Monk (Cynkard)
Hit Points
Hit Dice: d8 per Monk (Cynkard) level
Hit Points at first Level: 8 + Con Mod
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 + Con Mod
Proficiences
Armor: None
Weapons: Simple weapons, shortswords
Tools: Choose one type of artisan's tools or one musical instrument.
Saving Throws: Str, Dex
Skills: Choose two: Acrobatics, Athletics, History, Insight, Religion, Stealth
Class Features
Unarmored Defense
While wearing no armor and not wielding a shield, your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Wisdom modifier.
Martial Arts
Your practice of martial arts gives mastery over unarmed strikes and monk weapons, which are shortswords and any simple melee weapons without the heavy or two-handed property.
You gain the following benefits when unarmed or wielding only monk weapons and not wearing armor or wielding a shield:
• Unarmed strikes and monk weapons count as finesse weapons (if they weren't already), allowing you to use either Dexterity or Strength for attack and damage rolls with those weapons.
• You can use a d4 in place of the normal weapon damage dice with unarmed strikes or monk weapons. This die increases as you gain monk levels, as shown on the table above.
• When you use the Attack action with an unarmed strike or a monk weapon on your turn, you may make one unarmed strike as a bonus action.
Ki
At 2nd level, your training allows you to channel the mystic energy of ki. Your access to this power is represented by a number of ki points. You have a number of ki points equal to your monk level. When you spend a ki point, it is unavailable until you finish a short or long rest, at which point you draw all of your expended ki back into yourself. You must spend at 30minutes of the rest meditating in order to regain ki.
Some ki powers require your target to make a saving throw to resist the effects. The saving throw DCis calculated as follows:
Ki save DC= 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier.
You start with the knowledge of these three ki powers:
Flurry of Blows: Immediately after taking the Attack action on your turn, you may spend 1 ki point to make two unarmed strikes as a bonus action
Patient Defense: You can spend 1 ki point to take the Dodge action as a bonus action on your turn.
Step of the Wind: You can spend 1 ki point to take the Disengage or Dash action as a bonus action on your turn. When you do so, your jump distance is doubled for the turn
Unarmored Movement
At 2nd level, your speed increases when you are not wearing armor or using a shield. This bonus is listed on the table above.
At 9th level, you gain the ability to move along vertical surfaces and across liquids on your turn without falling during the move. You must end the movement on a solid, upright surface or risk falling or sinking.
Monastic Tradition
At 3rd level, you must commit yourself to one of the monastic traditions below. You tradition gives you features at 3rd, 6th, 11th, and 17th level.
Deflect Missiles
At 3rd level, you may use your reaction when you are kit by a ranged weapon attack to deflect or catch the missile. When you do so, the damage you take is reduced by 1d10 + your Dexterity modifier + your monk level.
If you reduce the damage to 0 in this way, you can catch the missile if it is small enough for you to hold in one hand and you have a hand free. If you catch a missile in this way, can spend 1 ki point to make a ranged attack with the weapon or ammunition as part of the same action. You make this attack with proficiency, and treat the missile as a monk weapon for this attack.
Ability Score Increase
At 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or increase two ability scores by 1 each. As usual, you cannot increase an ability score above 20 using this ability.
Alternatively, you can choose to gain a single feat of your choice.
Slow Fall
At 4th level, you may use your reaction to reduce any falling damage taken by an amount equal to 5 times your monk level.
Extra Attack
At 5th level, you can attack twice whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Stunning Strike
At 5th level, you can interfere with the flow of ki in another creature's body. When you hit another creature with a melee weapon attack, you can spend 1 ki point to attempt a stunning strike. The target must succeed on Constitution saving throw or be stunned until the end of your next turn.
Ki Strikes
At 6th level, your unarmed strikes count as magical for the purposes of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.
Evasion
At 7th level, your instinctive agility lets you dodge out of the way of certain attacks, such as a dragon's breath or the fireball. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and half damage if you fail.
Stillness of Mind
At 7th level, you can use your action to end one effect yourself that is causing you to be charmed or frightened.
Purity of Body
At 10th level, your mastery of the ki flowing through you makes you immune to disease and poison.
Tongue of the Sun and Moon
At 13th level, you can touch the ki of other minds so that you understand all spoken languages. Moreover, and creature that understands a language can understand what you say.
Diamond Soul
At 14th level, your mastery of ki grants you proficiency in all saving throws. Additionally, whenever you make a saving throw and fail you may spend 1 ki point to reroll it and take the second result.
Timeless Body
At 15th level, your ki sustains so that you suffer none of the frailty of old age, and you can't be aged magically. In addition, you no longer need food or water.
Empty Body
At 18th level, you can use your action to spend 4 ki points to become invisible for 1 minute. During this time, you have resistance to all damage except force damage.
In addition, you may spend 8 ki points to cast astral projection, without needing material components. When you do so, you can't take other creatures with you.
Perfect Self
At 20th level, when you roll initiative and have no ki points remaining, you gain 4 ki points.
Starting Equipment
• Choose: a shortsword; or and simple weapon
• Choose: a dungeoneer's pack; or an explorer's pack
• 10 darts
Subclass Options
Path of the Heavenly Palm
Way of the Spirit Fire
Way of the Drunken Master
Way of the Kensei
Way of the Open Hand
Way of Shadow
Way of the Sun Soul
Way of Tranquility
Way of Atonement
Way of Empathy
Lvl | Proficiency Bonus | Features | Martial Arts | Unarmored Movement |
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1st | +2 | Unarmored Defense, Martial Arts | 1d4 | — |
2nd | +2 | Ki, Unarmored Movement | 1d4 | +10 ft. |
3rd | +2 | Monastic Tradition, Deflect Missiles | 1d4 | +10 ft. |
4th | +2 | Ability Score Improvement, Slow Fall | 1d4 | +10 ft. |
5th | +3 | Extra Attack, Stunning Strike | 1d6 | +15 ft. |
6th | +3 | Ki Strikes, Monastic Tradition feature | 1d6 | +15 ft. |
7th | +3 | Evasion, Stillness of Mind | 1d6 | +15 ft. |
8th | +3 | Ability Score Improvement | 1d6 | +15 ft. |
9th | +4 | Unarmored Movement improvement | 1d6 | +15 ft. |
10th | +4 | Purity of Body | 1d6 | +20 ft. |
11th | +4 | Monastic Tradition feature | 1d8 | +20 ft. |
12th | +4 | Ability Score Improvement | 1d8 | +20 ft. |
13th | +5 | Tongue of the Sun and Moon | 1d8 | +20 ft. |
14th | +5 | Diamond Soul | 1d8 | +25 ft. |
15th | +5 | Timeless Body | 1d8 | +25 ft. |
16th | +5 | Ability Score Improvement | 1d8 | +25 ft. |
17th | +6 | Monastic Tradition feature | 1d10 | +25 ft. |
18th | +6 | Empty Body | 1d10 | +30 ft. |
19th | +6 | Ability Score Improvement | 1d10 | +30 ft. |
20th | +6 | Perfect Self | 1d10 | +30 ft. |