of your next turn, you are under the effect of the mirror image spell. Paralyzing Strike Requirement: 9th level You can deal paralyzing blows. When you hit another creature with a melee weapon attack, you can spend 2 exertion to attempt a paralyzing strike. The target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed until the end of your next turn. Powerful Blow Requirement: 5th level As a bonus action, you prepare a crushing blow. If you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack before the end of your next turn, you can spend 1 exertion to deal additional damage equal to your martial arts die. Pressure Point Secrets Requirements: Stunning Strike or Paralyzing Strike When you use one of the focus features required, you can spend 2 additional exertion. If you do, your target has disadvantage on its first saving throw made against the focus feature. Purity of Body Requirement: 7th level You can use your action to end one effect on yourself that is causing you to be poisoned or diseased. Share Focus Requirement: 11th level As an action, you can share your spiritual fortitude with others. Choose a creature. That creature can add your martial arts die to its next saving throw. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a short or long rest. Shockwave Requirement: 5th level You can use an action and spend 3 exertion to hit the ground so hard it sends a shockwave in a 40-foot line that is 5 feet wide. Each creature in that line must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 4d6 bludgeoning damage and falls prone on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Stillness of Mind Requirement: 7th level You can use your action to end one effect on yourself that is causing you to be charmed or frightened. Stunning Strike Requirement: 5th level You can deal incapacitating blows. When you hit another creature with a melee weapon attack, you can spend 1 exertion to attempt a stunning strike. The target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or be stunned until the end of your next turn. Total Combat Requirement: 11th level When you deal basic melee damage from using a basic maneuver, you deal additional damage equal to your martial arts die. Undefeated Requirement: 11th level When a creature would drop you to 0 hit points, you can use your reaction to make an unarmed strike against any enemy within your reach. On a hit, you can spend 1 exertion to roll your martial arts die and gain that many temporary hit points. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a short or long rest. Unlikely Wield Requirement: 11th level You can wield three weapons with the light property at once. Typically this is done with a dagger wielded between toes, but it has been known to be done with the mouth (or even a tail for combatants that have one). When you engage in two weapon fighting, you can use the third weapon to make an additional weapon attack. Vengeful Spirit Requirement: 15th level When you make a death saving throw, you can choose to set your own spirit loose as a vengeful ghost to stalk your prey. The spirit acts on your initiative, has your statistics, ethereal copies of your equipment, full hit points, and half your exertion pool. Your vengeful spirit is resistant to piercing, bludgeoning, and slashing damage from nonmagical weapons. It can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain, but it takes 1d10 force damage if it ends its turn inside an object. The vengeful spirit targets only the creature who reduced you to 0 hit points. When the creature is defeated, the spirit returns to your body. While the vengeful spirit is active, you don’t need to make death saving throws, but you still suffer automatic failures if you are hit. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a long rest. Warding Dance Requirement: 5th level When you are fighting unarmed or with one weapon in one hand and nothing in the other, you can use a bonus action and spend 2 exertion to start a warding dance. Until the end of your next turn, you have resistance against bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage. Weapon Skill Choose a martial weapon that does not have the Heavy or Special properties. You become proficient with that weapon and it counts as an adept weapon for you. Battlefield Etiquette Also at 3rd level, you learn the unwritten rules of the battlefield. After you have fought beside a martial artist for an encounter, battled against them, or observed them for at least 10 minutes, you gain an expertise die on Charisma checks against them. Any creature that has a martial arts die, proficiency with a combat tradition, or an exertion pool is considered to be a martial artist. 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. Bonus Exertion Also at 4th level, your self-awareness and discipline allow you to draw upon deeper reserves of willpower than other warriors. Your exertion pool increases by the amount listed in the Bonus Exertion column of Table: Adept. For example, at 4th level your exertion pool increases to 5, at 5th level when your proficiency bonus increases your exertion pool becomes 7, at 6th level your exertion pool becomes 8, and so on. Extra Attack Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. Empty Mind Starting at 7th level, you can empty your mind and easily disguise your emotions. As an action, you can spend 1 exertion to enter a meditative empty mind state. This lasts for 1 hour. While in this state, Insight checks against you have disadvantage. In addition, you gain advantage on saving throws made against enchantment spells and resistance to psychic damage. Acquired Knowledge Starting at 13th level, your study of different martial arts traditions and foreign cultures pays off in unexpected ways. Choose a language and a tool you are not proficient with. You become proficient with both. Great Reputation Starting at 15th level, your reputation spreads and you become famous (or infamous) among the adept community. When you interact with martial artists, their initial attitude towards you is friendly. Grandmaster At 20th level, you finally achieve true mastery and become more than adept—you are a grandmaster. You gain the following features. Death Blow You learn how to strike with incredible force at your target’s very life force. When you hit with a melee weapon attack, you can choose to make your attack a critical hit that deals maximum damage. In addition, if the target is a creature it makes a Constitution saving throw or it is reduced to 0 hit points. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a short or long rest. Perfection Achieved At 20th level, you finally achieve true mastery. Any time you roll your martial arts die, you can spend 1 exertion to roll a d12 instead. If you roll a 12 on this die, you can roll another d12 and add it to the result. Practiced Techniques When you gain access to a new practiced technique, choose one of the following. Some techniques have requirements, such as minimum adept level or another technique. You must meet those requirements before you choose that technique. Adept Speed Your speed increases by 10 feet while you are not wearing armor or wielding a shield. You can choose this technique more than once. Its effects stack. Focus Speech Requirement: 15th level A combination of your knowledge of body language and your spiritual awareness allows you to understand all spoken languages. Moreover, any creature that can understand a language can understand what you say. Gale Walk Requirement: Adept Speed, proficiency with Athletics You have advantage on Athletics checks made to jump. On your turn, you can spend 1 exertion to triple your jump distances until the start of your next turn. Hurricane Walk Requirement: Gale Walk Your step is so light you seem to float in the air. You can use a bonus action and spend 1 exertion to cast fly on yourself. You also have advantage on Stealth checks related to noise. The effect lasts until the start of your next turn. Instant Step Requirement: Adept Speed, 11th level You can move so fast you seem to teleport. You can use an action to spend 4 exertion and choose an unoccupied space you can see within 500 feet. You teleport and arrive at exactly the spot desired. You can bring along your gear, carried items smaller than your arm, and a single creature of your size category or smaller. In addition, you become invisible until the beginning of your next turn. Marathon Runner You are used to running long distances. When you move at a fast pace, you don’t suffer a penalty to your passive Perception. In addition, you add your martial arts die when making a Constitution saving throw for a forced march. Nimble Athlete You can always choose to use your Dexterity modifier for Athletics checks. Power Tumble You can always choose to use your Strength modifier for Acrobatics checks. Religious Training You are proficient with the Religion skill. When you are in contact with a holy relic, religious artifact, or any kind of similar object or structure, you can spend 2 exertion to learn something about it. You receive a correct answer from the Narrator for a question about the object that can be answered with a yes or no. Shadow Walk Requirement: 11th level, proficiency with Stealth You can step into a shadow and come out of another. When you are in dim light or darkness, as a bonus action you can teleport up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space you can see that is also in dim light or darkness. You have advantage on Stealth checks until the beginning of your next turn. Sixth Sense Requirement: 11th level You have advantage on initiative checks. In addition, you can always choose to use your Wisdom for Arcana, History, Investigation, Nature, and Religion checks. Slow Fall You can use your reaction when you fall to reduce any falling damage you take by an amount equal to five times your adept level. Wall Walk Requirement: Adept Speed, proficiency with Acrobatics You gain the ability to move along vertical surfaces on your turn without falling during the move. You can use a bonus action and spend 1 exertion to cast spider climb on yourself. The effect lasts until the start of your next turn. Warrior’s Awareness Requirement: Proficiency with Survival Your honed battlefield awareness is unmatched even in the wilderness. When you make a Survival check to avoid being lost, you ignore penalties for moving at a fast pace and gain a bonus to the check equal to your martial arts die. Water Walk Requirement: Adept Speed You gain the ability to move across liquids on your turn without falling during the move. You can use a bonus action and spend 1 exertion to cast water walk on yourself. The effect lasts until the start of your next turn. Wilderness Training You are proficient with the Survival skill. For the purposes of adept class features, you consider beasts to be martial artists.
Adroit Defense At 1st level, you learn special defensive techniques. Choose one of the following options. Agile Defense While you are wearing no armor and not wielding a shield, your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Wisdom modifier.
Brutal Defense You are proficient with light armor. While you are wearing light armor, you replace your Dexterity modifier with your Strength modifier for AC. If you know the Adept Speed practiced technique or any other that has it as a requirement, you can use them while wearing light armor. Martial Arts At 1st level, your trail to perfection gives you mastery of combat styles that use unarmed strikes and adept weapons, which are quarterstaffs, punching daggers, 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 adept weapons and you aren’t wielding a shield: • You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for the attack and damage rolls of your unarmed strikes and adept weapons. • You can roll a d4 in place of the normal damage of your unarmed strike or adept weapon. This die changes as you gain adept levels, as shown in the Martial Arts column of the Adept table. • When you use the Attack action with an unarmed strike or an adept 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. Combat Maneuvers Starting at 2nd level, you gain the ability to use combat maneuvers. You gain proficiency in two combat traditions from the following list: Mirror’s Glint, Rapid Current, Razor’s Edge, Unending Wheel. You learn two maneuvers of your choice from traditions you are proficient with. You gain an exertion pool equal to twice your proficiency bonus, regaining any spent exertion at the end of a short or long rest. You use your maneuvers by spending points from your exertion pool. The Maneuvers Known column of the Adept table shows when you learn more maneuvers from a tradition you are proficient with, while the Maneuver Degree column shows the highest degree you can select maneuvers from at a given level. Additionally, whenever you learn a new maneuver, you can choose one of the maneuvers you know and replace it with another maneuver of the same degree from a tradition you are proficient with. As an adept, you gain +1 to your maneuver DC. Exertion Focus At 2nd level, your training allows you to harness your mental energy into a supernatural state of focus. Some cultures refer to this energy as axé, prana, pneuma, or ki. Your access to this energy is represented by your exertion pool. You can spend exertion points to fuel various focus features. You start knowing three such features: Flurry of Blows, Long Step, and Patient Defense. You learn more focus features as you gain levels in this class. Some of your focus features require your target to make a saving throw to resist the feature’s effects. The saving throw DC is calculated as follows: Focus save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier Flurry of Blows Immediately after you take the Attack action on your turn, you can spend 1 exertion to make two unarmed strikes as a bonus action.
Long Step You can spend 1 exertion to take the Disengage or Dash action as a bonus action on your turn, and your jump distance is doubled for the turn.
Patient Defense You can spend 1 exertion to take the Dodge action as a bonus action on your turn. Practiced Techniques You have picked up a number of tricks in your path towards perfection. At 2nd level you gain a practiced technique of your choice. Your practiced techniques are detailed at the end of the class description. The Techniques Known column of the Adept table shows when you learn more practiced techniques. Unless otherwise noted, you can gain each technique only once. Adept Archetype When you reach 3rd level, you commit yourself to an adept archetype: a specialization that defines how you train your body to perfection. Your tradition grants you features at 3rd level and again at 6th, 11th, and 17th level. Focus Feature Focus features stem from the mastery of your internal energies. At 3rd level, and again every level after that, choose one option from the list below. Some features have requirements, such as minimum adept level or another focus feature. You must meet those requirements before you choose that focus feature. Additional Attack Requirement: 11th level You can attack three times, instead of twice, when you take the Attack action. Adept Weaponry Requirement: 5th level Choose two weapons or one rare weapon. If you are not proficient with them, you become proficient with them. They count as adept weapons for you. Chapter 3: Adept Battering Shield Requirement: 11th level Your weapon attacks blend together so aggressively that your assault acts almost as a shield. When you hit a creature with two or more melee attacks in the same round, you gain a +2 bonus to AC against it until the beginning of your next turn. Battle Dance You gain proficiency in the Performance skill. As a bonus action, you can spend 2 exertion to bob and sway, starting a battle dance. Until the end of your turn, your Speed increases by 20 feet and opportunity attacks against you are made with disadvantage. When an opportunity attack misses you, you can use your reaction to retaliate with an unarmed strike. Battle Meditation As an action, you can spend 1 hit die to regain 1d4 exertion. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a short or long rest. Beyond Size Requirement: 11th level You have learned to use your opponents’ size against them. You can use basic maneuvers against creatures of any size. If a creature is larger than you, when it saves against your basic maneuver you can use your reaction to give it disadvantage. Closed Soul Requirement: 9th level When you make a saving throw, you can use your reaction and spend 2 exertion to gain advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects until the beginning of your next turn. Dancing Maneuver Requirement: 11th level, any dance When you use a bonus action to activate a combat maneuver, you can spend 2 exertion to start one of your dances as part of the same bonus action. Deflect Missiles You can use your reaction to deflect or catch the missile when you are hit by a ranged weapon attack. When you do so, the damage you take from the attack is reduced by 1d10 + your Dexterity modifier + your adept level. If you reduce the damage to 0, you can catch the missile if it is small enough for you to hold in one hand and you have at least one hand free. If you catch a missile in this way, you can spend 1 exertion to make a ranged weapon attack with the weapon or piece of ammunition you just caught, as part of the same reaction. You make this attack with proficiency, regardless of your weapon proficiencies, and the missile counts as an adept weapon for the attack, which has a normal range of 20 feet and a long range of 60 feet. Deflect Spells Requirement: Deflect Missiles, 9th level When you are hit by a ranged spell attack that deals damage, you can use your reaction and spend 2 exertion to deflect the magic. When you do so, the damage you take from the attack is reduced by 2d10 + your Dexterity modifier + your adept level. If you reduce the damage to 0, you can spend 1 exertion to redirect the spell to another target within 30 feet of you as part of the same reaction. You make this attack with proficiency using your Wisdom modifier. Distant Death Dance Requirement: 5th level As a bonus action, you can inhale air slowly and spend 2 exertion to start the distant death dance. Until the end of your turn, your reach with unarmed strikes increases to 60 feet. You have disadvantage on melee attacks against creatures more than 20 feet away from you. Dual Stance Requirement: 11th level, know at least 2 stance combat maneuvers Your martial stances don’t end when you start another stance. You can have two stances active at the same time. If you are knocked unconscious, stunned, or begin a long rest both stances end. Eye for Detail Requirement: Proficiency with the Insight skill You notice patterns others cannot. As an action, you can spend 1 exertion to study a creature you have watched speak for at least 1 minute. You can ask the Narrator one of these questions: • Is the creature hiding any strong emotions? • Does the creature have a secret agenda? • Did the creature lie in the last minute? • Is the creature hiding their true heritage and/ or culture? The Narrator must give you a truthful answer. Focused Strikes Requirement: 5th level Your unarmed strikes count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage. Forbidden Strike Requirement: 7th level When you hit an opponent with at least one attack from a Flurry of Blows, you can spend 1 exertion to deal additional damage equal to your martial arts die. Hooked Swords Dance When you are fighting with a shortsword in each hand, you can use a bonus action and spend 2 exertion to hook them together to start a hooked swords dance. Until the end of your next turn, your shortswords gain the reach property. If you hit a target with both swords in the same turn, the target takes an additional 1d10 slashing damage. Last Dance Requirement: any dance When the duration of one of your dances ends, you can spend 2 exertion to make the effect last until the end of your next turn. In addition, if you know two or more dance focus features you can spend 3 additional exertion to activate two dances using the same bonus action. Magic Resistance Requirement: 15th level, Closed Soul You have advantage on saving throws made against spells and other magical effects. Maneuver Rush Requirement: 7th level When you hit with a maneuver that requires 2 attacks from your Attack action, you can use another maneuver that requires 1 or 2 attacks from your Attack action as part of the same Attack action. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a short or long rest. Mind Over Body You can use a bonus action and spend 2 exertion to gain temporary hit points equal to your martial arts die plus your adept level. Mirage Dance Requirement: 5th level As a bonus action, you can spend 2 exertion to swiftly start a mirage dance. Until the end of your next turn, you are under the effect of the mirror image spell. Paralyzing Strike Requirement: 9th level You can deal paralyzing blows. When you hit another creature with a melee weapon attack, you can spend 2 exertion to attempt a paralyzing strike. The target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed until the end of your next turn. Powerful Blow Requirement: 5th level As a bonus action, you prepare a crushing blow. If you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack before the end of your next turn, you can spend 1 exertion to deal additional damage equal to your martial arts die. Pressure Point Secrets Requirements: Stunning Strike or Paralyzing Strike When you use one of the focus features required, you can spend 2 additional exertion. If you do, your target has disadvantage on its first saving throw made against the focus feature. Purity of Body Requirement: 7th level You can use your action to end one effect on yourself that is causing you to be poisoned or diseased. Share Focus Requirement: 11th level As an action, you can share your spiritual fortitude with others. Choose a creature. That creature can add your martial arts die to its next saving throw. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a short or long rest. Shockwave Requirement: 5th level You can use an action and spend 3 exertion to hit the ground so hard it sends a shockwave in a 40-foot line that is 5 feet wide. Each creature in that line must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 4d6 bludgeoning damage and falls prone on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Stillness of Mind Requirement: 7th level You can use your action to end one effect on yourself that is causing you to be charmed or frightened. Stunning Strike Requirement: 5th level You can deal incapacitating blows. When you hit another creature with a melee weapon attack, you can spend 1 exertion to attempt a stunning strike. The target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or be stunned until the end of your next turn. Total Combat Requirement: 11th level When you deal basic melee damage from using a basic maneuver, you deal additional damage equal to your martial arts die. Undefeated Requirement: 11th level When a creature would drop you to 0 hit points, you can use your reaction to make an unarmed strike against any enemy within your reach. On a hit, you can spend 1 exertion to roll your martial arts die and gain that many temporary hit points. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a short or long rest. Unlikely Wield Requirement: 11th level You can wield three weapons with the light property at once. Typically this is done with a dagger wielded between toes, but it has been known to be done with the mouth (or even a tail for combatants that have one). When you engage in two weapon fighting, you can use the third weapon to make an additional weapon attack. Vengeful Spirit Requirement: 15th level When you make a death saving throw, you can choose to set your own spirit loose as a vengeful ghost to stalk your prey. The spirit acts on your initiative, has your statistics, ethereal copies of your equipment, full hit points, and half your exertion pool. Your vengeful spirit is resistant to piercing, bludgeoning, and slashing damage from nonmagical weapons. It can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain, but it takes 1d10 force damage if it ends its turn inside an object. The vengeful spirit targets only the creature who reduced you to 0 hit points. When the creature is defeated, the spirit returns to your body. While the vengeful spirit is active, you don’t need to make death saving throws, but you still suffer automatic failures if you are hit. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a long rest. Warding Dance Requirement: 5th level When you are fighting unarmed or with one weapon in one hand and nothing in the other, you can use a bonus action and spend 2 exertion to start a warding dance. Until the end of your next turn, you have resistance against bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage. Weapon Skill Choose a martial weapon that does not have the Heavy or Special properties. You become proficient with that weapon and it counts as an adept weapon for you. Battlefield Etiquette Also at 3rd level, you learn the unwritten rules of the battlefield. After you have fought beside a martial artist for an encounter, battled against them, or observed them for at least 10 minutes, you gain an expertise die on Charisma checks against them. Any creature that has a martial arts die, proficiency with a combat tradition, or an exertion pool is considered to be a martial artist. 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. Bonus Exertion Also at 4th level, your self-awareness and discipline allow you to draw upon deeper reserves of willpower than other warriors. Your exertion pool increases by the amount listed in the Bonus Exertion column of Table: Adept. For example, at 4th level your exertion pool increases to 5, at 5th level when your proficiency bonus increases your exertion pool becomes 7, at 6th level your exertion pool becomes 8, and so on. Extra Attack Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. Empty Mind Starting at 7th level, you can empty your mind and easily disguise your emotions. As an action, you can spend 1 exertion to enter a meditative empty mind state. This lasts for 1 hour. While in this state, Insight checks against you have disadvantage. In addition, you gain advantage on saving throws made against enchantment spells and resistance to psychic damage. Acquired Knowledge Starting at 13th level, your study of different martial arts traditions and foreign cultures pays off in unexpected ways. Choose a language and a tool you are not proficient with. You become proficient with both. Great Reputation Starting at 15th level, your reputation spreads and you become famous (or infamous) among the adept community. When you interact with martial artists, their initial attitude towards you is friendly. Grandmaster At 20th level, you finally achieve true mastery and become more than adept—you are a grandmaster. You gain the following features. Death Blow You learn how to strike with incredible force at your target’s very life force. When you hit with a melee weapon attack, you can choose to make your attack a critical hit that deals maximum damage. In addition, if the target is a creature it makes a Constitution saving throw or it is reduced to 0 hit points. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a short or long rest. Perfection Achieved At 20th level, you finally achieve true mastery. Any time you roll your martial arts die, you can spend 1 exertion to roll a d12 instead. If you roll a 12 on this die, you can roll another d12 and add it to the result. Practiced Techniques When you gain access to a new practiced technique, choose one of the following. Some techniques have requirements, such as minimum adept level or another technique. You must meet those requirements before you choose that technique. Adept Speed Your speed increases by 10 feet while you are not wearing armor or wielding a shield. You can choose this technique more than once. Its effects stack. Focus Speech Requirement: 15th level A combination of your knowledge of body language and your spiritual awareness allows you to understand all spoken languages. Moreover, any creature that can understand a language can understand what you say. Gale Walk Requirement: Adept Speed, proficiency with Athletics You have advantage on Athletics checks made to jump. On your turn, you can spend 1 exertion to triple your jump distances until the start of your next turn. Hurricane Walk Requirement: Gale Walk Your step is so light you seem to float in the air. You can use a bonus action and spend 1 exertion to cast fly on yourself. You also have advantage on Stealth checks related to noise. The effect lasts until the start of your next turn. Instant Step Requirement: Adept Speed, 11th level You can move so fast you seem to teleport. You can use an action to spend 4 exertion and choose an unoccupied space you can see within 500 feet. You teleport and arrive at exactly the spot desired. You can bring along your gear, carried items smaller than your arm, and a single creature of your size category or smaller. In addition, you become invisible until the beginning of your next turn. Marathon Runner You are used to running long distances. When you move at a fast pace, you don’t suffer a penalty to your passive Perception. In addition, you add your martial arts die when making a Constitution saving throw for a forced march. Nimble Athlete You can always choose to use your Dexterity modifier for Athletics checks. Power Tumble You can always choose to use your Strength modifier for Acrobatics checks. Religious Training You are proficient with the Religion skill. When you are in contact with a holy relic, religious artifact, or any kind of similar object or structure, you can spend 2 exertion to learn something about it. You receive a correct answer from the Narrator for a question about the object that can be answered with a yes or no. Shadow Walk Requirement: 11th level, proficiency with Stealth You can step into a shadow and come out of another. When you are in dim light or darkness, as a bonus action you can teleport up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space you can see that is also in dim light or darkness. You have advantage on Stealth checks until the beginning of your next turn. Sixth Sense Requirement: 11th level You have advantage on initiative checks. In addition, you can always choose to use your Wisdom for Arcana, History, Investigation, Nature, and Religion checks. Slow Fall You can use your reaction when you fall to reduce any falling damage you take by an amount equal to five times your adept level. Wall Walk Requirement: Adept Speed, proficiency with Acrobatics You gain the ability to move along vertical surfaces on your turn without falling during the move. You can use a bonus action and spend 1 exertion to cast spider climb on yourself. The effect lasts until the start of your next turn. Warrior’s Awareness Requirement: Proficiency with Survival Your honed battlefield awareness is unmatched even in the wilderness. When you make a Survival check to avoid being lost, you ignore penalties for moving at a fast pace and gain a bonus to the check equal to your martial arts die. Water Walk Requirement: Adept Speed You gain the ability to move across liquids on your turn without falling during the move. You can use a bonus action and spend 1 exertion to cast water walk on yourself. The effect lasts until the start of your next turn. Wilderness Training You are proficient with the Survival skill. For the purposes of adept class features, you consider beasts to be martial artists.
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ADEPT ARCHETYPES Part of becoming an adept is choosing a method of training that determines how you’ll attain the heights of perfection. Brawler Most adepts find intellectual and spiritual knowledge an important part of their studies—that’s not the case for brawlers. These adepts are only concerned about fighting and winning, which not only makes them tougher than their peers but also more versatile and unpredictable. Unorthodox Arsenal Starting at 3rd level, everything can be a weapon in your hands. You are proficient with improvised weapons. When you hit a target with an improvised weapon, you can spend 1 exertion to deal additional damage equal to your martial arts die or use a basic maneuver against the same target. No Sell Starting at 6th level, when you are hit by a melee attack, you can use your reaction to spend 1 exertion and reduce the impact. After damage is determined (including any resistances you might have), roll your martial arts die. Reduce the damage suffered by that amount. Unpredictable Style Starting at 11th level, the unpredictability of your combat style bleeds over to all aspects of your life. You can approach problems from unforeseen angles, using somewhat brutal solutions that get the job done swifty (if messily). When you make any ability check that could use a skill or tool you are not proficient with, you can roll your martial arts die and add it to that check. On a success, you can’t use this feature with the same ability until you finish a short or long rest. On a failure, you fall prone and roll your martial arts die, taking damage equal to that amount. Unrelenting At 17th level, nothing can stop you. When you are dropped to 0 hit points, roll your martial arts die. You recover that many hit points and lose that much exertion. When your exertion pool reaches 0, roll your martial arts die. You recover that much exertion and lose that many hit points. Once you have gained either exertion points or hit points from this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest. Exalted Athlete For most adepts the path to perfection is a lonely one. While knowledge is shared in rodas and colosseums around the world, each journey is extremely personal. No companion can truly share an adept’s road except for the adept themself. However, this otherworldly dedication invites attention from supernatural beings. An exalted athlete utilizes divine boons to augment their already striking prowess. Blessed Prowess Starting at 3rd level, when you make a Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution check, you can add your martial arts die. When you fail a Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution saving throw you can use your reaction to spend 2 exertion and reroll. Master Athlete Starting at 6th level, you move through the world with a fluid grace few can match. Your jump distances double, you gain advantage on checks made to jump, a climb speed equal to your Speed, and a swim speed equal to your Speed. In addition, once per long rest when you would gain a level of fatigue, you can choose not to gain that level of fatigue. Sacred Boon Starting at 11th level, when you perform specific acts of physical and martial prowess, you attract the attention of powerful otherworldly beings— entities that you can call upon for power. Choose three of the following benefits:
Boon of Death. The favor of gods of death falls upon you whenever you take a life. When you reduce a living creature to 0 hit points, you can use your reaction to spend 2 exertion and gain a number of temporary hit points equal to your martial arts die plus your proficiency bonus. In addition, you have advantage on death saving throws for 1 minute.
Boon of Hunting. When you succeed on a Survival check to Hunt and Gather, you find yourself under the favor of hunting gods and gather twice as much Supply.
Boon of Love. When you succeed on a Persuasion check against a creature indifferent to you, gods of love show you favor. You can spend 3 exertion to make an indifferent creature friendly towards you for 1 hour.
Boon of Speed. When you move more than your Speed during your turn, you find yourself under the favor of speed gods and can use your reaction to spend 2 exertion and take the Dodge action.
Boon of Tactics. When you make an opportunity attack against a creature, gods of battle show you favor. You can spend 2 exertion to gain advantage on the opportunity attack.
Boon of War. When you score a critical hit against a creature, you find yourself under the favor of war gods and can use your reaction to spend 2 exertion and acquire this boon. Your next successful melee weapon attack deals additional damage equal to your martial arts die plus your proficiency bonus. Eternal Favor At 17th level, the gods that watch over you grant you a token of their appreciation. This commonly takes the place of a gold medal, but it can be any other trinket of similar size. While you are wearing the item, you are immune to the blinded, deafened, fatigue, and poisoned conditions. In addition, you can spend 1 exertion to use your Blessed Prowess feature on any ability check and you don’t need to spend exertion to call upon Sacred Boons. Finally, when you roll initiative and are wearing your Eternal Favor, you roll your martial arts die and regain that much exertion. If your Eternal Favor is destroyed, the gods bestow another token upon you after you complete an arduous task to prove you are still worthy. Warrior Monk Adepts of the warrior monk tradition value the legacy of their forebears. While they emphasize prowess as much as any other adept and keep their gaze fixed on their path towards perfection, warrior monks treasure their roots deeply. They unearth lost martial arts knowledge and are always ready to fight in any situation, enhancing their unarmed skills beyond those of their peers. Lost Tradition Starting at 3rd level, your training unlocks lost knowledge. Choose a combat tradition you are not proficient in. You become proficient in that tradition. When you use a combat maneuver that requires a weapon with a particular property (such as finesse or heavy), your unarmed strikes count as having that property. Way of the Fist Starting at 6th level, you regain exertion equal to half your proficiency bonus when you score a critical hit with an unarmed strike. When you hit a creature with an unarmed strike, you can spend 1 exertion to deal additional damage equal to your martial arts die. Ancestral Guidance Starting at 11th level, you can meditate during a long rest to commune with the spirits of ancient warrior monks and borrow their techniques. Choose a combat tradition. If you are proficient in that tradition, learn two maneuvers from it. If you are not proficient in that tradition, you become proficient in it and learn two maneuvers from it. Combat maneuvers learned through this feature are forgotten when you begin your next long rest. Perfect Fist Starting at 17th level, you reach mastery of the way of the fist. When you make an unarmed strike, you score critical hits on a roll of 19–20. If you already have a feature that increases the range of your critical hits, your critical hit range increases by 1 (maximum 17–20). In addition, when you use a bonus action to make an unarmed strike, it deals an additional damage die. If a creature is reduced to 0 hit points by your unarmed strikes, you can spend 3 exertion to make its body and soul be destroyed in an implosion. The target can’t be brought back from the dead, except with a wish spell. When you hit a creature with two or more unarmed strikes in the same turn, you can spend 3 exertion to force it to make a Constitution saving throw, dealing one effect from the list below on a failure. For each successful unarmed strike after the second, you can spend 1 exertion to deal one additional effect. For example, if you hit with four unarmed attacks, you can spend 5 exertion to deal three effects. You can’t choose the same effect more than once, and on a successful saving throw all effects are negated. • Deal additional damage equal to twice your martial arts die. • The creature is blinded and deafened for 1 minute. • The creature is paralyzed for 1 minute. At the beginning of each of its turns, the creature can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success. • The creature is knocked prone and becomes poisoned for 1 minute. • Healing features, spells, and traits have no effect on the creature until the beginning of your next turn. • The creature loses a spell slot from its highest available level. • The creature loses 6 exertion. • The creature can’t use bonus actions, legendary actions, or reactions until the beginning of your next turn. • The creature gains a level of fatigue.
ADEPT ARCHETYPES Part of becoming an adept is choosing a method of training that determines how you’ll attain the heights of perfection. Brawler Most adepts find intellectual and spiritual knowledge an important part of their studies—that’s not the case for brawlers. These adepts are only concerned about fighting and winning, which not only makes them tougher than their peers but also more versatile and unpredictable. Unorthodox Arsenal Starting at 3rd level, everything can be a weapon in your hands. You are proficient with improvised weapons. When you hit a target with an improvised weapon, you can spend 1 exertion to deal additional damage equal to your martial arts die or use a basic maneuver against the same target. No Sell Starting at 6th level, when you are hit by a melee attack, you can use your reaction to spend 1 exertion and reduce the impact. After damage is determined (including any resistances you might have), roll your martial arts die. Reduce the damage suffered by that amount. Unpredictable Style Starting at 11th level, the unpredictability of your combat style bleeds over to all aspects of your life. You can approach problems from unforeseen angles, using somewhat brutal solutions that get the job done swifty (if messily). When you make any ability check that could use a skill or tool you are not proficient with, you can roll your martial arts die and add it to that check. On a success, you can’t use this feature with the same ability until you finish a short or long rest. On a failure, you fall prone and roll your martial arts die, taking damage equal to that amount. Unrelenting At 17th level, nothing can stop you. When you are dropped to 0 hit points, roll your martial arts die. You recover that many hit points and lose that much exertion. When your exertion pool reaches 0, roll your martial arts die. You recover that much exertion and lose that many hit points. Once you have gained either exertion points or hit points from this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest. Exalted Athlete For most adepts the path to perfection is a lonely one. While knowledge is shared in rodas and colosseums around the world, each journey is extremely personal. No companion can truly share an adept’s road except for the adept themself. However, this otherworldly dedication invites attention from supernatural beings. An exalted athlete utilizes divine boons to augment their already striking prowess. Blessed Prowess Starting at 3rd level, when you make a Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution check, you can add your martial arts die. When you fail a Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution saving throw you can use your reaction to spend 2 exertion and reroll. Master Athlete Starting at 6th level, you move through the world with a fluid grace few can match. Your jump distances double, you gain advantage on checks made to jump, a climb speed equal to your Speed, and a swim speed equal to your Speed. In addition, once per long rest when you would gain a level of fatigue, you can choose not to gain that level of fatigue. Sacred Boon Starting at 11th level, when you perform specific acts of physical and martial prowess, you attract the attention of powerful otherworldly beings— entities that you can call upon for power. Choose three of the following benefits:
Boon of Death. The favor of gods of death falls upon you whenever you take a life. When you reduce a living creature to 0 hit points, you can use your reaction to spend 2 exertion and gain a number of temporary hit points equal to your martial arts die plus your proficiency bonus. In addition, you have advantage on death saving throws for 1 minute.
Boon of Hunting. When you succeed on a Survival check to Hunt and Gather, you find yourself under the favor of hunting gods and gather twice as much Supply.
Boon of Love. When you succeed on a Persuasion check against a creature indifferent to you, gods of love show you favor. You can spend 3 exertion to make an indifferent creature friendly towards you for 1 hour.
Boon of Speed. When you move more than your Speed during your turn, you find yourself under the favor of speed gods and can use your reaction to spend 2 exertion and take the Dodge action.
Boon of Tactics. When you make an opportunity attack against a creature, gods of battle show you favor. You can spend 2 exertion to gain advantage on the opportunity attack.
Boon of War. When you score a critical hit against a creature, you find yourself under the favor of war gods and can use your reaction to spend 2 exertion and acquire this boon. Your next successful melee weapon attack deals additional damage equal to your martial arts die plus your proficiency bonus. Eternal Favor At 17th level, the gods that watch over you grant you a token of their appreciation. This commonly takes the place of a gold medal, but it can be any other trinket of similar size. While you are wearing the item, you are immune to the blinded, deafened, fatigue, and poisoned conditions. In addition, you can spend 1 exertion to use your Blessed Prowess feature on any ability check and you don’t need to spend exertion to call upon Sacred Boons. Finally, when you roll initiative and are wearing your Eternal Favor, you roll your martial arts die and regain that much exertion. If your Eternal Favor is destroyed, the gods bestow another token upon you after you complete an arduous task to prove you are still worthy. Warrior Monk Adepts of the warrior monk tradition value the legacy of their forebears. While they emphasize prowess as much as any other adept and keep their gaze fixed on their path towards perfection, warrior monks treasure their roots deeply. They unearth lost martial arts knowledge and are always ready to fight in any situation, enhancing their unarmed skills beyond those of their peers. Lost Tradition Starting at 3rd level, your training unlocks lost knowledge. Choose a combat tradition you are not proficient in. You become proficient in that tradition. When you use a combat maneuver that requires a weapon with a particular property (such as finesse or heavy), your unarmed strikes count as having that property. Way of the Fist Starting at 6th level, you regain exertion equal to half your proficiency bonus when you score a critical hit with an unarmed strike. When you hit a creature with an unarmed strike, you can spend 1 exertion to deal additional damage equal to your martial arts die. Ancestral Guidance Starting at 11th level, you can meditate during a long rest to commune with the spirits of ancient warrior monks and borrow their techniques. Choose a combat tradition. If you are proficient in that tradition, learn two maneuvers from it. If you are not proficient in that tradition, you become proficient in it and learn two maneuvers from it. Combat maneuvers learned through this feature are forgotten when you begin your next long rest. Perfect Fist Starting at 17th level, you reach mastery of the way of the fist. When you make an unarmed strike, you score critical hits on a roll of 19–20. If you already have a feature that increases the range of your critical hits, your critical hit range increases by 1 (maximum 17–20). In addition, when you use a bonus action to make an unarmed strike, it deals an additional damage die. If a creature is reduced to 0 hit points by your unarmed strikes, you can spend 3 exertion to make its body and soul be destroyed in an implosion. The target can’t be brought back from the dead, except with a wish spell. When you hit a creature with two or more unarmed strikes in the same turn, you can spend 3 exertion to force it to make a Constitution saving throw, dealing one effect from the list below on a failure. For each successful unarmed strike after the second, you can spend 1 exertion to deal one additional effect. For example, if you hit with four unarmed attacks, you can spend 5 exertion to deal three effects. You can’t choose the same effect more than once, and on a successful saving throw all effects are negated. • Deal additional damage equal to twice your martial arts die. • The creature is blinded and deafened for 1 minute. • The creature is paralyzed for 1 minute. At the beginning of each of its turns, the creature can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success. • The creature is knocked prone and becomes poisoned for 1 minute. • Healing features, spells, and traits have no effect on the creature until the beginning of your next turn. • The creature loses a spell slot from its highest available level. • The creature loses 6 exertion. • The creature can’t use bonus actions, legendary actions, or reactions until the beginning of your next turn. • The creature gains a level of fatigue.
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