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« on: January 18, 2017, 10:21:28 AM »Level 5 Techniques
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Name: Zhi Ning’s Mystic Surge (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You deal 6d6 force damage to any creature in your line of sight, reflex save half, to a maximum of 4x(ki level) HD worth creatures. Creatures affected may be no more than 200*(ki level) ft. away.
Mastery: +3*: Increase damage by 2d6
+1*: Increase the number of HD you may affect by 1
Name: Min Li’s Black of Night (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You create a sphere of radius 5*(ki level) ft. of pure darkness. This darkness cannot be overcome by any sort of vision: normal sight, low-light, or darkvision. The sphere is stationary once you use this technique, and lasts for (ki level) rounds. You may see normally within the sphere. Enemies within the sphere must succeed on a will save or be shaken until the sphere disappears.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the radius by 5 ft.
+1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
Name: Zhi Ning’s Ki Lock (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: Make a number of attack rolls against a single target as if you were using flurry of blows. For each attack that hits, the target loses a spell of their highest spell slot for the day.
Name: Min Li’s Banishment (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: All summoned creatures within 25*(ki level) ft. must succeed on a Will save or wink out of existence, as though the duration of the summoning spell had expired. Furthermore, any non-native outsider in this radius must succeed on a will save or be plane shifted back to their home plane. On a successful save, the outsider is still pushed to the edge of this radius. If unable to be pushed that far, due to walls, natural terrain, etc…, the outsider is pinned against whatever is keeping them from being pushed, and is unable to move for one round.
Name: Min Li’s Changing Tides (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may change the weather to one of the following conditions:
• A tornado. See page 95 of the Dungeon Masters Guide for details of the effects of tornados. Lasts for 1 round, then the weather returns to its previous condition. The funnel covers a 5*(ki level) ft. radius area centered on you, while the outer winds extend to a 25*(ki level) ft. radius. This effect moves with you, and you are immune to its harmful effects.
• Hurricane force winds. See page 95 of the Dungeon Masters Guide for details of the effects of hurricane winds. Lasts for (ki level) rounds, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 25*(ki level) ft. radius area centered on you. This effect moves with you, and you are immune to its harmful effects.
• A thunderstorm. On its turn, each creature without non-metallic cover rolls 1d10. On a roll of 10 (or 9, if the creature is wearing metal armor or using a metal weapon), the creature is struck by a bolt of lightning, dealing 4d8 electricity damage. Lasts for (ki level) rounds, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 25*(ki level) ft. radius area centered on you. This effect moves with you, and you are immune to its harmful effects.
• A snowstorm. Temperatures plummet to between -20 and -40 F. All terrain is treated as difficult terrain. Creatures without protective clothing take 1 cold damage every minute, and creatures with vulnerability to cold take 1 cold damage per round. Lasts for (ki level) minutes, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 25*(ki level) ft. radius area centered on you. This effect moves with you, and you are immune to its harmful effects.
• A duststorm. Temperatures soar to between 120 and 140 F. Creatures without cover or some sort of face covering must hold their breath or begin suffocating. Creatures without protective clothing take 1 fire damage every minute, and creatures with vulnerability to fire take 1 fire damage per round. Lasts for (ki level) minutes, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 25*(ki level) ft. radius area centered on you. This effect moves with you, and you are immune to its harmful effects.
• Fog. Creatures more than 5 ft. away have concealment. Lasts for (ki level) minutes, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 1 mile radius area.
• Temperate weather. Temperatures fall between 60 and 80 F. Lasts for (ki level) hours, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 100*(ki level) ft. radius area.
Name: Gang Wu’s Omnidirectional Strike (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You may make one attack with your unarmed strike against all enemies within 5*(ki level) ft., to a maximum of (Monk level) attacks.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the radius by 5 ft.
+1*: Increase the number of attacks you may make by 1
Name: Gang Wu’s Fly Trap (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: You create a 5*(ki level) ft. radius sphere of force that traps enemies inside. The sphere is invisible outside the radius, but once inside, creatures can see the sphere. Creatures may freely enter the sphere, but creatures attempting to exit the sphere must succeed on a will save or take 2*(ki level) force damage and be unable to exit the sphere. The sphere lasts for (ki level) rounds.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the radius by 5 ft.
+1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
Name: Gang Wu’s Tainted Blow (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal. All damage caused by this attack is considered vile damage, and may not be healed except by healing magic performed within a Consecrate or Hallow spell.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Denying Hand (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You create an impenetrable wall with height and width equal to 5*(ki level) ft. Neither creatures nor spells may not pass through the wall, and the wall blocks all line of effect. The wall acts much like a Wall of Force spell with a caster level equal to your Monk level, including the effects that can dispel it. The wall lasts for (ki level) rounds.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the radius by 5 ft.
+1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
Name: Zhi Ning’s Centering (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: On the round that this technique is used, the Monk may take no additional actions, including free actions, swift actions, or 5 ft. steps. The following round however, the Monk is granted an extra full round action to use on his turn.
Name: Gang Wu’s Paper Forest (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You may make a sunder attempt with a bonus to the attack and damage rolls equal to your (ki level). This attempt ignores hardness, and does not incur attacks of opportunity.
Name: Min Li’s Contagion (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: As part of this technique, make an unarmed attack against two creatures. If the attacks hit and do damage to both creatures, then both creatures are affected by the secondary effect of this technique: whenever one affected creature fails to save against a negative status effect like poison, dazed, etc., you may choose to have that effect affect the other creature. This effect lasts for 1 day, or until you voluntarily end the technique.
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You deal 6d6 force damage to any creature in your line of sight, reflex save half, to a maximum of 4x(ki level) HD worth creatures. Creatures affected may be no more than 200*(ki level) ft. away.
Mastery: +3*: Increase damage by 2d6
+1*: Increase the number of HD you may affect by 1
Name: Min Li’s Black of Night (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You create a sphere of radius 5*(ki level) ft. of pure darkness. This darkness cannot be overcome by any sort of vision: normal sight, low-light, or darkvision. The sphere is stationary once you use this technique, and lasts for (ki level) rounds. You may see normally within the sphere. Enemies within the sphere must succeed on a will save or be shaken until the sphere disappears.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the radius by 5 ft.
+1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
Name: Zhi Ning’s Ki Lock (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: Make a number of attack rolls against a single target as if you were using flurry of blows. For each attack that hits, the target loses a spell of their highest spell slot for the day.
Name: Min Li’s Banishment (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: All summoned creatures within 25*(ki level) ft. must succeed on a Will save or wink out of existence, as though the duration of the summoning spell had expired. Furthermore, any non-native outsider in this radius must succeed on a will save or be plane shifted back to their home plane. On a successful save, the outsider is still pushed to the edge of this radius. If unable to be pushed that far, due to walls, natural terrain, etc…, the outsider is pinned against whatever is keeping them from being pushed, and is unable to move for one round.
Name: Min Li’s Changing Tides (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may change the weather to one of the following conditions:
• A tornado. See page 95 of the Dungeon Masters Guide for details of the effects of tornados. Lasts for 1 round, then the weather returns to its previous condition. The funnel covers a 5*(ki level) ft. radius area centered on you, while the outer winds extend to a 25*(ki level) ft. radius. This effect moves with you, and you are immune to its harmful effects.
• Hurricane force winds. See page 95 of the Dungeon Masters Guide for details of the effects of hurricane winds. Lasts for (ki level) rounds, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 25*(ki level) ft. radius area centered on you. This effect moves with you, and you are immune to its harmful effects.
• A thunderstorm. On its turn, each creature without non-metallic cover rolls 1d10. On a roll of 10 (or 9, if the creature is wearing metal armor or using a metal weapon), the creature is struck by a bolt of lightning, dealing 4d8 electricity damage. Lasts for (ki level) rounds, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 25*(ki level) ft. radius area centered on you. This effect moves with you, and you are immune to its harmful effects.
• A snowstorm. Temperatures plummet to between -20 and -40 F. All terrain is treated as difficult terrain. Creatures without protective clothing take 1 cold damage every minute, and creatures with vulnerability to cold take 1 cold damage per round. Lasts for (ki level) minutes, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 25*(ki level) ft. radius area centered on you. This effect moves with you, and you are immune to its harmful effects.
• A duststorm. Temperatures soar to between 120 and 140 F. Creatures without cover or some sort of face covering must hold their breath or begin suffocating. Creatures without protective clothing take 1 fire damage every minute, and creatures with vulnerability to fire take 1 fire damage per round. Lasts for (ki level) minutes, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 25*(ki level) ft. radius area centered on you. This effect moves with you, and you are immune to its harmful effects.
• Fog. Creatures more than 5 ft. away have concealment. Lasts for (ki level) minutes, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 1 mile radius area.
• Temperate weather. Temperatures fall between 60 and 80 F. Lasts for (ki level) hours, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 100*(ki level) ft. radius area.
Name: Gang Wu’s Omnidirectional Strike (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You may make one attack with your unarmed strike against all enemies within 5*(ki level) ft., to a maximum of (Monk level) attacks.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the radius by 5 ft.
+1*: Increase the number of attacks you may make by 1
Name: Gang Wu’s Fly Trap (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: You create a 5*(ki level) ft. radius sphere of force that traps enemies inside. The sphere is invisible outside the radius, but once inside, creatures can see the sphere. Creatures may freely enter the sphere, but creatures attempting to exit the sphere must succeed on a will save or take 2*(ki level) force damage and be unable to exit the sphere. The sphere lasts for (ki level) rounds.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the radius by 5 ft.
+1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
Name: Gang Wu’s Tainted Blow (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal. All damage caused by this attack is considered vile damage, and may not be healed except by healing magic performed within a Consecrate or Hallow spell.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Denying Hand (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You create an impenetrable wall with height and width equal to 5*(ki level) ft. Neither creatures nor spells may not pass through the wall, and the wall blocks all line of effect. The wall acts much like a Wall of Force spell with a caster level equal to your Monk level, including the effects that can dispel it. The wall lasts for (ki level) rounds.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the radius by 5 ft.
+1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
Name: Zhi Ning’s Centering (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: On the round that this technique is used, the Monk may take no additional actions, including free actions, swift actions, or 5 ft. steps. The following round however, the Monk is granted an extra full round action to use on his turn.
Name: Gang Wu’s Paper Forest (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You may make a sunder attempt with a bonus to the attack and damage rolls equal to your (ki level). This attempt ignores hardness, and does not incur attacks of opportunity.
Name: Min Li’s Contagion (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: As part of this technique, make an unarmed attack against two creatures. If the attacks hit and do damage to both creatures, then both creatures are affected by the secondary effect of this technique: whenever one affected creature fails to save against a negative status effect like poison, dazed, etc., you may choose to have that effect affect the other creature. This effect lasts for 1 day, or until you voluntarily end the technique.
Level 5 Stances
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Name: Zhi Ning’s Empty Body (Su)
Stance
Effect: All attacks directed toward you have a 5*(ki level)% miss chance
Mastery: +3: You assume an ethereal state, as per the spell Etherealness, with a caster level equal to your Monk level, for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Unmovable Mountain (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to defending against bull rush, overrun, and grapple attempts equal to 2*(ki level).
Mastery: +5: You root yourself to the ground and become unmovable by any means, magical or otherwise, for (ki level) rounds. While this ability is active you gain DR 20/-. This ability immediately ends if you choose to move or take a hostile action.
Name: Min Li’s Shadow Walk (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain concealment.
Mastery: +3: You gain the benefit of Greater Invisibility, as per the spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level, for (ki level) rounds.
+3: You gain the benefits of Invisibility, as per the spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level, for (ki level) minutes.
Name: Min Li's Elastic Form (Su)
Stance
Effect: Choose one of the following upon entering this stance:
• You count as one size category larger for the purposes of grappling, bull rush, overrun, and trip attempts.
• You count as one size smaller for the purposes of determining AC and hide checks.
Mastery: +3: You may grow or shrink one size category, as per the Enlarge or Reduce Person spell with a caster level equal to your Monk level, for (ki level) minutes.
Name: Gang Wu’s Invincible Dragon (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain temporary hit points equal to 3*(ki level). These temporary hit points last as long as you maintain this stance.
Mastery: +9: You become immune to all hit point damage for (ki level) rounds. While this does render you immune to the hit point damage from spells, magical weapons, etc., it does not render you immune to spell effects, effects from being hit with a magical weapon, or death effects.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Bend Time (Su)
Stance
Effect: You generate 1 charge every round as long as you maintain this stance, to a maximum of 9 charges. You may expend charges at any time to achieve the following:
• 1 charge – You may reroll 1 of your damage rolls this round
• 2 charges – One willing creature may reroll 1 damage roll on its round
• 3 charges – One unwilling creature is forced to reroll 1 damage roll of your choice on its round
• 4 charges – You may reroll 1 of your attack rolls this round
• 5 charges – One willing creature may reroll 1 attack roll on its round
• 6 charges – One unwilling creature is forced to reroll 1 attack roll of your choice on its round
• 7 charges – You may reroll 1 of your saving throws
• 8 charges – One willing creature may reroll 1 saving throw
• 9 charges – One unwilling creature is forced to reroll 1 saving throw
Mastery: +1*: You immediately gain 1 charge.
Name: Gang Wu’s Blood Sight (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you gain a bonus on attack rolls equal to your ½(ki level), and a bonus to your damage rolls equal to your (ki level) against all enemies with a hit point total of less than 50%. This effect stacks with similar effects.
Mastery: +3: For (ki level) rounds, you can determine which creatures in your visual range are at less than 50% of their hit point total.
Name: Min Li’s Eye of the Hurricane (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, once every 10-(ki level) rounds, minimum 1, you may treat one roll of a d20 as an 11. This must be declared before the roll is made.
Mastery: +3: For one round you may treat any number of rolls of a d20 as 11’s.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Ki Cycle (Su)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, every round that an enemy takes a hostile action towards you, you may choose to recover a number of hit points equal to your (ki level).
Mastery: +0: For (ki level) rounds, every round that an enemy takes a hostile action towards you, you may choose to recover 1 ki point. This Mastery ability is only usable once per day.
Name: Gang Wu’s Binding Grip (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you may effectively grapple two opponents at once with no penalty.
Mastery: +5: You may only use this mastery ability on a round where you have pinned an opponent in a grapple. The following round, you may take a full round action and succeed on one final grapple check to place your opponent in a special joint lock. Enemies in this lock require no additional action from you to hold them; you may simply walk away and they will remain in the lock. Locked enemies are immobilized, just as though they were still pinned. The lock lasts for (ki level) minutes, however on any round where the creature is attacked, it may attempt a Fortitude save to end the lock.
Name: Min Li’s Transposition (Su)
Stance
Effect: Once per round at the beginning of your turn you may switch positions with one willing ally within 5*(ki level) ft.
Mastery: +3: At the beginning of your turn you may switch positions with one creature, willing or not, within 5*(ki level) ft., Will negates.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Suppression (Su)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you do not register on any Detect spells, nor does your presence trigger magical alarms, unless the caster of the spell succeeds on a Will save. The caster remains unaware of this check, regardless of outcome.
Mastery: +5: You gain immunity to spells from the Divination school of magic for (ki level) minutes.
Stance
Effect: All attacks directed toward you have a 5*(ki level)% miss chance
Mastery: +3: You assume an ethereal state, as per the spell Etherealness, with a caster level equal to your Monk level, for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Unmovable Mountain (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to defending against bull rush, overrun, and grapple attempts equal to 2*(ki level).
Mastery: +5: You root yourself to the ground and become unmovable by any means, magical or otherwise, for (ki level) rounds. While this ability is active you gain DR 20/-. This ability immediately ends if you choose to move or take a hostile action.
Name: Min Li’s Shadow Walk (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain concealment.
Mastery: +3: You gain the benefit of Greater Invisibility, as per the spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level, for (ki level) rounds.
+3: You gain the benefits of Invisibility, as per the spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level, for (ki level) minutes.
Name: Min Li's Elastic Form (Su)
Stance
Effect: Choose one of the following upon entering this stance:
• You count as one size category larger for the purposes of grappling, bull rush, overrun, and trip attempts.
• You count as one size smaller for the purposes of determining AC and hide checks.
Mastery: +3: You may grow or shrink one size category, as per the Enlarge or Reduce Person spell with a caster level equal to your Monk level, for (ki level) minutes.
Name: Gang Wu’s Invincible Dragon (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain temporary hit points equal to 3*(ki level). These temporary hit points last as long as you maintain this stance.
Mastery: +9: You become immune to all hit point damage for (ki level) rounds. While this does render you immune to the hit point damage from spells, magical weapons, etc., it does not render you immune to spell effects, effects from being hit with a magical weapon, or death effects.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Bend Time (Su)
Stance
Effect: You generate 1 charge every round as long as you maintain this stance, to a maximum of 9 charges. You may expend charges at any time to achieve the following:
• 1 charge – You may reroll 1 of your damage rolls this round
• 2 charges – One willing creature may reroll 1 damage roll on its round
• 3 charges – One unwilling creature is forced to reroll 1 damage roll of your choice on its round
• 4 charges – You may reroll 1 of your attack rolls this round
• 5 charges – One willing creature may reroll 1 attack roll on its round
• 6 charges – One unwilling creature is forced to reroll 1 attack roll of your choice on its round
• 7 charges – You may reroll 1 of your saving throws
• 8 charges – One willing creature may reroll 1 saving throw
• 9 charges – One unwilling creature is forced to reroll 1 saving throw
Mastery: +1*: You immediately gain 1 charge.
Name: Gang Wu’s Blood Sight (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you gain a bonus on attack rolls equal to your ½(ki level), and a bonus to your damage rolls equal to your (ki level) against all enemies with a hit point total of less than 50%. This effect stacks with similar effects.
Mastery: +3: For (ki level) rounds, you can determine which creatures in your visual range are at less than 50% of their hit point total.
Name: Min Li’s Eye of the Hurricane (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, once every 10-(ki level) rounds, minimum 1, you may treat one roll of a d20 as an 11. This must be declared before the roll is made.
Mastery: +3: For one round you may treat any number of rolls of a d20 as 11’s.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Ki Cycle (Su)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, every round that an enemy takes a hostile action towards you, you may choose to recover a number of hit points equal to your (ki level).
Mastery: +0: For (ki level) rounds, every round that an enemy takes a hostile action towards you, you may choose to recover 1 ki point. This Mastery ability is only usable once per day.
Name: Gang Wu’s Binding Grip (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you may effectively grapple two opponents at once with no penalty.
Mastery: +5: You may only use this mastery ability on a round where you have pinned an opponent in a grapple. The following round, you may take a full round action and succeed on one final grapple check to place your opponent in a special joint lock. Enemies in this lock require no additional action from you to hold them; you may simply walk away and they will remain in the lock. Locked enemies are immobilized, just as though they were still pinned. The lock lasts for (ki level) minutes, however on any round where the creature is attacked, it may attempt a Fortitude save to end the lock.
Name: Min Li’s Transposition (Su)
Stance
Effect: Once per round at the beginning of your turn you may switch positions with one willing ally within 5*(ki level) ft.
Mastery: +3: At the beginning of your turn you may switch positions with one creature, willing or not, within 5*(ki level) ft., Will negates.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Suppression (Su)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you do not register on any Detect spells, nor does your presence trigger magical alarms, unless the caster of the spell succeeds on a Will save. The caster remains unaware of this check, regardless of outcome.
Mastery: +5: You gain immunity to spells from the Divination school of magic for (ki level) minutes.
Level 6 Techniques
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Name: Min Li’s Quivering Palm (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You may make a single attack at your highest base attack bonus. If this attack hits and damages the target, then the target is affected by quivering palm. Once affected, at any time up to a number of days equal to your monk level, you may will the target to die, will save to negate. The maximum number of creatures you may have affected by this technique at any one time is equal to your (ki level).
Name: Min Li’s Mental Haze (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal, and for the next (ki level) minutes, the target creature must succeed on a will save anytime they would cast a spell, use a supernatural ability, or use a spell-like ability. If they do not succeed on the save, the ability is used but has no effect.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the duration by 1 minute
Name: Zhi Ning’s Stolen Years (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. In addition to dealing damage, the creature must succeed on a will save or gain one negative level. Additionally, for the next (ki level) hours, you have one “temporary level”. Having a temporary level grants you a +1 bonus to attack, saves, skill checks, and one ability score of your choice. You also gain +4 ki points, +10 temporary hit points, +10 ft. to your base land speed, +1 to your Monk AC bonus, and the damage dice of your unarmed strike increases by one step. These bonuses are untyped and last as long as the temporary level. Negative levels bestowed by this technique may stack, but you may only have one temporary level at a time.
Name: Min Li’s Redirection (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: Free Action
Effect: You may use this technique when you are the sole target of a spell. Choose one of the following:
• You may redirect a spell to any creature or area within 25*(ki level) ft. When you redirect a spell, you essentially change the target of the spell from you to the new creature or area. Note that the creature or area must be a valid target for the spell in order for them to be affected by it.
• You may redirect the magical energy of the spell back at the caster. The caster must succeed on a Will save or take 1d6*(spell level) damage.
Name: Gang Wu’s Versatility (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: Free Action
Effect: For the next (ki level) rounds, you may benefit from one extra stance beyond your normal maximum. You automatically enter this bonus stance upon using this technique.
Name: Gang Wu’s Dark Infection (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, the target must make a will save. If the target fails its save, it looks for the quickest way to end its own life, as though affected by the Death Urge psionic power. If unarmed, the creature ceases breathing and immediately begins suffocating. This effect lasts for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Mind Break (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, the target must make a will save. If the target fails its save, it is affected by Insanity, as per the spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Ki Stigma (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, every enemy within 25*(ki level) ft. of the target must succeed on a will save or spend their next round dealing the most physical damage they possibly can with a melee or ranged standard attack to the target. This technique is a mind-affecting ability.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Soul Link (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose two targets within 25*(ki level) ft. The targets must succeed on a will save or be affected by the link. While linked, you may choose to let spells that affect one creature affect the other linked creature. The link lasts for (ki level) rounds.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
Name: Min Li’s Stasis (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed strike against a creature. If the attack hits, in addition to dealing damage as normal, the creature must succeed on a Will save or be placed into stasis. While in stasis, the creature exists outside of time. The creature may not take actions of any kind, nor may it be the target of any spells, attacks, etc. Stasis lasts for (ki level) rounds, however, the creature receives a new saving throw at the beginning of its turn for every round it is in stasis.
Mastery: +1: This technique deals no damage, allowing it to be used on allies
+3*: Increase the duration of this technique by one step. To use this mastery ability, the target must be willing to be placed into stasis. (rounds go to minutes, minutes to hours, hours to days, days to months, months to years, years to decades, and decades to centuries)
Name: Zhi Ning’s Gravity Wave (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: All enemies within 5*(ki level) ft. must succeed on a Reflex save or take 1d6*(ki level) force damage. Any enemy damaged in this manner begins to levitate 5 ft. above the ground. Enemies without a fly speed are thus unable to take move actions of any kind, and lose their dexterity and dodge bonuses to AC. This effect lasts for (ki level) rounds. Enemies who succeed on the reflex save take half damage, but do not levitate.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the range by 5 ft.
+1*: Increase damage by 1d6
+1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
Name: Gang Wu’s Vital Corruption (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: One creature within 25*(ki level) ft. must succeed on a Fortitude save or be reduced to half of its current hit point total.
Mastery: +3: Enemies affected by this technique also have their hit point maximum reduced by 2*(ki level) before they take the damage. This effect lasts until the creature takes an extended rest.
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You may make a single attack at your highest base attack bonus. If this attack hits and damages the target, then the target is affected by quivering palm. Once affected, at any time up to a number of days equal to your monk level, you may will the target to die, will save to negate. The maximum number of creatures you may have affected by this technique at any one time is equal to your (ki level).
Name: Min Li’s Mental Haze (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal, and for the next (ki level) minutes, the target creature must succeed on a will save anytime they would cast a spell, use a supernatural ability, or use a spell-like ability. If they do not succeed on the save, the ability is used but has no effect.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the duration by 1 minute
Name: Zhi Ning’s Stolen Years (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. In addition to dealing damage, the creature must succeed on a will save or gain one negative level. Additionally, for the next (ki level) hours, you have one “temporary level”. Having a temporary level grants you a +1 bonus to attack, saves, skill checks, and one ability score of your choice. You also gain +4 ki points, +10 temporary hit points, +10 ft. to your base land speed, +1 to your Monk AC bonus, and the damage dice of your unarmed strike increases by one step. These bonuses are untyped and last as long as the temporary level. Negative levels bestowed by this technique may stack, but you may only have one temporary level at a time.
Name: Min Li’s Redirection (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: Free Action
Effect: You may use this technique when you are the sole target of a spell. Choose one of the following:
• You may redirect a spell to any creature or area within 25*(ki level) ft. When you redirect a spell, you essentially change the target of the spell from you to the new creature or area. Note that the creature or area must be a valid target for the spell in order for them to be affected by it.
• You may redirect the magical energy of the spell back at the caster. The caster must succeed on a Will save or take 1d6*(spell level) damage.
Name: Gang Wu’s Versatility (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: Free Action
Effect: For the next (ki level) rounds, you may benefit from one extra stance beyond your normal maximum. You automatically enter this bonus stance upon using this technique.
Name: Gang Wu’s Dark Infection (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, the target must make a will save. If the target fails its save, it looks for the quickest way to end its own life, as though affected by the Death Urge psionic power. If unarmed, the creature ceases breathing and immediately begins suffocating. This effect lasts for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Mind Break (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, the target must make a will save. If the target fails its save, it is affected by Insanity, as per the spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Ki Stigma (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, every enemy within 25*(ki level) ft. of the target must succeed on a will save or spend their next round dealing the most physical damage they possibly can with a melee or ranged standard attack to the target. This technique is a mind-affecting ability.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Soul Link (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose two targets within 25*(ki level) ft. The targets must succeed on a will save or be affected by the link. While linked, you may choose to let spells that affect one creature affect the other linked creature. The link lasts for (ki level) rounds.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
Name: Min Li’s Stasis (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed strike against a creature. If the attack hits, in addition to dealing damage as normal, the creature must succeed on a Will save or be placed into stasis. While in stasis, the creature exists outside of time. The creature may not take actions of any kind, nor may it be the target of any spells, attacks, etc. Stasis lasts for (ki level) rounds, however, the creature receives a new saving throw at the beginning of its turn for every round it is in stasis.
Mastery: +1: This technique deals no damage, allowing it to be used on allies
+3*: Increase the duration of this technique by one step. To use this mastery ability, the target must be willing to be placed into stasis. (rounds go to minutes, minutes to hours, hours to days, days to months, months to years, years to decades, and decades to centuries)
Name: Zhi Ning’s Gravity Wave (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: All enemies within 5*(ki level) ft. must succeed on a Reflex save or take 1d6*(ki level) force damage. Any enemy damaged in this manner begins to levitate 5 ft. above the ground. Enemies without a fly speed are thus unable to take move actions of any kind, and lose their dexterity and dodge bonuses to AC. This effect lasts for (ki level) rounds. Enemies who succeed on the reflex save take half damage, but do not levitate.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the range by 5 ft.
+1*: Increase damage by 1d6
+1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
Name: Gang Wu’s Vital Corruption (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: One creature within 25*(ki level) ft. must succeed on a Fortitude save or be reduced to half of its current hit point total.
Mastery: +3: Enemies affected by this technique also have their hit point maximum reduced by 2*(ki level) before they take the damage. This effect lasts until the creature takes an extended rest.
Level 6 Stances
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Name: Min Li’s No Sight (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain blindsense out to a distance of 25*(ki level) ft.
Mastery: +3*: Gain Blindsight out to a distance of 5*(ki level) ft. for (ki level) hours.
Name: Gang Wu’s Ki Burn (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Whenever you hit an enemy with an unarmed strike they take 1 force damage every round for (ki level) rounds. Successive hits stack and reset the duration, to a maximum of (ki level) damage per round
Mastery: +3: Increase damage taken per unarmed strike by 1 for (ki level) rounds.
+3: Increase the maximum damage per round to 2*(ki level) for (ki level) rounds
+1*: Increase the duration of all ongoing damage caused by this stance by 1 round for the next (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s No Mind (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain spell resistance equal to 10+3*(ki level). You may activate or deactivate this effect at will.
Mastery: +5: You create an anti-magic field centered on yourself, as per the spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level, out to a distance of 5*(ki level) ft. for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Viper Stance (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Whenever an enemy enters a square you threaten, you may make a single unarmed attack at your highest base attack bonus. If this attack hits, the enemy takes damage equal to (ki level). This attack does not count against your attacks of opportunity. Each enemy may be attacked only once per round using this stance.
Mastery: +3: Increase the damage to 2*(ki level) for (ki level) rounds.
+3: For (ki level) rounds, you may make attacks of opportunity whenever an opponent in range of your unarmed strike takes a 5 ft. step.
Name: Gang Wu’s No Body (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain resistance to all forms of energy equal to 2*(ki level).
Mastery: +5: Immunity to one type of energy: fire, cold, acid, sonic, or electricity damage for (ki level) rounds.
+5: Immunity to one type of damage: piercing, bludgeoning, or slashing damage for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s No Spirit (Su)
Stance
Effect: Every 10-(ki level) minutes, minimum 1, you may make a saving throw against an ongoing effect that required a saving throw, such as poison. The saving throw is the same DC as the original save.
Mastery: +5: You may temporarily ignore all ability damage and level drain for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Unmatchable Speed (Su)
Stance
Effect: You may teleport up to ¼ of your base land speed as your move action.
Mastery: +5: You gain the benefit of Time Stop, as per the spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level, for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Illumination (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to in-class knowledge checks equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +3: You may make a Monk Lore knowledge check. This check can give you information similar to a Bardic knowledge check, but tends to only give information about martial matters and religion.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Vital Suppression (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Enemies within 5*(ki level) ft. must succeed on a Will save or be unable to take a full attack action.
Mastery: +3: For one round, enemies within 5*(ki level) ft. must succeed on a will save or only be able to take a move action or standard action on their turn.
Name: Min Li’s Path of Thorns (Su)
Stance
Effect: Enemies take force damage equal to your Wisdom modifier if any part of their move action takes place within 5*(ki level) ft. of your current position.
Mastery: +5: Enemies take force damage equal to your Wisdom modifier for every 5 ft. that they move while within a 5*(ki level) ft. radius of you.
Name: Gang Wu’s Supreme Adaptation (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain the use of one fighter feat for which you currently qualify. You may treat your Monk levels as Fighter levels for the purposes of prerequisites.
Mastery: +5: You may ignore the prerequisites of the feat you select.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Unbreakable Threads of Fate (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you may use worn magic items, and use supernatural techniques, stances, and class features from the Monk class while within an Antimagic Field.
Mastery: +9: Allies within a 5*(ki level) ft. radius may use magic items, supernatural abilities, and spell-like abilities while within an Antimagic Field for (ki level) rounds.
Stance
Effect: You gain blindsense out to a distance of 25*(ki level) ft.
Mastery: +3*: Gain Blindsight out to a distance of 5*(ki level) ft. for (ki level) hours.
Name: Gang Wu’s Ki Burn (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Whenever you hit an enemy with an unarmed strike they take 1 force damage every round for (ki level) rounds. Successive hits stack and reset the duration, to a maximum of (ki level) damage per round
Mastery: +3: Increase damage taken per unarmed strike by 1 for (ki level) rounds.
+3: Increase the maximum damage per round to 2*(ki level) for (ki level) rounds
+1*: Increase the duration of all ongoing damage caused by this stance by 1 round for the next (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s No Mind (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain spell resistance equal to 10+3*(ki level). You may activate or deactivate this effect at will.
Mastery: +5: You create an anti-magic field centered on yourself, as per the spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level, out to a distance of 5*(ki level) ft. for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Viper Stance (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Whenever an enemy enters a square you threaten, you may make a single unarmed attack at your highest base attack bonus. If this attack hits, the enemy takes damage equal to (ki level). This attack does not count against your attacks of opportunity. Each enemy may be attacked only once per round using this stance.
Mastery: +3: Increase the damage to 2*(ki level) for (ki level) rounds.
+3: For (ki level) rounds, you may make attacks of opportunity whenever an opponent in range of your unarmed strike takes a 5 ft. step.
Name: Gang Wu’s No Body (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain resistance to all forms of energy equal to 2*(ki level).
Mastery: +5: Immunity to one type of energy: fire, cold, acid, sonic, or electricity damage for (ki level) rounds.
+5: Immunity to one type of damage: piercing, bludgeoning, or slashing damage for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s No Spirit (Su)
Stance
Effect: Every 10-(ki level) minutes, minimum 1, you may make a saving throw against an ongoing effect that required a saving throw, such as poison. The saving throw is the same DC as the original save.
Mastery: +5: You may temporarily ignore all ability damage and level drain for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Unmatchable Speed (Su)
Stance
Effect: You may teleport up to ¼ of your base land speed as your move action.
Mastery: +5: You gain the benefit of Time Stop, as per the spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level, for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Illumination (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to in-class knowledge checks equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +3: You may make a Monk Lore knowledge check. This check can give you information similar to a Bardic knowledge check, but tends to only give information about martial matters and religion.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Vital Suppression (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Enemies within 5*(ki level) ft. must succeed on a Will save or be unable to take a full attack action.
Mastery: +3: For one round, enemies within 5*(ki level) ft. must succeed on a will save or only be able to take a move action or standard action on their turn.
Name: Min Li’s Path of Thorns (Su)
Stance
Effect: Enemies take force damage equal to your Wisdom modifier if any part of their move action takes place within 5*(ki level) ft. of your current position.
Mastery: +5: Enemies take force damage equal to your Wisdom modifier for every 5 ft. that they move while within a 5*(ki level) ft. radius of you.
Name: Gang Wu’s Supreme Adaptation (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain the use of one fighter feat for which you currently qualify. You may treat your Monk levels as Fighter levels for the purposes of prerequisites.
Mastery: +5: You may ignore the prerequisites of the feat you select.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Unbreakable Threads of Fate (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you may use worn magic items, and use supernatural techniques, stances, and class features from the Monk class while within an Antimagic Field.
Mastery: +9: Allies within a 5*(ki level) ft. radius may use magic items, supernatural abilities, and spell-like abilities while within an Antimagic Field for (ki level) rounds.
Level 7 Techniques
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Name: Gang Wu’s Field of Shadows (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: All enemies within a 5*(ki level) ft. radius must succeed on a fortitude save or die.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the radius by 5 ft.
Name: Min Li’s Universal Truth (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Hour
Effect: By talking to a properly sized crowd, at least 100 people, you may attract followers as though you had the leadership feat, with a leadership score equal to (½ Monk level)+(ki level), though you do not gain a cohort. The majority of the crowd must be the same moral alignment as you along at least one axis. These followers are temporary and will eventually return to their normal lives. You lose 5*(2d4) followers per day until the last one leaves. The followers are devoted, but not fanatical, and will not follow suicidal orders, or those against their moral or lawful alignment. Once you use this technique, you may not use it again until the last follower leaves. If you already have leadership feat, the followers you attract temporarily join your existing group of followers.
Name: Min Li’s Merge (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Your physical form combines with one corporeal creature within one size category of you that you touch with a melee touch attack. The creature may attempt a will save to resist. Once merged, the creature you inhabit is under the continual influence of Dominate Monster, as per the spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level, except the merged creature does not get a new save for each command. The merged creature may still refuse self-destructive commands. You may not use techniques or stances while merged. It takes a full round action to control the merged creature, and the merged creature carries out your commands on its turn. You may not be targeted by any spell, attack, ability, etc… while merged, but the target creature can. Existing conditions affecting you, like poison, continue while you are merged. The merge lasts for (ki level) hours, until you willingly end it, or until the merged creature dies. When you leave a merged creature, you appear in an open square adjacent to the creature. If the merged creature dies while you inhabit it, you take 2 points of temporary constitution damage. If you leave the merged creature while it is still alive, you can choose to do so peacefully, or explosively, dealing 10d6 damage to the merged creature, fortitude half.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the duration by 1 hour
Name: Zhi Ning’s Soul Trap (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: To use this technique, you must touch the body of a newly dead creature. The creature must have been dead no more than (ki level) minutes. Once you touch the creature, the creature must succeed on a will save or have its soul trapped in your Prayer Beads. A creature whose soul is trapped in your prayer beads poses a danger to you. At the beginning of every day, it may attempt to possess your body. You must succeed on a DC=(5)+(the creature’s HD) will save or have your body taken over by the creature’s soul. You are allowed a new save at the beginning of every day. You may transfer the creature’s soul to any gem worth at least 1,000 GP, after which it may no longer attempt to possess you. Once the creature’s soul trapped, the creature cannot be revived by any means until its soul is released. While in your prayer beads, a soul can only be released if you willingly release it or if you are killed. While in a gem, a soul can be released by destroying or dispelling the gem. A monk may only have 1 soul trapped in his prayer beads at a time.
Mastery: +5: At the beginning of the day, you may suppress the creature trapped within your Prayer Beads. The trapped creature may not attempt to possess you that day. Ki points spent this way may not be regained in any way except through a full night’s rest.
+5: You may utilize the trapped creature for your own purposes. For (ki level) rounds, the creature appears and acts like a summoned monster. At the end of the duration, or upon the creature reaching 0 hp, the creature is reabsorbed back into your Prayer Beads. Using this ability poses risks: on the first round of being summoned, the creature may immediately attempt a possession roll. If successful, the creature may choose to either break free, returning to its body and dying (if the body has not been otherwise animated), or possess you until you successfully resist.
Name: Gang Wu’s Soul Fracture (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, the target must make a will save. If the target fails its save, a saving throw of your choice is “broken” for 1 round. The target automatically fails any saving throws that require that particular save.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Private Sanctum (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You retreat to a pocket dimension that serves as a place of quiet meditation and training. The dimension usually appears as a copy of the temple in which the Monk grew up, although some Monks prefer a natural setting. Time is variable within your sanctum, up to ½ or double that of the material plane. Spending a full night’s rest within the sanctum recovers all of your ki points and hit points, heals any ability damage you might have sustained, and removes all poison and disease. The sanctum also serves as the perfect training ground, halving the time it takes to learn and train new techniques. While within your sanctum, you may not be located in any way. Scrying attempts directed at you fail, as do attempts to plane shift to your location. You may bring up to 2*(ki level) willing medium creatures with you into your sanctum upon using this technique.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Breath of Life (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 9
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may revive a newly dead creature to life, as per the True Resurrection spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level. The creature may be dead for no longer than (ki level) minutes, and their soul must be willing and able to return. The body of the creature must be mostly intact, as this technique will not regrow missing parts. Creatures brought back in this manner incur no loss of level, and they return at 0 HP, however, you may sacrifice up to 2*(ki level) of your own hit points to restore theirs. For each 4 hit points you sacrifice in this manner, the affected creature gains 1 hit point. This technique may not be used to revive constructs or undead.
Name: Gang Wu’s Ki Detonation (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 9
Action: Variable
Effect: You may spend up to (ki level) rounds charging this technique. For each round you charge this technique, you deal 6d6+2d6*(rounds charged) force damage to all creatures in a (rounds charged)*(ki level) ft. radius. Reflex half.
Name: Min Li’s Being of Light (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You summon a being made of pure ki energy. This techniques acts as Summon Monster IX, with a caster level equal to your Monk level.
Mastery: +3: Your summoned being receives +2 LA template of your choice
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: All enemies within a 5*(ki level) ft. radius must succeed on a fortitude save or die.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the radius by 5 ft.
Name: Min Li’s Universal Truth (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Hour
Effect: By talking to a properly sized crowd, at least 100 people, you may attract followers as though you had the leadership feat, with a leadership score equal to (½ Monk level)+(ki level), though you do not gain a cohort. The majority of the crowd must be the same moral alignment as you along at least one axis. These followers are temporary and will eventually return to their normal lives. You lose 5*(2d4) followers per day until the last one leaves. The followers are devoted, but not fanatical, and will not follow suicidal orders, or those against their moral or lawful alignment. Once you use this technique, you may not use it again until the last follower leaves. If you already have leadership feat, the followers you attract temporarily join your existing group of followers.
Name: Min Li’s Merge (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Your physical form combines with one corporeal creature within one size category of you that you touch with a melee touch attack. The creature may attempt a will save to resist. Once merged, the creature you inhabit is under the continual influence of Dominate Monster, as per the spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level, except the merged creature does not get a new save for each command. The merged creature may still refuse self-destructive commands. You may not use techniques or stances while merged. It takes a full round action to control the merged creature, and the merged creature carries out your commands on its turn. You may not be targeted by any spell, attack, ability, etc… while merged, but the target creature can. Existing conditions affecting you, like poison, continue while you are merged. The merge lasts for (ki level) hours, until you willingly end it, or until the merged creature dies. When you leave a merged creature, you appear in an open square adjacent to the creature. If the merged creature dies while you inhabit it, you take 2 points of temporary constitution damage. If you leave the merged creature while it is still alive, you can choose to do so peacefully, or explosively, dealing 10d6 damage to the merged creature, fortitude half.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the duration by 1 hour
Name: Zhi Ning’s Soul Trap (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: To use this technique, you must touch the body of a newly dead creature. The creature must have been dead no more than (ki level) minutes. Once you touch the creature, the creature must succeed on a will save or have its soul trapped in your Prayer Beads. A creature whose soul is trapped in your prayer beads poses a danger to you. At the beginning of every day, it may attempt to possess your body. You must succeed on a DC=(5)+(the creature’s HD) will save or have your body taken over by the creature’s soul. You are allowed a new save at the beginning of every day. You may transfer the creature’s soul to any gem worth at least 1,000 GP, after which it may no longer attempt to possess you. Once the creature’s soul trapped, the creature cannot be revived by any means until its soul is released. While in your prayer beads, a soul can only be released if you willingly release it or if you are killed. While in a gem, a soul can be released by destroying or dispelling the gem. A monk may only have 1 soul trapped in his prayer beads at a time.
Mastery: +5: At the beginning of the day, you may suppress the creature trapped within your Prayer Beads. The trapped creature may not attempt to possess you that day. Ki points spent this way may not be regained in any way except through a full night’s rest.
+5: You may utilize the trapped creature for your own purposes. For (ki level) rounds, the creature appears and acts like a summoned monster. At the end of the duration, or upon the creature reaching 0 hp, the creature is reabsorbed back into your Prayer Beads. Using this ability poses risks: on the first round of being summoned, the creature may immediately attempt a possession roll. If successful, the creature may choose to either break free, returning to its body and dying (if the body has not been otherwise animated), or possess you until you successfully resist.
Name: Gang Wu’s Soul Fracture (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, the target must make a will save. If the target fails its save, a saving throw of your choice is “broken” for 1 round. The target automatically fails any saving throws that require that particular save.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Private Sanctum (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You retreat to a pocket dimension that serves as a place of quiet meditation and training. The dimension usually appears as a copy of the temple in which the Monk grew up, although some Monks prefer a natural setting. Time is variable within your sanctum, up to ½ or double that of the material plane. Spending a full night’s rest within the sanctum recovers all of your ki points and hit points, heals any ability damage you might have sustained, and removes all poison and disease. The sanctum also serves as the perfect training ground, halving the time it takes to learn and train new techniques. While within your sanctum, you may not be located in any way. Scrying attempts directed at you fail, as do attempts to plane shift to your location. You may bring up to 2*(ki level) willing medium creatures with you into your sanctum upon using this technique.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Breath of Life (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 9
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may revive a newly dead creature to life, as per the True Resurrection spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level. The creature may be dead for no longer than (ki level) minutes, and their soul must be willing and able to return. The body of the creature must be mostly intact, as this technique will not regrow missing parts. Creatures brought back in this manner incur no loss of level, and they return at 0 HP, however, you may sacrifice up to 2*(ki level) of your own hit points to restore theirs. For each 4 hit points you sacrifice in this manner, the affected creature gains 1 hit point. This technique may not be used to revive constructs or undead.
Name: Gang Wu’s Ki Detonation (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 9
Action: Variable
Effect: You may spend up to (ki level) rounds charging this technique. For each round you charge this technique, you deal 6d6+2d6*(rounds charged) force damage to all creatures in a (rounds charged)*(ki level) ft. radius. Reflex half.
Name: Min Li’s Being of Light (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You summon a being made of pure ki energy. This techniques acts as Summon Monster IX, with a caster level equal to your Monk level.
Mastery: +3: Your summoned being receives +2 LA template of your choice
Level 7 Stances
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Name: Min Li’s Flowing Water Step (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain the use of an extra swift action per round.
Mastery: +5: Gain an extra move action this round. On the following round, the Monk is dazzled.
+7: Gain an extra standard action this round. On the following round, the Monk is staggered.
+9: Gain an extra full round action this round. On the following round, the Monk is stunned.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Ki Supremacy (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you effective ki level for all techniques and stances is 1 higher than normal.
Mastery: +7: You effective ki level is doubled for one technique.
Name: Gang Wu’s True Harmony (Su)
Stance
Effect: While this stance is active, you only die when you reach your negative hit point total. You still fall unconscious at negative hit points.
Mastery: +5: For the next 24 hours, any time when you would die for any reason, your body explodes in a burst of light, dealing 6d6 damage to all creatures within 5*(ki level) ft. You return 10-(ki level) rounds later, minimum 1, at full hit points and at your previous ki point total. This Mastery ability may be only be used once per month. The ki points used for this Mastery ability may not be regained through meditation, only through a full night’s rest.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Ki Mastery (Ex)
Stance
Effect: This stance reduces the ki point cost of techniques and stances by 1. This technique may not reduce the ki point cost of a technique or stance below 1. Note that if you use this technique with a technique or stance with a Mastery ability, the reduction in cost occurs after the ki point cost is summed.
Mastery: +0: For (ki level) rounds, every round you do not use any ki points, you instead gain 1 ki point. While this Mastery ability is active, you may not use the stances base effect. This Mastery ability may only be used once per day.
Name: Gang Wu’s Withering Palm (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, each time you hit an enemy with an unarmed strike, they must succeed on a fortitude save or take 1 strength, constitution, and dexterity damage.
Mastery: +7: For one round, enemies struck by your unarmed strike must make a fortitude save or have all their ability scores set to their lowest score for (ki level) rounds. Ability scores that are non-existent (Like an undead’s constitution score) do not count for this ability.
Name: Min Li’s No Time (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you may automatically use 1 technique with a swift action use time at any time during the 1st round of combat, even during a surprise round. You must still pay the ki point cost for using that technique. This technique does not count against your actions for the round.
Mastery: +5: For (ki level) minutes, you may automatically use 1 technique with a standard action use time at any time during the 1st round of combat, even during a surprise round. You must still pay the ki point cost for using that technique. This technique does not count against your actions for the round.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Extending Grasp (Su)
Stance
Effect: You may add 5*(ki level) ft. to the range of any ranged technique.
Mastery: +3: You may double the range of one technique, or double the range of a stance for (ki level) minutes
Name: Min Li’s Halt the Pendulum (Su)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance. You may increase the duration of all effects from techniques and stance masteries by 1. For instance, a technique whose effects would normally last for (ki level) rounds now lasts (ki level)+1 rounds.
Mastery: +7: Increase the duration of one technique or stance by one step. (rounds go to minutes, minutes to hours, hours to days, and days to months)
Name: Gang Wu’s Unseen Hand (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you gain the use of a secondary unarmed strike attack. You are proficient with this attack, and since there is no such thing as an off-hand attack for unarmed strikes, you take no penalties for attacking with both your primary and secondary unarmed strikes. You are allowed one extra attack per round with this secondary unarmed strike, unless you have the appropriate two-weapon fighting or multiattack feats.
Mastery: +3: You gain the benefits of the Improved Multiattack feat, regardless of whether you meet the prerequisites, for (ki level) minutes.
Stance
Effect: You gain the use of an extra swift action per round.
Mastery: +5: Gain an extra move action this round. On the following round, the Monk is dazzled.
+7: Gain an extra standard action this round. On the following round, the Monk is staggered.
+9: Gain an extra full round action this round. On the following round, the Monk is stunned.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Ki Supremacy (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you effective ki level for all techniques and stances is 1 higher than normal.
Mastery: +7: You effective ki level is doubled for one technique.
Name: Gang Wu’s True Harmony (Su)
Stance
Effect: While this stance is active, you only die when you reach your negative hit point total. You still fall unconscious at negative hit points.
Mastery: +5: For the next 24 hours, any time when you would die for any reason, your body explodes in a burst of light, dealing 6d6 damage to all creatures within 5*(ki level) ft. You return 10-(ki level) rounds later, minimum 1, at full hit points and at your previous ki point total. This Mastery ability may be only be used once per month. The ki points used for this Mastery ability may not be regained through meditation, only through a full night’s rest.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Ki Mastery (Ex)
Stance
Effect: This stance reduces the ki point cost of techniques and stances by 1. This technique may not reduce the ki point cost of a technique or stance below 1. Note that if you use this technique with a technique or stance with a Mastery ability, the reduction in cost occurs after the ki point cost is summed.
Mastery: +0: For (ki level) rounds, every round you do not use any ki points, you instead gain 1 ki point. While this Mastery ability is active, you may not use the stances base effect. This Mastery ability may only be used once per day.
Name: Gang Wu’s Withering Palm (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, each time you hit an enemy with an unarmed strike, they must succeed on a fortitude save or take 1 strength, constitution, and dexterity damage.
Mastery: +7: For one round, enemies struck by your unarmed strike must make a fortitude save or have all their ability scores set to their lowest score for (ki level) rounds. Ability scores that are non-existent (Like an undead’s constitution score) do not count for this ability.
Name: Min Li’s No Time (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you may automatically use 1 technique with a swift action use time at any time during the 1st round of combat, even during a surprise round. You must still pay the ki point cost for using that technique. This technique does not count against your actions for the round.
Mastery: +5: For (ki level) minutes, you may automatically use 1 technique with a standard action use time at any time during the 1st round of combat, even during a surprise round. You must still pay the ki point cost for using that technique. This technique does not count against your actions for the round.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Extending Grasp (Su)
Stance
Effect: You may add 5*(ki level) ft. to the range of any ranged technique.
Mastery: +3: You may double the range of one technique, or double the range of a stance for (ki level) minutes
Name: Min Li’s Halt the Pendulum (Su)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance. You may increase the duration of all effects from techniques and stance masteries by 1. For instance, a technique whose effects would normally last for (ki level) rounds now lasts (ki level)+1 rounds.
Mastery: +7: Increase the duration of one technique or stance by one step. (rounds go to minutes, minutes to hours, hours to days, and days to months)
Name: Gang Wu’s Unseen Hand (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you gain the use of a secondary unarmed strike attack. You are proficient with this attack, and since there is no such thing as an off-hand attack for unarmed strikes, you take no penalties for attacking with both your primary and secondary unarmed strikes. You are allowed one extra attack per round with this secondary unarmed strike, unless you have the appropriate two-weapon fighting or multiattack feats.
Mastery: +3: You gain the benefits of the Improved Multiattack feat, regardless of whether you meet the prerequisites, for (ki level) minutes.
Level 8 (epic) Techniques
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Name: Enlightenment of the Three Immortals (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 20
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may achieve any non-permanent effect of the spell Wish, without any XP cost, and with a caster level equal to your Monk level. You may only learn and practice this technique if you possess the feat True Inner Peace. This technique takes a full year to learn. Most monks take this year to settle their rivalries, animosity, etc... You may travel while practicing and learning this technique, but you must devote a significant portion (DM’s discretion) of the day to the study of this technique. Permanent effects may be achieved by paying the appropriate XP cost.
Name: Discord of the Heavens (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 20
Action: 3 Rounds
Effect: Your touch has the ability to push a creature out of existence. To successfully perform this technique, you must succeed on three unarmed strike touch attacks, one per round. For each touch attack, the target must fail a saving throw in order to be affected: first Fortitude, then Reflex, then finally Will. Any successful save immediately ends the technique and the technique fails. In between each attack, you may take your normal move action. Upon failing the third save, the target is completely pushed out of existence. Other creatures lose their knowledge of the target, and history alters itself to exclude the target. No one will ever know of the existence of that creature except you. The more involved the target was in the course of history, the more difficult it is to erase them from it. The target gets a +5 bonus to its saves against this technique for every step above Extremely Uncommon that they are on the Bardic Knowledge table in the Player’s Handbook. Note that due to the belief that this technique breaks the Karmic cycle, this technique is one of the most offensive ever developed by the Monks. Using this technique generally comes with extreme consequences, even in the most justified cases. The few times it has been used have resulted in exile, repentance journeys, and even execution. You may only learn and practice this technique if you possess the feat Karmic Witness. This technique takes a full year to learn. Due to the nature of this technique, most Monks spend this year in hiding from agents of the monastery who would stop them from learning it.
Name: Beyond the Gates of Paradise (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Your path to Enlightenment has placed you outside the existence of the normal universe, and partially into the cosmic realm. This grants you limited protection against Divine Salient Abilities. Whenever you are the target of a Divine Salient Ability, you may attempt a DC=30+(divine rank)*5 Will save. If successful, you are immune to that deity’s Divine Salient Abilities for the next 24 hours. You may only learn and practice this technique if you possess the feat Touch of Divinity. This technique takes a full year to learn, during which you must receive regular instruction from a deity of rank 1 or greater. The deity need not actively instruct you the entire time, but merely offer brief words of guidance every week or so. Most Monks spend this year in the deity’s realm, to allow regular access to the deity. Due to the nature of this stance, other deities may try and prevent the Monk from learning it if they find out.
Ki Point Cost: 20
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may achieve any non-permanent effect of the spell Wish, without any XP cost, and with a caster level equal to your Monk level. You may only learn and practice this technique if you possess the feat True Inner Peace. This technique takes a full year to learn. Most monks take this year to settle their rivalries, animosity, etc... You may travel while practicing and learning this technique, but you must devote a significant portion (DM’s discretion) of the day to the study of this technique. Permanent effects may be achieved by paying the appropriate XP cost.
Name: Discord of the Heavens (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 20
Action: 3 Rounds
Effect: Your touch has the ability to push a creature out of existence. To successfully perform this technique, you must succeed on three unarmed strike touch attacks, one per round. For each touch attack, the target must fail a saving throw in order to be affected: first Fortitude, then Reflex, then finally Will. Any successful save immediately ends the technique and the technique fails. In between each attack, you may take your normal move action. Upon failing the third save, the target is completely pushed out of existence. Other creatures lose their knowledge of the target, and history alters itself to exclude the target. No one will ever know of the existence of that creature except you. The more involved the target was in the course of history, the more difficult it is to erase them from it. The target gets a +5 bonus to its saves against this technique for every step above Extremely Uncommon that they are on the Bardic Knowledge table in the Player’s Handbook. Note that due to the belief that this technique breaks the Karmic cycle, this technique is one of the most offensive ever developed by the Monks. Using this technique generally comes with extreme consequences, even in the most justified cases. The few times it has been used have resulted in exile, repentance journeys, and even execution. You may only learn and practice this technique if you possess the feat Karmic Witness. This technique takes a full year to learn. Due to the nature of this technique, most Monks spend this year in hiding from agents of the monastery who would stop them from learning it.
Name: Beyond the Gates of Paradise (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Your path to Enlightenment has placed you outside the existence of the normal universe, and partially into the cosmic realm. This grants you limited protection against Divine Salient Abilities. Whenever you are the target of a Divine Salient Ability, you may attempt a DC=30+(divine rank)*5 Will save. If successful, you are immune to that deity’s Divine Salient Abilities for the next 24 hours. You may only learn and practice this technique if you possess the feat Touch of Divinity. This technique takes a full year to learn, during which you must receive regular instruction from a deity of rank 1 or greater. The deity need not actively instruct you the entire time, but merely offer brief words of guidance every week or so. Most Monks spend this year in the deity’s realm, to allow regular access to the deity. Due to the nature of this stance, other deities may try and prevent the Monk from learning it if they find out.
New Monk Feats
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Name: Signature Technique
Prerequisites: Ki level 2
Effect: Choose one technique you have learned. The ki point cost for that technique is 1 less than normal. This feat cannot reduce the ki point cost below 1. Note that if you use this technique with a multiple technique the reduction in cost occurs after the ki point cost is multiplied. Your effective ki level for this technique is 1 higher than normal. You may take this feat multiple times, choosing a new technique each time.
Name: Improved Ki Pool
Prerequisites: Wisdom 15
Effect: You now gain bonus ki points equal to 1.5x(Wisdom Modifier) instead of Wisdom Modifier.
Name: Greater Ki Pool
Prerequisites: Wisdom 19, Improved Ki Pool
Effect: You now gain bonus ki points equal to 2x(Wisdom Modifier) instead of 2x(Wisdom Modifier).
Name: Monastic Arcane Training
Prerequisites: Knowledge: Arcana – 10 Ranks, Spellcraft – 4 Ranks
Effect: You may choose 5 spells from the sorcerer/wizard spell list and emulate them as supernatural techniques. The spells you choose may have a casting time of no more than 1 round, and the spell must have no XP cost. The maximum level spell you may choose is equal to the maximum level spell a sorcerer of your monk level may know. The maximum number of spells of a certain level is equal to the spells known for a sorcerer of your monk level. Using these techniques takes a standard action, and has a ki point cost equal to the spell’s level, (0th level spells cost 1 ki point). Your caster level for these spells is equal to your monk level. Once chosen, these spells cannot be changed. Note that this feat does not grant any additional techniques practiced. Learning these techniques takes a number of days equal to the spell’s level.
Name: Monastic Divine Training
Prerequisites: Knowledge: Religion – 10 Ranks, Spellcraft – 4 Ranks
Effect: You may choose 5 spells from the cleric spell list and emulate them as supernatural techniques. The spells you choose may have a casting time of no more than 1 round, and the spell must have no XP cost. The maximum level spell you may choose is equal to the maximum level a cleric of your monk level may know. The maximum number of spells of a certain level is equal to the spells per day (not including domain) for a cleric of your monk level. Using these techniques takes a standard action, and has a ki point cost equal to the spell’s level, (0th level spells cost 1 ki point). Your caster level for these spells is equal to your monk level. Once chosen, these spells cannot be changed. Note that this feat does not grant any additional techniques practiced. Learning these techniques takes a number of days equal to the spell’s level.
Name: Soul Fire
Prerequisites: Constitution 15
Effect: Once per day for a number of rounds equal to your constitution modifier, you may use your hit points instead of your ki points to fuel your techniques, at a rate of 4 HP = 1 ki point.
Name: Art Practitioner
Prerequisites: Ki level 2
Effect: You may have 2 additional arts practiced. You may take this feat multiple times.
Name: Wandering Monk
Prerequisites: -
Effect: You may meditate while traveling up to your base speed. You may not meditate if the terrain becomes difficult, the weather becomes too severe, or if distracted by others. This also allows you to meditate while riding a mount, boat, airship, etc. so long as the motion is not too jarring.
Name: Calm Before the Storm
Prerequisites: Wisdom 13, Concentration – 9 ranks
Effect: You gain Skill Focus: Concentration (a +3 bonus to Concentration skill checks), and may always take 10 on Concentration checks, even during stressful situations.
Name: True Inner Peace
Prerequisites: Monk level 22, Wisdom 25, The character must genuinely attempt to settle any and all outstanding feuds, rivalries, animosity, etc.
Effect: You may learn and practice the level 8 technique, Enlightenment of the Three Immortals.
Name: Karmic Witness
Prerequisites: Monk level 22, Wisdom 25, The character must have died at some point and been resurrected.
Effect: You may learn and practice the level 8 technique, Discord of the Heavens.
Name: Touch of Divinity
Prerequisites: Monk level 22, Wisdom 25, The character must spend at least a year training with a deity of rank 1 or greater.
Effect: You may learn and practice the level 8 stance, Beyond the Gates of Paradise.
Name: Twin Unarmed Strike
Prerequisites: Ki level 3
Effect: You gain the use of an additional unarmed strike, for a total of two unarmed strikes. Since there is no such thing as an off-hand unarmed strike, there is no penalty for attacking with both your primary and secondary unarmed strike, and you apply your full strength modifier to both attacks.
Name: Spiritual Guidance
Prerequisites: Wisdom 13
Effect: You may replace your strength modifier with your wisdom modifier for attack rolls with unarmed strike. Your damage roll is now determined by ½ of your strength modifier and ½ of your wisdom modifier.
Name: Spiritual Body
Prerequisites: Wisdom 13
Effect: You may replace your constitution modifier with your wisdom modifier for determining hit points. If taken after 1st level, this effect applies retroactively.
Name: Disciple of Gang Wu
Prerequisites: Ki Strike class feature, learned all ki level 1 and 2 Gang Wu techniques
Effect: Techniques named for the Immortal Gang Wu that allow targets to make saving throws have their DC increased by +2.
Name: Disciple of Min Li
Prerequisites: Ki Strike class feature, learned all ki level 1 and 2 Min Li techniques
Effect: Techniques named for the Immortal Min Li that allow targets to make saving throws have their DC increased by +2.
Name: Disciple of Zhi Ning
Prerequisites: Ki Strike class feature, learned all ki level 1 and 2 Zhi Ning techniques
Effect: Techniques named for the Immortal Zhi Ning that allow targets to make saving throws have their DC increased by +2.
Name: True Disciple
Prerequisites: Disciple of Gang Wu, Disciple of Min Li, Disciple of Zhi Ning
Effect: Techniques that require an unarmed strike to deliver an effect do not use ki points if the initial unarmed strike misses.
Prerequisites: Ki level 2
Effect: Choose one technique you have learned. The ki point cost for that technique is 1 less than normal. This feat cannot reduce the ki point cost below 1. Note that if you use this technique with a multiple technique the reduction in cost occurs after the ki point cost is multiplied. Your effective ki level for this technique is 1 higher than normal. You may take this feat multiple times, choosing a new technique each time.
Name: Improved Ki Pool
Prerequisites: Wisdom 15
Effect: You now gain bonus ki points equal to 1.5x(Wisdom Modifier) instead of Wisdom Modifier.
Name: Greater Ki Pool
Prerequisites: Wisdom 19, Improved Ki Pool
Effect: You now gain bonus ki points equal to 2x(Wisdom Modifier) instead of 2x(Wisdom Modifier).
Name: Monastic Arcane Training
Prerequisites: Knowledge: Arcana – 10 Ranks, Spellcraft – 4 Ranks
Effect: You may choose 5 spells from the sorcerer/wizard spell list and emulate them as supernatural techniques. The spells you choose may have a casting time of no more than 1 round, and the spell must have no XP cost. The maximum level spell you may choose is equal to the maximum level spell a sorcerer of your monk level may know. The maximum number of spells of a certain level is equal to the spells known for a sorcerer of your monk level. Using these techniques takes a standard action, and has a ki point cost equal to the spell’s level, (0th level spells cost 1 ki point). Your caster level for these spells is equal to your monk level. Once chosen, these spells cannot be changed. Note that this feat does not grant any additional techniques practiced. Learning these techniques takes a number of days equal to the spell’s level.
Name: Monastic Divine Training
Prerequisites: Knowledge: Religion – 10 Ranks, Spellcraft – 4 Ranks
Effect: You may choose 5 spells from the cleric spell list and emulate them as supernatural techniques. The spells you choose may have a casting time of no more than 1 round, and the spell must have no XP cost. The maximum level spell you may choose is equal to the maximum level a cleric of your monk level may know. The maximum number of spells of a certain level is equal to the spells per day (not including domain) for a cleric of your monk level. Using these techniques takes a standard action, and has a ki point cost equal to the spell’s level, (0th level spells cost 1 ki point). Your caster level for these spells is equal to your monk level. Once chosen, these spells cannot be changed. Note that this feat does not grant any additional techniques practiced. Learning these techniques takes a number of days equal to the spell’s level.
Name: Soul Fire
Prerequisites: Constitution 15
Effect: Once per day for a number of rounds equal to your constitution modifier, you may use your hit points instead of your ki points to fuel your techniques, at a rate of 4 HP = 1 ki point.
Name: Art Practitioner
Prerequisites: Ki level 2
Effect: You may have 2 additional arts practiced. You may take this feat multiple times.
Name: Wandering Monk
Prerequisites: -
Effect: You may meditate while traveling up to your base speed. You may not meditate if the terrain becomes difficult, the weather becomes too severe, or if distracted by others. This also allows you to meditate while riding a mount, boat, airship, etc. so long as the motion is not too jarring.
Name: Calm Before the Storm
Prerequisites: Wisdom 13, Concentration – 9 ranks
Effect: You gain Skill Focus: Concentration (a +3 bonus to Concentration skill checks), and may always take 10 on Concentration checks, even during stressful situations.
Name: True Inner Peace
Prerequisites: Monk level 22, Wisdom 25, The character must genuinely attempt to settle any and all outstanding feuds, rivalries, animosity, etc.
Effect: You may learn and practice the level 8 technique, Enlightenment of the Three Immortals.
Name: Karmic Witness
Prerequisites: Monk level 22, Wisdom 25, The character must have died at some point and been resurrected.
Effect: You may learn and practice the level 8 technique, Discord of the Heavens.
Name: Touch of Divinity
Prerequisites: Monk level 22, Wisdom 25, The character must spend at least a year training with a deity of rank 1 or greater.
Effect: You may learn and practice the level 8 stance, Beyond the Gates of Paradise.
Name: Twin Unarmed Strike
Prerequisites: Ki level 3
Effect: You gain the use of an additional unarmed strike, for a total of two unarmed strikes. Since there is no such thing as an off-hand unarmed strike, there is no penalty for attacking with both your primary and secondary unarmed strike, and you apply your full strength modifier to both attacks.
Name: Spiritual Guidance
Prerequisites: Wisdom 13
Effect: You may replace your strength modifier with your wisdom modifier for attack rolls with unarmed strike. Your damage roll is now determined by ½ of your strength modifier and ½ of your wisdom modifier.
Name: Spiritual Body
Prerequisites: Wisdom 13
Effect: You may replace your constitution modifier with your wisdom modifier for determining hit points. If taken after 1st level, this effect applies retroactively.
Name: Disciple of Gang Wu
Prerequisites: Ki Strike class feature, learned all ki level 1 and 2 Gang Wu techniques
Effect: Techniques named for the Immortal Gang Wu that allow targets to make saving throws have their DC increased by +2.
Name: Disciple of Min Li
Prerequisites: Ki Strike class feature, learned all ki level 1 and 2 Min Li techniques
Effect: Techniques named for the Immortal Min Li that allow targets to make saving throws have their DC increased by +2.
Name: Disciple of Zhi Ning
Prerequisites: Ki Strike class feature, learned all ki level 1 and 2 Zhi Ning techniques
Effect: Techniques named for the Immortal Zhi Ning that allow targets to make saving throws have their DC increased by +2.
Name: True Disciple
Prerequisites: Disciple of Gang Wu, Disciple of Min Li, Disciple of Zhi Ning
Effect: Techniques that require an unarmed strike to deliver an effect do not use ki points if the initial unarmed strike misses.
New Monk Items
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Name: Tattered Belt
Price (Item Level): 3,500 gp (8th)
Body Slot: Belt
Caster Level: 8th
Aura: Weak Transmutation
Activation: -
Weight: 1 lb.
Effect: At the beginning of each day, the user may choose to invest 3 ki points into the Tattered Belt. These ki points may not be regained in any way until the beginning of the next day. As long as the user has 3 ki points invested in the Tattered Belt, he may have up to 2 additional techniques practiced at a time.
Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, Fox’s Cunning
Name: Gang Wu’s/Min Li’s/Zhi Ning’s Thesis
Price (Item Level): -
Body Slot: -
Caster Level: -
Aura: -
Activation: -
Weight: 1 lb.
Effect: This Thesis is the final work of Gang Wu/Min Li/Zhi Ning, one of the Three Immortals. Reading this thesis takes only a day, but understanding it takes a lifetime. By studying this Thesis for at least a month, a Monk of the Three Immortals may gain certain bonuses based on how many works by the Three Immortals he has read. These bonuses are permanent, and they do not stack with themselves, or any other item that grants inherent wisdom bonuses, like the tome of understanding. The reader must have the ability to use techniques to gain the benefit of these works:
• Reading one Thesis grants the following bonuses: a +1 inherent bonus to Wisdom and 5 bonus ki points.
• Reading two Thesis grants the following bonuses: a +3 inherent bonus to Wisdom, 10 bonus ki points, and +1 effective ki level on extraordinary techniques.
• Reading three Thesis grants the following bonuses: a +5 inherent bonus to Wisdom, 15 bonus ki points, +1 effective ki level on all techniques, and all supernatural class features become extraordinary abilities
Prerequisites: -
Name: Ancient Pearl
Price (Item Level): 150 gp (2nd)
Body Slot: -
Caster Level: 5th
Aura: Weak Transmutation
Activation: Free
Weight: 0 lbs.
Effect: By crushing this pearl in your hand, a Monk of the Three Immortals may multiply a multiple technique once for free. For example, if a Monk used Zhi Ning’s Focus and multiplied it three times, using this pearl would allow him to multiply it four times, but still pay only 3 extra ki points for it. You may not use this item to multiply a technique above your normal maximum, and you may not use more than one pearl per technique.
Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, Haste
Name: Immortal Figurine
Price (Item Level): 2,000 gp (7th)
Body Slot: -
Caster Level: 7th
Aura: Weak Conjuration
Activation: Free
Weight: 2 lbs.
Effect: Once per day as a swift action, a Monk of the Three Immortals may concentrate briefly on this figurine and regain 5 ki points. A Monk may only benefit from one figurine per day.
Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, Lesser Restoration
Name: Quick Release Pack
Price: 5 gp
Weight: 0.5 lbs.
Effect: This cloth bag holds up to 2 cu.ft. or 80 lbs. worth of material, and is attached to the body by cords tied in an intricate series of knots. Pulling at the end of the knots is a free action, and releases the entire pack. This pack is commonly used by Monks who need to quickly rid themselves of excess weight in the event of a combat situation.
Name: Claw Pack
Price: 400 gp (500 gp Masterwork)
Weight: 3 lbs.
Effect: This pack is similar to the quick release pack, but attached to the bottom of the pack are spring-loaded claws that deploy upon hitting the ground. The claws clamp down onto the surface, making it nearly impossible for to move the pack, unless the claws are released with the key. The bag can be uprooted from the ground with a DC 25 strength check (DC 30 masterwork). Unlike the quick release pack, the claw pack is rigid, allowing it to be fitted with a separate lock.
Name: Fleeting Pack
Price (Item Level): 4000 gp (8th)
Body Slot: -
Caster Level: 1st
Aura: Weak Transmutation
Activation: Free
Weight: 1 lbs.
Effect: This pack is similar to the quick release pack, but upon release the cords holding the pack animate and act like feet for the bag. The bag will flee from any creature that is not its owner. If caught, the bag will attempt to escape using its natural ability as an escape artist. While animated, it counts as a tiny construct, with the following abilities:
Type: Tiny Construct
Hit Dice: 4d8 (18 hp)
Speed: 90 ft.
Armor Class: 22 (+2 size, +10 dex), touch 22, flat-footed 12
Base Attack: -
Special Qualities: Construct traits, darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision
Saves: Fort +0, Ref +10, Will -5
Abilities: Str 8, Dex 30, Con -, Int -, Wis 1, Cha 1
Skills: Balance +7, Climb +7, Escape Artist +17, Jump +7, Swim +7
Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, Expeditious Retreat
Price (Item Level): 3,500 gp (8th)
Body Slot: Belt
Caster Level: 8th
Aura: Weak Transmutation
Activation: -
Weight: 1 lb.
Effect: At the beginning of each day, the user may choose to invest 3 ki points into the Tattered Belt. These ki points may not be regained in any way until the beginning of the next day. As long as the user has 3 ki points invested in the Tattered Belt, he may have up to 2 additional techniques practiced at a time.
Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, Fox’s Cunning
Name: Gang Wu’s/Min Li’s/Zhi Ning’s Thesis
Price (Item Level): -
Body Slot: -
Caster Level: -
Aura: -
Activation: -
Weight: 1 lb.
Effect: This Thesis is the final work of Gang Wu/Min Li/Zhi Ning, one of the Three Immortals. Reading this thesis takes only a day, but understanding it takes a lifetime. By studying this Thesis for at least a month, a Monk of the Three Immortals may gain certain bonuses based on how many works by the Three Immortals he has read. These bonuses are permanent, and they do not stack with themselves, or any other item that grants inherent wisdom bonuses, like the tome of understanding. The reader must have the ability to use techniques to gain the benefit of these works:
• Reading one Thesis grants the following bonuses: a +1 inherent bonus to Wisdom and 5 bonus ki points.
• Reading two Thesis grants the following bonuses: a +3 inherent bonus to Wisdom, 10 bonus ki points, and +1 effective ki level on extraordinary techniques.
• Reading three Thesis grants the following bonuses: a +5 inherent bonus to Wisdom, 15 bonus ki points, +1 effective ki level on all techniques, and all supernatural class features become extraordinary abilities
Prerequisites: -
Name: Ancient Pearl
Price (Item Level): 150 gp (2nd)
Body Slot: -
Caster Level: 5th
Aura: Weak Transmutation
Activation: Free
Weight: 0 lbs.
Effect: By crushing this pearl in your hand, a Monk of the Three Immortals may multiply a multiple technique once for free. For example, if a Monk used Zhi Ning’s Focus and multiplied it three times, using this pearl would allow him to multiply it four times, but still pay only 3 extra ki points for it. You may not use this item to multiply a technique above your normal maximum, and you may not use more than one pearl per technique.
Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, Haste
Name: Immortal Figurine
Price (Item Level): 2,000 gp (7th)
Body Slot: -
Caster Level: 7th
Aura: Weak Conjuration
Activation: Free
Weight: 2 lbs.
Effect: Once per day as a swift action, a Monk of the Three Immortals may concentrate briefly on this figurine and regain 5 ki points. A Monk may only benefit from one figurine per day.
Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, Lesser Restoration
Name: Quick Release Pack
Price: 5 gp
Weight: 0.5 lbs.
Effect: This cloth bag holds up to 2 cu.ft. or 80 lbs. worth of material, and is attached to the body by cords tied in an intricate series of knots. Pulling at the end of the knots is a free action, and releases the entire pack. This pack is commonly used by Monks who need to quickly rid themselves of excess weight in the event of a combat situation.
Name: Claw Pack
Price: 400 gp (500 gp Masterwork)
Weight: 3 lbs.
Effect: This pack is similar to the quick release pack, but attached to the bottom of the pack are spring-loaded claws that deploy upon hitting the ground. The claws clamp down onto the surface, making it nearly impossible for to move the pack, unless the claws are released with the key. The bag can be uprooted from the ground with a DC 25 strength check (DC 30 masterwork). Unlike the quick release pack, the claw pack is rigid, allowing it to be fitted with a separate lock.
Name: Fleeting Pack
Price (Item Level): 4000 gp (8th)
Body Slot: -
Caster Level: 1st
Aura: Weak Transmutation
Activation: Free
Weight: 1 lbs.
Effect: This pack is similar to the quick release pack, but upon release the cords holding the pack animate and act like feet for the bag. The bag will flee from any creature that is not its owner. If caught, the bag will attempt to escape using its natural ability as an escape artist. While animated, it counts as a tiny construct, with the following abilities:
Type: Tiny Construct
Hit Dice: 4d8 (18 hp)
Speed: 90 ft.
Armor Class: 22 (+2 size, +10 dex), touch 22, flat-footed 12
Base Attack: -
Special Qualities: Construct traits, darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision
Saves: Fort +0, Ref +10, Will -5
Abilities: Str 8, Dex 30, Con -, Int -, Wis 1, Cha 1
Skills: Balance +7, Climb +7, Escape Artist +17, Jump +7, Swim +7
Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, Expeditious Retreat
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Homebrew and House Rules (D&D) / Re: Monk of the Three Immortals (2.0)
« on: January 18, 2017, 10:21:18 AM »
Arts List, Long
*Techniques marked with † may only be used unarmed
Level 1 Techniques
Level 1 Stances
Level 2 Techniques
Level 2 Stances
Level 3 Techniques
Level 3 Stances
Level 4 Techniques
Level 4 Stances
*Techniques marked with † may only be used unarmed
Level 1 Techniques
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Name: Gang Wu’s Ki Shock (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You deal 1d6 force damage to one creature within 25*(ki level) ft. Will half.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the damage by 2d6.
+1*: Increase the range by 25 ft.
Name: Gang Wu’s Double Strike (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You may make a single unarmed strike against two foes in your melee range. For each creature that the attack hits and deals damage, that creature must make a fort save or be staggered for 1 round.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the staggered duration by 1 round. The creatures are allowed a new fort save at the beginning of each round they are affected.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Touch of Life (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Your touch stabilizes a dying character and restores them to 0 hit points. If used against undead, this technique can stun them for ½(ki level) rounds, minimum 1, Will negates.
Mastery: +1: Your touch restores them to +1d4 hit points above 0, instead of 0.
Name: Min Li’s Monastic Chant (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 minute
Effect: By chanting for 1 minute, you may send a short message, as per the Sending spell, to any Monk you know from the same monastery and on the same plane as you, with a caster level equal to your Monk level.
Mastery: +3: You may send a short message to anyone you know on the same plane
+5: You may send a short message to anyone you know
Name: Zhi Ning’s Charity (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may create one copper piece which you must immediately give away to a non-party member as a charitable offer. You may not use this to purchase any goods or services, or else the coin immediately turns to foul smelling clay. You may only use this ability once per day.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Sense Life (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: Determine the location of all living, corporeal creatures within 25*(ki level) ft. This effect lasts for (ki level)+1 rounds, and can be used to target creatures if line of sight has been lost, effectively granting the Monk blindsight, but only with regards to creatures detected using this technique, not creatures who elude detection or environmental hazards. If any creatures are hidden within the radius of this effect, the Monk may attempt a second skill check to locate them. If the check fails, the Monk remains unaware of their presence.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the range by 25 ft.
+1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
+1: By using this mastery ability, the Monk instead senses “shadows” left on the life force of the universe. The Monk may also sense non-corporeal creatures.
+1: By using this mastery ability, the Monk instead senses “holes” left in the life force of the universe. The Monk may also sense undead creatures and constructs.
Name: Min Li’s Push Hand (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Exert up to 25*(ki level) pounds of force on a single object or creature within 25*(ki level) ft. If this force is enough to lift the object or creature, you may move it up to 5 ft., plus an additional 5 ft. for every 5 lbs. your force exceeds their weight. Reflex negates.
Mastery: +1*: Exert an additional 25 lbs. of force.
+1*: Move the object an additional 25 ft.
Name: Gang Wu’s Ki Wave (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: All creatures in a 5x(ki level) ft. radius take 1d6 force damage and are knocked prone. On a successful Reflex save, creatures take half damage and are not knocked prone.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the damage by 2d6.
+1*: Increase the range by 5 ft.
+3: Creatures you designate as allies are unaffected by this technique.
Name: Gang Wu’s Shoulder Throw (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a grapple check against one adjacent enemy no more than one size category larger than you. This attempt does not incur an attack of opportunity. If you succeed on this check, the enemy takes damage as if hit by your unarmed strike. Furthermore, the enemy must make a reflex save or be thrown 5x(ki level) ft. You may throw the enemy vertically, but the distance thrown is reduced by ½.
Mastery: +1*: The grapple check may be made with a +2 bonus
+3*: You may use this technique against a foe one size category larger than normal
Name: Min Li’s Hobble (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make an unarmed attack against one creature. If the attack succeeds, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, for the next (ki level) minutes, the creature’s movement speeds are reduced by half. If used against a creature with flying, this technique also reduces its mobility by one degree. Successive uses stack. If a creature with poor mobility is hit and affected by this technique, it can no longer fly until the duration has ended. If this technique reduces a creature’s movement speed below 5 ft., its movement speed it set to 0.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the duration by 1 minute
Name: Min Li’s Taunt (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: All intelligent enemies, up to a total of 4*(ki level) HD, within 25x(ki level) ft. radius must make two will saves. Enemies who fail one roll take a penalty to all attack rolls to creatures other than you equal to ½(ki level), minimum 1 for a number of rounds equal to your (ki level). Additionally, enemies who fail both saves are compelled to use their next round attacking you with a melee attack. If unable to reach you with a melee attack, the enemy moves at top speed towards you. This technique is a mind-affecting ability.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
+1: This technique may affect 1 additional HD
Name: Zhi Ning’s Monkey Paw (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, in addition to dealing unarmed strike damage, you may make a disarm attempt that does not incur attacks of opportunity with a bonus equal to 2x(ki level).
Name: Min Li’s Fluid Tumble (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: Free Action
Effect: You may move 10 ft. with the same advantages and restrictions as a 5 ft. step this round.
Name: Gang Wu’s Strike of Certainty (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: Free Action
Effect: All of your unarmed strikes this round deal no damage dice. Instead, they deal x2 your strength modifier in damage.
Mastery: +3*: Increase the multiplier by 0.5
Name: Zhi Ning’s Hostile Intent (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Deal damage to all adjacent enemies equal to your wisdom modifier, Will negates. Any enemy affected by this technique who attempts to 5 ft. step away from you takes additional damage equal to your wisdom modifier, and provokes an attack of opportunity.
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You deal 1d6 force damage to one creature within 25*(ki level) ft. Will half.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the damage by 2d6.
+1*: Increase the range by 25 ft.
Name: Gang Wu’s Double Strike (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You may make a single unarmed strike against two foes in your melee range. For each creature that the attack hits and deals damage, that creature must make a fort save or be staggered for 1 round.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the staggered duration by 1 round. The creatures are allowed a new fort save at the beginning of each round they are affected.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Touch of Life (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Your touch stabilizes a dying character and restores them to 0 hit points. If used against undead, this technique can stun them for ½(ki level) rounds, minimum 1, Will negates.
Mastery: +1: Your touch restores them to +1d4 hit points above 0, instead of 0.
Name: Min Li’s Monastic Chant (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 minute
Effect: By chanting for 1 minute, you may send a short message, as per the Sending spell, to any Monk you know from the same monastery and on the same plane as you, with a caster level equal to your Monk level.
Mastery: +3: You may send a short message to anyone you know on the same plane
+5: You may send a short message to anyone you know
Name: Zhi Ning’s Charity (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may create one copper piece which you must immediately give away to a non-party member as a charitable offer. You may not use this to purchase any goods or services, or else the coin immediately turns to foul smelling clay. You may only use this ability once per day.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Sense Life (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: Determine the location of all living, corporeal creatures within 25*(ki level) ft. This effect lasts for (ki level)+1 rounds, and can be used to target creatures if line of sight has been lost, effectively granting the Monk blindsight, but only with regards to creatures detected using this technique, not creatures who elude detection or environmental hazards. If any creatures are hidden within the radius of this effect, the Monk may attempt a second skill check to locate them. If the check fails, the Monk remains unaware of their presence.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the range by 25 ft.
+1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
+1: By using this mastery ability, the Monk instead senses “shadows” left on the life force of the universe. The Monk may also sense non-corporeal creatures.
+1: By using this mastery ability, the Monk instead senses “holes” left in the life force of the universe. The Monk may also sense undead creatures and constructs.
Name: Min Li’s Push Hand (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Exert up to 25*(ki level) pounds of force on a single object or creature within 25*(ki level) ft. If this force is enough to lift the object or creature, you may move it up to 5 ft., plus an additional 5 ft. for every 5 lbs. your force exceeds their weight. Reflex negates.
Mastery: +1*: Exert an additional 25 lbs. of force.
+1*: Move the object an additional 25 ft.
Name: Gang Wu’s Ki Wave (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: All creatures in a 5x(ki level) ft. radius take 1d6 force damage and are knocked prone. On a successful Reflex save, creatures take half damage and are not knocked prone.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the damage by 2d6.
+1*: Increase the range by 5 ft.
+3: Creatures you designate as allies are unaffected by this technique.
Name: Gang Wu’s Shoulder Throw (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a grapple check against one adjacent enemy no more than one size category larger than you. This attempt does not incur an attack of opportunity. If you succeed on this check, the enemy takes damage as if hit by your unarmed strike. Furthermore, the enemy must make a reflex save or be thrown 5x(ki level) ft. You may throw the enemy vertically, but the distance thrown is reduced by ½.
Mastery: +1*: The grapple check may be made with a +2 bonus
+3*: You may use this technique against a foe one size category larger than normal
Name: Min Li’s Hobble (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make an unarmed attack against one creature. If the attack succeeds, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, for the next (ki level) minutes, the creature’s movement speeds are reduced by half. If used against a creature with flying, this technique also reduces its mobility by one degree. Successive uses stack. If a creature with poor mobility is hit and affected by this technique, it can no longer fly until the duration has ended. If this technique reduces a creature’s movement speed below 5 ft., its movement speed it set to 0.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the duration by 1 minute
Name: Min Li’s Taunt (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: All intelligent enemies, up to a total of 4*(ki level) HD, within 25x(ki level) ft. radius must make two will saves. Enemies who fail one roll take a penalty to all attack rolls to creatures other than you equal to ½(ki level), minimum 1 for a number of rounds equal to your (ki level). Additionally, enemies who fail both saves are compelled to use their next round attacking you with a melee attack. If unable to reach you with a melee attack, the enemy moves at top speed towards you. This technique is a mind-affecting ability.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
+1: This technique may affect 1 additional HD
Name: Zhi Ning’s Monkey Paw (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, in addition to dealing unarmed strike damage, you may make a disarm attempt that does not incur attacks of opportunity with a bonus equal to 2x(ki level).
Name: Min Li’s Fluid Tumble (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: Free Action
Effect: You may move 10 ft. with the same advantages and restrictions as a 5 ft. step this round.
Name: Gang Wu’s Strike of Certainty (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: Free Action
Effect: All of your unarmed strikes this round deal no damage dice. Instead, they deal x2 your strength modifier in damage.
Mastery: +3*: Increase the multiplier by 0.5
Name: Zhi Ning’s Hostile Intent (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Deal damage to all adjacent enemies equal to your wisdom modifier, Will negates. Any enemy affected by this technique who attempts to 5 ft. step away from you takes additional damage equal to your wisdom modifier, and provokes an attack of opportunity.
Level 1 Stances
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Name: Min Li’s Leaping Strike (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You may move both before and after you attack, so long as your total distance does not exceed your base land speed, just as though you had the spring attack feat.
Mastery: +1: You may charge your full distance, rather than move. You may attack at any point during the charge, though you must still move in a straight line.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Focus (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to attack rolls equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase attack bonus by 1 for one round.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Inner Light (Su)
Stance
Effect: Your fists glow, as if targeted by a daylight spell, with a 25*(ki level) ft. radius, and with a caster level equal to your Monk level.
Mastery: +1: Any enemy hit by your unarmed strike glows for (ki level) rounds. Glowing creatures do not benefit from the concealment normally provided by darkness, blur, displacement, invisibility, or similar effects.
Name: Gang Wu’s Great Strike (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to damage rolls equal to 2*(ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase damage bonus by 2 for one round.
Name: Min Li’s Watchful Eye (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain the Trapfinding feature, as per the Rogue class ability.
Mastery: +1: You gain a +1 bonus to saves and AC versus traps for (ki level) hours. This bonus stacks with bonuses from other techniques.
Name: Gang Wu’s Agility (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to all balance, climb, jump, tumble, and swim checks equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase skill bonus by an additional (ki level) for one check.
+1: For one check, you are considered to have a running start, and your jump distance is not limited by your height.
Name: Gang Wu’s Burst of Speed (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to your base land speed equal to 5*(ki level) ft.
Mastery: +1*: Increase speed bonus by an additional 5*(ki level) ft. for one round.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Perception (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to all listen, search, sense motive, and spot checks equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase skill bonus by an additional (ki level) for one check.
Name: Min Li’s Stealth (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to all hide and move silently checks equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase skill bonus by an additional +(ki level) for one check.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Deflection (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to AC equal to 3+½(ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase AC bonus by 1 for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Python Grip (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Enemies who are within your unarmed strike range must succeed on a reflex save or be unable to take a 5 ft. step.
Mastery: +1: All ground within a 10 ft. radius around you is treated as difficult terrain for your enemies for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Ensnaring Step (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Enemies adjacent to you are considered flanked for you and your allies. For enemies who are immune to flanking, like Rogues, you count as a Rogue with level equal to your Monk level.
Mastery: +1: Adjacent enemies lose all dexterity and dodge bonuses to AC. Reflex negates.
Name: Min Li’s Unsettling Strikes (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to AC and all defensive rolls equal to 1+½(ki level) involving special combat actions (Aid Another, Bull Rush, Charge, Disarm, Feint, Grapple, Overrun, Sunder, and Trip) vs. enemies to whom you have dealt damage within the past 24 hours.
Mastery: +1: The bonuses from this stance stack with other techniques and stances for (ki level) rounds
Name: Zhi Ning’s Pinpoint Attacks (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Once every 10-(ki level) rounds, minimum 1, one unarmed strike attack may target a creature’s reflex save +10 instead of their AC.
Mastery: +1: All unarmed strike attacks this round target a creature’s reflex modifier +10 instead of their AC. This mastery ability is still limited to the once per 10-(ki level) limitation
Name: Gang Wu’s Spin Up (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you may get up or fall prone as a free action that does not provoke attacks of opportunity.
Mastery: +1: For the next (ki level) rounds, once per round whenever you get up from prone you may make a free trip attempt that does not incur attacks of opportunity against one adjacent enemy.
Stance
Effect: You may move both before and after you attack, so long as your total distance does not exceed your base land speed, just as though you had the spring attack feat.
Mastery: +1: You may charge your full distance, rather than move. You may attack at any point during the charge, though you must still move in a straight line.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Focus (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to attack rolls equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase attack bonus by 1 for one round.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Inner Light (Su)
Stance
Effect: Your fists glow, as if targeted by a daylight spell, with a 25*(ki level) ft. radius, and with a caster level equal to your Monk level.
Mastery: +1: Any enemy hit by your unarmed strike glows for (ki level) rounds. Glowing creatures do not benefit from the concealment normally provided by darkness, blur, displacement, invisibility, or similar effects.
Name: Gang Wu’s Great Strike (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to damage rolls equal to 2*(ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase damage bonus by 2 for one round.
Name: Min Li’s Watchful Eye (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain the Trapfinding feature, as per the Rogue class ability.
Mastery: +1: You gain a +1 bonus to saves and AC versus traps for (ki level) hours. This bonus stacks with bonuses from other techniques.
Name: Gang Wu’s Agility (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to all balance, climb, jump, tumble, and swim checks equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase skill bonus by an additional (ki level) for one check.
+1: For one check, you are considered to have a running start, and your jump distance is not limited by your height.
Name: Gang Wu’s Burst of Speed (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to your base land speed equal to 5*(ki level) ft.
Mastery: +1*: Increase speed bonus by an additional 5*(ki level) ft. for one round.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Perception (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to all listen, search, sense motive, and spot checks equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase skill bonus by an additional (ki level) for one check.
Name: Min Li’s Stealth (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to all hide and move silently checks equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase skill bonus by an additional +(ki level) for one check.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Deflection (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to AC equal to 3+½(ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase AC bonus by 1 for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Python Grip (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Enemies who are within your unarmed strike range must succeed on a reflex save or be unable to take a 5 ft. step.
Mastery: +1: All ground within a 10 ft. radius around you is treated as difficult terrain for your enemies for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Ensnaring Step (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Enemies adjacent to you are considered flanked for you and your allies. For enemies who are immune to flanking, like Rogues, you count as a Rogue with level equal to your Monk level.
Mastery: +1: Adjacent enemies lose all dexterity and dodge bonuses to AC. Reflex negates.
Name: Min Li’s Unsettling Strikes (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to AC and all defensive rolls equal to 1+½(ki level) involving special combat actions (Aid Another, Bull Rush, Charge, Disarm, Feint, Grapple, Overrun, Sunder, and Trip) vs. enemies to whom you have dealt damage within the past 24 hours.
Mastery: +1: The bonuses from this stance stack with other techniques and stances for (ki level) rounds
Name: Zhi Ning’s Pinpoint Attacks (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Once every 10-(ki level) rounds, minimum 1, one unarmed strike attack may target a creature’s reflex save +10 instead of their AC.
Mastery: +1: All unarmed strike attacks this round target a creature’s reflex modifier +10 instead of their AC. This mastery ability is still limited to the once per 10-(ki level) limitation
Name: Gang Wu’s Spin Up (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you may get up or fall prone as a free action that does not provoke attacks of opportunity.
Mastery: +1: For the next (ki level) rounds, once per round whenever you get up from prone you may make a free trip attempt that does not incur attacks of opportunity against one adjacent enemy.
Level 2 Techniques
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Name: Gang Wu’s Lotus Charge (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may charge a foe and make a full attack at the end of your charge.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Hypnosis (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: All enemies within a 25*(ki level) ft. radius are placed into a magical slumber, rendering them unconscious, that lasts for (ki level) rounds, will negates. You may only affect a number of creatures whose hit dice total no more than 4*(ki level). This is a mind-affecting ability.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
+1*: Increase the range by 25 ft.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Mystic Link (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a touch attack against one creature. Upon contact, you establish a link. Once the link is established, you need not keep in touch with the target creature. At any time after the link is created, you may concentrate on the link for the proper number of rounds to obtain information, as per the Detect Thoughts spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level. While linked, the creature gets +4 on all rolls made against you. The link lasts for one day, though you may willingly end it at any time, and has a range of (ki level) miles. Once the target goes out of range the link is broken. Will negates.
Mastery: +1: Linked creatures receive no bonuses to rolls made against you
Name: Min Li’s Nervous Shock (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, in addition to dealing unarmed strike damage, the target must make a fortitude save. If the creature fails the save, it is deafened for (ki level) rounds. If it fails the save by 5 or more, it is blinded and deafened for (ki level) rounds. If it fails the save by 10 or more, it is immobilized, blinded, and deafened for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Flying Kick (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: Make a charge attack. During this charge, you may move an extra distance equal to your jump check, rounded to the closest 5 ft. increment. At the conclusion of the charge, choose one of the following:
• Make an unarmed strike attack. On a successful attack, you deal extra damage equal to your (ki level), and the target creature must make a reflex save or be knocked prone.
• At the end of this charge, instead of attacking, you may make a bull rush attempt without incurring an attack of opportunity. The creature you target gets no bonus for being larger than you or having multiple legs, and you get a bonus on your strength check equal to your (ki level).
Name: Gang Wu’s Stunning Fist (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make an unarmed strike attack roll against a single enemy. If it hits, in addition to dealing unarmed strike damage, the target must succeed on a fortitude save or be stunned for 1 round.
Mastery: +3*: Increase the duration of the stunned effect by 1 round
Name: Gang Wu’s Whirling Sweep (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You may make a trip attempt without incurring attacks of opportunity against each adjacent enemy with a bonus equal to (ki level).
Name: Zhi Ning’s Lethal Infusion (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make an unarmed attack against one creature. If the attack succeeds, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, if for any reason the creature should die in the next 24 hours, in the round following its death, it explodes, dealing 1d6*(dying creature’s HD), maximum 1d6*(Monk level), force damage to all creatures within 5*(ki level) ft., Reflex half.
Mastery: +3: The damage from the explosion affects enemies only
+1: The initial unarmed strike attack deals no damage
Name: Min Li’s Falling Leaves (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: You may move up to your base land speed.
Name: Min Li’s Crashing Tide (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: You may make a single unarmed strike at your highest base attack bonus.
Mastery: +3: This extra attack stacks with effects like the Haste spell or Flurry of Blows
Name: Min Li’s Vital Strike (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make an unarmed attack against one creature. If the attack succeeds, it deals damage as normal. In addition, the target must succeed on a fortitude save or take constitution damage equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +3*: Increase the constitution damage by 1.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Read Aura (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: You can determine the relative HD of a single creature within 25x(ki level) ft. This technique will give you one of 5 readings:
Very strong: The creature is >5 HD above your own HD
Strong: The creature is >1 and <5 HD above your own HD
Medium: The creature is within 1 HD of your own HD
Weak: The creature is >1 and <5 HD below your own HD
Very Weak: The creature is >5 HD below your own HD
Name: Zhi Ning’s Allied Synergy (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: One ally within line of sight may make a single standard action melee attack as a free action against one creature this round. This technique can only be used once per round.
Mastery: +3*: This ability may affect one additional ally
Name: Gang Wu’s Joint Lock (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed strike against a creature. If the attack hits, in addition to dealing damage as normal, the creature must succeed on a Fortitude save or be unable to initiate any of the following special combat actions for ½(ki level) rounds: Aid Another, Bull Rush, Charge, Disarm, Feint, Grapple, Overrun, Sunder, and Trip. Note that the creature may still make checks of this nature defensively to resist being tripped, grappled, etc., but takes a penalty to these rolls equal to your (ki level).
Name: Min Li’s Strike from the Heavens (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: At the beginning of this action, make a jump check. You may travel a vertical distance of up to the result divided by 4 ft., and a horizontal distance of up to the result in ft. If an enemy occupies the space in which you land, you may make a single unarmed strike against them, with a bonus to damage equal to the result of the jump check divided by 2. This movement provokes no attacks of opportunity.
Mastery: +3: Increase the bonus to damage to the entire jump check
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may charge a foe and make a full attack at the end of your charge.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Hypnosis (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: All enemies within a 25*(ki level) ft. radius are placed into a magical slumber, rendering them unconscious, that lasts for (ki level) rounds, will negates. You may only affect a number of creatures whose hit dice total no more than 4*(ki level). This is a mind-affecting ability.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
+1*: Increase the range by 25 ft.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Mystic Link (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a touch attack against one creature. Upon contact, you establish a link. Once the link is established, you need not keep in touch with the target creature. At any time after the link is created, you may concentrate on the link for the proper number of rounds to obtain information, as per the Detect Thoughts spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level. While linked, the creature gets +4 on all rolls made against you. The link lasts for one day, though you may willingly end it at any time, and has a range of (ki level) miles. Once the target goes out of range the link is broken. Will negates.
Mastery: +1: Linked creatures receive no bonuses to rolls made against you
Name: Min Li’s Nervous Shock (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, in addition to dealing unarmed strike damage, the target must make a fortitude save. If the creature fails the save, it is deafened for (ki level) rounds. If it fails the save by 5 or more, it is blinded and deafened for (ki level) rounds. If it fails the save by 10 or more, it is immobilized, blinded, and deafened for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Flying Kick (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: Make a charge attack. During this charge, you may move an extra distance equal to your jump check, rounded to the closest 5 ft. increment. At the conclusion of the charge, choose one of the following:
• Make an unarmed strike attack. On a successful attack, you deal extra damage equal to your (ki level), and the target creature must make a reflex save or be knocked prone.
• At the end of this charge, instead of attacking, you may make a bull rush attempt without incurring an attack of opportunity. The creature you target gets no bonus for being larger than you or having multiple legs, and you get a bonus on your strength check equal to your (ki level).
Name: Gang Wu’s Stunning Fist (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make an unarmed strike attack roll against a single enemy. If it hits, in addition to dealing unarmed strike damage, the target must succeed on a fortitude save or be stunned for 1 round.
Mastery: +3*: Increase the duration of the stunned effect by 1 round
Name: Gang Wu’s Whirling Sweep (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You may make a trip attempt without incurring attacks of opportunity against each adjacent enemy with a bonus equal to (ki level).
Name: Zhi Ning’s Lethal Infusion (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make an unarmed attack against one creature. If the attack succeeds, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, if for any reason the creature should die in the next 24 hours, in the round following its death, it explodes, dealing 1d6*(dying creature’s HD), maximum 1d6*(Monk level), force damage to all creatures within 5*(ki level) ft., Reflex half.
Mastery: +3: The damage from the explosion affects enemies only
+1: The initial unarmed strike attack deals no damage
Name: Min Li’s Falling Leaves (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: You may move up to your base land speed.
Name: Min Li’s Crashing Tide (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: You may make a single unarmed strike at your highest base attack bonus.
Mastery: +3: This extra attack stacks with effects like the Haste spell or Flurry of Blows
Name: Min Li’s Vital Strike (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make an unarmed attack against one creature. If the attack succeeds, it deals damage as normal. In addition, the target must succeed on a fortitude save or take constitution damage equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +3*: Increase the constitution damage by 1.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Read Aura (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: You can determine the relative HD of a single creature within 25x(ki level) ft. This technique will give you one of 5 readings:
Very strong: The creature is >5 HD above your own HD
Strong: The creature is >1 and <5 HD above your own HD
Medium: The creature is within 1 HD of your own HD
Weak: The creature is >1 and <5 HD below your own HD
Very Weak: The creature is >5 HD below your own HD
Name: Zhi Ning’s Allied Synergy (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: One ally within line of sight may make a single standard action melee attack as a free action against one creature this round. This technique can only be used once per round.
Mastery: +3*: This ability may affect one additional ally
Name: Gang Wu’s Joint Lock (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed strike against a creature. If the attack hits, in addition to dealing damage as normal, the creature must succeed on a Fortitude save or be unable to initiate any of the following special combat actions for ½(ki level) rounds: Aid Another, Bull Rush, Charge, Disarm, Feint, Grapple, Overrun, Sunder, and Trip. Note that the creature may still make checks of this nature defensively to resist being tripped, grappled, etc., but takes a penalty to these rolls equal to your (ki level).
Name: Min Li’s Strike from the Heavens (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: At the beginning of this action, make a jump check. You may travel a vertical distance of up to the result divided by 4 ft., and a horizontal distance of up to the result in ft. If an enemy occupies the space in which you land, you may make a single unarmed strike against them, with a bonus to damage equal to the result of the jump check divided by 2. This movement provokes no attacks of opportunity.
Mastery: +3: Increase the bonus to damage to the entire jump check
Level 2 Stances
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Name: Zhi Ning’s Mystic Sight (Su)
Stance
Effect: You may sense magic out to a range of 25*(ki level) ft., as per the Detect Magic spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level. Note that this stance only allows you to sense the presence or absence of magical auras.
Mastery: +1*: Increase range by 25 ft. for (ki level) minutes.
+1: You may concentrate for the appropriate number of rounds to gain more detailed information, as detailed in the Detect Magic spell description. This mastery ability lasts for (ki level) minutes.
Name: Gang Wu’s Resilience (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You may delay up to 2*(ki level) hit points of damage from enemy attacks until the beginning of your next turn. You gain a +1 bonus to strength checks, attack rolls, and damage rolls for every 4 hit points delayed this way. These bonuses last until the damage affects you. The delayed damage cannot be overcome in any way.
Mastery: +1: Increase the amount of hit points you can delay to 4*(ki level) for (ki level) rounds.
+1: Increase the bonus by 1 for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Swift Grappling (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to grapple checks equal to (ki level), and incur no attacks of opportunity for initiating a grapple.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the bonus to grapple checks by 2 for one round.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Mystic Defenses (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to your fortitude, reflex, or will saves equal to (ki level). You must choose which save to apply this bonus to when you enter this stance.
Mastery: +3: Apply bonus to all saves for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Keen Sight (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain low light vision.
Mastery: +1*: You gain +20 ft. of darkvision for (ki level) hours.
Name: Min Li’s Elemental Strike (Su)
Stance
Effect: Your unarmed strike deals extra fire, cold, sonic, acid, or electricity damage equal to (ki level). You must choose which type of energy when you enter this stance, and you may change the type of energy as a free action at the beginning of your turn.
Mastery: +1*: Increase damage by 1d6 for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Many Faces (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to all bluff and disguise checks equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +3: You may change your appearance, as per the disguise self spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level, for (ki level) hours.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Elemental Shield (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain energy resistance to fire, cold, sonic, electricity, or acid damage equal to (ki level). You must choose which type of energy when you enter this stance, and you may change the type of energy as a free action at the beginning of your turn.
Mastery: +3*: Increase energy resistance by (ki level) for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Blood on the Wind (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain the scent quality.
Mastery: +3: You may identify a creature’s type and subtype by smell.
Name: Gang Wu’s Inspiring Yell (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Allies within 25x(ki level) ft. gain a bonus to one damage roll per round equal to your (ki level).
Mastery: +3: Allies apply the damage bonus to all damage rolls for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Occluded Mind (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus equal to 2x(ki level) to saves vs mind affecting spells, and bluff checks vs. opposing sense motive checks. These bonuses stack with similar effects. Furthermore, you always know when you are being targeted by a mind affecting spell.
Mastery: +5: You gain the benefits of Mind Blank, as per the spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level, for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Versatile Strike (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Your unarmed strike may deal slashing, bludgeoning, or piercing damage.
Mastery: +1: Unarmed strikes count as the most beneficial damage type for (ki level) minutes (for example, if a creature has damage reduction that is bypassed only by piercing damage, then the Monk’s unarmed strike counts as piercing damage for that creature).
Name: Min Li’s Fading Sway (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you take no penalties on hide and move silently checks for moving up to your normal speed. The penalty for hide and move silently while running is reduced to -10.
Mastery: +1: For (ki level) rounds, once per round after you are attacked you may take a 5 ft. step and make a hide check, assuming there is something appropriate to hide in/behind/under.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Wasp’s Stance (Su)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, once per round you may deal your wisdom modifier in force damage to one enemy within 5*(ki level) ft. as a swift action. Will negates.
Mastery: +1: For (ki level) rounds, you may instead deal this damage as a free action
Name: Gang Wu’s Straw Target (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you gain a bonus to AC vs. ranged attacks equal to 1+½(ki level). This bonus stacks with bonuses from other techniques and stances.
Mastery: +1: For (ki level) rounds, you may choose to catch and keep material projectiles that you avoid while in this stance. Alternatively, if the projectile is a thrown weapon, you may choose to immediately throw back the projectile at the original attacker, even if it is not your turn.
Stance
Effect: You may sense magic out to a range of 25*(ki level) ft., as per the Detect Magic spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level. Note that this stance only allows you to sense the presence or absence of magical auras.
Mastery: +1*: Increase range by 25 ft. for (ki level) minutes.
+1: You may concentrate for the appropriate number of rounds to gain more detailed information, as detailed in the Detect Magic spell description. This mastery ability lasts for (ki level) minutes.
Name: Gang Wu’s Resilience (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You may delay up to 2*(ki level) hit points of damage from enemy attacks until the beginning of your next turn. You gain a +1 bonus to strength checks, attack rolls, and damage rolls for every 4 hit points delayed this way. These bonuses last until the damage affects you. The delayed damage cannot be overcome in any way.
Mastery: +1: Increase the amount of hit points you can delay to 4*(ki level) for (ki level) rounds.
+1: Increase the bonus by 1 for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Swift Grappling (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to grapple checks equal to (ki level), and incur no attacks of opportunity for initiating a grapple.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the bonus to grapple checks by 2 for one round.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Mystic Defenses (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to your fortitude, reflex, or will saves equal to (ki level). You must choose which save to apply this bonus to when you enter this stance.
Mastery: +3: Apply bonus to all saves for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Keen Sight (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain low light vision.
Mastery: +1*: You gain +20 ft. of darkvision for (ki level) hours.
Name: Min Li’s Elemental Strike (Su)
Stance
Effect: Your unarmed strike deals extra fire, cold, sonic, acid, or electricity damage equal to (ki level). You must choose which type of energy when you enter this stance, and you may change the type of energy as a free action at the beginning of your turn.
Mastery: +1*: Increase damage by 1d6 for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Many Faces (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to all bluff and disguise checks equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +3: You may change your appearance, as per the disguise self spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level, for (ki level) hours.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Elemental Shield (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain energy resistance to fire, cold, sonic, electricity, or acid damage equal to (ki level). You must choose which type of energy when you enter this stance, and you may change the type of energy as a free action at the beginning of your turn.
Mastery: +3*: Increase energy resistance by (ki level) for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Blood on the Wind (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain the scent quality.
Mastery: +3: You may identify a creature’s type and subtype by smell.
Name: Gang Wu’s Inspiring Yell (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Allies within 25x(ki level) ft. gain a bonus to one damage roll per round equal to your (ki level).
Mastery: +3: Allies apply the damage bonus to all damage rolls for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Occluded Mind (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus equal to 2x(ki level) to saves vs mind affecting spells, and bluff checks vs. opposing sense motive checks. These bonuses stack with similar effects. Furthermore, you always know when you are being targeted by a mind affecting spell.
Mastery: +5: You gain the benefits of Mind Blank, as per the spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level, for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Versatile Strike (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Your unarmed strike may deal slashing, bludgeoning, or piercing damage.
Mastery: +1: Unarmed strikes count as the most beneficial damage type for (ki level) minutes (for example, if a creature has damage reduction that is bypassed only by piercing damage, then the Monk’s unarmed strike counts as piercing damage for that creature).
Name: Min Li’s Fading Sway (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you take no penalties on hide and move silently checks for moving up to your normal speed. The penalty for hide and move silently while running is reduced to -10.
Mastery: +1: For (ki level) rounds, once per round after you are attacked you may take a 5 ft. step and make a hide check, assuming there is something appropriate to hide in/behind/under.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Wasp’s Stance (Su)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, once per round you may deal your wisdom modifier in force damage to one enemy within 5*(ki level) ft. as a swift action. Will negates.
Mastery: +1: For (ki level) rounds, you may instead deal this damage as a free action
Name: Gang Wu’s Straw Target (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you gain a bonus to AC vs. ranged attacks equal to 1+½(ki level). This bonus stacks with bonuses from other techniques and stances.
Mastery: +1: For (ki level) rounds, you may choose to catch and keep material projectiles that you avoid while in this stance. Alternatively, if the projectile is a thrown weapon, you may choose to immediately throw back the projectile at the original attacker, even if it is not your turn.
Level 3 Techniques
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Name: Zhi Ning’s Ki Bolt (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You deal 2d6 force damage to all creatures in a 5*(ki level) ft. line. Reflex half.
Mastery: +1*: Increase damage by 2d6.
+1*: Increase range by 5 ft.
+3: This technique targets enemies only
Name: Gang Wu’s Disruption (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose one creature or square within 25*(ki level) ft. That creature or area is affected by Dispel Magic, as per the spell, with your caster level equal to your (Monk level)+(ki level)
Mastery: +3: The creature or spell is affected by Greater Dispel Magic instead
Name: Gang Wu’s Disintegration (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed strike against a creature. If the attack hits, in addition to dealing damage as normal, if at any time in the next 24 hours the creature should die, it must make a fortitude save. If the creature fails its save, its body disintegrates, and the creature cannot be brought back to life except through the wish, miracle, or true resurrection spells.
Name: Min Li’s Iron Soul (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may temporarily duplicate enhancements from weapons or armor and store them in your prayer beads or vestments. The enhancements you duplicate temporarily replace the ones currently stores in your prayer beads or vestments. You must touch the weapon/armor to duplicate its enhancements, thus if it’s currently being wielded/worn you must succeed on a melee touch attack, and the wielder/wearer may make a will save to negate the effect. The duplicated enhancements last for (ki level) minutes, after which you are dazed for the next hour, and the original enhancements stored in your prayer beads or vestments return. This technique does not function of intelligent items or artifacts.
Mastery: +1*: The enhancements last for an additional 1 minute
+3: You do not suffer the dazed effect at the end of this technique’s duration
+5: You temporarily drain the enhancement from the weapon or armor on which you use this technique instead of duplicating it. Until the end of this technique’s duration, the weapon or armor you target functions like a mundane version of itself.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Chakra Alignment (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 0
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You regain a number of ki points equal to your (ki level), and take 2x(ki level) damage that cannot be overcome in any way. This technique is usable once per day.
Name: Min Li’s Wholeness (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose one of the following:
• Heal yourself 2d6 hit points of damage
• Heal another, or harm undead using positive energy, 1d6 hit points of damage with a touch, Will half
Mastery: +1*: Increase healing by 2d6.
+1*: Increase damage by 1d6.
Name: Min Li’s Purity (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose one of the following:
• Heal yourself 1d4 points of ability damage
• Cure yourself of one disease
• Cure yourself of one poison
• Remove blindness, deafness, sickened, or paralyzed
Mastery: +3: Apply any of the above effects to another with a touch
Name: Gang Wu’s Shadow Body (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You create clones of yourself, as the Mirror Image spell, with a number of duplicates equal to (ki level), and with a caster level equal to your Monk level.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Pacifism (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose one of the following:
• Make an unarmed attack against one creature. If the attack succeeds, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, the affected creature must succeed on a will save or be unable to take hostile action of any kind for the next (ki level) rounds. Alternatively, a Monk may choose to have this deal no damage.
• Make an unarmed touch attack against one creature. If the attack succeeds, it deals no damage. Instead, the technique calms the target, as though the target of a calm emotions spell with a caster level equal to your Monk level.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
Name: Gang Wu’s Kiai Shout (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose one of the following:
• Make a single unarmed attack against an opponent. In addition to dealing damage as normal, you may make an intimidate check against that opponent with a bonus equal to the damage you dealt, to a maximum of (Monk level)
• You may make an intimidate check with a +2 bonus against all enemies within 5*(ki level) ft.
Mastery: +1*: Increase intimidate bonus by 2.
+1*: Increase range by 5 ft.
Name: Min Li’s Seize the Moment (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: Free Action
Effect: You gain a +20 bonus to initiative.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Crippling Strike (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, in addition to dealing unarmed strike damage, that creature takes a penalty to all damage rolls equal to your (ki level) for (ki level) rounds, for a minimum of 1 damage per attack.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
Name: Gang Wu’s Ram’s Horns (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may move up to 5 ft. and attack an enemy with a single unarmed strike. If it hits and does damage, you may repeat this action, moving 5 ft. and attacking with a single unarmed strike, though you must target a different creature with each attack. The total number of attacks you make in this manner may not exceed 1+½(ki level). Moving while using this technique does not provoke attacks of opportunity.
Mastery: +3*: You may move an additional +5 ft. in between each attack
Name: Zhi Ning’s Immolation (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: One creature up to 25*(ki level) ft. away must succeed on a Will save. If they fail, they are engulfed in ki energy that deals 1d6 force damage. At the beginning of each subsequent round, the target takes the previous round’s damage caused by this technique, plus an additional 1d6, but afterwards is allowed a new Will save at -1 of the previous round’s DC.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the range by 25 ft.
Name: Min Li’s Lesson in Humility (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed strike against a creature. If the attack hits, in addition to dealing damage as normal, the creature must succeed on a Reflex save or be knocked prone. If knocked prone by this technique, for the next (ki level) rounds, anytime the target attempts to stand up from prone while within 25*(ki level) ft. of you, they take force damage equal to (ki level)*5.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
+1: Anytime the target attempts to stand up from prone, in addition to taking damage, they must succeed on another Reflex save or be knocked prone again.
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You deal 2d6 force damage to all creatures in a 5*(ki level) ft. line. Reflex half.
Mastery: +1*: Increase damage by 2d6.
+1*: Increase range by 5 ft.
+3: This technique targets enemies only
Name: Gang Wu’s Disruption (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose one creature or square within 25*(ki level) ft. That creature or area is affected by Dispel Magic, as per the spell, with your caster level equal to your (Monk level)+(ki level)
Mastery: +3: The creature or spell is affected by Greater Dispel Magic instead
Name: Gang Wu’s Disintegration (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed strike against a creature. If the attack hits, in addition to dealing damage as normal, if at any time in the next 24 hours the creature should die, it must make a fortitude save. If the creature fails its save, its body disintegrates, and the creature cannot be brought back to life except through the wish, miracle, or true resurrection spells.
Name: Min Li’s Iron Soul (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may temporarily duplicate enhancements from weapons or armor and store them in your prayer beads or vestments. The enhancements you duplicate temporarily replace the ones currently stores in your prayer beads or vestments. You must touch the weapon/armor to duplicate its enhancements, thus if it’s currently being wielded/worn you must succeed on a melee touch attack, and the wielder/wearer may make a will save to negate the effect. The duplicated enhancements last for (ki level) minutes, after which you are dazed for the next hour, and the original enhancements stored in your prayer beads or vestments return. This technique does not function of intelligent items or artifacts.
Mastery: +1*: The enhancements last for an additional 1 minute
+3: You do not suffer the dazed effect at the end of this technique’s duration
+5: You temporarily drain the enhancement from the weapon or armor on which you use this technique instead of duplicating it. Until the end of this technique’s duration, the weapon or armor you target functions like a mundane version of itself.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Chakra Alignment (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 0
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You regain a number of ki points equal to your (ki level), and take 2x(ki level) damage that cannot be overcome in any way. This technique is usable once per day.
Name: Min Li’s Wholeness (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose one of the following:
• Heal yourself 2d6 hit points of damage
• Heal another, or harm undead using positive energy, 1d6 hit points of damage with a touch, Will half
Mastery: +1*: Increase healing by 2d6.
+1*: Increase damage by 1d6.
Name: Min Li’s Purity (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose one of the following:
• Heal yourself 1d4 points of ability damage
• Cure yourself of one disease
• Cure yourself of one poison
• Remove blindness, deafness, sickened, or paralyzed
Mastery: +3: Apply any of the above effects to another with a touch
Name: Gang Wu’s Shadow Body (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You create clones of yourself, as the Mirror Image spell, with a number of duplicates equal to (ki level), and with a caster level equal to your Monk level.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Pacifism (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose one of the following:
• Make an unarmed attack against one creature. If the attack succeeds, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, the affected creature must succeed on a will save or be unable to take hostile action of any kind for the next (ki level) rounds. Alternatively, a Monk may choose to have this deal no damage.
• Make an unarmed touch attack against one creature. If the attack succeeds, it deals no damage. Instead, the technique calms the target, as though the target of a calm emotions spell with a caster level equal to your Monk level.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
Name: Gang Wu’s Kiai Shout (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose one of the following:
• Make a single unarmed attack against an opponent. In addition to dealing damage as normal, you may make an intimidate check against that opponent with a bonus equal to the damage you dealt, to a maximum of (Monk level)
• You may make an intimidate check with a +2 bonus against all enemies within 5*(ki level) ft.
Mastery: +1*: Increase intimidate bonus by 2.
+1*: Increase range by 5 ft.
Name: Min Li’s Seize the Moment (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: Free Action
Effect: You gain a +20 bonus to initiative.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Crippling Strike (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, in addition to dealing unarmed strike damage, that creature takes a penalty to all damage rolls equal to your (ki level) for (ki level) rounds, for a minimum of 1 damage per attack.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
Name: Gang Wu’s Ram’s Horns (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may move up to 5 ft. and attack an enemy with a single unarmed strike. If it hits and does damage, you may repeat this action, moving 5 ft. and attacking with a single unarmed strike, though you must target a different creature with each attack. The total number of attacks you make in this manner may not exceed 1+½(ki level). Moving while using this technique does not provoke attacks of opportunity.
Mastery: +3*: You may move an additional +5 ft. in between each attack
Name: Zhi Ning’s Immolation (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: One creature up to 25*(ki level) ft. away must succeed on a Will save. If they fail, they are engulfed in ki energy that deals 1d6 force damage. At the beginning of each subsequent round, the target takes the previous round’s damage caused by this technique, plus an additional 1d6, but afterwards is allowed a new Will save at -1 of the previous round’s DC.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the range by 25 ft.
Name: Min Li’s Lesson in Humility (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed strike against a creature. If the attack hits, in addition to dealing damage as normal, the creature must succeed on a Reflex save or be knocked prone. If knocked prone by this technique, for the next (ki level) rounds, anytime the target attempts to stand up from prone while within 25*(ki level) ft. of you, they take force damage equal to (ki level)*5.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
+1: Anytime the target attempts to stand up from prone, in addition to taking damage, they must succeed on another Reflex save or be knocked prone again.
Level 3 Stances
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Name: Zhi Ning’s Wind Walk (Su)
Stance
Effect: You may move up to ½ your base land speed vertically as part of your move action. If you end your move in midair, you slowly float down at a rate of 10 ft. per round.
Mastery: +3: You gain a fly speed equal to your land speed with average maneuverability for (ki level) minutes.
+1*: Increase your fly maneuverability by one step.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Peaceful Meditation (Su)
Stance
Effect: You create an invisible spherical barrier centered on you across which no sound can travel. This barrier can be of any size up to a radius of 5*(ki level) ft. This barrier blocks all sound and sonic effects both into and out of the barrier.
Mastery: +3: For (ki level) minutes, creatures you touch must succeed on a will save or be unable to speak for (ki level) minutes.
Name: Min Li’s Fluency (Su)
Stance
Effect: You may understand any spoken language, as per the comprehend languages spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level.
Mastery: +3: You may speak and understand any language, as per the Tongues spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level, for (ki level) hours.
Name: Gang Wu’s Elusive Step (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to AC versus attacks of opportunity equal to (ki level). This effect stacks with bonuses from similar techniques.
Mastery: +3: You provoke no attacks of opportunity for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Concussion Strike (Ex)
Stance
Effect: The range of your unarmed strike doubles.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the range of your unarmed strike by 10 ft. for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Clairvoyance (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to initiative equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +3: You cannot be surprised for (ki level) hours.
Name: Gang Wu’s Precision (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain +1 to your critical threat range.
Mastery: +3: You gain a bonus to your critical threat range equal to ½(ki level) for one round.
Name: Min Li’s Mystic Survival (Su)
Stance
Effect: Choose one of the following when you enter this stance:
• Endure Elements, as the feat
• Survive the day on ¼ the normal food and water for a creature of your size
• Track, as the feat
• A bonus to all survival checks equal to (ki level)
• Gain a swim speed equal to ½ of your base land speed
• Gain a climb speed equal to ½ of your base land speed
• Exert no weight on the ground
*Note that you can enter this stance multiple times to gain different effects, however multiple uses of this stance do count against your maximum.
Mastery: +1: Negate all falling damage for one fall.
+3: Survive without air for a number of hours equal to (ki level).
+3*: Any of the stance’s base effects for (ki level) hours.
Name: Gang Wu’s Brutal Attack (Ex)
Stance
Effect: At the beginning of each round, you may choose to have all of your unarmed attacks that round deal 150% damage. Each round you choose to do this causes you to take 1d6 non-lethal damage that cannot be overcome in any way.
Mastery: +3: For (ki level) rounds, each one of your unarmed attacks that hits and does damage causes the enemy to take 1 constitution damage. Choosing to do this increases the non-lethal damage by 1d6.
Name: Min Li’s Quickened Step (Su)
Stance
Effect: Whenever you move at least 10 ft. in a round, your attacks deal extra damage equal to (ki level). This technique stacks with others that give similar bonuses.
Mastery: +3: You gain the benefits of Haste, as per the spell, for (ki level) rounds, with a caster level equal to your Monk level.
Name: Gang Wu’s Inevitable Hit (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Roll twice and take the better result for all damage rolls.
Mastery: +5: Roll twice and take the better result for all attack rolls for one round.
Name: Min Li’s Feather Step (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You may stand and move across liquid surfaces as though they were solid. While in this stance, you do not trigger traps based on pressure exerted on the ground.
Mastery: +3: For (ki level) rounds, you gain immunity to the harmful effects of dangerous liquids like acid or lava while moving across it.
+1: For (ki level) hours, you do not fall as normal, instead floating down at a speed of 10 ft. per round, negating all fall damage.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Demon’s Passage (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you may make one attack of opportunity above your normal maximum, with your wisdom modifier as a bonus to attack and damage.
Mastery: +3: For (ki level) rounds, you may make additional attacks of opportunity above your normal maximum equal to your wisdom modifier.
+3: For (ki level) rounds, you may attack a creature twice per provocation. Each attack counts against your maximum number of attacks of opportunity.
Name: Min Li’s Halting Step (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, once per round you may make one unarmed strike attack as an immediate interrupt against any enemy who moves within your melee range +10 ft. Any creature damaged in this manner immediately stops and loses the rest of its movement action. This attack does not count against your attacks of opportunity.
Mastery: +3: You may use this ability a number of times per turn equal to your wisdom modifier
Name: Gang Wu’s Fatal Circle (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you receive a bonus to damage rolls equal to your (ki level) for (ki level) rounds every time you drop an enemy to 0 or lower hit points. This bonus damage stacks with other techniques. If you drop multiple enemies to 0 or lower hit points, you receive a +1 to the bonus damage and it resets the duration, to a maximum of (ki level)*2 bonus damage.
Mastery: +3: For the next (ki level) minutes, whenever you receive bonus damage from this stance, the damage from your strength modifier is multiplied by an additional x0.5.
Stance
Effect: You may move up to ½ your base land speed vertically as part of your move action. If you end your move in midair, you slowly float down at a rate of 10 ft. per round.
Mastery: +3: You gain a fly speed equal to your land speed with average maneuverability for (ki level) minutes.
+1*: Increase your fly maneuverability by one step.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Peaceful Meditation (Su)
Stance
Effect: You create an invisible spherical barrier centered on you across which no sound can travel. This barrier can be of any size up to a radius of 5*(ki level) ft. This barrier blocks all sound and sonic effects both into and out of the barrier.
Mastery: +3: For (ki level) minutes, creatures you touch must succeed on a will save or be unable to speak for (ki level) minutes.
Name: Min Li’s Fluency (Su)
Stance
Effect: You may understand any spoken language, as per the comprehend languages spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level.
Mastery: +3: You may speak and understand any language, as per the Tongues spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level, for (ki level) hours.
Name: Gang Wu’s Elusive Step (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to AC versus attacks of opportunity equal to (ki level). This effect stacks with bonuses from similar techniques.
Mastery: +3: You provoke no attacks of opportunity for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Concussion Strike (Ex)
Stance
Effect: The range of your unarmed strike doubles.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the range of your unarmed strike by 10 ft. for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Clairvoyance (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to initiative equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +3: You cannot be surprised for (ki level) hours.
Name: Gang Wu’s Precision (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain +1 to your critical threat range.
Mastery: +3: You gain a bonus to your critical threat range equal to ½(ki level) for one round.
Name: Min Li’s Mystic Survival (Su)
Stance
Effect: Choose one of the following when you enter this stance:
• Endure Elements, as the feat
• Survive the day on ¼ the normal food and water for a creature of your size
• Track, as the feat
• A bonus to all survival checks equal to (ki level)
• Gain a swim speed equal to ½ of your base land speed
• Gain a climb speed equal to ½ of your base land speed
• Exert no weight on the ground
*Note that you can enter this stance multiple times to gain different effects, however multiple uses of this stance do count against your maximum.
Mastery: +1: Negate all falling damage for one fall.
+3: Survive without air for a number of hours equal to (ki level).
+3*: Any of the stance’s base effects for (ki level) hours.
Name: Gang Wu’s Brutal Attack (Ex)
Stance
Effect: At the beginning of each round, you may choose to have all of your unarmed attacks that round deal 150% damage. Each round you choose to do this causes you to take 1d6 non-lethal damage that cannot be overcome in any way.
Mastery: +3: For (ki level) rounds, each one of your unarmed attacks that hits and does damage causes the enemy to take 1 constitution damage. Choosing to do this increases the non-lethal damage by 1d6.
Name: Min Li’s Quickened Step (Su)
Stance
Effect: Whenever you move at least 10 ft. in a round, your attacks deal extra damage equal to (ki level). This technique stacks with others that give similar bonuses.
Mastery: +3: You gain the benefits of Haste, as per the spell, for (ki level) rounds, with a caster level equal to your Monk level.
Name: Gang Wu’s Inevitable Hit (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Roll twice and take the better result for all damage rolls.
Mastery: +5: Roll twice and take the better result for all attack rolls for one round.
Name: Min Li’s Feather Step (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You may stand and move across liquid surfaces as though they were solid. While in this stance, you do not trigger traps based on pressure exerted on the ground.
Mastery: +3: For (ki level) rounds, you gain immunity to the harmful effects of dangerous liquids like acid or lava while moving across it.
+1: For (ki level) hours, you do not fall as normal, instead floating down at a speed of 10 ft. per round, negating all fall damage.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Demon’s Passage (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you may make one attack of opportunity above your normal maximum, with your wisdom modifier as a bonus to attack and damage.
Mastery: +3: For (ki level) rounds, you may make additional attacks of opportunity above your normal maximum equal to your wisdom modifier.
+3: For (ki level) rounds, you may attack a creature twice per provocation. Each attack counts against your maximum number of attacks of opportunity.
Name: Min Li’s Halting Step (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, once per round you may make one unarmed strike attack as an immediate interrupt against any enemy who moves within your melee range +10 ft. Any creature damaged in this manner immediately stops and loses the rest of its movement action. This attack does not count against your attacks of opportunity.
Mastery: +3: You may use this ability a number of times per turn equal to your wisdom modifier
Name: Gang Wu’s Fatal Circle (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you receive a bonus to damage rolls equal to your (ki level) for (ki level) rounds every time you drop an enemy to 0 or lower hit points. This bonus damage stacks with other techniques. If you drop multiple enemies to 0 or lower hit points, you receive a +1 to the bonus damage and it resets the duration, to a maximum of (ki level)*2 bonus damage.
Mastery: +3: For the next (ki level) minutes, whenever you receive bonus damage from this stance, the damage from your strength modifier is multiplied by an additional x0.5.
Level 4 Techniques
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Name: Min Li’s Balance Break (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make an unarmed strike against one creature. In addition to dealing damage, the creature must succeed on a reflex save or be flat-footed until the end of your next round.
Name: Min Li’s Split Spirit (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You create a clone of yourself that appears in a square next to you. For all intents and purposes, the clone acts like a summoned creature: it acts on your turn and is completely controlled by you. The clone is an exact copy of you, and has the same AC, BAB, saves, HP, etc… but it may only perform unarmed melee attacks on its turn. It cannot use techniques, spells, skills, etc… As a move action, you may switch places with your clone on your turn. The clone lasts for (ki level) rounds, and you may only have one clone at a time. If your clone is killed, the backlash causes you to lose a number of ki points equal to your (ki level). If this loss would cause your ki point total to be negative, you instead lose that many hit points. Unless somehow marked after creation, your clone is indistinguishable from you.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
Name: Min Li’s Abundant Step (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Move Action
Effect: You may teleport up to +50 ft.
Mastery: +1*: Increase teleport distance by 50 ft.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Mystic Revival (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may revive one willing dead creature with a touch, as per the Raise Dead spell, with a caster level equal to your monk level.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Wandering Spirit (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may move yourself and up to 50 lbs. of your equipment to another plane of existence. No other creature may accompany you, and this technique only provides a one way trip. You always arrive 1d10 miles from your intended destination.
Name: Gang Wu’s Oxen Horns (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may move up to your base land speed. You may make a single attack using your unarmed strike against each enemy that comes within your melee range, up to a maximum of ½ Monk level attacks. Each enemy you successfully hit in this manner takes damage as per your normal unarmed strike, and must succeed on a reflex save or be flung 5x(ki level) feet in a direction of your choosing. In the event that this forced movement would cause the enemy to take additional damage (i.e. thrown off of a cliff or into a pool of lava), the enemy is granted a second reflex save to halt the movement at the last possible point before taking damage (for example, at the edge of the cliff).
Name: Gang Wu’s Ground Stomp (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: All creatures within 5x(ki level) ft. must succeed on a balance check or take an amount of damage equal to 3x(ki level) and fall prone. Furthermore, all ground within this radius is treated as difficult terrain for all enemies for (ki level) minutes.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the range by 5 ft.
+1*: Increase the duration by 1 minute
Name: Gang Wu’s Narrow Escape (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: Free Action
Effect: Once per encounter, you may use this technique when you would drop below 0 hit points. Instead, your hit point total is set at 1.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Animal Visage (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You may appear to observers as any sort of animal, as though affected by the Major Image spell, with a caster level equal to your (monk level)+(ki level).
Name: Min Li’s Tear in the Void (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed strike against a creature. If the attack hits, in addition to dealing damage as normal, the creature must succeed on a Will save or be forcefully teleported 5*(ki level) ft. in any direction of your choice. If this teleportation places them within a solid object, they are “shunted”, as per the normal effect for a teleport spell.
Mastery: +1: This attack deals no damage, allowing it to be used on allies
+1*: Increase the teleport distance by 5 ft.
+1: Target must succeed on an additional Will save or be shaken for (ki level) rounds
+3: You may delay the target from reappearing for 1 round
Name: Gang Wu’s Vacuum Sweep (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Enemies within 5*(ki level) ft. must succeed on a Reflex save or be pulled to an empty square of your choice that is adjacent to you and not immediately hostile (such as lava, cliffs, etc.). Once pulled in, you may make a single unarmed strike against all adjacent enemies. For each enemy struck in this manner, you may make a free trip attempt that does not incur attacks of opportunity against that enemy. If there are no empty adjacent squares are available, the affected enemies immediately take (ki level)*1d6 sonic damage, reflex half. You may target a number of enemies with this technique whose Hit Dice total no more than 4*(ki level).
Mastery: +3*: Increase the range by 5 ft.
+1*: This technique may affect 1 additional HD
Name: Zhi Ning’s Chakra Disruption (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Upon using this technique, you may make up to 3 unarmed strike attacks with a -10 to your attack bonus. These attacks may all target the same creature, or you may distribute them among separate creatures. Instead of targeting the creature’s AC, these attacks each target a different save. In addition to dealing unarmed strike damage, the attacks have added effects based on which save the creature fails, each of which lasts for (ki level) rounds:
• Fortitude: the target takes a penalty to special combat actions (Aid Another, Bull Rush, Charge, Disarm, Feint, Grapple, Overrun, Sunder, and Trip) equal to your (ki level)
• Reflex: the target takes a penalty to its AC equal to your (ki level)
• Will: the target takes a penalty to its saves equal to ½(ki level)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make an unarmed strike against one creature. In addition to dealing damage, the creature must succeed on a reflex save or be flat-footed until the end of your next round.
Name: Min Li’s Split Spirit (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You create a clone of yourself that appears in a square next to you. For all intents and purposes, the clone acts like a summoned creature: it acts on your turn and is completely controlled by you. The clone is an exact copy of you, and has the same AC, BAB, saves, HP, etc… but it may only perform unarmed melee attacks on its turn. It cannot use techniques, spells, skills, etc… As a move action, you may switch places with your clone on your turn. The clone lasts for (ki level) rounds, and you may only have one clone at a time. If your clone is killed, the backlash causes you to lose a number of ki points equal to your (ki level). If this loss would cause your ki point total to be negative, you instead lose that many hit points. Unless somehow marked after creation, your clone is indistinguishable from you.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the duration by 1 round
Name: Min Li’s Abundant Step (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Move Action
Effect: You may teleport up to +50 ft.
Mastery: +1*: Increase teleport distance by 50 ft.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Mystic Revival (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may revive one willing dead creature with a touch, as per the Raise Dead spell, with a caster level equal to your monk level.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Wandering Spirit (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may move yourself and up to 50 lbs. of your equipment to another plane of existence. No other creature may accompany you, and this technique only provides a one way trip. You always arrive 1d10 miles from your intended destination.
Name: Gang Wu’s Oxen Horns (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may move up to your base land speed. You may make a single attack using your unarmed strike against each enemy that comes within your melee range, up to a maximum of ½ Monk level attacks. Each enemy you successfully hit in this manner takes damage as per your normal unarmed strike, and must succeed on a reflex save or be flung 5x(ki level) feet in a direction of your choosing. In the event that this forced movement would cause the enemy to take additional damage (i.e. thrown off of a cliff or into a pool of lava), the enemy is granted a second reflex save to halt the movement at the last possible point before taking damage (for example, at the edge of the cliff).
Name: Gang Wu’s Ground Stomp (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: All creatures within 5x(ki level) ft. must succeed on a balance check or take an amount of damage equal to 3x(ki level) and fall prone. Furthermore, all ground within this radius is treated as difficult terrain for all enemies for (ki level) minutes.
Mastery: +1*: Increase the range by 5 ft.
+1*: Increase the duration by 1 minute
Name: Gang Wu’s Narrow Escape (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: Free Action
Effect: Once per encounter, you may use this technique when you would drop below 0 hit points. Instead, your hit point total is set at 1.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Animal Visage (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You may appear to observers as any sort of animal, as though affected by the Major Image spell, with a caster level equal to your (monk level)+(ki level).
Name: Min Li’s Tear in the Void (Su)†
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed strike against a creature. If the attack hits, in addition to dealing damage as normal, the creature must succeed on a Will save or be forcefully teleported 5*(ki level) ft. in any direction of your choice. If this teleportation places them within a solid object, they are “shunted”, as per the normal effect for a teleport spell.
Mastery: +1: This attack deals no damage, allowing it to be used on allies
+1*: Increase the teleport distance by 5 ft.
+1: Target must succeed on an additional Will save or be shaken for (ki level) rounds
+3: You may delay the target from reappearing for 1 round
Name: Gang Wu’s Vacuum Sweep (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Enemies within 5*(ki level) ft. must succeed on a Reflex save or be pulled to an empty square of your choice that is adjacent to you and not immediately hostile (such as lava, cliffs, etc.). Once pulled in, you may make a single unarmed strike against all adjacent enemies. For each enemy struck in this manner, you may make a free trip attempt that does not incur attacks of opportunity against that enemy. If there are no empty adjacent squares are available, the affected enemies immediately take (ki level)*1d6 sonic damage, reflex half. You may target a number of enemies with this technique whose Hit Dice total no more than 4*(ki level).
Mastery: +3*: Increase the range by 5 ft.
+1*: This technique may affect 1 additional HD
Name: Zhi Ning’s Chakra Disruption (Ex)†
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Upon using this technique, you may make up to 3 unarmed strike attacks with a -10 to your attack bonus. These attacks may all target the same creature, or you may distribute them among separate creatures. Instead of targeting the creature’s AC, these attacks each target a different save. In addition to dealing unarmed strike damage, the attacks have added effects based on which save the creature fails, each of which lasts for (ki level) rounds:
• Fortitude: the target takes a penalty to special combat actions (Aid Another, Bull Rush, Charge, Disarm, Feint, Grapple, Overrun, Sunder, and Trip) equal to your (ki level)
• Reflex: the target takes a penalty to its AC equal to your (ki level)
• Will: the target takes a penalty to its saves equal to ½(ki level)
Level 4 Stances
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Name: Zhi Ning’s Theft of Essence (Su)
Stance
Effect: You heal 1 damage for each attack that you make that hits and does damage.
Mastery: +3: Increase the amount of healing by 1 for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Retribution (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Any enemy who hits you with a melee attack takes (ki level) force damage.
Mastery: +3: This ability can target enemies who damage you with ranged attacks as well for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Piercing Fist (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Your unarmed strike overcomes 2*(ki level) points of damage reduction.
Mastery: +3: Your unarmed strike targets touch AC for one round.
Name: Gang Wu’s Iron Body (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain DR (ki level)/-.
Mastery: +5: You assume certain construct traits for (ki level) rounds. You gain DR (ki level)/-, low-light vision, darkvision 60 ft., immunity to: mind-affecting, poison, sleep, paralysis, stunning, disease, death effects, necromancy effects, critical hits, non-lethal damage, ability damage and drain, fatigue, exhaustion, energy drain, death from massive damage, and any effect requiring a fortitude save. While using this Mastery ability, you are subject to spells and abilities that affect constructs.
Name: Gang Wu’s Ki Fury (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a +4 bonus to strength and constitution, a +2 bonus to will saves, and -2 to AC. While in this stance, you may take no mental actions that require concentration, except for switching stances or using the mastery ability of this stance.
Mastery: +5: Increase strength and constitution bonus by 4, and will bonus by 2 for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s One with Nature (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to Knowledge: Nature checks equal to (ki level). Furthermore, you may speak with plants and animals, as per the appropriate spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level.
Mastery: +3: You may speak to and gather information from the natural world, as per the Commune with Nature spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level, for (ki level) minutes.
Name: Gang Wu’s Arresting Interrupt (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, anytime a creature within your melee reach attacks you with a melee attack, you may make an unarmed strike attack against them first. Each attack you make in this manner counts against your total attacks of opportunity for the round.
Mastery: +5: For (ki level) rounds, if your strike hits and does damage, the creature’s attack fails.
Name: Min Li’s Inspiring Bravery (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you are immune to fear-based effects.
Mastery: +3: For (ki level) rounds, allies within visual range are immune to fear-based effects
Name: Zhi Ning’s Subtle Mask (Su)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you may hide while being observed, as though you had the hide in plain sight ability.
Mastery: +3: For one round, you may hide from enemies with which you are currently in combat. In order to do this, you must move to the side of the enemy opposite from the side you begin the round on, then succeed on a hide check.
Name: Gang Wu’s Scraping Blow (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, once per round when you miss an enemy with a melee attack, that enemy must succeed on a Reflex save or take ½ the damage they would have taken from the attack.
Mastery: +3: For one round, anytime you miss an enemy with a melee attack, that enemy must succeed on a Reflex save or take the full damage they would have taken from the attack.
Name: Min Li’s Trail of Shadows (Su)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, each time you take a move action, you may choose leave behind a shadowy image of yourself. These images last for (ki level) rounds, and you may have a maximum number of images equal to your Wisdom modifier. Enemies who try and move through, or end their movement adjacent to a shadow take damage equal to your Wisdom modifier, and must succeed on a Will save or be struck blind for (ki level) rounds. Triggering this effect immediately ends the duration of that particular shadow.
Mastery: +3: For one round, any shadow you leave behind is invisible
Name: Zhi Ning’s Maddening Fist (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Once per round, any one enemy whom you have damaged with an unarmed strike must make a Will save or be affected by Confusion, as per the spell with a caster level equal to your Monk level, for one round.
Mastery: +5: For (ki level) rounds, any enemy afflicted with Confusion from this stance also takes 1d6 Intelligence damage.
Stance
Effect: You heal 1 damage for each attack that you make that hits and does damage.
Mastery: +3: Increase the amount of healing by 1 for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Retribution (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Any enemy who hits you with a melee attack takes (ki level) force damage.
Mastery: +3: This ability can target enemies who damage you with ranged attacks as well for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Piercing Fist (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Your unarmed strike overcomes 2*(ki level) points of damage reduction.
Mastery: +3: Your unarmed strike targets touch AC for one round.
Name: Gang Wu’s Iron Body (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain DR (ki level)/-.
Mastery: +5: You assume certain construct traits for (ki level) rounds. You gain DR (ki level)/-, low-light vision, darkvision 60 ft., immunity to: mind-affecting, poison, sleep, paralysis, stunning, disease, death effects, necromancy effects, critical hits, non-lethal damage, ability damage and drain, fatigue, exhaustion, energy drain, death from massive damage, and any effect requiring a fortitude save. While using this Mastery ability, you are subject to spells and abilities that affect constructs.
Name: Gang Wu’s Ki Fury (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a +4 bonus to strength and constitution, a +2 bonus to will saves, and -2 to AC. While in this stance, you may take no mental actions that require concentration, except for switching stances or using the mastery ability of this stance.
Mastery: +5: Increase strength and constitution bonus by 4, and will bonus by 2 for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s One with Nature (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to Knowledge: Nature checks equal to (ki level). Furthermore, you may speak with plants and animals, as per the appropriate spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level.
Mastery: +3: You may speak to and gather information from the natural world, as per the Commune with Nature spell, with a caster level equal to your Monk level, for (ki level) minutes.
Name: Gang Wu’s Arresting Interrupt (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, anytime a creature within your melee reach attacks you with a melee attack, you may make an unarmed strike attack against them first. Each attack you make in this manner counts against your total attacks of opportunity for the round.
Mastery: +5: For (ki level) rounds, if your strike hits and does damage, the creature’s attack fails.
Name: Min Li’s Inspiring Bravery (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you are immune to fear-based effects.
Mastery: +3: For (ki level) rounds, allies within visual range are immune to fear-based effects
Name: Zhi Ning’s Subtle Mask (Su)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you may hide while being observed, as though you had the hide in plain sight ability.
Mastery: +3: For one round, you may hide from enemies with which you are currently in combat. In order to do this, you must move to the side of the enemy opposite from the side you begin the round on, then succeed on a hide check.
Name: Gang Wu’s Scraping Blow (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, once per round when you miss an enemy with a melee attack, that enemy must succeed on a Reflex save or take ½ the damage they would have taken from the attack.
Mastery: +3: For one round, anytime you miss an enemy with a melee attack, that enemy must succeed on a Reflex save or take the full damage they would have taken from the attack.
Name: Min Li’s Trail of Shadows (Su)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, each time you take a move action, you may choose leave behind a shadowy image of yourself. These images last for (ki level) rounds, and you may have a maximum number of images equal to your Wisdom modifier. Enemies who try and move through, or end their movement adjacent to a shadow take damage equal to your Wisdom modifier, and must succeed on a Will save or be struck blind for (ki level) rounds. Triggering this effect immediately ends the duration of that particular shadow.
Mastery: +3: For one round, any shadow you leave behind is invisible
Name: Zhi Ning’s Maddening Fist (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Once per round, any one enemy whom you have damaged with an unarmed strike must make a Will save or be affected by Confusion, as per the spell with a caster level equal to your Monk level, for one round.
Mastery: +5: For (ki level) rounds, any enemy afflicted with Confusion from this stance also takes 1d6 Intelligence damage.
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Homebrew and House Rules (D&D) / Monk of the Three Immortals (2.0)
« on: January 18, 2017, 10:20:55 AM »
It's back, my Monk rewrite (original post: http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=11238.0 ). Nevermind that the last post was ~3 years ago. Power has been toned down somewhat, and an attempt at streamlining was made. Again, I'm trying to place the Monk in the tier 2-3 range in terms of power and versatility.
Legends tell tales of three martial arts masters, who, through deep meditation and devotion to the arts, learned the secrets of immortality. As word of their accomplishment spread, the political leaders of the surrounding realms dispatched envoys to bring these three to their courts so they could learn the Undying Secret. But the Three quickly realized that all who came in search of their discovery wanted it merely for personal gain. Every messenger was turned away, every potential pupil rejected, and every scholar seeking wisdom was denied. This rejection angered many of the political leaders, and one in particular, a powerful warlord, send his armies to forcibly capture the Three. Months passed, and the army could not be found. Finally, a small band of soldiers, all that was left of the army, returned, and reported that when the army approached and cornered the Three, they disappeared in a flash of light that felled a majority of their forces. The Three Immortals have not been seen since then, but some say that just before their disappearance, they found one worthy pupil…
Adventures: Adventures: A Monk of the Three Immortals sees adventuring as a path towards enlightenment, in hopes to one day join the founders of the style that they have dedicated themselves to as an equal.
Characteristics: A Monk of the Three Immortals is characterized both by his unarmed and unarmored fighting style and by his use of the Arts, which channel the innate energy of the universe to perform incredible tasks. Monks are also known for being incredibly resilient, able to shrug off blows and magical spells that would fell lesser beings – if you can hit them, that is.
Alignment: A Monk’s concerns go beyond the concepts of law and morality, so though they tend towards neutrality, a Monk of the Three Immortals may choose any alignment.
Religion: The Three Immortals themselves form a sort of religious icon for the Monks. However, since every path to enlightenment is unique, some Monks follow other deities that more specifically align with their morality.
Background: Nearly all Monks grow up in a monastery from a very early age. In most regions with a Three Immortals sect, the monastery is known as an orphanage and safe place for those with nowhere else to go. The monastery also serves as a repository of knowledge. Those who come to the monastery later in life are usually not suited for the physical aspect of being a fully-fledged Monk, so instead they are taught the art of reading and writing, and spend most of their days copying books or scrolls. By the time they come of age, most Monks have dedicated themselves to one of three paths, following one of the Three Immortals. Those who follow Gang Wu value strength and physical training, resulting in Monks who are “rough around the edges”. Followers of Min Li study tactics and acrobatics, and tend to be elusive and calculating. Finally, those who follow Zhi Ning seek enlightenment from meditation, valuing self-awareness above all else.
*Note: A Monk’s path has no impact on game mechanics
Races: The majority of Monks are Human, however, due to the monastery’s reputation as an orphanage, Monks of all races have been seen.
Other Classes: Due to their constant, unrelenting quest for enlightenment, Monks often come off as aloof and single-minded to other classes. However, some Monks have adopted the attitude that enlightenment does not lie within one’s self, but in the interactions between themselves and their friends and family, and these Monks have no problem fitting in to new groups.
Role: A Monk’s main purpose is to hit fast and hit hard. They typically use their speed and agility to avoid prolonged combat. Due to the variety of Arts they can learn, Monks can serve a fairly utilitarian purpose, “filling in the gaps” of a party. Depending on the path they choose, Monks can play a secondary role as a front liner, taking hits for those who can’t, or a tactician, controlling the battlefield to make things easier for their allies, or even a ranged striker, hitting foes from afar with his Ki Techniques.
Abilities: Wisdom powers most of the Monk’s class abilities. Strength allows the Monk to hit harder, and Constitution allows them to stay in the fight longer. Some Monks, however, choose to focus on Dexterity, achieving a frustratingly high level of elusiveness for their foes, and deadly accurate, finessed attacks.
Alignment: Any, though the majority are neutral along at least one axis
Hit Die: d10
Table for Class Features
Class Skills (6 + Int modifier per level, x4 at 1st level): Balance, Climb, Concentration, Craft, Diplomacy, Escape Artist, Heal, Hide, Intimidate, Jump, Knowledge: Arcane, Knowledge: History, Knowledge: Nature, Knowledge: Psionics, Knowledge: Religion, Listen, Martial Lore, Move Silently, Profession, Sense Motive, Spot, Survival, Swim, Tumble, Use Rope
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Monk’s have proficiency with no armor or shields. They are proficient with the Sickle, Quarterstaff, Spear, Sling, Kukri, Scimitar, Longbow, Shortbow, Kama, Nunchaku, Sai, Siangham, and Spiked Chain.
Starting Gold: 5d4 GP
Class Features
Arts List, Short
MONK OF THE THREE IMMORTALS
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Legends tell tales of three martial arts masters, who, through deep meditation and devotion to the arts, learned the secrets of immortality. As word of their accomplishment spread, the political leaders of the surrounding realms dispatched envoys to bring these three to their courts so they could learn the Undying Secret. But the Three quickly realized that all who came in search of their discovery wanted it merely for personal gain. Every messenger was turned away, every potential pupil rejected, and every scholar seeking wisdom was denied. This rejection angered many of the political leaders, and one in particular, a powerful warlord, send his armies to forcibly capture the Three. Months passed, and the army could not be found. Finally, a small band of soldiers, all that was left of the army, returned, and reported that when the army approached and cornered the Three, they disappeared in a flash of light that felled a majority of their forces. The Three Immortals have not been seen since then, but some say that just before their disappearance, they found one worthy pupil…
Adventures: Adventures: A Monk of the Three Immortals sees adventuring as a path towards enlightenment, in hopes to one day join the founders of the style that they have dedicated themselves to as an equal.
Characteristics: A Monk of the Three Immortals is characterized both by his unarmed and unarmored fighting style and by his use of the Arts, which channel the innate energy of the universe to perform incredible tasks. Monks are also known for being incredibly resilient, able to shrug off blows and magical spells that would fell lesser beings – if you can hit them, that is.
Alignment: A Monk’s concerns go beyond the concepts of law and morality, so though they tend towards neutrality, a Monk of the Three Immortals may choose any alignment.
Religion: The Three Immortals themselves form a sort of religious icon for the Monks. However, since every path to enlightenment is unique, some Monks follow other deities that more specifically align with their morality.
Background: Nearly all Monks grow up in a monastery from a very early age. In most regions with a Three Immortals sect, the monastery is known as an orphanage and safe place for those with nowhere else to go. The monastery also serves as a repository of knowledge. Those who come to the monastery later in life are usually not suited for the physical aspect of being a fully-fledged Monk, so instead they are taught the art of reading and writing, and spend most of their days copying books or scrolls. By the time they come of age, most Monks have dedicated themselves to one of three paths, following one of the Three Immortals. Those who follow Gang Wu value strength and physical training, resulting in Monks who are “rough around the edges”. Followers of Min Li study tactics and acrobatics, and tend to be elusive and calculating. Finally, those who follow Zhi Ning seek enlightenment from meditation, valuing self-awareness above all else.
*Note: A Monk’s path has no impact on game mechanics
Races: The majority of Monks are Human, however, due to the monastery’s reputation as an orphanage, Monks of all races have been seen.
Other Classes: Due to their constant, unrelenting quest for enlightenment, Monks often come off as aloof and single-minded to other classes. However, some Monks have adopted the attitude that enlightenment does not lie within one’s self, but in the interactions between themselves and their friends and family, and these Monks have no problem fitting in to new groups.
Role: A Monk’s main purpose is to hit fast and hit hard. They typically use their speed and agility to avoid prolonged combat. Due to the variety of Arts they can learn, Monks can serve a fairly utilitarian purpose, “filling in the gaps” of a party. Depending on the path they choose, Monks can play a secondary role as a front liner, taking hits for those who can’t, or a tactician, controlling the battlefield to make things easier for their allies, or even a ranged striker, hitting foes from afar with his Ki Techniques.
Abilities: Wisdom powers most of the Monk’s class abilities. Strength allows the Monk to hit harder, and Constitution allows them to stay in the fight longer. Some Monks, however, choose to focus on Dexterity, achieving a frustratingly high level of elusiveness for their foes, and deadly accurate, finessed attacks.
Alignment: Any, though the majority are neutral along at least one axis
Level Base Fort Ref Will Special
Attack Save Save Save
Bonus
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1 +1 +2 +2 +2 Monastic Training
2 +2 +3 +3 +3 Evasion, Uncanny Dodge
3 +3 +3 +3 +3 Adaptive Style
4 +4 +4 +4 +4 Ki Strike
5 +5 +4 +4 +4 Improved Uncanny Dodge
6 +6 +5 +5 +5 Indomitalbe Spirit
7 +7 +5 +5 +5 Mettle
8 +8 +6 +6 +6 Diamond Body
9 +9 +6 +6 +6 Improved Evasion
10 +10 +7 +7 +7 Improved Ki Strike
11 +11 +7 +7 +7 Greater Flurry
12 +12 +8 +8 +8 Stir in the Void
13 +13 +8 +8 +8 Quickness of Action
14 +14 +9 +9 +9 Diamond Soul
15 +15 +9 +9 +9 Greater Ki Strike
16 +16 +10 +10 +10 Wholeness of Body
17 +17 +10 +10 +10 Timeless Body
18 +18 +11 +11 +11 Sudden Fist
19 +19 +11 +11 +11 Perfect Self
20 +20 +12 +12 +12 Verge of Enlightenment
Hit Die: d10
Table for Class Features
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Level Flurry Fast AC Unarmed Ki Ki Arts Maximum
of Movement Bonus Strike Level Pool Practiced Active
Blows Stances
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1 -2 +10 ft. +0 1d6 1 1 6 2
2 -2 +10 ft +1 1d6 1 2 7 2
3 -2 +10 ft. +1 1d6 1 3 8 2
4 -2 +20 ft. +1 1d8 2 4 9 2
5 -1 +20 ft. +1 1d8 2 5 10 2
6 -1 +20 ft. +2 1d8 2 6 11 2
7 -1 +30 ft. +2 1d8 3 7 12 2
8 -1 +30 ft. +2 1d10 3 8 13 2
9 +0 +30 ft. +2 1d10 3 9 14 2
10 +0 +40 ft. +3 1d10 4 10 15 3
11 +0/0 +40 ft. +3 1d10 4 11 16 3
12 +0/0 +40 ft. +3 2d6 4 12 17 3
13 +1/0 +50 ft. +3 2d6 5 13 18 3
14 +1/0 +50 ft. +4 2d6 5 14 19 3
15 +1/0 +50 ft. +4 2d6 5 15 20 3
16 +1/0 +60 ft. +4 2d8 6 16 21 3
17 +2/+1 +60 ft. +4 2d8 6 17 22 3
18 +2/+1 +60 ft. +5 2d8 6 18 23 3
19 +2/+1 +70 ft. +5 2d8 7 19 24 3
20 +2/+1 +70 ft. +5 2d10 7 20 25 4
Class Skills (6 + Int modifier per level, x4 at 1st level): Balance, Climb, Concentration, Craft, Diplomacy, Escape Artist, Heal, Hide, Intimidate, Jump, Knowledge: Arcane, Knowledge: History, Knowledge: Nature, Knowledge: Psionics, Knowledge: Religion, Listen, Martial Lore, Move Silently, Profession, Sense Motive, Spot, Survival, Swim, Tumble, Use Rope
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Monk’s have proficiency with no armor or shields. They are proficient with the Sickle, Quarterstaff, Spear, Sling, Kukri, Scimitar, Longbow, Shortbow, Kama, Nunchaku, Sai, Siangham, and Spiked Chain.
Starting Gold: 5d4 GP
Class Features
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Totally Unencumbered: Many class features of the Monk refer to a state known as being “totally unencumbered”. In order to achieve this state, the Monk must be unarmored and carrying less than 50%+5%*(Monk level), maximum 100% at 10th level, of his normal maximum light load.
Monastic Training: All Monks receive basic training that grants them a variety of abilities:
Uncanny Dodge (Ex) – As the PHB Barbarian ability with the same name, must be totally unencumbered.
Adaptive Style (Ex) – At 3rd level, a Monk may choose one of the following as a bonus feat, even if he does not meet the prerequisites. For each feat listed, there is an additional benefit that the Monk gets only when using that feat. The Monk may change the feat he has selected as a swift action a number of times per day equal to his ki level with a DC=15 concentration check. Because these feats are changeable, they do not count as prerequisites for other feats, prestige classes, etc. If at any time the Monk possesses all of the following feats, he instead gains a bonus feat. This bonus feat may not be changed through a concentration check, and the Monk must meet the prerequisites.
Ki Strike (Ex) – At 4th level, a Monk’s unarmed strike is considered magic for the purposes of overcoming damage reduction. Furthermore, your critical threat range improves to (19-20, x2).
Improved Uncanny Dodge (Ex) – As the PHB Barbarian ability with the same name, must be totally unencumbered.
Indomitable Spirit (Ex) – Beginning at 6th level, the Monk rolls twice and takes the better result on all saves vs. death effects.
Mettle (Ex) – At 7th level, the Monk can resist unusual effects and magic with great willpower and fortitude. If he successfully makes a Will or Fortitude save against an attack that would have a lesser effect on a successful save, he instead completely negates the effect. Must be totally unencumbered.
Diamond Body (Ex) – An 8th level Monk gains immunity to diseases and poisons of all kinds
Improved Evasion (Ex) – As the PHB Monk ability with the same name, must be totally unencumbered.
Improved Ki Strike (Ex) – At 10th level, the Monk’s unarmed strike is considered lawful or chaotic, whichever matches his alignment, and good or evil, whichever matches his alignment. If the Monk is neutral, he may choose, but once chosen it cannot be changed unless the Monk changes alignment. Furthermore, a 10th level Monk’s unarmed strikes have the ghost touch quality. Your critical threat range improves to (18-20, x2).
Stir in the Void (Ex) – A 12th level Monk adds his wisdom modifier to initiative rolls
Quickness of Action (Ex) – At 13th level, a Monk may use an additional swift action in a round a number of times per day equal to his ki level.
Diamond Soul (Ex) – At 14th level, 1/day a Monk may retry a failed saving throw at the same DC using his concentration skill check rather than the original saving throw. The Monk must accept the results of the second roll. Furthermore, a 14th level Monk gains Skill Mastery (may take 10, even under adverse conditions) when using the concentration skill.
Greater Ki Strike (Ex) – At 15th level, the Monk may emulate one material with his unarmed strike for the purposes of overcoming damage reduction. The Monk may change the material he is emulating a number of times per day equal to his wisdom modifier, and doing so takes a swift action. Furthermore, your critical multiplier improves to (18-20, x3).
Wholeness of Body (Ex) – At 16th level, a Monk of the Three Immortals gains fast healing equal to his wisdom modifier/4, minimum 1.
Timeless Body (Ex) – As the Monk ability with the same name, except that any existing age penalties are removed upon reaching this level. The Monk may still benefit from the bonuses of old age.
Sudden Fist (Ex) – At 18th level, so long as he is totally unencumbered and using unarmed strike, a Monk gains the ability to use his Flurry of Blows class feature in conjunction with a single standard action attack once per round. This ability does not stack with other effects that grant extra attacks.
Perfect Self – As the Monk ability of the same name, but without the damage reduction.
Verge of Enlightenment (Ex) – At 20th level, a Monk may use techniques without paying their ki point cost for a number of rounds per day equal to ½ times Wisdom modifier. Furthermore, a Monk of the Three Immortals who reaches this level will never die of old age.
DM's Sidebar: Adjusting Power Level
Monastic Training: All Monks receive basic training that grants them a variety of abilities:
- Unarmed Strike (Ex) - At 1st level, the Monk gains a single special unarmed strike with which he is proficient. This special unarmed strike has damage according to Monk level, (20, x2) critical threat range, applies full strength modifier to damage rolls, and deals bludgeoning damage. Unarmed strikes are light weapons (although you may power attack with them), and they are considered natural and manufactured weapons for spell targeting. The Monk must be totally unencumbered to use this special unarmed strike. Because of this training, the Monk may be considered to have the Improved Unarmed Strike feat for the purposes of prerequisites.
- Prayer Beads (Su) – By praying uninterrupted for a number of days equal to the armor or weapon’s enhancement bonus, a Monk may absorb that item’s enhancement bonuses into his prayer beads. Once absorbed, the item loses all magical properties and becomes mundane. Alternately, an item crafter may directly imbue the prayer beads with an enhancement bonus or enchantment. The prayer beads confer their stored effect onto the monk’s unarmed strike and/or AC. The prayer beads can only hold two enhancements at a time, one for weapons and one for armor. Prayer beads can only hold enhancements that may be used with a bludgeoning weapon or light armor. Prayer beads may not absorb enhancements from intelligent items. These bonuses do not stack with bonuses from other items.
- Ki Pool – A Monk has a pool of ki points based on his level, plus bonus ki points equal to his wisdom modifier. Ki points are replenished after a night’s sleep (8 hour extended rest).
- Meditation – A Monk may meditate to achieve a variety of beneficial effects. Meditating requires a concentration skill check of varying difficulty in order to be successful:(click to show/hide)Meditation Effects:
- By meditating for 1 minute, a Monk may recover a number of ki points equal to his concentration check divided by 10, rounded down, minimum 0.
- In combat, a Monk may take a swift action to make a concentration check, DC=15. If successful, the Monk may then make a standard action unarmed strike against 1 foe, after which the Monk regains 1 ki point.
- By meditating for 10 minutes, a Monk may change any number of practiced Arts. This ability is usable a number of times per day equal to the Monk’s ki level. DC=10+2 per Art changed
- A Monk may change 1 Art practiced as a standard action, DC=20+ki level of new Art
- A Monk may change 1 Art practiced as a swift action, DC=30+ki level of new Art
- A Monk may enter or change 2 or more stances at once as a swift action at the beginning of the round, DC=10*(number of stances entered or changed)
- Arts – During his training, a Monk learns a variety of Arts. Arts can be separated into two categories: Techniques, which are active one time use abilities, and Stances, which confer passive bonuses to the Monk. Arts may only be used while the Monk is totally unencumbered, and bonuses granted by Arts do not stack unless otherwise stated. Certain techniques (those marked with †) may only be used unarmed. A Monk may only learn Arts of equal or lower level than his current ki level. A Monk may only use Arts he has recently practiced. It takes a number of hours equal to the Arts’ level to practice. Once practiced, Arts may be used as often as desired, unless otherwise stated, so long as the Monk has sufficient ki points. If a Monk wishes to practice a new Art beyond his maximum, he must drop one of his choice before learning the new one. Monks who see another Monk performing a technique or in a stance may attempt a Martial Lore check with DC=10+2x(ki level of the technique or stance being used) to recognize it. If the technique or stance is of a higher level than your current maximum ki level, add 2 to the DC per level beyond your maximum. Non-Monks are considered to have maximum ki level of 0. The difficulty class for a saving throw against Monk’s Arts are DC=10+(½ Monk lv)+(wisdom modifier)
- Stances – Entering or switching stances requires a swift action at the beginning of the Monk’s turn. A Monk may enter or change one stance with little difficulty (no check required), however entering or changing 2 or more stances requires a concentration check, DC=10*(number of stances entered or changed). Monks may maintain 2 stances at once at 1st level, +1 additional stance per 10 Monk levels. Continuing stance effects end if you exit the stance.
- Mastery – Certain techniques and stances come with Mastery abilities that can improve or alter their effects. Using a Mastery ability adds the listed cost to the total cost of the technique. Mastery abilities marked with an asterisk (*) can be used multiple times. Their effects and costs multiply based on the number of times used. A Monk may only use a number of Mastery abilities per round equal to his ki level. There is no additional action associated with using a Mastery ability.
- Flurry of Blows (Ex) – While totally unencumbered and using unarmed strike, the Monk may use Flurry of Blows to add an extra attack while taking a full round action to attack. Doing so adds an extra attack at the Monk’s highest base attack bonus, but gives a penalty to all attacks based on level as shown in the table. This ability does not stack with other effects that grant extra attacks.
- AC Bonus (Ex) – While the Monk is totally unencumbered, he adds his wisdom modifier as an untyped bonus to his armor class, plus an additional bonus that scales with level, +1 at 2nd level and +1 every three levels thereafter. These bonuses apply to the Monk’s touch AC and flat-footed AC, but he loses them when helpless or immobilized. This ability does not stack with similar abilities that grant wisdom modifier to AC, like that of the Swordsage or Ninja.
Uncanny Dodge (Ex) – As the PHB Barbarian ability with the same name, must be totally unencumbered.
Adaptive Style (Ex) – At 3rd level, a Monk may choose one of the following as a bonus feat, even if he does not meet the prerequisites. For each feat listed, there is an additional benefit that the Monk gets only when using that feat. The Monk may change the feat he has selected as a swift action a number of times per day equal to his ki level with a DC=15 concentration check. Because these feats are changeable, they do not count as prerequisites for other feats, prestige classes, etc. If at any time the Monk possesses all of the following feats, he instead gains a bonus feat. This bonus feat may not be changed through a concentration check, and the Monk must meet the prerequisites.
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Adaptive Style Feats:
- Improved Disarm. The Monk does not suffer the normal -4 penalty for attempting to disarm using unarmed strike.
- Improved Trip. The Monk may substitute his dexterity modifier for his strength modifier when making trip attempts.
- Improved Grapple. The Monk retains his dexterity modifier to AC while grappling.
Ki Strike (Ex) – At 4th level, a Monk’s unarmed strike is considered magic for the purposes of overcoming damage reduction. Furthermore, your critical threat range improves to (19-20, x2).
Improved Uncanny Dodge (Ex) – As the PHB Barbarian ability with the same name, must be totally unencumbered.
Indomitable Spirit (Ex) – Beginning at 6th level, the Monk rolls twice and takes the better result on all saves vs. death effects.
Mettle (Ex) – At 7th level, the Monk can resist unusual effects and magic with great willpower and fortitude. If he successfully makes a Will or Fortitude save against an attack that would have a lesser effect on a successful save, he instead completely negates the effect. Must be totally unencumbered.
Diamond Body (Ex) – An 8th level Monk gains immunity to diseases and poisons of all kinds
Improved Evasion (Ex) – As the PHB Monk ability with the same name, must be totally unencumbered.
Improved Ki Strike (Ex) – At 10th level, the Monk’s unarmed strike is considered lawful or chaotic, whichever matches his alignment, and good or evil, whichever matches his alignment. If the Monk is neutral, he may choose, but once chosen it cannot be changed unless the Monk changes alignment. Furthermore, a 10th level Monk’s unarmed strikes have the ghost touch quality. Your critical threat range improves to (18-20, x2).
Stir in the Void (Ex) – A 12th level Monk adds his wisdom modifier to initiative rolls
Quickness of Action (Ex) – At 13th level, a Monk may use an additional swift action in a round a number of times per day equal to his ki level.
Diamond Soul (Ex) – At 14th level, 1/day a Monk may retry a failed saving throw at the same DC using his concentration skill check rather than the original saving throw. The Monk must accept the results of the second roll. Furthermore, a 14th level Monk gains Skill Mastery (may take 10, even under adverse conditions) when using the concentration skill.
Greater Ki Strike (Ex) – At 15th level, the Monk may emulate one material with his unarmed strike for the purposes of overcoming damage reduction. The Monk may change the material he is emulating a number of times per day equal to his wisdom modifier, and doing so takes a swift action. Furthermore, your critical multiplier improves to (18-20, x3).
Wholeness of Body (Ex) – At 16th level, a Monk of the Three Immortals gains fast healing equal to his wisdom modifier/4, minimum 1.
Timeless Body (Ex) – As the Monk ability with the same name, except that any existing age penalties are removed upon reaching this level. The Monk may still benefit from the bonuses of old age.
Sudden Fist (Ex) – At 18th level, so long as he is totally unencumbered and using unarmed strike, a Monk gains the ability to use his Flurry of Blows class feature in conjunction with a single standard action attack once per round. This ability does not stack with other effects that grant extra attacks.
Perfect Self – As the Monk ability of the same name, but without the damage reduction.
Verge of Enlightenment (Ex) – At 20th level, a Monk may use techniques without paying their ki point cost for a number of rounds per day equal to ½ times Wisdom modifier. Furthermore, a Monk of the Three Immortals who reaches this level will never die of old age.
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This class was designed to match the warblade or sorcerer in terms of power, but I realize that some groups prefer to play at lower or higher power levels. Here are some suggestions for lowering/raising power level:
Ki Points: For a low powered Monk, I suggest lowering the amount of ki points they recieve, possibly as low as half. Just keep in mind that this may lead to Monks only being able to use techniques once or twice per fight.
Arts Practiced: Adjusting the number of Arts they may currently have practiced is another way of controlling power, although in my opinion, not as good as limiting ki points. By lowering the number of Arts practiced, you limit versatility rather than power, which may lead to most Monks looking similar.
Stances: Perhaps the most powerful option here, granting or taking away an active stance can vastly affect the power of a Monk. If you choose this option, I suggest limiting it to adding/removing only one stance.
Maintaining Stances: Many players playing Monks will want to run around in stances all day, even sleep in their stances. As the DM, you have the option to not allow this, limiting stances to combat situations, or special out of combat situations for the utility stances.
Meditation: Meditation is a powerful tool for Monks that can vastly increase their power and versatility. The DC's presented here for some of the more powerful meditation effects are meant to be prohibitively high for lower level characters. D&D 3.5, however, is notorious for skill check cheese, so if an overoptimized character is abusing meditation (like regularly hitting checks of DC 40 at 3rd level), feel free to impose level restrictions on the meditation abilities. You can also ban use of meditation, however I wouldn't suggest taking it away entirely, especially not the ki point recovery ones. Below are some level restriction suggestions:
Learning: DM’s may choose to require the Monk to learn techniques and stances from a master in order to use them. A good base time for training is (1 day)x(ki level of technique or stance being learned). The DM may also decide that training location can have an effect on the time it takes to learn a technique or stance:
Ki Points: For a low powered Monk, I suggest lowering the amount of ki points they recieve, possibly as low as half. Just keep in mind that this may lead to Monks only being able to use techniques once or twice per fight.
Arts Practiced: Adjusting the number of Arts they may currently have practiced is another way of controlling power, although in my opinion, not as good as limiting ki points. By lowering the number of Arts practiced, you limit versatility rather than power, which may lead to most Monks looking similar.
Stances: Perhaps the most powerful option here, granting or taking away an active stance can vastly affect the power of a Monk. If you choose this option, I suggest limiting it to adding/removing only one stance.
Maintaining Stances: Many players playing Monks will want to run around in stances all day, even sleep in their stances. As the DM, you have the option to not allow this, limiting stances to combat situations, or special out of combat situations for the utility stances.
Meditation: Meditation is a powerful tool for Monks that can vastly increase their power and versatility. The DC's presented here for some of the more powerful meditation effects are meant to be prohibitively high for lower level characters. D&D 3.5, however, is notorious for skill check cheese, so if an overoptimized character is abusing meditation (like regularly hitting checks of DC 40 at 3rd level), feel free to impose level restrictions on the meditation abilities. You can also ban use of meditation, however I wouldn't suggest taking it away entirely, especially not the ki point recovery ones. Below are some level restriction suggestions:
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- Ki Level 1: By meditating for 1 minute, a Monk may recover a number of ki points equal to his concentration check divided by 10, rounded down, minimum 0.
- Ki Level 1: By meditating for 10 minutes, a Monk may change any number of practiced Arts. This ability is usable a number of times per day equal to the Monk’s ki level. DC=10+2 per Art changed
- Ki Level 2: A Monk may change 1 Art practiced as a standard action, DC=20+ki level of new Art
- Ki Level 3: In combat, a Monk may take a swift action to make a concentration check, DC=15. If successful, the Monk may then make a standard action unarmed strike against 1 foe, after which the Monk regains 1 ki point.
- Ki Level 4: A Monk may change 1 Art practiced as a swift action, DC=30+ki level of new Art
- Ki Level 4: A Monk may enter or change 2 or more stances at once as a swift action at the beginning of the round, DC=10*(number of stances entered or changed)
Learning: DM’s may choose to require the Monk to learn techniques and stances from a master in order to use them. A good base time for training is (1 day)x(ki level of technique or stance being learned). The DM may also decide that training location can have an effect on the time it takes to learn a technique or stance:
- Must be large and sturdy enough for vigorous physical activity
- Open isolated natural terrain, or inside of a monastery is ideal
- DM may increase or decrease training time based on training location and factors such as distractions, physical condition, etc…
Arts List, Short
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Level 1 Techniques, Short List:
Ki Shock (G) – Deals damage to one creature at range
Double Strike (G) – Attack two foes, and leave them staggered
Touch of Life (Z) – Stabilizes a dying creature
Monastic Chant (M) – Sends a short message to people you know
Charity (Z) – Creates a copper piece that you must give away
Sense Life (Z) – Determines the location of living creatures
Push Hand (M) – Exert force on objects or creatures at a distance
Ki Wave (G) – Deal damage and knock prone all targets in range
Shoulder Throw (G) – Deal damage and move the target
Hobble (M) – Deal damage and reduce target’s the movement speed
Taunt (M) – Enemies must make save or suffer penalties to attack all but you
Monkey Paw (Z) – Deals damage and disarm one creature
Fluid Tumble (M) – Move 10 ft. with a 5 ft. step
Strike of Certainty (G) – Deal x3 Strength instead of damage dice
Hostile Intent (Z) – Damage to surrounding foes, additional damage if they attempt to move away
Level 1 Stances, Short List:
Leaping Strike (M) – Allows you to move before and after an attack
Focus (Z) – Bonus to attack rolls
Inner Light (Z) – Fists glow like daylight
Great Strike (G) – Bonus to damage rolls
Watchful Eye (M) – Gain the Trapfinding feature
Agility (G) – Bonus to Balance, Climb, Jump, Tumble, and Swim
Burst of Speed (G) – Bonus to base land speed
Perception (Z) – Bonus to Listen, Search, Sense Motive, and Spot
Stealth (M) – Bonus to Hide and Move Silently
Deflection (Z) – Bonus to AC
Python Grip (G) – Enemies can’t 5 ft. step away
Ensnaring Step (M) – You may flank enemies by yourself
Unsettling Strikes (M) – Bonus to AC vs. enemies whom you have hit
Pinpoint Attacks (Z) – Attacks target Reflex instead of AC
Spin Up (G) – Stand from prone as a free actions
Level 2 Techniques, Short List:
Lotus Charge (G) – Charge and make a full attack
Hypnosis (Z) – Put enemies to sleep
Mystic Link (Z) – Allows you to read the target’s thoughts
Nervous Shock (M) – Deafens, blinds, and immobilizes the target
Flying Kick (G) – Deals damage and bonus to charge or bull rush
Stunning fist (G) – Stuns the target
Whirling Sweep (G) – Trip attempt against all adjacent enemies
Lethal Infusion (Z) – Enemies struck explode after they die
Falling Leaves (M) – Move up to your base land speed as a swift action
Crashing Tide (M) – Make an attack as a swift action
Vital Strike (M) – Deals damage and damages target’s constitution
Read Aura (Z) – Determine a creature’s strength relative to your own
Allied Synergy (Z) – Allies may attack creatures you have damaged
Joint Lock (G) – Prevents creatures from taking special combat actions
Strike from the Heavens (M) – Jump and deal damage based on result
Level 2 Stances, Short List:
Mystic Sight (Z) – Allows you to see and analyze magical auras
Resilience (G) – Allows you to delay damage and gives bonuses for delayed damage
Swift Grappling (G) – Bonus to grapple checks
Mystic Defenses (Z) – Bonus to saves
Keen Sight (M) – Gain low-light vision
Elemental Strike (M) – Unarmed strike deals extra elemental damage
Many Faces (M) – Bonus to Bluff and Disguise
Elemental Shield (Z) – Energy resistance against one energy type
Blood on the Wind (G) – Gain the scent feature
Inspiring Yell (G) – allies within X ft. get +dmg
Occluded Mind (M) – Gain resistance to mind-affecting effects
Versatile Strike (Z) – Unarmed strike deals bludgeoning, slashing or piercing damage
Fading Sway (M) – Make Hide and Move Silently checks while moving
Wasp’s Stance (Z) – Deal your Wis mod in damage 1/round
Straw Target (G) – Bonus AC vs ranged attacks
Level 3 Techniques, Short List:
Ki Bolt (Z) – Deal damage to all enemies in a line
Disruption (G) – Dispel magic on a creature or area
Disintegration (G) – If affected target dies its body disintegrates and cannot be revived
Iron Soul (M) – Temporarily duplicate an item’s enhancement bonus
Chakra Alignment (Z) – Restores ki points at the cost of hit points
Wholeness (M) – Restores hit points
Purity (M) – Removes disease, poison, and ability damage
Shadow Body (G) – Create clones of yourself
Pacifism (Z) – Prevent enemies from taking hostile action
Kiai Shout (G) – Intimidate opponents
Seize the Moment (M) – Gain a bonus to initiative
Crippling Strike (Z) – Enemies struck deal less damage
Ram’s Horns (G) – Move and attack multiple times
Immolation (Z) – Target takes ongoing damage, more as time goes on
Lesson in Humility (M) – Knock a foe prone, take additional damage if they attempt to get up
Level 3 Stances, Short List:
Wind Walk (Z) – Allows you to move vertically as part of your move action
Peaceful Meditation (Z) – Creates a barrier that blocks sound
Fluency (M) – Understand any spoken language
Elusive Step (G) – Grants a bonus to AC versus attacks of opportunity
Concussion Strike (Z) – Make unarmed attacks at a distance
Clairvoyance (Z) – Grants a bonus to initiative
Precision (G) – Increases your critical threat range
Mystic Survival (M) – Grants a variety of survival-related abilities
Brutal Attack (G) – Deal extra damage at the cost of damage to yourself
Quickened Step (M) – Deal damage when you move a certain distance
Inevitable Hit (G) – Roll twice and take better on damage rolls
Feather Step (M) – Allows movement on liquid surfaces
Demon’s Passage (Z) – You may make an extra attack of opportunity
Halting Step (M) – Attacks of opportunity stop enemy movement
Fatal Circle (G) – Receive bonus damage each time you fell an enemy
Level 4 Techniques, Short List:
Balance Break (M) – Deals damage and makes target flat-footed
Split Spirit (M) – Creates a clone that fights for you
Abundant Step (M) – Teleport as your move action
Mystic Revival (Z) – Restore life to the recently deceased
Wandering Spirit (Z) – Allows you to move between the planes
Oxen Horns (G) – Move and attack all who come in range
Ground Stomp (G) – Deal damage in area, all area is difficult terrain for all but you
Narrow Escape (G) – Free action to go to 1 hp instead of negative
Animal Visage (Z) – Shroud yourself with the image of an animal
Tear in the Void (M) – Strike a creature and forcefully teleport them
Vacuum Sweep (G) – Pull in enemies and make trip attempts
Chakra Disruption (Z) – Make three debuffing attacks, each targeting a different save
Level 4 Stances, Short List:
Theft of Essence (Z) – Heals damage whenever you successfully land an attack
Retribution (M) – Damages enemies who hit you with melee attacks
Piercing Fist (M) – Unarmed attacks overcome damage reduction
Iron Body (G) – Grants damage reduction
Ki Fury (G) – Bonus to strength, constitution, and will saves, penalty to AC
One with Nature (Z) – Speak with plants and animals
Arresting Interrupt (G) – Counter and possibly stop melee attacks
Inspiring Bravery (M) – Grants immunity to fear
Subtle Mask (Z) – Creatures not currently in combat with you don’t notice you
Scraping Blow (G) – Deal ½ damage on a miss 1/round
Trail of Shadows (M) – Leave behind images that damage and blind enemies
Maddening Fist (Z) – Struck enemies suffer from temporary confusion
Level 5 Techniques, Short List:
Mystic Surge (Z) – Deal damage to specific creatures at great distances
Black of Night (M) – Creates a zone of darkness, enemies in sphere are shaken
Ki Lock (Z) – Seals off targets spell slots
Banishment (M) – Removes summoned creatures from the area
Changing Tides (M) – Change the weather in a wide area
Omnidirectional Strike (G) – Attack all foes within a certain distance
Fly Trap (G) – Creates a sphere that traps enemies inside
Tainted Blow (G) – Your attacks deal vile damage
Denying Hand (Z) – Creates an unpassable wall
Centering (Z) – Forgo a round to act twice next turn
Paper Forest (G) – Make a sunder attempt that ignores hardness
Contagion (M) – Status effects that affect one enemy also affect another
Level 5 Stances, Short List:
Empty Body (Z) – Grants a miss chance
Unmovable Mountain (G) – Bonus to defense against bull rush, overrun, and grapple
Shadow Walk (M) – Grants concealment
Elastic Form (M) – Count as one size larger for various combat maneuvers
Invincible Dragon (G) – Grants temporary hit points
Bend Time (Z) – Allows you, allies, or forces enemies to make rerolls
Blood Sight (G) – Grants bonuses on attack and damage vs foes with <50% hp
Eye of the Hurricane (M) – Treat 1d20 per turn as 11
Ki Cycle (Z) – Gain ki points every round an enemy takes hostile action towards you
Binding Grip (G) – Grapple two enemies with no penalty
Transposition (M) – Switch places with nearby ally
Suppression (Z) – Hide from Detect spells and magical alarms
Level 6 Techniques, Short List:
Quivering Palm (M) – Instantly kill one foe
Mental Haze (M) – Target must save or be unable to use magic
Stolen Years (Z) – Bestows negative levels
Redirection (M) – Change target of a spell aimed at you
Versatility (G) – Benefit for an extra stance
Dark Infection (G) – Enemies hit look for quickest way to kill self
Mind Break (G) – Enemies hit suffer insanity
Ki Stigma (Z) – Causes one enemy to be attacked by his allies
Soul Link (Z) – Link two creatures, allows them to share damage or spells
Stasis (M) – Suspended creatures can’t act and can’t be targeted by attacks or spells
Gravity Wave (Z) – Damage surrounding creatures and levitate them off of the ground
Vital Corruption (G) – Reduce a creature to ½ its current hit point total
Level 6 Stances, Short List:
No Sight (M) – Grants blindsense
Ki Burn (G) – Enemies hit by unarmed attacks continue to take damage
No Mind (M) – Grants spell resistance
Viper Stance (G) – Make an attack against any enemy who enters your threat range
No Body (G) – Grants energy resistance
Unmatchable Speed (M) – Allows you to teleport as your move action
No Spirit (Z) – Allows extra saving throws against ongoing effects
Illumination (Z) – Grants a bonus to Knowledge checks
Vital Suppression (Z) – Foes within a certain distance cannot full attack
Path of Thorns (M) – Enemies who move close to you take damage
Supreme Adaptation (G) – Gain temporary use of a feat
Unbreakable Threads of Fate (Z) – Function normally in an antimagic field
Level 7 Techniques, Short List:
Field of Shadows (G) – Enemies within a certain range must make a save or die
Universal Truth (M) – Gain temporary followers
Merge (M) – Combine bodies with a creature and control its actions
Soul Trap (Z) – Trap the soul of a newly dead creature in your prayer beads
Soul Fracture (G) – Affected enemies automatically fail saves
Private Sanctum (Z) – Transports you to your own private pocket dimension
Breath of Life (Z) – Resurrect a newly dead creature
Ki Detonation (G) – Release a massive explosion. Damage based on charge time
Being of Light (M) – Summon a creature made of ki energy
Level 7 Stances, Short List:
Flowing Water Step (Z) – Grants an extra swift action per round
Ki Supremacy (M) – Increases your effective ki level for Arts
True Harmony (G) – You die at your negative hit point total
Ki Mastery (Z) – Reduces ki point cost of Arts
Withering Palm (G) – Allows you to steal strength, dexterity, and constitution from foes
No Time (M) – Grants actions at the beginning of combat
Extending Grasp (Z) – Add to the range of techniques
Halt the Pendulum (M) – Increase the duration of techniques and stance masteries
Unseen Hand (G) – Gain the use of an extra unarmed strike
Level 8 (epic), Short List:
Enlightenment of the Three Immortals – Bends the fabric of reality to your will
Discord of the Heavens – Erase a creature from existence
Beyond the Gates of Paradise – Immunity from divine salient abilities
Ki Shock (G) – Deals damage to one creature at range
Double Strike (G) – Attack two foes, and leave them staggered
Touch of Life (Z) – Stabilizes a dying creature
Monastic Chant (M) – Sends a short message to people you know
Charity (Z) – Creates a copper piece that you must give away
Sense Life (Z) – Determines the location of living creatures
Push Hand (M) – Exert force on objects or creatures at a distance
Ki Wave (G) – Deal damage and knock prone all targets in range
Shoulder Throw (G) – Deal damage and move the target
Hobble (M) – Deal damage and reduce target’s the movement speed
Taunt (M) – Enemies must make save or suffer penalties to attack all but you
Monkey Paw (Z) – Deals damage and disarm one creature
Fluid Tumble (M) – Move 10 ft. with a 5 ft. step
Strike of Certainty (G) – Deal x3 Strength instead of damage dice
Hostile Intent (Z) – Damage to surrounding foes, additional damage if they attempt to move away
Level 1 Stances, Short List:
Leaping Strike (M) – Allows you to move before and after an attack
Focus (Z) – Bonus to attack rolls
Inner Light (Z) – Fists glow like daylight
Great Strike (G) – Bonus to damage rolls
Watchful Eye (M) – Gain the Trapfinding feature
Agility (G) – Bonus to Balance, Climb, Jump, Tumble, and Swim
Burst of Speed (G) – Bonus to base land speed
Perception (Z) – Bonus to Listen, Search, Sense Motive, and Spot
Stealth (M) – Bonus to Hide and Move Silently
Deflection (Z) – Bonus to AC
Python Grip (G) – Enemies can’t 5 ft. step away
Ensnaring Step (M) – You may flank enemies by yourself
Unsettling Strikes (M) – Bonus to AC vs. enemies whom you have hit
Pinpoint Attacks (Z) – Attacks target Reflex instead of AC
Spin Up (G) – Stand from prone as a free actions
Level 2 Techniques, Short List:
Lotus Charge (G) – Charge and make a full attack
Hypnosis (Z) – Put enemies to sleep
Mystic Link (Z) – Allows you to read the target’s thoughts
Nervous Shock (M) – Deafens, blinds, and immobilizes the target
Flying Kick (G) – Deals damage and bonus to charge or bull rush
Stunning fist (G) – Stuns the target
Whirling Sweep (G) – Trip attempt against all adjacent enemies
Lethal Infusion (Z) – Enemies struck explode after they die
Falling Leaves (M) – Move up to your base land speed as a swift action
Crashing Tide (M) – Make an attack as a swift action
Vital Strike (M) – Deals damage and damages target’s constitution
Read Aura (Z) – Determine a creature’s strength relative to your own
Allied Synergy (Z) – Allies may attack creatures you have damaged
Joint Lock (G) – Prevents creatures from taking special combat actions
Strike from the Heavens (M) – Jump and deal damage based on result
Level 2 Stances, Short List:
Mystic Sight (Z) – Allows you to see and analyze magical auras
Resilience (G) – Allows you to delay damage and gives bonuses for delayed damage
Swift Grappling (G) – Bonus to grapple checks
Mystic Defenses (Z) – Bonus to saves
Keen Sight (M) – Gain low-light vision
Elemental Strike (M) – Unarmed strike deals extra elemental damage
Many Faces (M) – Bonus to Bluff and Disguise
Elemental Shield (Z) – Energy resistance against one energy type
Blood on the Wind (G) – Gain the scent feature
Inspiring Yell (G) – allies within X ft. get +dmg
Occluded Mind (M) – Gain resistance to mind-affecting effects
Versatile Strike (Z) – Unarmed strike deals bludgeoning, slashing or piercing damage
Fading Sway (M) – Make Hide and Move Silently checks while moving
Wasp’s Stance (Z) – Deal your Wis mod in damage 1/round
Straw Target (G) – Bonus AC vs ranged attacks
Level 3 Techniques, Short List:
Ki Bolt (Z) – Deal damage to all enemies in a line
Disruption (G) – Dispel magic on a creature or area
Disintegration (G) – If affected target dies its body disintegrates and cannot be revived
Iron Soul (M) – Temporarily duplicate an item’s enhancement bonus
Chakra Alignment (Z) – Restores ki points at the cost of hit points
Wholeness (M) – Restores hit points
Purity (M) – Removes disease, poison, and ability damage
Shadow Body (G) – Create clones of yourself
Pacifism (Z) – Prevent enemies from taking hostile action
Kiai Shout (G) – Intimidate opponents
Seize the Moment (M) – Gain a bonus to initiative
Crippling Strike (Z) – Enemies struck deal less damage
Ram’s Horns (G) – Move and attack multiple times
Immolation (Z) – Target takes ongoing damage, more as time goes on
Lesson in Humility (M) – Knock a foe prone, take additional damage if they attempt to get up
Level 3 Stances, Short List:
Wind Walk (Z) – Allows you to move vertically as part of your move action
Peaceful Meditation (Z) – Creates a barrier that blocks sound
Fluency (M) – Understand any spoken language
Elusive Step (G) – Grants a bonus to AC versus attacks of opportunity
Concussion Strike (Z) – Make unarmed attacks at a distance
Clairvoyance (Z) – Grants a bonus to initiative
Precision (G) – Increases your critical threat range
Mystic Survival (M) – Grants a variety of survival-related abilities
Brutal Attack (G) – Deal extra damage at the cost of damage to yourself
Quickened Step (M) – Deal damage when you move a certain distance
Inevitable Hit (G) – Roll twice and take better on damage rolls
Feather Step (M) – Allows movement on liquid surfaces
Demon’s Passage (Z) – You may make an extra attack of opportunity
Halting Step (M) – Attacks of opportunity stop enemy movement
Fatal Circle (G) – Receive bonus damage each time you fell an enemy
Level 4 Techniques, Short List:
Balance Break (M) – Deals damage and makes target flat-footed
Split Spirit (M) – Creates a clone that fights for you
Abundant Step (M) – Teleport as your move action
Mystic Revival (Z) – Restore life to the recently deceased
Wandering Spirit (Z) – Allows you to move between the planes
Oxen Horns (G) – Move and attack all who come in range
Ground Stomp (G) – Deal damage in area, all area is difficult terrain for all but you
Narrow Escape (G) – Free action to go to 1 hp instead of negative
Animal Visage (Z) – Shroud yourself with the image of an animal
Tear in the Void (M) – Strike a creature and forcefully teleport them
Vacuum Sweep (G) – Pull in enemies and make trip attempts
Chakra Disruption (Z) – Make three debuffing attacks, each targeting a different save
Level 4 Stances, Short List:
Theft of Essence (Z) – Heals damage whenever you successfully land an attack
Retribution (M) – Damages enemies who hit you with melee attacks
Piercing Fist (M) – Unarmed attacks overcome damage reduction
Iron Body (G) – Grants damage reduction
Ki Fury (G) – Bonus to strength, constitution, and will saves, penalty to AC
One with Nature (Z) – Speak with plants and animals
Arresting Interrupt (G) – Counter and possibly stop melee attacks
Inspiring Bravery (M) – Grants immunity to fear
Subtle Mask (Z) – Creatures not currently in combat with you don’t notice you
Scraping Blow (G) – Deal ½ damage on a miss 1/round
Trail of Shadows (M) – Leave behind images that damage and blind enemies
Maddening Fist (Z) – Struck enemies suffer from temporary confusion
Level 5 Techniques, Short List:
Mystic Surge (Z) – Deal damage to specific creatures at great distances
Black of Night (M) – Creates a zone of darkness, enemies in sphere are shaken
Ki Lock (Z) – Seals off targets spell slots
Banishment (M) – Removes summoned creatures from the area
Changing Tides (M) – Change the weather in a wide area
Omnidirectional Strike (G) – Attack all foes within a certain distance
Fly Trap (G) – Creates a sphere that traps enemies inside
Tainted Blow (G) – Your attacks deal vile damage
Denying Hand (Z) – Creates an unpassable wall
Centering (Z) – Forgo a round to act twice next turn
Paper Forest (G) – Make a sunder attempt that ignores hardness
Contagion (M) – Status effects that affect one enemy also affect another
Level 5 Stances, Short List:
Empty Body (Z) – Grants a miss chance
Unmovable Mountain (G) – Bonus to defense against bull rush, overrun, and grapple
Shadow Walk (M) – Grants concealment
Elastic Form (M) – Count as one size larger for various combat maneuvers
Invincible Dragon (G) – Grants temporary hit points
Bend Time (Z) – Allows you, allies, or forces enemies to make rerolls
Blood Sight (G) – Grants bonuses on attack and damage vs foes with <50% hp
Eye of the Hurricane (M) – Treat 1d20 per turn as 11
Ki Cycle (Z) – Gain ki points every round an enemy takes hostile action towards you
Binding Grip (G) – Grapple two enemies with no penalty
Transposition (M) – Switch places with nearby ally
Suppression (Z) – Hide from Detect spells and magical alarms
Level 6 Techniques, Short List:
Quivering Palm (M) – Instantly kill one foe
Mental Haze (M) – Target must save or be unable to use magic
Stolen Years (Z) – Bestows negative levels
Redirection (M) – Change target of a spell aimed at you
Versatility (G) – Benefit for an extra stance
Dark Infection (G) – Enemies hit look for quickest way to kill self
Mind Break (G) – Enemies hit suffer insanity
Ki Stigma (Z) – Causes one enemy to be attacked by his allies
Soul Link (Z) – Link two creatures, allows them to share damage or spells
Stasis (M) – Suspended creatures can’t act and can’t be targeted by attacks or spells
Gravity Wave (Z) – Damage surrounding creatures and levitate them off of the ground
Vital Corruption (G) – Reduce a creature to ½ its current hit point total
Level 6 Stances, Short List:
No Sight (M) – Grants blindsense
Ki Burn (G) – Enemies hit by unarmed attacks continue to take damage
No Mind (M) – Grants spell resistance
Viper Stance (G) – Make an attack against any enemy who enters your threat range
No Body (G) – Grants energy resistance
Unmatchable Speed (M) – Allows you to teleport as your move action
No Spirit (Z) – Allows extra saving throws against ongoing effects
Illumination (Z) – Grants a bonus to Knowledge checks
Vital Suppression (Z) – Foes within a certain distance cannot full attack
Path of Thorns (M) – Enemies who move close to you take damage
Supreme Adaptation (G) – Gain temporary use of a feat
Unbreakable Threads of Fate (Z) – Function normally in an antimagic field
Level 7 Techniques, Short List:
Field of Shadows (G) – Enemies within a certain range must make a save or die
Universal Truth (M) – Gain temporary followers
Merge (M) – Combine bodies with a creature and control its actions
Soul Trap (Z) – Trap the soul of a newly dead creature in your prayer beads
Soul Fracture (G) – Affected enemies automatically fail saves
Private Sanctum (Z) – Transports you to your own private pocket dimension
Breath of Life (Z) – Resurrect a newly dead creature
Ki Detonation (G) – Release a massive explosion. Damage based on charge time
Being of Light (M) – Summon a creature made of ki energy
Level 7 Stances, Short List:
Flowing Water Step (Z) – Grants an extra swift action per round
Ki Supremacy (M) – Increases your effective ki level for Arts
True Harmony (G) – You die at your negative hit point total
Ki Mastery (Z) – Reduces ki point cost of Arts
Withering Palm (G) – Allows you to steal strength, dexterity, and constitution from foes
No Time (M) – Grants actions at the beginning of combat
Extending Grasp (Z) – Add to the range of techniques
Halt the Pendulum (M) – Increase the duration of techniques and stance masteries
Unseen Hand (G) – Gain the use of an extra unarmed strike
Level 8 (epic), Short List:
Enlightenment of the Three Immortals – Bends the fabric of reality to your will
Discord of the Heavens – Erase a creature from existence
Beyond the Gates of Paradise – Immunity from divine salient abilities
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Homebrew and House Rules (D&D) / Re: Monk of the Three Immortals
« on: September 07, 2013, 04:56:04 PM »
Overhaul complete! Presenting Monk of the Three Immortals v. 1.7
I've gone through and standardized DCs.
I've replaced Enhancements with Mastery Abilities that function much like augments from psionics, as per everyone's excellent suggestions. Here's how they work:
1. You can only use a number of mastery abilities per round equal to your ki level
2. Mastery abilities marked with an asterisk * can be used multiple times, their effects stacking.
Example:I hope this makes everything a little clearer and more intuitive. Let me know what you think.
I've gone through and standardized DCs.
I've replaced Enhancements with Mastery Abilities that function much like augments from psionics, as per everyone's excellent suggestions. Here's how they work:
1. You can only use a number of mastery abilities per round equal to your ki level
2. Mastery abilities marked with an asterisk * can be used multiple times, their effects stacking.
Example:
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A 7th level Monk (ki level 3) wants to use Ki Shock, a 1st level technique:
Name: Gang Wu’s Ki Shock (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You deal 3d6 damage to one creature within 25 ft. Will half.
Mastery: +2*: Increase the damage by 2d6.
+1*: Increase the range by 5 ft.
Base cost is 5, damage is 3d6, and range is 25 ft. He uses the damage increase ability twice, and the range increase once, for a total of three uses of Mastery abilities (his maximum for the round). damage has increased to 3d6+4d6=7d6, and range has increased to 25+5=30 ft. Ki point cost has also increased to 5 (base) + 4 (two uses of damage increase) + 1 (range increase) = 10 ki points
Name: Gang Wu’s Ki Shock (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You deal 3d6 damage to one creature within 25 ft. Will half.
Mastery: +2*: Increase the damage by 2d6.
+1*: Increase the range by 5 ft.
Base cost is 5, damage is 3d6, and range is 25 ft. He uses the damage increase ability twice, and the range increase once, for a total of three uses of Mastery abilities (his maximum for the round). damage has increased to 3d6+4d6=7d6, and range has increased to 25+5=30 ft. Ki point cost has also increased to 5 (base) + 4 (two uses of damage increase) + 1 (range increase) = 10 ki points
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Homebrew and House Rules (D&D) / Re: Monk of the Three Immortals
« on: September 03, 2013, 03:56:36 PM »
Hrmm... I do like some of these ideas. Changing multiple techniques to augments would allow for more versatillity and control over power level. Also, if I'm changing things, I might as well go through and fix the save DCs. I could make the saves wisdom based, then just have a feat to change it to Int or Con (int for dex based, con for strength based), but I'm afraid it would just become a feat tax for those builds.
I'll play around with augmentations to see what I come up with, but it may take a while to get through all the techniques and stances.
BTW, to put it in perspective, I've been working on this class off and on for about 7 years. I've started over from scratch many times, making this one version 6. The current word document it's stored on is 60 pages long, so I don't expect anyone to sit down and read it in one go. All that being said, it's great to finally get some fresh perspectives on the mechanics of the class.
I'll play around with augmentations to see what I come up with, but it may take a while to get through all the techniques and stances.
BTW, to put it in perspective, I've been working on this class off and on for about 7 years. I've started over from scratch many times, making this one version 6. The current word document it's stored on is 60 pages long, so I don't expect anyone to sit down and read it in one go. All that being said, it's great to finally get some fresh perspectives on the mechanics of the class.
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Homebrew and House Rules (D&D) / Re: Monk of the Three Immortals
« on: September 03, 2013, 12:59:11 AM »
Techniques written as DC = 8+(1/2 Monk level)+(ki level)+[2] are multiple techniques. With multiple techniques, for each time you pay their ki point cost, the quantity in brackets gets multiplied.
Example: A 19th level Monk (ki level 7) uses Quivering Palm, a level 6 technique. He multiplies it three times, paying 3*15=45 ki points. As a result, the DC of the save becomes 8+(1/2 * 19 Monk level)+(7 ki level)+[2 * 3 multiple]=30
The reason I use both ki level and monk level is that I wanted to free up ability scores for people who want to play different types of Monk. I think the reason there are so many Monk fixes out there is because everyone has their own idea of what a Monk should be. In this class, I tried to embody three archetypes of Monk: the strong brawler, the dexterous acrobat, and the wise mystic. In order to do this, I wanted lessen the dependence on wisdom, so someone wanting to play a high strength monk would still be able to use techniques. I realize there is still a slight dependence on wisdom, what with the AC bonus and bonus ki points.
I must say though, your point about "ki level being determined by Monk level, so why have them separate" hadn't occurred to me, although it seems obvious now
. I'll have to think on what to do about that. For now I suppose one could simply substitute in wisdom modifier for ki level in techniques.
Also, I'll write in somewhere that ki level always refers to the current ki level of the Monk.
Example: A 19th level Monk (ki level 7) uses Quivering Palm, a level 6 technique. He multiplies it three times, paying 3*15=45 ki points. As a result, the DC of the save becomes 8+(1/2 * 19 Monk level)+(7 ki level)+[2 * 3 multiple]=30
The reason I use both ki level and monk level is that I wanted to free up ability scores for people who want to play different types of Monk. I think the reason there are so many Monk fixes out there is because everyone has their own idea of what a Monk should be. In this class, I tried to embody three archetypes of Monk: the strong brawler, the dexterous acrobat, and the wise mystic. In order to do this, I wanted lessen the dependence on wisdom, so someone wanting to play a high strength monk would still be able to use techniques. I realize there is still a slight dependence on wisdom, what with the AC bonus and bonus ki points.
I must say though, your point about "ki level being determined by Monk level, so why have them separate" hadn't occurred to me, although it seems obvious now
. I'll have to think on what to do about that. For now I suppose one could simply substitute in wisdom modifier for ki level in techniques.Also, I'll write in somewhere that ki level always refers to the current ki level of the Monk.
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Homebrew and House Rules (D&D) / Re: Monk of the Three Immortals
« on: September 02, 2013, 05:45:20 PM »
Fixed and toned down Immortal Figurine: only 10 ki points instead of 15, swift action instead of free, can only benefit from one figurine
Fixed AC bonus: now text and table agree
Fixed Fast movement: now has a brief description under Monastic Training
The reason I duplicated the DC's on every technique is that not all of them are the same. There are a few of them (mostly the multiple techniques) that are different, either because it has a relatively weak effect and I wanted to make it easier to hit, or because it has a relatively strong effect and I wanted to make it more difficult to hit.
As far as the class being frontloaded, that's a legitimate concern. My fiancee says she'd love to take a one level dip of this with cloistered cleric to get a couple nice stances and wisdom to AC. They do get a couple of VERY nice options later on in the class though, and high level techniques can pack a wallop.
Thanks a lot for the feedback, keep it coming!
Fixed AC bonus: now text and table agree
Fixed Fast movement: now has a brief description under Monastic Training
The reason I duplicated the DC's on every technique is that not all of them are the same. There are a few of them (mostly the multiple techniques) that are different, either because it has a relatively weak effect and I wanted to make it easier to hit, or because it has a relatively strong effect and I wanted to make it more difficult to hit.
As far as the class being frontloaded, that's a legitimate concern. My fiancee says she'd love to take a one level dip of this with cloistered cleric to get a couple nice stances and wisdom to AC. They do get a couple of VERY nice options later on in the class though, and high level techniques can pack a wallop.
Thanks a lot for the feedback, keep it coming!
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Homebrew and House Rules (D&D) / Re: Monk of the Three Immortals
« on: September 02, 2013, 01:30:38 PM »
Fixed, thanks for the spot. Added just below class features. I had it in there at one point, must have been eaten by forum gremlins.
Yup. Definitely gremlins.
Yup. Definitely gremlins.
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Homebrew and House Rules (D&D) / Re: Monk of the Three Immortals
« on: September 02, 2013, 12:37:34 PM »
Arts List, Long (Cont.)
Level 5 Techniques:
Level 5 Stances:
Level 6 Techniques:
Level 6 Stances:
Level 7 Techniques:
Level 7 Stances:
New Monk Feats
New Monk Items
Level 5 Techniques:
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Name: Zhi Ning’s Mystic Surge (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 11
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You deal +2d6 damage to all creatures in a +10 ft. radius, reflex save half.
Mastery: +11*: Increase damage by 2d6.
+7*: Increase range by 10 ft.
Name: Min Li’s Black of Night (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 19
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You create a sphere of radius (ki level)*10 ft. of pure darkness. This darkness cannot be overcome by any sort of vision: normal sight, low-light, or darkvision. The sphere is stationary once you use this technique, and lasts for (ki level) rounds. You may see normally within the sphere. Enemies within the sphere must succeed on a will save or be shaken until the sphere disappears.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Ki Lock (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 15
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: Make a number of attack rolls against a single target as if you were using flurry of blows. For each attack that hits, the target loses a spell of their highest spell slot for the day.
Name: Min Li’s Banishment (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 31
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: All summoned creatures within 10*(ki level) ft. wink out of existence, as though the duration of the summoning spell had expired. Furthermore, any non-native outsider in this radius must succeed on a will save or be plane shifted back to their home plane. On a successful save, the outsider is still pushed to the edge of this radius. If unable to be pushed that far, due to walls, natural terrain, etc…, the outsider is pinned against whatever is keeping them from being pushed, and is unable to move for one round.
Name: Min Li’s Changing Tides (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 19
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may change the weather to one of the following conditions:
• A tornado. See page 95 of the Dungeon Masters Guide for details of the effects of tornados. Lasts for ½*(ki level) rounds, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 100 ft radius area centered on you. This effect moves with you, and you are immune to its harmful effects.
• Hurricane force winds. See page 95 of the Dungeon Masters Guide for details of the effects of hurricane winds. Lasts for (ki level) rounds, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 500 ft radius area centered on you. This effect moves with you, and you are immune to its harmful effects.
• A thunderstorm. On its turn, each creature without non-metallic cover rolls 1d10. On a roll of 10 (or 9, if the creature is wearing metal armor or using a metal weapon), the creature is struck by a bolt of lightning, dealing 4d8 electricity damage. Lasts for (ki level) rounds, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 500 ft radius area centered on you. This effect moves with you, and you are immune to its harmful effects.
• A snowstorm. Temperatures plummet to between -20 and -40 F. All terrain is treated as difficult terrain. Lasts for (ki level) minutes, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 500 ft radius area centered on you. This effect moves with you, and you are immune to its harmful effects.
• A duststorm. Temperatures soar to between 120 and 140 F. Creatures without cover or some sort of face covering begin suffocating. Lasts for (ki level) minutes, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 500 ft radius area centered on you. This effect moves with you, and you are immune to its harmful effects.
• Fog. Creatures more than 5 ft away have concealment. Lasts for (ki level) minutes, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 1 mile radius area.
• Temperate weather. Temperatures fall between 60 and 80 F. Lasts for (ki level) hours, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 3 mile radius area.
Name: Gang Wu’s Omnidirectional Strike (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 17
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You may make one attack with your unarmed strike against all enemies within 10x(ki level) ft.
Name: Gang Wu’s Fly Trap (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 15
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: You create a 5x(ki level) ft. radius sphere of force that traps enemies inside. The sphere is invisible outside the radius, but once inside, creatures can see the sphere. Creatures may freely enter the sphere, but creatures exiting the sphere must succeed on a will save or take 5x(ki level) damage. The sphere lasts for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Tainted Blow (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 9
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal. All damage caused by this attack is considered vile damage, and may not be healed except by healing magic performed within a Consecrate or Hallow spell.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Denying Hand (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 21
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You create an impenetrable wall with height and width equal to 5x(ki level) ft. Neither creatures nor spells may not pass through the wall, and the wall blocks all line of effect. The wall acts much like a Wall of Force spell, except it cannot be dispelled. The wall lasts for (ki level) rounds.
Ki Point Cost: 11
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You deal +2d6 damage to all creatures in a +10 ft. radius, reflex save half.
Mastery: +11*: Increase damage by 2d6.
+7*: Increase range by 10 ft.
Name: Min Li’s Black of Night (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 19
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You create a sphere of radius (ki level)*10 ft. of pure darkness. This darkness cannot be overcome by any sort of vision: normal sight, low-light, or darkvision. The sphere is stationary once you use this technique, and lasts for (ki level) rounds. You may see normally within the sphere. Enemies within the sphere must succeed on a will save or be shaken until the sphere disappears.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Ki Lock (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 15
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: Make a number of attack rolls against a single target as if you were using flurry of blows. For each attack that hits, the target loses a spell of their highest spell slot for the day.
Name: Min Li’s Banishment (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 31
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: All summoned creatures within 10*(ki level) ft. wink out of existence, as though the duration of the summoning spell had expired. Furthermore, any non-native outsider in this radius must succeed on a will save or be plane shifted back to their home plane. On a successful save, the outsider is still pushed to the edge of this radius. If unable to be pushed that far, due to walls, natural terrain, etc…, the outsider is pinned against whatever is keeping them from being pushed, and is unable to move for one round.
Name: Min Li’s Changing Tides (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 19
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may change the weather to one of the following conditions:
• A tornado. See page 95 of the Dungeon Masters Guide for details of the effects of tornados. Lasts for ½*(ki level) rounds, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 100 ft radius area centered on you. This effect moves with you, and you are immune to its harmful effects.
• Hurricane force winds. See page 95 of the Dungeon Masters Guide for details of the effects of hurricane winds. Lasts for (ki level) rounds, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 500 ft radius area centered on you. This effect moves with you, and you are immune to its harmful effects.
• A thunderstorm. On its turn, each creature without non-metallic cover rolls 1d10. On a roll of 10 (or 9, if the creature is wearing metal armor or using a metal weapon), the creature is struck by a bolt of lightning, dealing 4d8 electricity damage. Lasts for (ki level) rounds, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 500 ft radius area centered on you. This effect moves with you, and you are immune to its harmful effects.
• A snowstorm. Temperatures plummet to between -20 and -40 F. All terrain is treated as difficult terrain. Lasts for (ki level) minutes, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 500 ft radius area centered on you. This effect moves with you, and you are immune to its harmful effects.
• A duststorm. Temperatures soar to between 120 and 140 F. Creatures without cover or some sort of face covering begin suffocating. Lasts for (ki level) minutes, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 500 ft radius area centered on you. This effect moves with you, and you are immune to its harmful effects.
• Fog. Creatures more than 5 ft away have concealment. Lasts for (ki level) minutes, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 1 mile radius area.
• Temperate weather. Temperatures fall between 60 and 80 F. Lasts for (ki level) hours, then the weather returns to its previous condition. Covers a 3 mile radius area.
Name: Gang Wu’s Omnidirectional Strike (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 17
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You may make one attack with your unarmed strike against all enemies within 10x(ki level) ft.
Name: Gang Wu’s Fly Trap (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 15
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: You create a 5x(ki level) ft. radius sphere of force that traps enemies inside. The sphere is invisible outside the radius, but once inside, creatures can see the sphere. Creatures may freely enter the sphere, but creatures exiting the sphere must succeed on a will save or take 5x(ki level) damage. The sphere lasts for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Tainted Blow (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 9
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal. All damage caused by this attack is considered vile damage, and may not be healed except by healing magic performed within a Consecrate or Hallow spell.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Denying Hand (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 21
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You create an impenetrable wall with height and width equal to 5x(ki level) ft. Neither creatures nor spells may not pass through the wall, and the wall blocks all line of effect. The wall acts much like a Wall of Force spell, except it cannot be dispelled. The wall lasts for (ki level) rounds.
Level 5 Stances:
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Name: Zhi Ning’s Empty Body (Su)
Stance
Effect: All attacks directed toward you have a 5*(ki level)% miss chance
Mastery: +9: You assume an ethereal state, as per the spell Etherealness, for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Unmovable Mountain (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to defending against bull rush, overrun, and grapple attempts equal to 2*(ki level).
Mastery: +11: You root yourself to the ground and become unmovable by any means, magical or otherwise, for (ki level) rounds. While this ability is active you gain DR 20/-. This ability immediately ends if you choose to move or take a hostile action.
Name: Min Li’s Shadow Walk (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain concealment.
• You gain the benefits of Invisibility, as per the spell, for (ki level) minutes
Mastery: +11: You gain the benefit of Greater Invisibility, as per the spell, for (ki level) rounds.
+11: You gain the benefits of Invisibility, as per the spell, for (ki level) minutes.
Name: Min Li's Elastic Form (Su)
Stance
Effect: You count as one size category larger for the purposes of grappling, bull rush, overrun, and trip attempts.
Mastery: +11: You may grow or shrink one size category, as per the Enlarge or Reduce Person spell, for (ki level) minutes.
Name: Gang Wu’s Invincible Dragon (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain temporary hit points equal to HD*(ki level). These temporary hit points last as long as you maintain this stance.
Mastery: +25: You become immune to all hit point damage for (ki level) rounds. While this does render you immune to the hit point damage from spells, magical weapons, etc., it does not render you immune to spell effects, effects from being hit with a magical weapon, or death effects.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Bend Time (Su)
Stance
Effect: You generate 1 charge every round as long as you maintain this stance, to a maximum of 9 charges. You may expend charges at any time to achieve the following:
• 1 charge – You may reroll 1 of your damage rolls this round
• 2 charges – One willing creature may reroll 1 damage roll on its round
• 3 charges – One unwilling creature is forced to reroll 1 damage roll of your choice on its round
• 4 charges – You may reroll 1 of your attack rolls this round
• 5 charges – One willing creature may reroll 1 attack roll on its round
• 6 charges – One unwilling creature is forced to reroll 1 attack roll of your choice on its round
• 7 charges – You may reroll 1 of your saving throws
• 8 charges – One willing creature may reroll 1 saving throw
• 9 charges – One unwilling creature is forced to reroll 1 saving throw
Mastery: +3*: You immediately gain 1 charge.
Name: Gang Wu’s Blood Sight (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you gain a bonus on attack rolls equal to your (ki level)/2, and a bonus to your damage rolls equal to your (ki level) against all enemies with a hit point total of less than 50%. This effect stacks with similar effects.
Mastery: +5: For (ki level) rounds, you can determine which creatures in your visual range are at less than 50% of their hit point total.
Name: Min Li’s Eye of the Hurricane (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, once every two rounds you may treat one roll of a d20 as an 11.
Mastery: +13: For one round you may treat any roll of a d20 as an 11.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Ki Cycle (Su)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, every round that an enemy takes a hostile action towards you, you may choose to recover a number of hit points equal to your (ki level).
Mastery: +0: For (ki level) rounds, every round that an enemy takes a hostile action towards you, you may choose to recover a number of ki points equal to your (ki level). This Mastery ability is only usable once per day.
Stance
Effect: All attacks directed toward you have a 5*(ki level)% miss chance
Mastery: +9: You assume an ethereal state, as per the spell Etherealness, for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Unmovable Mountain (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to defending against bull rush, overrun, and grapple attempts equal to 2*(ki level).
Mastery: +11: You root yourself to the ground and become unmovable by any means, magical or otherwise, for (ki level) rounds. While this ability is active you gain DR 20/-. This ability immediately ends if you choose to move or take a hostile action.
Name: Min Li’s Shadow Walk (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain concealment.
• You gain the benefits of Invisibility, as per the spell, for (ki level) minutes
Mastery: +11: You gain the benefit of Greater Invisibility, as per the spell, for (ki level) rounds.
+11: You gain the benefits of Invisibility, as per the spell, for (ki level) minutes.
Name: Min Li's Elastic Form (Su)
Stance
Effect: You count as one size category larger for the purposes of grappling, bull rush, overrun, and trip attempts.
Mastery: +11: You may grow or shrink one size category, as per the Enlarge or Reduce Person spell, for (ki level) minutes.
Name: Gang Wu’s Invincible Dragon (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain temporary hit points equal to HD*(ki level). These temporary hit points last as long as you maintain this stance.
Mastery: +25: You become immune to all hit point damage for (ki level) rounds. While this does render you immune to the hit point damage from spells, magical weapons, etc., it does not render you immune to spell effects, effects from being hit with a magical weapon, or death effects.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Bend Time (Su)
Stance
Effect: You generate 1 charge every round as long as you maintain this stance, to a maximum of 9 charges. You may expend charges at any time to achieve the following:
• 1 charge – You may reroll 1 of your damage rolls this round
• 2 charges – One willing creature may reroll 1 damage roll on its round
• 3 charges – One unwilling creature is forced to reroll 1 damage roll of your choice on its round
• 4 charges – You may reroll 1 of your attack rolls this round
• 5 charges – One willing creature may reroll 1 attack roll on its round
• 6 charges – One unwilling creature is forced to reroll 1 attack roll of your choice on its round
• 7 charges – You may reroll 1 of your saving throws
• 8 charges – One willing creature may reroll 1 saving throw
• 9 charges – One unwilling creature is forced to reroll 1 saving throw
Mastery: +3*: You immediately gain 1 charge.
Name: Gang Wu’s Blood Sight (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you gain a bonus on attack rolls equal to your (ki level)/2, and a bonus to your damage rolls equal to your (ki level) against all enemies with a hit point total of less than 50%. This effect stacks with similar effects.
Mastery: +5: For (ki level) rounds, you can determine which creatures in your visual range are at less than 50% of their hit point total.
Name: Min Li’s Eye of the Hurricane (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, once every two rounds you may treat one roll of a d20 as an 11.
Mastery: +13: For one round you may treat any roll of a d20 as an 11.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Ki Cycle (Su)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, every round that an enemy takes a hostile action towards you, you may choose to recover a number of hit points equal to your (ki level).
Mastery: +0: For (ki level) rounds, every round that an enemy takes a hostile action towards you, you may choose to recover a number of ki points equal to your (ki level). This Mastery ability is only usable once per day.
Level 6 Techniques:
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Name: Min Li’s Quivering Palm (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 15
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You may make a single attack at your highest base attack bonus. If this attack hits and damages the target, then the target is affected by quivering palm. Once affected, at any time up to a number of days equal to your monk level, you may will the target to die, will save to negate.
Mastery: +15*: Increase the save DC by +1.
Name: Min Li’s Mental Haze (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 25
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal, and for the next (ki level) rounds, the target creature must succeed on a fortitude save anytime they would cast a spell, use a supernatural ability, or use a spell-like ability. If they do not succeed on the save, the ability is used but has no effect.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Stolen Years (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 33
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. In addition to dealing damage, the creature must succeed on a will save or gain one negative level. Additionally, for the next (ki level) hours, you have one “temporary level”. Having a temporary level grants you a +1 bonus to attack, saves, skill checks, and one ability score of your choice. You also gain +4 ki points, +10 temporary hit points, +10 ft. to your base land speed, +1 to your Monk AC bonus, and the damage dice of your unarmed strike increases by one step. These bonuses are untyped and last as long as the temporary level. Negative levels bestowed by this technique may stack, but you may only have one temporary level at a time.
Name: Min Li’s Redirection (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 19
Action: Free Action
Effect: You may use this technique when you are the sole target of a spell. This technique allows you to redirect a spell to any creature or area within 25*(ki level) ft. When you redirect a spell, you essentially change the target of the spell from you to the new creature or area. Note that the creature or area must be a valid target for the spell in order for them to be affected by it.
Name: Gang Wu’s Versatility (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 11
Action: Free Action
Effect: For the next (ki level) rounds, you may benefit from one extra stance beyond your normal maximum. You automatically enter this bonus stance upon using this technique.
Name: Gang Wu’s Dark Infection (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 19
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, the target must make a will save. If the target fails its save, it looks for the quickest way to end its own life, as though affected by the Death Urge psionic power. If unarmed, the creature ceases breathing and immediately begins suffocating. This effect lasts for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Mind Break (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 17
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, the target must make a will save. If the target fails its save, it is affected by Insanity, as per the spell.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Ki Stigma (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 31
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, every enemy within visual range of the target must succeed on a will save or spend their next round dealing the most physical damage they possibly can with a melee or ranged standard attack to the target.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Soul Link (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 15
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose two targets within 10x(ki level) ft. The targets must make a will save or be affected by the link. While linked, you may choose to let spells that affect one creature affect the other linked creature. The link lasts for (ki level) rounds.
Ki Point Cost: 15
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You may make a single attack at your highest base attack bonus. If this attack hits and damages the target, then the target is affected by quivering palm. Once affected, at any time up to a number of days equal to your monk level, you may will the target to die, will save to negate.
Mastery: +15*: Increase the save DC by +1.
Name: Min Li’s Mental Haze (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 25
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal, and for the next (ki level) rounds, the target creature must succeed on a fortitude save anytime they would cast a spell, use a supernatural ability, or use a spell-like ability. If they do not succeed on the save, the ability is used but has no effect.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Stolen Years (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 33
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. In addition to dealing damage, the creature must succeed on a will save or gain one negative level. Additionally, for the next (ki level) hours, you have one “temporary level”. Having a temporary level grants you a +1 bonus to attack, saves, skill checks, and one ability score of your choice. You also gain +4 ki points, +10 temporary hit points, +10 ft. to your base land speed, +1 to your Monk AC bonus, and the damage dice of your unarmed strike increases by one step. These bonuses are untyped and last as long as the temporary level. Negative levels bestowed by this technique may stack, but you may only have one temporary level at a time.
Name: Min Li’s Redirection (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 19
Action: Free Action
Effect: You may use this technique when you are the sole target of a spell. This technique allows you to redirect a spell to any creature or area within 25*(ki level) ft. When you redirect a spell, you essentially change the target of the spell from you to the new creature or area. Note that the creature or area must be a valid target for the spell in order for them to be affected by it.
Name: Gang Wu’s Versatility (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 11
Action: Free Action
Effect: For the next (ki level) rounds, you may benefit from one extra stance beyond your normal maximum. You automatically enter this bonus stance upon using this technique.
Name: Gang Wu’s Dark Infection (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 19
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, the target must make a will save. If the target fails its save, it looks for the quickest way to end its own life, as though affected by the Death Urge psionic power. If unarmed, the creature ceases breathing and immediately begins suffocating. This effect lasts for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Mind Break (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 17
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, the target must make a will save. If the target fails its save, it is affected by Insanity, as per the spell.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Ki Stigma (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 31
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, every enemy within visual range of the target must succeed on a will save or spend their next round dealing the most physical damage they possibly can with a melee or ranged standard attack to the target.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Soul Link (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 15
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose two targets within 10x(ki level) ft. The targets must make a will save or be affected by the link. While linked, you may choose to let spells that affect one creature affect the other linked creature. The link lasts for (ki level) rounds.
Level 6 Stances:
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Name: Min Li’s No Sight (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain blindsense out to a distance of 10*(ki level) ft.
Mastery: +5*: Gain Blindsight out to a distance of 10 ft. for (ki level) hours.
+3*: Increase blindsight distance by 20 ft.
Name: Gang Wu’s Ki Burn (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Whenever you hit an enemy with an unarmed strike they take 1 damage every round for (ki level) rounds. Successive hits stack and reset the duration, to a maximum of (ki level) damage per round
Mastery: +7: Increase damage by 1 for (ki level) rounds.
+7: Increase duration by (ki level) for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s No Mind (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain spell resistance equal to 10+3*(ki level). You may activate or deactivate this effect at will.
Mastery: +17: You create an anti-magic field centered on yourself, as per the spell, out to a distance of 5*(ki level) ft. for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Viper Stance (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Whenever an enemy enters a square you threaten, you may make a single unarmed attack at your highest base attack bonus. If this attack hits, the enemy takes damage equal to (ki level). This attack does not count against your attacks of opportunity. Each enemy may be attacked only once per round using this stance.
Mastery: +5: Increase damage by (ki level) for (ki level) rounds.
+7: For (ki level) rounds, you may make attacks of opportunity whenever an opponent in range of your unarmed strike takes a 5 ft. step.
Name: Gang Wu’s No Body (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain resistance to all forms of energy equal to 2*(ki level).
Mastery: +21: Immunity to one type of energy: fire, cold, acid, sonic, or electricity damage for (ki level) rounds.
+21: Immunity to one type of damage: piercing, bludgeoning, or slashing damage for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s No Spirit (Su)
Stance
Effect: Every 10-(ki level) minutes, minimum 1, you may make a saving throw against an ongoing effect that required a saving throw, such as poison. The saving throw is the same DC as the original save.
Mastery: +21: You may temporarily ignore all ability damage and level drain for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Unmatchable Speed (Su)
Stance
Effect: You may teleport up to ¼ of your base land speed as your move action.
Mastery: +27: You gain the benefit of Time Stop, as per the spell, for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Illumination (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to knowledge checks equal to 2*(ki level).
Mastery: +9: You may make a Monk Lore knowledge check. This check can give you information similar to a Bardic knowledge check, but tends to only give information about martial matters and religion.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Vital Suppression (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Enemies within 5x(ki level) ft. may not make a full attack action.
Mastery: +11: For one round, enemies within 5x(ki level) ft, must succeed on a will save or only be able to take a move action or standard action on their turn.
Stance
Effect: You gain blindsense out to a distance of 10*(ki level) ft.
Mastery: +5*: Gain Blindsight out to a distance of 10 ft. for (ki level) hours.
+3*: Increase blindsight distance by 20 ft.
Name: Gang Wu’s Ki Burn (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Whenever you hit an enemy with an unarmed strike they take 1 damage every round for (ki level) rounds. Successive hits stack and reset the duration, to a maximum of (ki level) damage per round
Mastery: +7: Increase damage by 1 for (ki level) rounds.
+7: Increase duration by (ki level) for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s No Mind (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain spell resistance equal to 10+3*(ki level). You may activate or deactivate this effect at will.
Mastery: +17: You create an anti-magic field centered on yourself, as per the spell, out to a distance of 5*(ki level) ft. for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Viper Stance (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Whenever an enemy enters a square you threaten, you may make a single unarmed attack at your highest base attack bonus. If this attack hits, the enemy takes damage equal to (ki level). This attack does not count against your attacks of opportunity. Each enemy may be attacked only once per round using this stance.
Mastery: +5: Increase damage by (ki level) for (ki level) rounds.
+7: For (ki level) rounds, you may make attacks of opportunity whenever an opponent in range of your unarmed strike takes a 5 ft. step.
Name: Gang Wu’s No Body (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain resistance to all forms of energy equal to 2*(ki level).
Mastery: +21: Immunity to one type of energy: fire, cold, acid, sonic, or electricity damage for (ki level) rounds.
+21: Immunity to one type of damage: piercing, bludgeoning, or slashing damage for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s No Spirit (Su)
Stance
Effect: Every 10-(ki level) minutes, minimum 1, you may make a saving throw against an ongoing effect that required a saving throw, such as poison. The saving throw is the same DC as the original save.
Mastery: +21: You may temporarily ignore all ability damage and level drain for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Unmatchable Speed (Su)
Stance
Effect: You may teleport up to ¼ of your base land speed as your move action.
Mastery: +27: You gain the benefit of Time Stop, as per the spell, for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Illumination (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to knowledge checks equal to 2*(ki level).
Mastery: +9: You may make a Monk Lore knowledge check. This check can give you information similar to a Bardic knowledge check, but tends to only give information about martial matters and religion.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Vital Suppression (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Enemies within 5x(ki level) ft. may not make a full attack action.
Mastery: +11: For one round, enemies within 5x(ki level) ft, must succeed on a will save or only be able to take a move action or standard action on their turn.
Level 7 Techniques:
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Name: Gang Wu’s Field of Shadows (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 39
Action:1 Full Round Action
Effect: All enemies within a 30 ft. radius must succeed on a fortitude save or die.
Name: Min Li’s Universal Truth (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 41
Action: 1 Hour
Effect: By talking to a properly sized crowd, at least 100 people, you may attract followers as though you had the leadership feat, with a leadership score equal to (½ Monk level)+(ki level), though you do not gain a cohort. The majority of the crowd must be the same moral alignment as you. These followers are temporary and will eventually return to their normal lives. You lose (2d4)x5 followers per day until the last one leaves. The followers are devoted, but not fanatical, and will not follow suicidal orders, or those against their moral or lawful alignment. Once you use this technique, you may not use it again until the last follower leaves. If you already have leadership feat, the followers you attract temporarily join your existing group of followers.
Name: Min Li’s Merge (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 51
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Your physical form combines with one corporeal creature within one size category of you that you touch with a melee touch attack. The creature may attempt a will save to resist. Once merged, the creature you inhabit is under the continual influence of Dominate Monster, as per the spell, except the merged creature does not get a new save for each command. The merged creature may still refuse self-destructive commands. You may not use techniques while merged. It takes a full round action to control the merged creature, and the merged creature carries out your commands on its turn. You may not be targeted by any spell, attack, ability, etc… while merged, but the target creature can. Existing conditions like poison continue while you are merged. The merge lasts for (ki level) hours, until you willingly end it, or until the merged creature dies. When you leave a merged creature, you appear in an open square adjacent to the creature. If the merged creature dies while you inhabit it, you take 2 points of temporary constitution damage. If you leave the merged creature while it is still alive, you can choose to do so peacefully, or explosively, dealing 10d6 damage to the merged creature, fortitude half.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Soul Trap (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 30
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: To use this technique, you must touch the body of a newly dead creature. The creature must have been dead no more than (ki level) minutes. Once you touch the creature, the creature must succeed on a will save or have its soul trapped in your Prayer Beads. A creature whose soul is trapped in your prayer beads poses a danger to you. At the beginning of every day, it may attempt to possess your body. You must succeed on a DC=(5)+(the creature’s HD) will save or have your body taken over by the creature’s soul. You are allowed a new save at the beginning of every day. You may transfer the creature’s soul to any gem worth at least 1,000 GP. Once the creature’s soul trapped, the creature cannot be revived by any means until its soul is released. While in your prayer beads, a soul can only be released if you willingly release it or if you are killed. While in a gem, a soul can be released by destroying or dispelling the gem. A monk may only have 1 soul trapped in his prayer beads at a time.
Name: Gang Wu’s Soul Fracture (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 35
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, the target must make a will save. If the target fails its save, a saving throw of your choice is “broken” for 1 round. The target automatically fails any saving throws that require that stat.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Private Sanctum (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 9
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You retreat to a pocket dimension that serves as a place of quiet meditation and training. The dimension usually appears as a copy of the temple in which the Monk grew up, although some Monks prefer a natural setting. Time is variable within your sanctum, up to ½ or double that of the material plane. Spending a full night’s rest within the sanctum recovers all of your ki points and hit points, heals any ability damage you might have sustained, and removes all poison and disease. The sanctum also serves as the perfect training ground, halving the time it takes to learn and train new techniques. While within your sanctum, you may not be located in any way. Scrying attempts directed at you fail, as do attempts to plane shift to your location.
Ki Point Cost: 39
Action:1 Full Round Action
Effect: All enemies within a 30 ft. radius must succeed on a fortitude save or die.
Name: Min Li’s Universal Truth (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 41
Action: 1 Hour
Effect: By talking to a properly sized crowd, at least 100 people, you may attract followers as though you had the leadership feat, with a leadership score equal to (½ Monk level)+(ki level), though you do not gain a cohort. The majority of the crowd must be the same moral alignment as you. These followers are temporary and will eventually return to their normal lives. You lose (2d4)x5 followers per day until the last one leaves. The followers are devoted, but not fanatical, and will not follow suicidal orders, or those against their moral or lawful alignment. Once you use this technique, you may not use it again until the last follower leaves. If you already have leadership feat, the followers you attract temporarily join your existing group of followers.
Name: Min Li’s Merge (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 51
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Your physical form combines with one corporeal creature within one size category of you that you touch with a melee touch attack. The creature may attempt a will save to resist. Once merged, the creature you inhabit is under the continual influence of Dominate Monster, as per the spell, except the merged creature does not get a new save for each command. The merged creature may still refuse self-destructive commands. You may not use techniques while merged. It takes a full round action to control the merged creature, and the merged creature carries out your commands on its turn. You may not be targeted by any spell, attack, ability, etc… while merged, but the target creature can. Existing conditions like poison continue while you are merged. The merge lasts for (ki level) hours, until you willingly end it, or until the merged creature dies. When you leave a merged creature, you appear in an open square adjacent to the creature. If the merged creature dies while you inhabit it, you take 2 points of temporary constitution damage. If you leave the merged creature while it is still alive, you can choose to do so peacefully, or explosively, dealing 10d6 damage to the merged creature, fortitude half.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Soul Trap (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 30
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: To use this technique, you must touch the body of a newly dead creature. The creature must have been dead no more than (ki level) minutes. Once you touch the creature, the creature must succeed on a will save or have its soul trapped in your Prayer Beads. A creature whose soul is trapped in your prayer beads poses a danger to you. At the beginning of every day, it may attempt to possess your body. You must succeed on a DC=(5)+(the creature’s HD) will save or have your body taken over by the creature’s soul. You are allowed a new save at the beginning of every day. You may transfer the creature’s soul to any gem worth at least 1,000 GP. Once the creature’s soul trapped, the creature cannot be revived by any means until its soul is released. While in your prayer beads, a soul can only be released if you willingly release it or if you are killed. While in a gem, a soul can be released by destroying or dispelling the gem. A monk may only have 1 soul trapped in his prayer beads at a time.
Name: Gang Wu’s Soul Fracture (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 35
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, the target must make a will save. If the target fails its save, a saving throw of your choice is “broken” for 1 round. The target automatically fails any saving throws that require that stat.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Private Sanctum (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 9
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You retreat to a pocket dimension that serves as a place of quiet meditation and training. The dimension usually appears as a copy of the temple in which the Monk grew up, although some Monks prefer a natural setting. Time is variable within your sanctum, up to ½ or double that of the material plane. Spending a full night’s rest within the sanctum recovers all of your ki points and hit points, heals any ability damage you might have sustained, and removes all poison and disease. The sanctum also serves as the perfect training ground, halving the time it takes to learn and train new techniques. While within your sanctum, you may not be located in any way. Scrying attempts directed at you fail, as do attempts to plane shift to your location.
Level 7 Stances:
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Name: Min Li’s Flowing Water Step (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain the use of an extra swift action per round.
Mastery: +29: Gain an extra move action this round, and take a -2 penalty to all attack rolls, skill checks, and saves on the next round.
+29: Gain an extra standard action this round, and take a -6 penalty to all attack rolls, skill checks, and saves on the next round.
+29: Gain an extra full round action this round, and take a -10 penalty to all attack rolls, skill checks, and saves on the next round.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Ki Supremacy (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you effective ki level for all techniques and stances is 1 higher than normal.
Mastery: +25: You effective ki level is doubled for one technique.
Name: Gang Wu’s True Harmony (Su)
Stance
Effect: While this stance is active, you only die when you reach your negative hit point total. You still fall unconscious at negative hit points.
Mastery: +45: For the next 24 hours, any time when you would die for any reason, your body explodes in a burst of light, dealing 6d6 damage to all creatures within 30 ft. You return 10-(ki level) rounds later, minimum 1, at full hit points and half of your maximum ki points. This Mastery ability may be only be used once per month. The ki points used for this Mastery ability may not be regained through meditation, only through a full night’s rest.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Ki Mastery (Ex)
Stance
Effect: This stance reduces the ki point cost of techniques and stances by (ki level). This technique may not reduce the ki point cost of a technique or stance below 1. Note that if you use this technique with a technique or stance with a Mastery ability, the reduction in cost occurs after the ki point cost is summed.
Mastery: +1: For (ki level) rounds, every round you do not use any ki points, you instead gain ½ (ki level) ki points. While this Mastery ability is active, you may not use the stances base effect. This Mastery ability may only be used once per day.
Name: Gang Wu’s Withering Palm (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, enemies you hit with melee attacks must make a fortitude save or take 1 strength, constitution, and dexterity damage. Each time an enemy takes damage in this manor, you gain a temporary +1 bonus to strength, constitution, and dexterity, to a maximum of +(ki level). These bonuses last for (ki level) minutes.
Mastery: +25: For one round, enemies struck by your unarmed strike must make a fortitude save or have all their ability scores set to their lowest score for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s No Time (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you are automatically granted 1 extra swift action technique at the beginning of combat, even during a surprise round.
Mastery: +19: For (ki level) minutes, you are automatically granted 1 extra standard action technique at the beginning of combat, even during a surprise round.
Stance
Effect: You gain the use of an extra swift action per round.
Mastery: +29: Gain an extra move action this round, and take a -2 penalty to all attack rolls, skill checks, and saves on the next round.
+29: Gain an extra standard action this round, and take a -6 penalty to all attack rolls, skill checks, and saves on the next round.
+29: Gain an extra full round action this round, and take a -10 penalty to all attack rolls, skill checks, and saves on the next round.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Ki Supremacy (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you effective ki level for all techniques and stances is 1 higher than normal.
Mastery: +25: You effective ki level is doubled for one technique.
Name: Gang Wu’s True Harmony (Su)
Stance
Effect: While this stance is active, you only die when you reach your negative hit point total. You still fall unconscious at negative hit points.
Mastery: +45: For the next 24 hours, any time when you would die for any reason, your body explodes in a burst of light, dealing 6d6 damage to all creatures within 30 ft. You return 10-(ki level) rounds later, minimum 1, at full hit points and half of your maximum ki points. This Mastery ability may be only be used once per month. The ki points used for this Mastery ability may not be regained through meditation, only through a full night’s rest.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Ki Mastery (Ex)
Stance
Effect: This stance reduces the ki point cost of techniques and stances by (ki level). This technique may not reduce the ki point cost of a technique or stance below 1. Note that if you use this technique with a technique or stance with a Mastery ability, the reduction in cost occurs after the ki point cost is summed.
Mastery: +1: For (ki level) rounds, every round you do not use any ki points, you instead gain ½ (ki level) ki points. While this Mastery ability is active, you may not use the stances base effect. This Mastery ability may only be used once per day.
Name: Gang Wu’s Withering Palm (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, enemies you hit with melee attacks must make a fortitude save or take 1 strength, constitution, and dexterity damage. Each time an enemy takes damage in this manor, you gain a temporary +1 bonus to strength, constitution, and dexterity, to a maximum of +(ki level). These bonuses last for (ki level) minutes.
Mastery: +25: For one round, enemies struck by your unarmed strike must make a fortitude save or have all their ability scores set to their lowest score for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s No Time (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you are automatically granted 1 extra swift action technique at the beginning of combat, even during a surprise round.
Mastery: +19: For (ki level) minutes, you are automatically granted 1 extra standard action technique at the beginning of combat, even during a surprise round.
New Monk Feats
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Name: Signature Technique
Prerequisites: Ki level 2
Effect: Choose one technique you have learned. The ki point cost for that technique is 5 less than normal. This feat cannot reduce the ki point cost below 1. Note that if you use this with a technique that has a Mastery ability, the reduction in cost occurs after the ki point cost is totalled. Additionally, your effective ki level for this technique is 1 higher than normal. You may take this feat multiple times, choosing a new technique each time.
Name: Improved Ki Pool
Prerequisites: Wisdom 15
Effect: You now gain bonus ki points equal to 3x(Wisdom Modifier) instead of 2x(Wisdom Modifier).
Name: Greater Ki Pool
Prerequisites: Wisdom 19, Improved Ki Pool
Effect: You now gain bonus ki points equal to 4x(Wisdom Modifier) instead of 3x(Wisdom Modifier).
Name: Monastic Arcane Training
Prerequisites: Knowledge: Arcana – 10 Ranks, Spellcraft – 4 Ranks
Effect: You may choose 5 spells from the sorcerer/wizard spell list and emulate them as supernatural techniques. The spells you choose may have a casting time of no more than 1 round, and the spell must have no XP cost. The maximum level spell you may choose is equal to the maximum level spell a sorcerer of your monk level may know. The maximum number of spells of a certain level is equal to the spells known for a sorcerer of your monk level. Using these techniques takes a standard action, and has a ki point cost equal to 4x(spell level), (0th level spells cost 1 ki point). Your caster level for these spells is equal to your monk level. Once chosen, these spells cannot be changed. Note that this feat does not grant any additional techniques practiced. Learning these techniques takes a number of days equal to the spell’s level.
Name: Monastic Divine Training
Prerequisites: Knowledge: Religion – 10 Ranks, Spellcraft – 4 Ranks
Effect: You may choose 5 spells from the cleric spell list and emulate them as supernatural techniques. The spells you choose may have a casting time of no more than 1 round, and the spell must have no XP cost. The maximum level spell you may choose is equal to the maximum level a cleric of your monk level may know. The maximum number of spells of a certain level is equal to the spells per day (not including domain) for a cleric of your monk level. Using these techniques takes a standard action, and has a ki point cost equal to 4x(spell level) , (0th level spells cost 1 ki point). Your caster level for these spells is equal to your monk level. Once chosen, these spells cannot be changed. Note that this feat does not grant any additional techniques practiced. Learning these techniques takes a number of days equal to the spell’s level.
Name: Soul Fire
Prerequisites: Constitution 15
Effect: Once per day for a number of rounds equal to your constitution modifier, you may use your hit points instead of your ki points to fuel your techniques.
Name: Technique Practitioner
Prerequisites: Ki level 2
Effect: You may have 2 additional techniques practiced. You may take this feat multiple times.
Name: Wandering Monk
Prerequisites: -
Effect: You may meditate while traveling up to your base speed. You may not meditate if the terrain becomes difficult, the weather becomes too severe, or if distracted by others. This also allows you to meditate while riding a mount, boat, airship, etc. so long as the motion is not too jarring.
Name: Twin Unarmed Strike
Prerequisites: Ki level 3
Effect: You gain the use of an additional unarmed strike, for a total of two unarmed strikes. Since there is no such thing as an off-hand unarmed strike, there is no penalty for attacking with both your primary and secondary unarmed strike, and you apply your full strength modifier to both attacks.
Prerequisites: Ki level 2
Effect: Choose one technique you have learned. The ki point cost for that technique is 5 less than normal. This feat cannot reduce the ki point cost below 1. Note that if you use this with a technique that has a Mastery ability, the reduction in cost occurs after the ki point cost is totalled. Additionally, your effective ki level for this technique is 1 higher than normal. You may take this feat multiple times, choosing a new technique each time.
Name: Improved Ki Pool
Prerequisites: Wisdom 15
Effect: You now gain bonus ki points equal to 3x(Wisdom Modifier) instead of 2x(Wisdom Modifier).
Name: Greater Ki Pool
Prerequisites: Wisdom 19, Improved Ki Pool
Effect: You now gain bonus ki points equal to 4x(Wisdom Modifier) instead of 3x(Wisdom Modifier).
Name: Monastic Arcane Training
Prerequisites: Knowledge: Arcana – 10 Ranks, Spellcraft – 4 Ranks
Effect: You may choose 5 spells from the sorcerer/wizard spell list and emulate them as supernatural techniques. The spells you choose may have a casting time of no more than 1 round, and the spell must have no XP cost. The maximum level spell you may choose is equal to the maximum level spell a sorcerer of your monk level may know. The maximum number of spells of a certain level is equal to the spells known for a sorcerer of your monk level. Using these techniques takes a standard action, and has a ki point cost equal to 4x(spell level), (0th level spells cost 1 ki point). Your caster level for these spells is equal to your monk level. Once chosen, these spells cannot be changed. Note that this feat does not grant any additional techniques practiced. Learning these techniques takes a number of days equal to the spell’s level.
Name: Monastic Divine Training
Prerequisites: Knowledge: Religion – 10 Ranks, Spellcraft – 4 Ranks
Effect: You may choose 5 spells from the cleric spell list and emulate them as supernatural techniques. The spells you choose may have a casting time of no more than 1 round, and the spell must have no XP cost. The maximum level spell you may choose is equal to the maximum level a cleric of your monk level may know. The maximum number of spells of a certain level is equal to the spells per day (not including domain) for a cleric of your monk level. Using these techniques takes a standard action, and has a ki point cost equal to 4x(spell level) , (0th level spells cost 1 ki point). Your caster level for these spells is equal to your monk level. Once chosen, these spells cannot be changed. Note that this feat does not grant any additional techniques practiced. Learning these techniques takes a number of days equal to the spell’s level.
Name: Soul Fire
Prerequisites: Constitution 15
Effect: Once per day for a number of rounds equal to your constitution modifier, you may use your hit points instead of your ki points to fuel your techniques.
Name: Technique Practitioner
Prerequisites: Ki level 2
Effect: You may have 2 additional techniques practiced. You may take this feat multiple times.
Name: Wandering Monk
Prerequisites: -
Effect: You may meditate while traveling up to your base speed. You may not meditate if the terrain becomes difficult, the weather becomes too severe, or if distracted by others. This also allows you to meditate while riding a mount, boat, airship, etc. so long as the motion is not too jarring.
Name: Twin Unarmed Strike
Prerequisites: Ki level 3
Effect: You gain the use of an additional unarmed strike, for a total of two unarmed strikes. Since there is no such thing as an off-hand unarmed strike, there is no penalty for attacking with both your primary and secondary unarmed strike, and you apply your full strength modifier to both attacks.
New Monk Items
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Name: Tattered Belt
Price (Item Level): 3,500 gp (8th)
Body Slot: Belt
Caster Level: 8th
Aura: Weak Transmutation
Activation: -
Weight: 1 lb.
Effect: At the beginning of each day, the user may choose to invest 20 ki points into the Tattered Belt. These ki points may not be regained in any way until the beginning of the next day. As long as the user has 20 ki points invested in the Tattered Belt, he may have up to 2 additional techniques practiced at a time.
Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, Fox’s Cunning
Name: Gang Wu’s/Min Li’s/Zhi Ning’s Thesis
Price (Item Level): -
Body Slot: -
Caster Level: -
Aura: -
Activation: -
Weight: 1 lb.
Effect: This Thesis is the final work of Gang Wu/Min Li/Zhi Ning, one of the Three Immortals. Reading this thesis takes only a day, but understanding it takes a lifetime. By studying this Thesis for at least a month, a Monk of the Three Immortals may gain certain bonuses based on how many works by the Three Immortals he has read. These bonuses are permanent, and they do not stack with themselves, or any other item that grants inherent wisdom bonuses, like the tome of understanding. The reader must have the ability to use techniques to gain the benefit of these works:
• Reading one Thesis grants the following bonuses: a +1 inherent bonus to Wisdom and 10 bonus ki points.
• Reading two Thesis grants the following bonuses: a +3 inherent bonus to Wisdom, 20 bonus ki points, and +1 effective ki level on extraordinary techniques.
• Reading three Thesis grants the following bonuses: a +5 inherent bonus to Wisdom, 30 bonus ki points, +1 effective ki level on all techniques, and all supernatural class features become extraordinary abilities
Prerequisites: -
Name: Ancient Pearl
Price (Item Level): 150 gp (2nd)
Body Slot: -
Caster Level: 5th
Aura: Weak Transmutation
Activation: Free
Weight: 0 lbs.
Effect: By crushing this pearl in your hand, a Monk of the Three Immortals may multiply a multiple technique once for free. For example, if a Monk used Zhi Ning’s Focus and multiplied it three times, using this pearl would allow him to multiply it four times, but still pay only 3 ki points for it. You may not use this item to multiply a technique above your normal maximum, and you may not use more than one pearl per technique.
Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, Haste
Name: Immortal Figurine
Price (Item Level): 2,000 gp (7th)
Body Slot: -
Caster Level: 7th
Aura: Weak Conjuration
Activation: Free
Weight: 2 lbs.
Effect: Once per day as a swift action, a Monk of the Three Immortals may concentrate briefly on this figurine and regain 10 ki points. A Monk may only benefit from one figurine per day.
Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, Lesser Restoration
Price (Item Level): 3,500 gp (8th)
Body Slot: Belt
Caster Level: 8th
Aura: Weak Transmutation
Activation: -
Weight: 1 lb.
Effect: At the beginning of each day, the user may choose to invest 20 ki points into the Tattered Belt. These ki points may not be regained in any way until the beginning of the next day. As long as the user has 20 ki points invested in the Tattered Belt, he may have up to 2 additional techniques practiced at a time.
Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, Fox’s Cunning
Name: Gang Wu’s/Min Li’s/Zhi Ning’s Thesis
Price (Item Level): -
Body Slot: -
Caster Level: -
Aura: -
Activation: -
Weight: 1 lb.
Effect: This Thesis is the final work of Gang Wu/Min Li/Zhi Ning, one of the Three Immortals. Reading this thesis takes only a day, but understanding it takes a lifetime. By studying this Thesis for at least a month, a Monk of the Three Immortals may gain certain bonuses based on how many works by the Three Immortals he has read. These bonuses are permanent, and they do not stack with themselves, or any other item that grants inherent wisdom bonuses, like the tome of understanding. The reader must have the ability to use techniques to gain the benefit of these works:
• Reading one Thesis grants the following bonuses: a +1 inherent bonus to Wisdom and 10 bonus ki points.
• Reading two Thesis grants the following bonuses: a +3 inherent bonus to Wisdom, 20 bonus ki points, and +1 effective ki level on extraordinary techniques.
• Reading three Thesis grants the following bonuses: a +5 inherent bonus to Wisdom, 30 bonus ki points, +1 effective ki level on all techniques, and all supernatural class features become extraordinary abilities
Prerequisites: -
Name: Ancient Pearl
Price (Item Level): 150 gp (2nd)
Body Slot: -
Caster Level: 5th
Aura: Weak Transmutation
Activation: Free
Weight: 0 lbs.
Effect: By crushing this pearl in your hand, a Monk of the Three Immortals may multiply a multiple technique once for free. For example, if a Monk used Zhi Ning’s Focus and multiplied it three times, using this pearl would allow him to multiply it four times, but still pay only 3 ki points for it. You may not use this item to multiply a technique above your normal maximum, and you may not use more than one pearl per technique.
Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, Haste
Name: Immortal Figurine
Price (Item Level): 2,000 gp (7th)
Body Slot: -
Caster Level: 7th
Aura: Weak Conjuration
Activation: Free
Weight: 2 lbs.
Effect: Once per day as a swift action, a Monk of the Three Immortals may concentrate briefly on this figurine and regain 10 ki points. A Monk may only benefit from one figurine per day.
Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, Lesser Restoration
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Homebrew and House Rules (D&D) / Re: Monk of the Three Immortals
« on: September 02, 2013, 12:35:38 PM »
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Level 1 Techniques:
Level 1 Stances:
Level 2 Techniques:
Level 2 Stances:
Level 3 Techniques:
Level 3 Stances:
Level 4 Techniques:
Level 4 Stances:
Level 1 Techniques:
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Name: Gang Wu’s Ki Shock (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You deal 3d6 damage to one creature within 25 ft. Will half.
Mastery: +2*: Increase the damage by 2d6.
+1*: Increase the range by 5 ft.
Name: Gang Wu’s Double Strike (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You may make a single unarmed strike against two foes in your melee range. If the attack hits and deals damage, the creature must make a fort save or be staggered for 1 round.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Touch of Life (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Your touch stabilizes a dying character and restores them to 0 hit points. If used against undead, this technique can stun them for (ki level)/2 rounds, minimum 1, Will negates.
Name: Min Li’s Monastic Chant (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1, 2, or 3 minutes
Effect: By chanting for 1 minute, you may send a short message, as per the Sending spell, to any Monk you know from the same monastery and on the same plane as you. By chanting for 2 minutes, you may contact anyone you know on the same plane, and by chanting for 3 minutes you may contact anyone you know regardless of location.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Charity (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may create one copper piece which you must immediately give away to a non-party member as a charitable offer. You may not use this to purchase any goods or services, or else the coin immediately turns to foul smelling clay. You may only use this ability once per day.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Sense Life (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: Determine the location of all living, corporeal creatures within +25 ft. This effect lasts for (ki level)+1 rounds, and can be used to target creatures if line of sight has been lost, like when the Monk has been blinded.
Mastery: +3*: Increase the range by 25 ft.
Name: Min Li’s Push Hand (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Exert up to +50 pounds of force on a single object or creature within 30 ft. If this force is enough to lift the object or creature, you may move it up to 5 ft. Reflex negates.
Mastery: +3*: Exert an additional 50 lbs. of force.
+1*: Move the object an additional 5 ft.
Name: Gang Wu’s Ki Wave (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: All creatures in a 10x(ki level) ft. radius must succeed on a reflex save or take 2d6 damage and be knocked prone.
Name: Gang Wu’s Shoulder Throw (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a grapple check against one adjacent enemy. If you succeed on this check, the enemy takes damage as if hit by your unarmed strike. Furthermore, the enemy must make a reflex save or be thrown 10x(ki level) ft. You may throw the enemy vertically, but the distance thrown is reduced by ½.
Name: Min Li’s Hobble (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make an unarmed attack against one creature. If the attack succeeds, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, for the next (ki level) minutes, the creature may only move at half speed. If used against a creature with flying, this technique reduces its mobility by one degree. Successive uses stack. If a creature with poor mobility is hit and affected by this technique, it can no longer fly until the duration has ended.
Name: Min Li’s Taunt (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: All intelligent enemies within 10x(ki level) ft. radius must make two will saves. Enemies who fail one roll take a penalty to all attack rolls to creatures other than you equal to (ki level)/2, minimum 1 for a number of rounds equal to your (ki level). Additionally, enemies who fail both saves are compelled to use their next round attacking you with a melee attack. If unable to reach you with a melee attack, the enemy moves at top speed towards you.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Monkey Paw (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, in addition to dealing unarmed strike damage, you may make a disarm attempt with a bonus equal to 2x(ki level).
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You deal 3d6 damage to one creature within 25 ft. Will half.
Mastery: +2*: Increase the damage by 2d6.
+1*: Increase the range by 5 ft.
Name: Gang Wu’s Double Strike (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You may make a single unarmed strike against two foes in your melee range. If the attack hits and deals damage, the creature must make a fort save or be staggered for 1 round.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Touch of Life (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Your touch stabilizes a dying character and restores them to 0 hit points. If used against undead, this technique can stun them for (ki level)/2 rounds, minimum 1, Will negates.
Name: Min Li’s Monastic Chant (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1, 2, or 3 minutes
Effect: By chanting for 1 minute, you may send a short message, as per the Sending spell, to any Monk you know from the same monastery and on the same plane as you. By chanting for 2 minutes, you may contact anyone you know on the same plane, and by chanting for 3 minutes you may contact anyone you know regardless of location.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Charity (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 1
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may create one copper piece which you must immediately give away to a non-party member as a charitable offer. You may not use this to purchase any goods or services, or else the coin immediately turns to foul smelling clay. You may only use this ability once per day.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Sense Life (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: Determine the location of all living, corporeal creatures within +25 ft. This effect lasts for (ki level)+1 rounds, and can be used to target creatures if line of sight has been lost, like when the Monk has been blinded.
Mastery: +3*: Increase the range by 25 ft.
Name: Min Li’s Push Hand (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Exert up to +50 pounds of force on a single object or creature within 30 ft. If this force is enough to lift the object or creature, you may move it up to 5 ft. Reflex negates.
Mastery: +3*: Exert an additional 50 lbs. of force.
+1*: Move the object an additional 5 ft.
Name: Gang Wu’s Ki Wave (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: All creatures in a 10x(ki level) ft. radius must succeed on a reflex save or take 2d6 damage and be knocked prone.
Name: Gang Wu’s Shoulder Throw (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a grapple check against one adjacent enemy. If you succeed on this check, the enemy takes damage as if hit by your unarmed strike. Furthermore, the enemy must make a reflex save or be thrown 10x(ki level) ft. You may throw the enemy vertically, but the distance thrown is reduced by ½.
Name: Min Li’s Hobble (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make an unarmed attack against one creature. If the attack succeeds, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, for the next (ki level) minutes, the creature may only move at half speed. If used against a creature with flying, this technique reduces its mobility by one degree. Successive uses stack. If a creature with poor mobility is hit and affected by this technique, it can no longer fly until the duration has ended.
Name: Min Li’s Taunt (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: All intelligent enemies within 10x(ki level) ft. radius must make two will saves. Enemies who fail one roll take a penalty to all attack rolls to creatures other than you equal to (ki level)/2, minimum 1 for a number of rounds equal to your (ki level). Additionally, enemies who fail both saves are compelled to use their next round attacking you with a melee attack. If unable to reach you with a melee attack, the enemy moves at top speed towards you.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Monkey Paw (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, in addition to dealing unarmed strike damage, you may make a disarm attempt with a bonus equal to 2x(ki level).
Level 1 Stances:
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Name: Min Li’s Leaping Strike (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You may move both before and after you attack, so long as your total distance does not exceed your base land speed, just as though you had the spring attack feat.
Mastery: +3: You may charge your full distance, rather than move.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Focus (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to attack rolls equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase attack bonus by 1 for one round.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Inner Light (Su)
Stance
Effect: Your fists glow as if targeted by a daylight spell.
Mastery: +3: Any enemy hit by your unarmed strike glows for (ki level) rounds. Glowing creatures do not benefit from the concealment normally provided by darkness, blur, displacement, invisibility, or similar effects.
Name: Gang Wu’s Great Strike (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to damage rolls equal to 2*(ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase damage bonus by 2 for one round.
Name: Min Li’s Watchful Eye (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain the Trapfinding feature, as per the Rogue class ability.
Mastery: +3: You gain a +1 bonus to saves and AC versus traps for (ki level) hours. This bonus stacks with bonuses from other techniques.
Name: Gang Wu’s Agility (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to all balance, climb, jump, tumble, and swim checks equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase skill bonus by (ki level) for one check.
+1*: For one check, you are considered to have a running start, and your jump distance is not limited by your height.
Name: Gang Wu’s Burst of Speed (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to your base land speed equal to 5*(ki level) ft.
Mastery: +1*: Increase speed bonus by 5*(ki level) ft. for one round.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Perception (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to all listen, search, sense motive, and spot checks equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase skill bonus by (ki level) for one check.
Name: Min Li’s Stealth (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to all hide and move silently checks equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase skill bonus by (ki level) for one check.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Deflection (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to AC equal to 3+½(ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase AC bonus by 1 for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Python Grip (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Enemies who are within your unarmed strike range must make a DC=(10)+(½ monk level)+(ki level) reflex save or be unable to take a 5 ft. step.
Mastery: +3: All ground within 10 ft. is treated as difficult terrain for your enemies for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Ensnaring Step (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Enemies adjacent to you are considered flanked.
Mastery: +5: Adjacent enemies lose all dexterity and dodge bonuses to AC. Reflex negates.
Stance
Effect: You may move both before and after you attack, so long as your total distance does not exceed your base land speed, just as though you had the spring attack feat.
Mastery: +3: You may charge your full distance, rather than move.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Focus (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to attack rolls equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase attack bonus by 1 for one round.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Inner Light (Su)
Stance
Effect: Your fists glow as if targeted by a daylight spell.
Mastery: +3: Any enemy hit by your unarmed strike glows for (ki level) rounds. Glowing creatures do not benefit from the concealment normally provided by darkness, blur, displacement, invisibility, or similar effects.
Name: Gang Wu’s Great Strike (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to damage rolls equal to 2*(ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase damage bonus by 2 for one round.
Name: Min Li’s Watchful Eye (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain the Trapfinding feature, as per the Rogue class ability.
Mastery: +3: You gain a +1 bonus to saves and AC versus traps for (ki level) hours. This bonus stacks with bonuses from other techniques.
Name: Gang Wu’s Agility (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to all balance, climb, jump, tumble, and swim checks equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase skill bonus by (ki level) for one check.
+1*: For one check, you are considered to have a running start, and your jump distance is not limited by your height.
Name: Gang Wu’s Burst of Speed (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to your base land speed equal to 5*(ki level) ft.
Mastery: +1*: Increase speed bonus by 5*(ki level) ft. for one round.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Perception (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to all listen, search, sense motive, and spot checks equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase skill bonus by (ki level) for one check.
Name: Min Li’s Stealth (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to all hide and move silently checks equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase skill bonus by (ki level) for one check.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Deflection (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to AC equal to 3+½(ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase AC bonus by 1 for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Python Grip (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Enemies who are within your unarmed strike range must make a DC=(10)+(½ monk level)+(ki level) reflex save or be unable to take a 5 ft. step.
Mastery: +3: All ground within 10 ft. is treated as difficult terrain for your enemies for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Ensnaring Step (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Enemies adjacent to you are considered flanked.
Mastery: +5: Adjacent enemies lose all dexterity and dodge bonuses to AC. Reflex negates.
Level 2 Techniques:
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Name: Gang Wu’s Lotus Charge (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may charge a foe and make a full attack at the end of your charge.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Hypnosis (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: All enemies within a 25 ft radius are placed into a magical slumber that lasts for 2*(ki level) rounds, will negates. You may only affect a number of creatures whose hit dice total no more than 2*(ki level).
Name: Zhi Ning’s Mystic Link (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You touch one creature, establishing a link. Once the link is established, you need not keep in touch with the target creature. At any time after the link is created, you may concentrate on the link for the proper number of rounds to obtain information, as per the Detect Thoughts spell. While linked, the creature gets +4 on all rolls made against you. The link lasts for one day, though you may willingly end it at any time, and has a range of (ki level) miles. Once the target goes out of range the link is broken. Will negates.
Name: Min Li’s Nervous Shock (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 11
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, in addition to dealing unarmed strike damage, the target must make a fortitude save. If the creature fails the save, it is deafened for (ki level) rounds. If it fails the save by 5 or more, it is blinded and deafened for (ki level) rounds. If it fails the save by 10 or more, it is immobilized, blinded, and deafened for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Flying Kick (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 9
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: Make a charge or bull rush attempt with a bonus equal to (ki level). In addition, if the charge or bull rush attempt is successful, you deal extra damage equal to your unarmed strike damage.
Name: Gang Wu’s Stunning Fist (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: Make an unarmed strike attack roll against a single enemy. If it hits, in addition to dealing unarmed strike damage, the target must make a fortitude save or be stunned for 1 round.
Mastery: +5*: Increase the save DC of this technique by +1.
Name: Gang Wu’s Whirling Sweep (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You may make a trip attempt against each adjacent enemy with a technique bonus equal to (ki level).
Name: Zhi Ning’s Lethal Infusion (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make an unarmed attack against one creature. If the attack succeeds, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, if for any reason the creature should die in the next 24 hours, in the round following its death, it explodes, dealing (3d6)x(ki level) damage to all creatures within 5x(ki level) ft, Reflex half.
Name: Min Li’s Falling Leaves (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: You may move up to your base land speed.
Name: Min Li’s Crashing Tide (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: You may make a single unarmed strike at your highest base attack bonus.
Name: Min Li’s Vital Strike (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make an unarmed attack against one creature. If the attack succeeds, it deals damage as normal. In addition, the target must succeed on a fortitude save or take constitution damage equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +5*: Increase the save DC of this technique by +1.
+3*: Increase the constitution damage by 1.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Read Aura (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: You can determine the relative HD of a single creature within 10x(ki level) ft. This technique will give you one of 5 readings:
Very strong: The creature is >5 HD above your own HD
Strong: The creature is >1 and <5 HD above your own HD
Medium: The creature is within 1 HD of your own HD
Weak: The creature is >1 and <5 HD below your own HD
Very Weak: The creature is >5 HD below your own HD
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may charge a foe and make a full attack at the end of your charge.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Hypnosis (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: All enemies within a 25 ft radius are placed into a magical slumber that lasts for 2*(ki level) rounds, will negates. You may only affect a number of creatures whose hit dice total no more than 2*(ki level).
Name: Zhi Ning’s Mystic Link (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You touch one creature, establishing a link. Once the link is established, you need not keep in touch with the target creature. At any time after the link is created, you may concentrate on the link for the proper number of rounds to obtain information, as per the Detect Thoughts spell. While linked, the creature gets +4 on all rolls made against you. The link lasts for one day, though you may willingly end it at any time, and has a range of (ki level) miles. Once the target goes out of range the link is broken. Will negates.
Name: Min Li’s Nervous Shock (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 11
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, in addition to dealing unarmed strike damage, the target must make a fortitude save. If the creature fails the save, it is deafened for (ki level) rounds. If it fails the save by 5 or more, it is blinded and deafened for (ki level) rounds. If it fails the save by 10 or more, it is immobilized, blinded, and deafened for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Flying Kick (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 9
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: Make a charge or bull rush attempt with a bonus equal to (ki level). In addition, if the charge or bull rush attempt is successful, you deal extra damage equal to your unarmed strike damage.
Name: Gang Wu’s Stunning Fist (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: Make an unarmed strike attack roll against a single enemy. If it hits, in addition to dealing unarmed strike damage, the target must make a fortitude save or be stunned for 1 round.
Mastery: +5*: Increase the save DC of this technique by +1.
Name: Gang Wu’s Whirling Sweep (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You may make a trip attempt against each adjacent enemy with a technique bonus equal to (ki level).
Name: Zhi Ning’s Lethal Infusion (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make an unarmed attack against one creature. If the attack succeeds, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, if for any reason the creature should die in the next 24 hours, in the round following its death, it explodes, dealing (3d6)x(ki level) damage to all creatures within 5x(ki level) ft, Reflex half.
Name: Min Li’s Falling Leaves (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: You may move up to your base land speed.
Name: Min Li’s Crashing Tide (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: You may make a single unarmed strike at your highest base attack bonus.
Name: Min Li’s Vital Strike (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make an unarmed attack against one creature. If the attack succeeds, it deals damage as normal. In addition, the target must succeed on a fortitude save or take constitution damage equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +5*: Increase the save DC of this technique by +1.
+3*: Increase the constitution damage by 1.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Read Aura (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 3
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: You can determine the relative HD of a single creature within 10x(ki level) ft. This technique will give you one of 5 readings:
Very strong: The creature is >5 HD above your own HD
Strong: The creature is >1 and <5 HD above your own HD
Medium: The creature is within 1 HD of your own HD
Weak: The creature is >1 and <5 HD below your own HD
Very Weak: The creature is >5 HD below your own HD
Level 2 Stances:
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Name: Zhi Ning’s Mystic Sight (Su)
Stance
Effect: You may sense magic out to a range of 5*(ki level) ft., as per the Detect Magic spell. Note that this stance only allows you to sense the presence or absence of magical auras.
Mastery: +5: Increase range by +5*(ki level) ft. for (ki level) minutes.
+3: You may concentrate for the appropriate number of rounds to gain more detailed information, as detailed in the Detect Magic spell description.
Name: Gang Wu’s Resilience (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You may delay up to 5*(ki level) hit points of damage from enemy attacks until the beginning of your next turn. You gain a +1 bonus to strength checks, attack rolls, and damage rolls for every 10 hit points delayed this way. These bonuses last until the damage affects you. The delayed damage cannot be overcome in any way.
Mastery: +3: Increase the amount of hit points you can delay by 5*(ki level) for (ki level) rounds.
+5: Increase the bonus by 1 for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Swift Grappling (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to grapple checks equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase the bonus to grapple checks by 2 for one round.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Mystic Defenses (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to your fortitude, reflex, or will saves equal to (ki level). You must choose which save to apply this bonus to when you enter this stance.
Mastery: +14: Apply bonus to all saves for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Keen Sight (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain low light vision.
Mastery: +3*: You gain +20 ft. of darkvision for (ki level) hours.
Name: Min Li’s Elemental Strike (Su)
Stance
Effect: Your unarmed strike deals extra fire, cold, sonic, acid, or electricity damage equal to (ki level). You must choose which type of energy when you enter this stance.
Mastery: +3*: Increase damage by 1d6 for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Many Faces (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to all bluff and disguise checks equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +9: You may change your appearance, as per the disguise self spell, for (ki level) hours.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Elemental Shield (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain energy resistance to fire, cold, sonic, electricity, or acid damage equal to (ki level). You must choose which type of energy when you enter this stance.
Mastery: +5*: Increase energy resistance by (ki level) for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Blood on the Wind (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain the scent quality.
Mastery: +7: You may instantly identify any potion, alchemical substance, or other liquid by smell for the next (ki level) minutes.
Name: Gang Wu’s Inspiring Yell (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Allies within 10x(ki level) ft. gain a bonus to one damage roll per round equal to your (ki level).
Mastery: +7: Allies apply the damage bonus to all damage rolls for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Occluded Mind (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus equal to 2x(ki level) to saves vs mind affecting spells, and bluff checks vs. opposing sense motive checks. These bonuses stack with similar effects. Furthermore, you always know when you are being targeted by a mind affecting spell.
Mastery: +15: You gain the benefits of Mind Blank, as per the spell, for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Versatile Strike (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Your unarmed strike may deal slashing, bludgeoning, or piercing damage.
Mastery: +3: Unarmed strikes deal an additional damage type for (ki level) minutes.
Stance
Effect: You may sense magic out to a range of 5*(ki level) ft., as per the Detect Magic spell. Note that this stance only allows you to sense the presence or absence of magical auras.
Mastery: +5: Increase range by +5*(ki level) ft. for (ki level) minutes.
+3: You may concentrate for the appropriate number of rounds to gain more detailed information, as detailed in the Detect Magic spell description.
Name: Gang Wu’s Resilience (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You may delay up to 5*(ki level) hit points of damage from enemy attacks until the beginning of your next turn. You gain a +1 bonus to strength checks, attack rolls, and damage rolls for every 10 hit points delayed this way. These bonuses last until the damage affects you. The delayed damage cannot be overcome in any way.
Mastery: +3: Increase the amount of hit points you can delay by 5*(ki level) for (ki level) rounds.
+5: Increase the bonus by 1 for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Swift Grappling (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to grapple checks equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +1*: Increase the bonus to grapple checks by 2 for one round.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Mystic Defenses (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to your fortitude, reflex, or will saves equal to (ki level). You must choose which save to apply this bonus to when you enter this stance.
Mastery: +14: Apply bonus to all saves for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Keen Sight (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain low light vision.
Mastery: +3*: You gain +20 ft. of darkvision for (ki level) hours.
Name: Min Li’s Elemental Strike (Su)
Stance
Effect: Your unarmed strike deals extra fire, cold, sonic, acid, or electricity damage equal to (ki level). You must choose which type of energy when you enter this stance.
Mastery: +3*: Increase damage by 1d6 for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Many Faces (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to all bluff and disguise checks equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +9: You may change your appearance, as per the disguise self spell, for (ki level) hours.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Elemental Shield (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain energy resistance to fire, cold, sonic, electricity, or acid damage equal to (ki level). You must choose which type of energy when you enter this stance.
Mastery: +5*: Increase energy resistance by (ki level) for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Blood on the Wind (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain the scent quality.
Mastery: +7: You may instantly identify any potion, alchemical substance, or other liquid by smell for the next (ki level) minutes.
Name: Gang Wu’s Inspiring Yell (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Allies within 10x(ki level) ft. gain a bonus to one damage roll per round equal to your (ki level).
Mastery: +7: Allies apply the damage bonus to all damage rolls for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Occluded Mind (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus equal to 2x(ki level) to saves vs mind affecting spells, and bluff checks vs. opposing sense motive checks. These bonuses stack with similar effects. Furthermore, you always know when you are being targeted by a mind affecting spell.
Mastery: +15: You gain the benefits of Mind Blank, as per the spell, for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Versatile Strike (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Your unarmed strike may deal slashing, bludgeoning, or piercing damage.
Mastery: +3: Unarmed strikes deal an additional damage type for (ki level) minutes.
Level 3 Techniques:
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Name: Zhi Ning’s Ki Bolt (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You deal 2d6 to all creatures in a 30 ft. line. Reflex half.
Mastery: +5*: Increase damage by 2d6.
+3*: Increase range by 5 ft.
Name: Gang Wu’s Disruption (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose one creature or square within 25*(ki level) ft. That creature or area is affected by greater dispel magic, as per the spell, with your caster level equal to your Monk level + (ki level)
Name: Gang Wu’s Disintegration (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 9
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed strike against a creature. If the attack hits, in addition to dealing damage as normal, if at any time in the next 24 hours the creature should die, it must make a fortitude save. If the creature fails its save, its body disintegrates, and the creature cannot be brought back to life except through the wish, miracle, or true resurrection spells.
Name: Min Li’s Iron Soul (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 15
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may temporarily duplicate enhancements from weapons or armor and store them in your prayer beads or vestments. The enhancements you duplicate temporarily replace the ones currently stores in your prayer beads or vestments. You must touch the weapon/armor to duplicate its enhancements, thus if it’s currently being wielded/worn you must succeed on a melee touch attack, and the wielder/wearer may make a will save to negate the effect. The duplicated enhancements last for (ki level) minutes, after which you are dazed for the next hour, and the original enhancements stored in your prayer beads or vestments return.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Chakra Alignment (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 0
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You regain 5x(ki level) ki points, and take 2x(ki level) damage that cannot be overcome in any way. This technique is usable once per day.
Name: Min Li’s Wholeness (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose one of the following:
• Heal yourself 2d6 hit points of damage
• Heal another, or harm undead, 1d6 hit points of damage with a touch, will half
Mastery: +5*: Increase healing by 2d6.
+3*: Increase damage by 1d6.
Name: Min Li’s Purity (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 11
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose one of the following:
• Heal yourself 1d4 points of ability damage
• Cure yourself of one disease
• Cure yourself of one poison
• Remove blindness, deafness, sickened, or paralyzed
Name: Gang Wu’s Shadow Body (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 11
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You create clones of yourself, as the Mirror Image spell, with a number of duplicates equal to (ki level).
Name: Zhi Ning’s Pacifism (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 11
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose one of the following:
• Make an unarmed attack against one creature. If the attack succeeds, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, the affected creature must succeed on a will save or be unable to take hostile action of any kind for the next (ki level) rounds. Alternatively, a Monk may choose to have this deal no damage.
• Make an unarmed attack against one creature. If the attack succeeds, it deals no damage. Instead, the technique calms the target, as though the target of a calm emotions spell.
Name: Gang Wu’s Kiai Shout (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose one of the following:
• Make a single unarmed attack against an opponent. You may make an intimidate check against that opponent with a bonus equal to the damage you dealt, to a maximum of (Monk level)
• You may make an intimidate check with a +2 bonus against all enemies within 10 ft.
Mastery: +5*: Increase intimidate bonus by 2.
+5*: Increase range by 10 ft.
Name: Min Li’s Seize the Moment (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 21
Action: Free Action
Effect: You gain a +20 bonus to initiative.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Crippling Strike (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, in addition to dealing unarmed strike damage, that creature takes a penalty to all damage rolls equal to your (ki level) for (ki level) rounds, for a minimum of 1 damage per attack.
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You deal 2d6 to all creatures in a 30 ft. line. Reflex half.
Mastery: +5*: Increase damage by 2d6.
+3*: Increase range by 5 ft.
Name: Gang Wu’s Disruption (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose one creature or square within 25*(ki level) ft. That creature or area is affected by greater dispel magic, as per the spell, with your caster level equal to your Monk level + (ki level)
Name: Gang Wu’s Disintegration (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 9
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed strike against a creature. If the attack hits, in addition to dealing damage as normal, if at any time in the next 24 hours the creature should die, it must make a fortitude save. If the creature fails its save, its body disintegrates, and the creature cannot be brought back to life except through the wish, miracle, or true resurrection spells.
Name: Min Li’s Iron Soul (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 15
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may temporarily duplicate enhancements from weapons or armor and store them in your prayer beads or vestments. The enhancements you duplicate temporarily replace the ones currently stores in your prayer beads or vestments. You must touch the weapon/armor to duplicate its enhancements, thus if it’s currently being wielded/worn you must succeed on a melee touch attack, and the wielder/wearer may make a will save to negate the effect. The duplicated enhancements last for (ki level) minutes, after which you are dazed for the next hour, and the original enhancements stored in your prayer beads or vestments return.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Chakra Alignment (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 0
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You regain 5x(ki level) ki points, and take 2x(ki level) damage that cannot be overcome in any way. This technique is usable once per day.
Name: Min Li’s Wholeness (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose one of the following:
• Heal yourself 2d6 hit points of damage
• Heal another, or harm undead, 1d6 hit points of damage with a touch, will half
Mastery: +5*: Increase healing by 2d6.
+3*: Increase damage by 1d6.
Name: Min Li’s Purity (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 11
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose one of the following:
• Heal yourself 1d4 points of ability damage
• Cure yourself of one disease
• Cure yourself of one poison
• Remove blindness, deafness, sickened, or paralyzed
Name: Gang Wu’s Shadow Body (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 11
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You create clones of yourself, as the Mirror Image spell, with a number of duplicates equal to (ki level).
Name: Zhi Ning’s Pacifism (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 11
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose one of the following:
• Make an unarmed attack against one creature. If the attack succeeds, it deals damage as normal. Additionally, the affected creature must succeed on a will save or be unable to take hostile action of any kind for the next (ki level) rounds. Alternatively, a Monk may choose to have this deal no damage.
• Make an unarmed attack against one creature. If the attack succeeds, it deals no damage. Instead, the technique calms the target, as though the target of a calm emotions spell.
Name: Gang Wu’s Kiai Shout (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Choose one of the following:
• Make a single unarmed attack against an opponent. You may make an intimidate check against that opponent with a bonus equal to the damage you dealt, to a maximum of (Monk level)
• You may make an intimidate check with a +2 bonus against all enemies within 10 ft.
Mastery: +5*: Increase intimidate bonus by 2.
+5*: Increase range by 10 ft.
Name: Min Li’s Seize the Moment (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 21
Action: Free Action
Effect: You gain a +20 bonus to initiative.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Crippling Strike (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 7
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make a single unarmed attack against one creature. If it hits, in addition to dealing unarmed strike damage, that creature takes a penalty to all damage rolls equal to your (ki level) for (ki level) rounds, for a minimum of 1 damage per attack.
Level 3 Stances:
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Name: Zhi Ning’s Wind Walk (Su)
Stance
Effect: You may move up to ½ your base land speed vertically as part of your move action. If you end your move in midair, you slowly float down at a rate of 10 ft. per round.
Mastery: +9: You gain a fly speed equal to your land speed with average maneuverability for (ki level) minutes.
+3*: Increase maneuverability by one step.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Peaceful Meditation (Su)
Stance
Effect: You create an invisible spherical barrier centered on you across which no sound can travel. This barrier can be of any size up to a radius of 5*(ki level) ft. This barrier blocks all sound and sonic effects both into and out of the barrier.
Mastery: +5: For (ki level) minutes, creatures you touch must succeed on a will save or be unable to make noise of any kind for (ki level) minutes.
Name: Min Li’s Fluency (Su)
Stance
Effect: You may understand any spoken language, as per the comprehend languages spell.
Mastery: +7: You may speak and understand any language, as per the Tongues spell, for (ki level) hours.
Name: Gang Wu’s Elusive Step (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to AC versus attacks of opportunity equal to (ki level). This effect stacks with bonuses from similar techniques.
Mastery: +5: You provoke no attacks of opportunity for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Concussion Strike (Ex)
Stance
Effect: The range of your unarmed strike doubles.
Mastery: +3*: Increase the range of your unarmed strike by 10 ft. for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Clairvoyance (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to initiative equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +11: You cannot be surprised for (ki level) hours.
Name: Gang Wu’s Precision (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain +1 to your critical threat range.
Mastery: +11: You gain a bonus to your critical threat range equal to (ki level)/2 for one round.
Name: Min Li’s Mystic Survival (Su)
Stance
Effect: Choose one of the following when you enter this stance:
• Endure Elements, as the feat
• Survive the day on ¼ the normal food and water for a creature of your size
• Track, as the feat
• A bonus to all survival checks equal to (ki level)
• Gain a swim speed equal to ½ of your base land speed
• Gain a climb speed equal to ½ of your base land speed
• Exert no weight on the ground
*Note that you can enter this stance multiple times to gain different effects, however multiple uses of this stance do count against your maximum.
Mastery: +7: Negate all falling damage for one fall.
+7: Survive without air for a number of hours equal to (ki level).
+7*: Any of the stance’s base effects for (ki level) hours.
Name: Gang Wu’s Brutal Attack (Ex)
Stance
Effect: At the beginning of each round, you may choose to have all of your unarmed attacks that round deal 150% damage. Each round you choose to do this causes you to take 1d6 non-lethal damage that cannot be overcome in any way.
Mastery: +7: For (ki level) rounds, each one of your attacks that hits and does damage causes the enemy to take 1 constitution damage. Choosing to do this increases the non-lethal damage by 1d6.
Name: Min Li’s Quickened Step (Su)
Stance
Effect: Whenever you move at least 10 ft. in a round, your attacks deal extra damage equal to (ki level). This technique stacks with others that give similar bonuses.
Mastery: +9: You gain the benefits of Haste, as per the spell, for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Inevitable Hit (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Roll twice and take the better result for all damage rolls.
Mastery: +11: Roll twice and take the better result for all attack rolls for one round.
Name: Min Li’s Feather Step (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You may stand and move across liquid surfaces as though they were solid.
Mastery: +11: For (ki level) rounds, you gain immunity to the harmful effects of dangerous liquids like acid or lava while moving across it.
+7: For (ki level) rounds, you do not fall as normal, instead floating down at a speed of 10 ft. per round, negating all fall damage.
Stance
Effect: You may move up to ½ your base land speed vertically as part of your move action. If you end your move in midair, you slowly float down at a rate of 10 ft. per round.
Mastery: +9: You gain a fly speed equal to your land speed with average maneuverability for (ki level) minutes.
+3*: Increase maneuverability by one step.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Peaceful Meditation (Su)
Stance
Effect: You create an invisible spherical barrier centered on you across which no sound can travel. This barrier can be of any size up to a radius of 5*(ki level) ft. This barrier blocks all sound and sonic effects both into and out of the barrier.
Mastery: +5: For (ki level) minutes, creatures you touch must succeed on a will save or be unable to make noise of any kind for (ki level) minutes.
Name: Min Li’s Fluency (Su)
Stance
Effect: You may understand any spoken language, as per the comprehend languages spell.
Mastery: +7: You may speak and understand any language, as per the Tongues spell, for (ki level) hours.
Name: Gang Wu’s Elusive Step (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to AC versus attacks of opportunity equal to (ki level). This effect stacks with bonuses from similar techniques.
Mastery: +5: You provoke no attacks of opportunity for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Concussion Strike (Ex)
Stance
Effect: The range of your unarmed strike doubles.
Mastery: +3*: Increase the range of your unarmed strike by 10 ft. for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Clairvoyance (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to initiative equal to (ki level).
Mastery: +11: You cannot be surprised for (ki level) hours.
Name: Gang Wu’s Precision (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain +1 to your critical threat range.
Mastery: +11: You gain a bonus to your critical threat range equal to (ki level)/2 for one round.
Name: Min Li’s Mystic Survival (Su)
Stance
Effect: Choose one of the following when you enter this stance:
• Endure Elements, as the feat
• Survive the day on ¼ the normal food and water for a creature of your size
• Track, as the feat
• A bonus to all survival checks equal to (ki level)
• Gain a swim speed equal to ½ of your base land speed
• Gain a climb speed equal to ½ of your base land speed
• Exert no weight on the ground
*Note that you can enter this stance multiple times to gain different effects, however multiple uses of this stance do count against your maximum.
Mastery: +7: Negate all falling damage for one fall.
+7: Survive without air for a number of hours equal to (ki level).
+7*: Any of the stance’s base effects for (ki level) hours.
Name: Gang Wu’s Brutal Attack (Ex)
Stance
Effect: At the beginning of each round, you may choose to have all of your unarmed attacks that round deal 150% damage. Each round you choose to do this causes you to take 1d6 non-lethal damage that cannot be overcome in any way.
Mastery: +7: For (ki level) rounds, each one of your attacks that hits and does damage causes the enemy to take 1 constitution damage. Choosing to do this increases the non-lethal damage by 1d6.
Name: Min Li’s Quickened Step (Su)
Stance
Effect: Whenever you move at least 10 ft. in a round, your attacks deal extra damage equal to (ki level). This technique stacks with others that give similar bonuses.
Mastery: +9: You gain the benefits of Haste, as per the spell, for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Gang Wu’s Inevitable Hit (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Roll twice and take the better result for all damage rolls.
Mastery: +11: Roll twice and take the better result for all attack rolls for one round.
Name: Min Li’s Feather Step (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You may stand and move across liquid surfaces as though they were solid.
Mastery: +11: For (ki level) rounds, you gain immunity to the harmful effects of dangerous liquids like acid or lava while moving across it.
+7: For (ki level) rounds, you do not fall as normal, instead floating down at a speed of 10 ft. per round, negating all fall damage.
Level 4 Techniques:
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Name: Min Li’s Balance Break (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 11
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make an unarmed strike against one creature. In addition to dealing damage, the creature must succeed on a reflex save or be flat-footed until the end of your next round.
Name: Min Li’s Split Spirit (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 21
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: You create a clone of yourself that appears in a square next to you. For all intents and purposes, the clone acts like a summoned creature: it acts on your turn and is completely controlled by you. The clone is an exact copy of you, and has the same AC, BAB, saves, HP, etc… but it may only perform unarmed melee attacks on its turn. It cannot use techniques, spells, skills, etc… As a move action, you may switch places with your clone on your turn. The clone lasts for (ki level) rounds, and you may only have one clone at a time. If your clone is killed, the backlash causes you to lose 2*(ki level) ki points. If this loss would cause your ki point total to be negative, you instead lose that many hit points.
Name: Min Li’s Abundant Step (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Move Action
Effect: You may teleport up to +50 ft.
Mastery: +5*: Increase teleport distance by 50 ft.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Mystic Revival (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 27
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may revive one willing dead creature with a touch, as per the Raise Dead spell, with a caster level equal to your monk level.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Wandering Spirit (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 25
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may move yourself and up to 50 lbs of your equipment to another plane of existence. No other creature may accompany you, and this technique only provides a one way trip. You always arrive 1 to 10 miles from your intended destination.
Name: Gang Wu’s Oxen Horns (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 23
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may move up to your base land speed. You may make a single attack using your unarmed strike against each enemy that comes within your melee range, up to a maximum of ½ Monk level attacks. Each enemy you successfully hit in this manner must make a reflex save or be flung 5x(ki level) feet.
Name: Gang Wu’s Ground Stomp (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 11
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: All creatures within 5x(ki level) ft. must succeed on a balance check or take an amount of damage equal to 3x(ki level) and fall prone. Furthermore, all ground within this radius is treated as difficult terrain for all enemies for (ki level) minutes.
Name: Gang Wu’s Narrow Escape (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 9
Action: Free Action
Effect: Once per encounter, you may use this technique when you would drop below 0 hit points. Instead, your hit point total is set at 1.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Animal Visage (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 9
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You may appear to observers as any sort of animal, as though affected by the Major Image spell, with a caster level equal to your (monk level)+(ki level).
Ki Point Cost: 11
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: Make an unarmed strike against one creature. In addition to dealing damage, the creature must succeed on a reflex save or be flat-footed until the end of your next round.
Name: Min Li’s Split Spirit (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 21
Action: 1 Swift Action
Effect: You create a clone of yourself that appears in a square next to you. For all intents and purposes, the clone acts like a summoned creature: it acts on your turn and is completely controlled by you. The clone is an exact copy of you, and has the same AC, BAB, saves, HP, etc… but it may only perform unarmed melee attacks on its turn. It cannot use techniques, spells, skills, etc… As a move action, you may switch places with your clone on your turn. The clone lasts for (ki level) rounds, and you may only have one clone at a time. If your clone is killed, the backlash causes you to lose 2*(ki level) ki points. If this loss would cause your ki point total to be negative, you instead lose that many hit points.
Name: Min Li’s Abundant Step (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 5
Action: 1 Move Action
Effect: You may teleport up to +50 ft.
Mastery: +5*: Increase teleport distance by 50 ft.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Mystic Revival (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 27
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may revive one willing dead creature with a touch, as per the Raise Dead spell, with a caster level equal to your monk level.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Wandering Spirit (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 25
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may move yourself and up to 50 lbs of your equipment to another plane of existence. No other creature may accompany you, and this technique only provides a one way trip. You always arrive 1 to 10 miles from your intended destination.
Name: Gang Wu’s Oxen Horns (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 23
Action: 1 Full Round Action
Effect: You may move up to your base land speed. You may make a single attack using your unarmed strike against each enemy that comes within your melee range, up to a maximum of ½ Monk level attacks. Each enemy you successfully hit in this manner must make a reflex save or be flung 5x(ki level) feet.
Name: Gang Wu’s Ground Stomp (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 11
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: All creatures within 5x(ki level) ft. must succeed on a balance check or take an amount of damage equal to 3x(ki level) and fall prone. Furthermore, all ground within this radius is treated as difficult terrain for all enemies for (ki level) minutes.
Name: Gang Wu’s Narrow Escape (Ex)
Ki Point Cost: 9
Action: Free Action
Effect: Once per encounter, you may use this technique when you would drop below 0 hit points. Instead, your hit point total is set at 1.
Name: Zhi Ning’s Animal Visage (Su)
Ki Point Cost: 9
Action: 1 Standard Action
Effect: You may appear to observers as any sort of animal, as though affected by the Major Image spell, with a caster level equal to your (monk level)+(ki level).
Level 4 Stances:
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Name: Zhi Ning’s Theft of Essence (Su)
Stance
Effect: You heal 1 damage for each attack that hits and does damage.
Mastery: +5: Increase the amount of healing by 1 for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Retribution (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Any enemy who hits you with a melee attack takes (ki level) damage.
Mastery: +9: This ability can target enemies who damage you with ranged attacks as well for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Piercing Fist (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Your unarmed strike overcomes (ki level) points of damage reduction.
Mastery: +7: Your unarmed strike targets touch AC for one round.
Name: Gang Wu’s Iron Body (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain DR (ki level)/-.
Mastery: +17: You assume certain construct traits for (ki level) rounds. You gain DR (ki level)/-, low-light vision, darkvision 60 ft., immunity to: mind-affecting, poison, sleep, paralysis, stunning, disease, death effects, necromancy effects, critical hits, non-lethal damage, ability damage and drain, fatigue, exhaustion, energy drain, death from massive damage, and any effect requiring a fortitude save. While using this Mastery ability, you are subject to spells and abilities that affect constructs.
Name: Gang Wu’s Ki Fury (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a +4 bonus to strength and constitution, a +2 bonus to will saves, and -2 to AC. While in this stance, you may take no mental actions that require concentration.
Mastery: +11: Increase strength and constitution bonus by 4, and will bonus by 2 for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s One With Nature (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to Knowledge: Nature checks equal to (ki level). Furthermore, you may speak with plants and animals, as per the appropriate spell.
Mastery: +11: You may speak to and gather information from the natural world, as per the Commune with Nature spell, with a caster level equal to 2x(ki level), for (ki level) minutes.
Name: Gang Wu’s Arresting Interrupt (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, anytime a creature within your melee reach attacks you with a melee attack, you may make an unarmed strike attack against them. If your strike hits and does damage, the creature’s attack fails. Each attack you make in this manner counts against your total attacks of opportunity for the round.
Mastery: +13: For (ki level) rounds, if your strike hits and does damage, the creature’s attack fails.
Name: Min Li’s Inspiring Bravery (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you are immune to fear-based effects.
Mastery: +7: For (ki level) rounds, allies within visual range are immune to fear-based effects
Name: Zhi Ning’s Subtle Mask (Su)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you may hide from enemies that you are not currently in combat with, much like the hide in plain sight ability.
Mastery: +7: For one round, you may hide from enemies with which you are currently in combat. In order to do this, you must move to the side of the enemy opposite from the side you begin the round on.
Stance
Effect: You heal 1 damage for each attack that hits and does damage.
Mastery: +5: Increase the amount of healing by 1 for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Retribution (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Any enemy who hits you with a melee attack takes (ki level) damage.
Mastery: +9: This ability can target enemies who damage you with ranged attacks as well for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Min Li’s Piercing Fist (Ex)
Stance
Effect: Your unarmed strike overcomes (ki level) points of damage reduction.
Mastery: +7: Your unarmed strike targets touch AC for one round.
Name: Gang Wu’s Iron Body (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain DR (ki level)/-.
Mastery: +17: You assume certain construct traits for (ki level) rounds. You gain DR (ki level)/-, low-light vision, darkvision 60 ft., immunity to: mind-affecting, poison, sleep, paralysis, stunning, disease, death effects, necromancy effects, critical hits, non-lethal damage, ability damage and drain, fatigue, exhaustion, energy drain, death from massive damage, and any effect requiring a fortitude save. While using this Mastery ability, you are subject to spells and abilities that affect constructs.
Name: Gang Wu’s Ki Fury (Ex)
Stance
Effect: You gain a +4 bonus to strength and constitution, a +2 bonus to will saves, and -2 to AC. While in this stance, you may take no mental actions that require concentration.
Mastery: +11: Increase strength and constitution bonus by 4, and will bonus by 2 for (ki level) rounds.
Name: Zhi Ning’s One With Nature (Su)
Stance
Effect: You gain a bonus to Knowledge: Nature checks equal to (ki level). Furthermore, you may speak with plants and animals, as per the appropriate spell.
Mastery: +11: You may speak to and gather information from the natural world, as per the Commune with Nature spell, with a caster level equal to 2x(ki level), for (ki level) minutes.
Name: Gang Wu’s Arresting Interrupt (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, anytime a creature within your melee reach attacks you with a melee attack, you may make an unarmed strike attack against them. If your strike hits and does damage, the creature’s attack fails. Each attack you make in this manner counts against your total attacks of opportunity for the round.
Mastery: +13: For (ki level) rounds, if your strike hits and does damage, the creature’s attack fails.
Name: Min Li’s Inspiring Bravery (Ex)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you are immune to fear-based effects.
Mastery: +7: For (ki level) rounds, allies within visual range are immune to fear-based effects
Name: Zhi Ning’s Subtle Mask (Su)
Stance
Effect: While in this stance, you may hide from enemies that you are not currently in combat with, much like the hide in plain sight ability.
Mastery: +7: For one round, you may hide from enemies with which you are currently in combat. In order to do this, you must move to the side of the enemy opposite from the side you begin the round on.
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Homebrew and House Rules (D&D) / Monk of the Three Immortals
« on: September 02, 2013, 12:34:35 PM »
Yeah it's a Monk rewrite. What are you going to do about it? My goal here was simple: make a Monk that could compete with high tier 3 or tier 2 classes. Unfortunately the class itself turned out a bit complex (though in my opinion, no more complex than spellcasting). I'd love some constructive criticism and feedback. It may take me a while to respond though, what with my life so full of daring and adventure, so apologies in advance.
Legends tell tales of three martial arts masters, who, through deep meditation and devotion to the Arts, learned the secrets of immortality. As word of their accomplishment spread, the political leaders of the surrounding realms dispatched envoys to bring these three to their courts so they could learn the Undying Secret. But the Three quickly realized that all who came in search of their discovery wanted it merely for personal gain. Every messenger was turned away, every potential pupil rejected, and every scholar seeking wisdom was denied. This rejection angered many of the political leaders, and one in particular, a powerful warlord, send his armies to forcibly capture the Three. Months passed, and the army could not be found. Finally, a small band of soldiers, all that was left of the army, returned, and reported that when the army approached and cornered the Three, they disappeared in a flash of light that felled a majority of their forces. The Three Immortals have not been seen since then, but some say that just before their disappearance, they found one worthy pupil…
Adventures: A Monk of the Three Immortals sees adventuring as a path towards enlightenment, in hopes to one day join the founders of the style that they have dedicated themselves to as an equal.
Characteristics: A Monk of the Three Immortals is characterized both by his unarmed and unarmored fighting style and by his use of the Arts, which channel the innate energy of the universe to perform incredible tasks. Monks are also known for being incredibly resilient, able to shrug off blows and magical spells that would fell lesser men – if you can hit them, that is.
Alignment: A Monk’s concerns go beyond the concepts of law and morality, so though they tend towards neutrality, a Monk of the Three Immortals may choose any alignment.
Religion: The Three Immortals themselves form a sort of religious icon for the Monks. However, since every path to enlightenment is unique, some Monks follow other deities that more specifically align with their morality.
Background: Nearly all Monks grow up in a monastery from a very early age. In most regions with a Three Immortals sect, the monastery is known as an orphanage and safe place for those with nowhere else to go. The monastery also serves as a repository of knowledge. Those who come to the monastery later in life are usually not suited for the physical aspect of being a fully-fledged Monk, so instead they are taught the art of reading and writing, and spend many of their days copying books or scrolls. By the time they come of age, most Monks have dedicated themselves to one of three paths, following one of the Three Immortals. Those who follow Gang Wu value strength and physical training, resulting in Monks who are “rough around the edges”. Followers of Min Li study tactics and acrobatics, and tend to be elusive and calculating. Finally, those who follow Zhi Ning seek enlightenment from meditation, valuing self-awareness above all else.
*Note: A Monk’s path has no impact on game mechanics
Races: The majority of Monks are Human, however, due to the monastery’s reputation as an orphanage, Monks of all races have been seen.
Other Classes: Due to their constant, unrelenting quest for enlightenment, Monks often come off as aloof and single-minded to other classes. However, some Monks have adopted the attitude that enlightenment does not lie within one’s self, but in the interactions between themselves and their friends and family, and these Monks have no problem fitting in to new groups.
Role: A Monk’s main purpose is to hit fast and hit hard. They typically use their speed and agility to avoid prolonged combat. Due to the variety of Arts they can learn, Monks can serve a fairly utilitarian purpose, “filling in the gaps” of a party. Depending on the path they choose, Monks can play a secondary role as a front liner, taking hits for those who can’t, or a tactician, controlling the battlefield to make things easier for their allies, or even a ranged striker, hitting foes from afar with his Ki Techniques.
Abilities: Wisdom powers most of the Monk’s class abilities. Strength allows the Monk to hit harder, and Constitution allows them to stay in the fight longer. Some Monks, however, choose to focus on Dexterity, achieving a frustratingly high level of elusiveness for their foes, and deadly accurate, finessed attacks.
Alignment: Any, though the majority are neutral along at least one axis
Hit Die: d10
Table for Class Features
Class Skills (6 + Int modifier per level, x4 at 1st level): Balance, Climb, Concentration, Craft, Diplomacy, Escape Artist, Heal, Hide, Intimidate, Jump, Knowledge: Arcane, Knowledge: History, Knowledge: Nature, Knowledge: Psionics, Knowledge: Religion, Listen, Martial Lore, Move Silently, Profession, Search, Sense Motive, Spot, Survival, Swim, Tumble, Use Rope
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Monk’s have proficiency with no armor or shields. They are proficient with the Sickle, Quarterstaff, Spear, Sling, Kukri, Scimitar, Longbow, Shortbow, Kama, Nunchaku, Sai, Siangham, and Spiked Chain.
Class Features
*Many class features refer to a state known as "Totally Unencumbered". For a Monk to be considered Totally Unencumbered, he must be unarmed, unarmored, and carrying less than half of his light load.
Arts List, Short
MONK OF THE THREE IMMORTALS
Source: http://www.themuslimtimes.org/2012/05/countries/thailand/picture-of-the-day-buddhist-monk-feeding-a-hungry-tiger-in-tiger-temple
Source: http://www.themuslimtimes.org/2012/05/countries/thailand/picture-of-the-day-buddhist-monk-feeding-a-hungry-tiger-in-tiger-temple
Legends tell tales of three martial arts masters, who, through deep meditation and devotion to the Arts, learned the secrets of immortality. As word of their accomplishment spread, the political leaders of the surrounding realms dispatched envoys to bring these three to their courts so they could learn the Undying Secret. But the Three quickly realized that all who came in search of their discovery wanted it merely for personal gain. Every messenger was turned away, every potential pupil rejected, and every scholar seeking wisdom was denied. This rejection angered many of the political leaders, and one in particular, a powerful warlord, send his armies to forcibly capture the Three. Months passed, and the army could not be found. Finally, a small band of soldiers, all that was left of the army, returned, and reported that when the army approached and cornered the Three, they disappeared in a flash of light that felled a majority of their forces. The Three Immortals have not been seen since then, but some say that just before their disappearance, they found one worthy pupil…
Adventures: A Monk of the Three Immortals sees adventuring as a path towards enlightenment, in hopes to one day join the founders of the style that they have dedicated themselves to as an equal.
Characteristics: A Monk of the Three Immortals is characterized both by his unarmed and unarmored fighting style and by his use of the Arts, which channel the innate energy of the universe to perform incredible tasks. Monks are also known for being incredibly resilient, able to shrug off blows and magical spells that would fell lesser men – if you can hit them, that is.
Alignment: A Monk’s concerns go beyond the concepts of law and morality, so though they tend towards neutrality, a Monk of the Three Immortals may choose any alignment.
Religion: The Three Immortals themselves form a sort of religious icon for the Monks. However, since every path to enlightenment is unique, some Monks follow other deities that more specifically align with their morality.
Background: Nearly all Monks grow up in a monastery from a very early age. In most regions with a Three Immortals sect, the monastery is known as an orphanage and safe place for those with nowhere else to go. The monastery also serves as a repository of knowledge. Those who come to the monastery later in life are usually not suited for the physical aspect of being a fully-fledged Monk, so instead they are taught the art of reading and writing, and spend many of their days copying books or scrolls. By the time they come of age, most Monks have dedicated themselves to one of three paths, following one of the Three Immortals. Those who follow Gang Wu value strength and physical training, resulting in Monks who are “rough around the edges”. Followers of Min Li study tactics and acrobatics, and tend to be elusive and calculating. Finally, those who follow Zhi Ning seek enlightenment from meditation, valuing self-awareness above all else.
*Note: A Monk’s path has no impact on game mechanics
Races: The majority of Monks are Human, however, due to the monastery’s reputation as an orphanage, Monks of all races have been seen.
Other Classes: Due to their constant, unrelenting quest for enlightenment, Monks often come off as aloof and single-minded to other classes. However, some Monks have adopted the attitude that enlightenment does not lie within one’s self, but in the interactions between themselves and their friends and family, and these Monks have no problem fitting in to new groups.
Role: A Monk’s main purpose is to hit fast and hit hard. They typically use their speed and agility to avoid prolonged combat. Due to the variety of Arts they can learn, Monks can serve a fairly utilitarian purpose, “filling in the gaps” of a party. Depending on the path they choose, Monks can play a secondary role as a front liner, taking hits for those who can’t, or a tactician, controlling the battlefield to make things easier for their allies, or even a ranged striker, hitting foes from afar with his Ki Techniques.
Abilities: Wisdom powers most of the Monk’s class abilities. Strength allows the Monk to hit harder, and Constitution allows them to stay in the fight longer. Some Monks, however, choose to focus on Dexterity, achieving a frustratingly high level of elusiveness for their foes, and deadly accurate, finessed attacks.
Alignment: Any, though the majority are neutral along at least one axis
Level Base Fort Ref Will Special
Attack Save Save Save
Bonus
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1 +1 +2 +2 +2 Monastic Training
2 +2 +3 +3 +3 Evasion
3 +3 +3 +3 +3 Uncanny Dodge
4 +4 +4 +4 +4 Ki Strike
5 +5 +4 +4 +4 Sudden Fist
6 +6 +5 +5 +5 Improved Uncanny Dodge
7 +7 +5 +5 +5 Indomitable Spirit
8 +8 +6 +6 +6 Mettle
9 +9 +6 +6 +6 Improved Evasion
10 +10 +7 +7 +7 Improved Ki Strike
11 +11 +7 +7 +7 Greater Flurry
12 +12 +8 +8 +8 Flawless Shift (1/day)
13 +13 +8 +8 +8 Third Eye
14 +14 +9 +9 +9 Greater Indomitable Spirit
15 +15 +9 +9 +9 Greater Ki Strike
16 +16 +10 +10 +10 Flawless Shift (2/day)
17 +17 +10 +10 +10 Wholeness of Body
18 +18 +11 +11 +11 Timeless Body
19 +19 +11 +11 +11 Perfect Self
20 +20 +12 +12 +12 Verge of Enlightenment
Hit Die: d10
Table for Class Features
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Level Flurry Fast AC Unarmed Ki Ki Arts Maximum
of Movement Bonus Strike Level Pool Practiced Active
Blows Stances
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1 -2 +10 ft. +2 1d6 1 8 6 2
2 -2 +10 ft +2 1d6 1 12 7 2
3 -2 +10 ft. +2 1d6 1 16 7 2
4 -2 +20 ft. +3 1d8 2 20 8 2
5 -1 +20 ft. +3 1d8 2 24 8 2
6 -1 +20 ft. +3 1d8 2 28 9 2
7 -1 +30 ft. +4 1d8 3 32 9 2
8 -1 +30 ft. +4 1d10 3 36 10 2
9 +0 +30 ft. +4 1d10 3 40 10 2
10 +0 +40 ft. +5 1d10 4 44 11 3
11 +0/0 +40 ft. +5 1d10 4 48 11 3
12 +0/0 +40 ft. +5 2d6 4 52 12 3
13 +1/0 +50 ft. +6 2d6 5 56 12 3
14 +1/0 +50 ft. +6 2d6 5 60 13 3
15 +1/0 +50 ft. +6 2d6 5 64 13 3
16 +1/0 +60 ft. +7 2d8 6 68 14 3
17 +2/+1 +60 ft. +7 2d8 6 72 14 3
18 +2/+1 +60 ft. +7 2d8 6 76 15 3
19 +2/+1 +70 ft. +8 2d8 7 80 15 3
20 +2/+1 +70 ft. +8 2d10 7 84 16 4
Class Skills (6 + Int modifier per level, x4 at 1st level): Balance, Climb, Concentration, Craft, Diplomacy, Escape Artist, Heal, Hide, Intimidate, Jump, Knowledge: Arcane, Knowledge: History, Knowledge: Nature, Knowledge: Psionics, Knowledge: Religion, Listen, Martial Lore, Move Silently, Profession, Search, Sense Motive, Spot, Survival, Swim, Tumble, Use Rope
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Monk’s have proficiency with no armor or shields. They are proficient with the Sickle, Quarterstaff, Spear, Sling, Kukri, Scimitar, Longbow, Shortbow, Kama, Nunchaku, Sai, Siangham, and Spiked Chain.
Class Features
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Monastic Training: All Monks receive basic training that grants them a variety of abilities:
Evasion (Ex) – As the PHB Monk ability with the same name, must be totally unencumbered.
Uncanny Dodge (Ex) – As the PHB Barbarian ability with the same name, must be totally unencumbered.
Ki Strike (Ex) – At 4th level, a Monk’s unarmed strike is considered magic for the purposes of overcoming damage reduction. Furthermore, your critical threat range improves to (19-20, x2).
Sudden Fist (Ex) – At 5th level, so long as he is totally unencumbered and using unarmed strike, a Monk gains the ability to use his Flurry of Blows class feature in conjunction with a single standard action attack once per round. This ability does not stack with other effects that grant extra attacks.
Improved Uncanny Dodge (Ex) – As the PHB Barbarian ability with the same name, must be totally unencumbered.
Indomitable Spirit (Ex) – Beginning at 7th level, the Monk rolls twice and takes the better result on all saves vs. death effects.
Mettle (Ex) – At 10th level, the Monk can resist unusual effects and magic with great willpower and fortitude. If he successfully makes a Will or Fortitude save against an attack that would have a lesser effect on a successful save, he instead completely negates the effect. Must be totally unencumbered.
Improved Evasion (Ex) – As the PHB Monk ability with the same name, must be totally unencumbered.
Improved Ki Strike (Ex) – At 10th level, the Monk’s unarmed strike is considered lawful or chaotic, whichever matches his alignment, and good or evil, whichever matches his alignment. If the Monk is neutral, he may choose, but once chosen it cannot be changed unless the Monk changes alignment. Furthermore, a 10th level Monk’s unarmed strikes have the ghost touch quality. Your critical threat range improves to (18-20, x2).
Greater Flurry of Blows (Ex) – At 11th level, the Monk’s Flurry of Blows class feature improves to provide two additional attacks at the Monk’s highest base attack bonus. The Monk gains a bonus on these extra attacks depending on level. This ability does not stack with other effects that grant extra attacks.
Flawless Shift (Ex) – At 12th level, a Monk may change one practiced technique or stance 1/day as a standard action. The Monk gains an extra daily use of this ability at 16th and 20th levels.
Third Eye (Su) – A 13th level Monk may see as if under the continual effect of the True Seeing spell.
Greater Indomitable Spirit (Ex) – At 14th level, the Monk gains immunity to energy drain and death effects.
Greater Ki Strike (Ex) – At 15th level, the Monk may emulate one material with his unarmed strike for the purposes of overcoming damage reduction. The Monk may change the material he is emulating a number of times per day equal to his wisdom modifier, and doing so takes a swift action. Furthermore, your critical multiplier improves to (18-20, x3).
Wholeness of Body (Ex) – At 17th level, a Monk of the Three Immortals gains fast healing equal to his wisdom modifier/4, minimum 1.
Timeless Body (Ex) – As the Monk ability with the same name, except that any existing age penalties are removed upon reaching this level. The Monk may still benefit from the bonuses of old age.
Perfect Self – As the Monk ability of the same name, but without the damage reduction.
Verge of Enlightenment (Ex) – At 20th level, a Monk may use techniques without paying their ki point cost for a number of rounds per day equal to ½ times Wisdom modifier. Furthermore, a Monk of the Three Immortals who reaches this level will never die of old age.
DM's Sidebar: Adjusting Power Level
- Unarmed Strike (Ex) - At 1st level, the Monk gains a single special unarmed strike with which he is proficient. This special unarmed strike has damage according to Monk level, (20, x2) critical threat range, applies full strength modifier to damage rolls, and deals bludgeoning damage. Unarmed strikes are light weapons (although you may power attack with them), and they are considered natural and manufactured weapons for spell targeting. The Monk must be totally unencumbered to use this special unarmed strike. Because of this training, the Monk may be considered to have the Improved Unarmed Strike feat for the purposes of prerequisites.
- Prayer Beads (Su) – By praying uninterrupted for a number of days equal to the armor or weapon’s enhancement bonus, a Monk may absorb that item’s enhancement bonuses into his prayer beads. Once absorbed, the item loses all magical properties and becomes mundane. Alternately, an item crafter may directly imbue the prayer beads with an enhancement bonus or enchantment. The prayer beads confer their stored effect onto the monk’s unarmed strike and/or AC. The prayer beads can only hold two enhancements at a time, one for weapons and one for armor. Prayer beads can only hold enhancements that may be used with a bludgeoning weapon or light armor. Prayer beads may not absorb enhancements from intelligent items. These bonuses do not stack with bonuses from other items.
- Ki Pool – A Monk has a pool of ki points based on his level, plus bonus ki points equal to 2*(wisdom modifier). Ki points are replenished after a night’s sleep or 1 hour of uninterrupted meditation.
- Arts – During his training, a Monk learns a variety of Arts. Arts can be separated into two categories: Techniques, which are active one time use abilities, and Stances, which confer passive bonuses to the Monk. Arts may only be used while the Monk is totally unencumbered, and bonuses granted by Arts do not stack unless otherwise stated. A Monk may only learn Arts of equal or lower level than his current ki level, and it takes a number of days of vigorous exercise equal to the Arts’ ki level to learn. A Monk may learn any number of Arts, however he may only use Arts he has recently practiced. It takes a number of hours equal to the Arts’ level to practice. Once practiced, Arts may be used as often as desired, unless otherwise stated, so long as the Monk has sufficient ki points. If a Monk wishes to practice a new Art beyond his maximum, he must drop one of his choice before learning the new one. Monks who see another Monk performing a technique or in a stance may attempt a Martial Lore check with DC=10+2x(ki level of the technique or stance being used) to recognize it. If the technique or stance is of a higher level than your current maximum ki level, add 2 to the DC per level beyond your maximum. Non-Monks are considered to have maximum ki level of 0.
- Stances – Entering or switching stances requires a swift action at the beginning of the Monk’s turn. Monks may maintain 2 stances at once at 1st level. At 10th level, Monks may maintain one extra stance, and at 20th level they may maintain two extra stances.
- Mastery – Certain techniques and stances come with Mastery abilities that can improve or alter their effects. Using a Mastery ability adds the listed cost to the total cost of the technique. Mastery abilities marked with an asterisk (*) can be used multiple times, and their effects stack. A Monk may only use a number of Mastery abilities per round equal to his ki level. Using the Mastery ability of a stance costs a swift action, whereas using the Mastery ability of a technique does not alter the action required to use the technique.
- Training location – Training location for learning and practicing techniques and stances must be large and sturdy enough for vigorous physical activity. The ideal location is open isolated natural terrain, or a monastery. The DM may increase or decrease training time based on training location and factors such as distractions, physical condition, etc…
- Flurry of Blows (Ex) – While totally unencumbered and using unarmed strike, the Monk may use Flurry of Blows to add an extra attack while taking a full round action to attack. Doing so adds an extra attack at the Monk’s highest base attack bonus, but gives a penalty to all attacks based on level as shown in the table. This ability does not stack with other effects that grant extra attacks.
- AC Bonus (Ex) – While the Monk is totally unencumbered, he adds his wisdom modifier to his armor class. Furthermore, he gains a +2 bonus at 1st level and every three levels afterwards. These bonuses apply to the Monk’s touch AC and flat-footed AC, but he loses them when helpless or immobilized.
Evasion (Ex) – As the PHB Monk ability with the same name, must be totally unencumbered.
Uncanny Dodge (Ex) – As the PHB Barbarian ability with the same name, must be totally unencumbered.
Ki Strike (Ex) – At 4th level, a Monk’s unarmed strike is considered magic for the purposes of overcoming damage reduction. Furthermore, your critical threat range improves to (19-20, x2).
Sudden Fist (Ex) – At 5th level, so long as he is totally unencumbered and using unarmed strike, a Monk gains the ability to use his Flurry of Blows class feature in conjunction with a single standard action attack once per round. This ability does not stack with other effects that grant extra attacks.
Improved Uncanny Dodge (Ex) – As the PHB Barbarian ability with the same name, must be totally unencumbered.
Indomitable Spirit (Ex) – Beginning at 7th level, the Monk rolls twice and takes the better result on all saves vs. death effects.
Mettle (Ex) – At 10th level, the Monk can resist unusual effects and magic with great willpower and fortitude. If he successfully makes a Will or Fortitude save against an attack that would have a lesser effect on a successful save, he instead completely negates the effect. Must be totally unencumbered.
Improved Evasion (Ex) – As the PHB Monk ability with the same name, must be totally unencumbered.
Improved Ki Strike (Ex) – At 10th level, the Monk’s unarmed strike is considered lawful or chaotic, whichever matches his alignment, and good or evil, whichever matches his alignment. If the Monk is neutral, he may choose, but once chosen it cannot be changed unless the Monk changes alignment. Furthermore, a 10th level Monk’s unarmed strikes have the ghost touch quality. Your critical threat range improves to (18-20, x2).
Greater Flurry of Blows (Ex) – At 11th level, the Monk’s Flurry of Blows class feature improves to provide two additional attacks at the Monk’s highest base attack bonus. The Monk gains a bonus on these extra attacks depending on level. This ability does not stack with other effects that grant extra attacks.
Flawless Shift (Ex) – At 12th level, a Monk may change one practiced technique or stance 1/day as a standard action. The Monk gains an extra daily use of this ability at 16th and 20th levels.
Third Eye (Su) – A 13th level Monk may see as if under the continual effect of the True Seeing spell.
Greater Indomitable Spirit (Ex) – At 14th level, the Monk gains immunity to energy drain and death effects.
Greater Ki Strike (Ex) – At 15th level, the Monk may emulate one material with his unarmed strike for the purposes of overcoming damage reduction. The Monk may change the material he is emulating a number of times per day equal to his wisdom modifier, and doing so takes a swift action. Furthermore, your critical multiplier improves to (18-20, x3).
Wholeness of Body (Ex) – At 17th level, a Monk of the Three Immortals gains fast healing equal to his wisdom modifier/4, minimum 1.
Timeless Body (Ex) – As the Monk ability with the same name, except that any existing age penalties are removed upon reaching this level. The Monk may still benefit from the bonuses of old age.
Perfect Self – As the Monk ability of the same name, but without the damage reduction.
Verge of Enlightenment (Ex) – At 20th level, a Monk may use techniques without paying their ki point cost for a number of rounds per day equal to ½ times Wisdom modifier. Furthermore, a Monk of the Three Immortals who reaches this level will never die of old age.
DM's Sidebar: Adjusting Power Level
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This class was designed to match the warblade or sorcerer in terms of power, but I realize that some groups prefer to play at lower or higher power levels. Here are some suggestions for lowering/raising power level:
Ki Points: For a low powered Monk, I suggest lowering the amount of ki points they recieve, possibly as low as half. Just keep in mind that this may lead to Monks only being able to use techniques once or twice per fight.
Arts Practiced: Adjusting the number of Arts they may currently have practiced is another way of controlling power, although in my opinion, not as good as limiting ki points. By lowering the number of Arts practiced, you limit versatility rather than power, which may lead to most Monks looking similar.
Stances: Perhaps the most powerful option here, granting or taking away an active stance can vastly affect the power of a Monk. If you choose this option, I suggest limiting it to adding/removing only one stance.
Maintaining Stances: Many players playing Monks will want to run around in stances all day, even sleep in their stances. As the DM, you have the option to not allow this, limiting stances to combat situations, or special out of combat situations for the utility stances.
Ki Points: For a low powered Monk, I suggest lowering the amount of ki points they recieve, possibly as low as half. Just keep in mind that this may lead to Monks only being able to use techniques once or twice per fight.
Arts Practiced: Adjusting the number of Arts they may currently have practiced is another way of controlling power, although in my opinion, not as good as limiting ki points. By lowering the number of Arts practiced, you limit versatility rather than power, which may lead to most Monks looking similar.
Stances: Perhaps the most powerful option here, granting or taking away an active stance can vastly affect the power of a Monk. If you choose this option, I suggest limiting it to adding/removing only one stance.
Maintaining Stances: Many players playing Monks will want to run around in stances all day, even sleep in their stances. As the DM, you have the option to not allow this, limiting stances to combat situations, or special out of combat situations for the utility stances.
Arts List, Short
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Level 1 Techniques:
Ki Shock (G) – Deals damage to one creature at range
Double Strike (G) – Attack two foes, and leave them staggered
Touch of Life (Z) – Stabilizes a dying creature
Monastic Chant (M) – Sends a short message to people you know
Charity (Z) – Creates a copper piece that you must give away
Sense Life (Z) – Determines the location of living creatures
Push Hand (M) – Exert force on objects or creatures at a distance
Ki Wave (G) – Deal damage and knock prone all targets in range
Shoulder Throw (G) – Deal damage and move the target
Hobble (M) – Deal damage and reduce target’s the movement speed
Taunt (M) – Enemies must make save or suffer penalties to attack all but you
Monkey Paw (Z) – Deals damage and disarm one creature
Level 1 Stances:
Leaping Strike (M) – Allows you to move before and after an attack
Focus (Z) – Bonus to attack rolls
Inner Light (Z) – Fists glow like daylight
Great Strike (G) – Bonus to damage rolls
Watchful Eye (M) – Gain the Trapfinding feature
Agility (G) – Bonus to Balance, Climb, Jump, Tumble, and Swim
Burst of Speed (G) – Bonus to base land speed
Perception (Z) – Bonus to Listen, Search, Sense Motive, and Spot
Stealth (M) – Bonus to Hide and Move Silently
Deflection (Z) – Bonus to AC
Python Grip (G) – Enemies can’t 5 ft. step away
Ensnaring Step (M) – You may flank enemies by yourself
Level 2 Techniques:
Lotus Charge (G) – Charge and make a full attack
Hypnosis (Z) – Put enemies to sleep
Mystic Link (Z) – Allows you to read the target’s thoughts
Nervous Shock (M) – Deafens, blinds, and immobilizes the target
Flying Kick (G) – Deals damage and bonus to charge or bull rush
Stunning fist (G) – Stuns the target
Whirling Sweep (G) – Trip attempt against all adjacent enemies
Lethal Infusion (Z) – Enemies struck explode after they die
Falling Leaves (M) – Move up to your base land speed as a swift action
Crashing Tide (M) – Make an attack as a swift action
Vital Strike (M) – Deals damage and damages target’s constitution
Read Aura (Z) – Determine a creature’s strength relative to your own
Level 2 Stances:
Mystic Sight (Z) – Allows you to see and analyze magical auras
Resilience (G) – Allows you to delay damage and gives bonuses for delayed damage
Swift Grappling (G) – Bonus to grapple checks
Mystic Defenses (Z) – Bonus to saves
Keen Sight (M) – Gain low-light vision
Elemental Strike (M) – Unarmed strike deals extra elemental damage
Many Faces (M) – Bonus to Bluff and Disguise
Elemental Shield (Z) – Energy resistance against one energy type
Blood on the Wind (G) – Gain the scent feature
Inspiring Yell G – allies within X ft get +dmg
Occluded Mind M – Gain resistance to mind-affecting effects
Versatile Strike (Z) – Unarmed strike deals bludgeoning, slashing or piercing damage
Level 3 Techniques:
Ki Bolt (Z) – Deal damage to all enemies in a line
Disruption (G) – Dispel magic on a creature or area
Disintegration (G) – If affected target dies its body disintegrates and cannot be revived
Iron Soul (M) – Temporarily duplicate an item’s enhancement bonus
Chakra Alignment (Z) – Restores ki points at the cost of hit points
Wholeness (M) – Restores hit points
Purity (M) – Removes disease, poison, and ability damage
Shadow Body (G) – Create clones of yourself
Pacifism (Z) – Prevent enemies from taking hostile action
Kiai Shout (G) – Intimidate opponents
Seize the Moment (M) – Gain a bonus to initiative
Crippling Strike (Z) – Enemies struck deal less damage
Level 3 Stances:
Wind Walk (Z) – Allows you to move vertically as part of your move action
Peaceful Meditation (Z) – Creates a barrier that blocks sound
Fluency (M) – Understand any spoken language
Elusive Step (G) – Grants a bonus to AC versus attacks of opportunity
Concussion Strike (Z) – Make unarmed attacks at a distance
Clairvoyance (Z) – Grants a bonus to initiative
Precision (G) – Increases your critical threat range
Mystic Survival (M) – Grants a variety of survival-related abilities
Brutal Attack (G) – Deal extra damage at the cost of damage to yourself
Quickened Step (M) – Deal damage when you move a certain distance
Inevitable Hit (G) – Roll twice and take better on damage rolls
Feather Step (M) – Allows movement on liquid surfaces
Level 4 Techniques:
Balance Break (M) – Deals damage and makes target flat-footed
Split Spirit (M) – Creates a clone that fights for you
Abundant Step (M) – Teleport as your move action
Mystic Revival (Z) – Restore life to the recently deceased
Wandering Spirit (Z) – Allows you to move between the planes
Oxen Horns (G) – Move and attack all who come in range
Ground Stomp (G) – Deal damage in area, all area is difficult terrain for all but you
Narrow Escape (G) – Free action to go to 1 hp instead of negative
Animal Visage (Z) – Shroud yourself with the image of an animal
Level 4 Stances:
Theft of Essence (Z) – Heals damage whenever you successfully land an attack
Retribution (M) – Damages enemies who hit you with melee attacks
Piercing Fist (M) – Unarmed attacks overcome damage reduction
Iron Body (G) – Grants damage reduction
Ki Fury (G) – Bonus to strength, constitution, and will saves, penalty to AC
One with Nature (Z) – Speak with plants and animals
Arresting Interrupt (G) – Counter and possibly stop melee attacks
Inspiring Bravery (M) – Grants immunity to fear
Subtle Mask (Z) – Creatures not currently in combat with you don’t notice you
Level 5 Techniques:
Mystic Surge (Z) – Deal damage to all nearby creatures
Black of Night (M) – Creates a zone of darkness, enemies in sphere are shaken
Ki Lock (Z) – Seals off targets spell slots
Banishment (M) – Removes summoned creatures from the area
Changing Tides (M) – Change the weather in a wide area
Omnidirectional Strike (G) – Attack all foes within a certain distance
Fly Trap (G) – Creates a sphere that traps enemies inside
Tainted Blow (G) – Your attacks deal vile damage
Denying Hand (Z) – Creates an unpassable wall
Level 5 Stances:
Empty Body (Z) – Grants a miss chance
Unmovable Mountain (G) – Bonus to defense against bull rush, overrun, and grapple
Shadow Walk (M) – Grants concealment
Elastic Form (M) – Count as one size larger for various combat maneuvers
Invincible Dragon (G) – Grants temporary hit points
Bend Time (Z) – Allows you, allies, or forces enemies to make rerolls
Blood Sight (G) – Grants bonuses on attack and damage vs foes with <50% hp
Eye of the Hurricane (M) – Treat 1d20 per turn as 11
Ki Cycle (Z) – Gain ki points every round an enemy takes hostile action towards you
Level 6 Techniques:
Quivering Palm (M) – Instantly kill one foe
Mental Haze (M) – Target must save or be unable to use magic
Stolen Years (Z) – Bestows negative levels
Redirection (M) – Change target of a spell aimed at you
Versatility (G) – Benefit for an extra stance
Dark Infection (G) – Enemies hit look for quickest way to kill self
Mind Break (G) – Enemies hit suffer insanity
Ki Stigma (Z) – Causes one enemy to be attacked by his allies
Soul Link (Z) – Link two creatures, allows them to share damage or spells
Level 6 Stances:
No Sight (M) – Grants blindsense
Ki Burn (G) – Enemies hit by unarmed attacks continue to take damage
No Mind (M) – Grants spell resistance
Viper Stance (G) – Make an attack against any enemy who enters your threat range
No Body (G) – Grants energy resistance
Unmatchable Speed (M) – Allows you to teleport as your move action
No Spirit (Z) – Allows extra saving throws against ongoing effects
Illumination (Z) – Grants a bonus to Knowledge checks
Vital Suppression (Z) – Foes within a certain distance cannot full attack
Level 7 Techniques:
Field of Shadows (G) – Enemies within a certain range must make a save or die
Universal Truth (M) – Gain temporary followers
Merge (M) – Combine bodies with a creature and control its actions
Soul Trap (Z) – Trap the soul of a newly dead creature in your prayer beads
Soul Fracture (G) – Affected enemies automatically fail saves
Private Sanctum (Z) – Transports you to your own private pocket dimension
Level 7 Stances:
Flowing Water Step (Z) – Grants an extra swift action per round
Ki Supremacy (M) – Increases your effective ki level for Arts
True Harmony (G) – You die at your negative hit point total
Ki Mastery (Z) – Reduces ki point cost of Arts
Withering Palm (G) – Allows you to steal strength, dexterity, and constitution from foes
No Time (M) – Grants actions at the beginning of combat
Ki Shock (G) – Deals damage to one creature at range
Double Strike (G) – Attack two foes, and leave them staggered
Touch of Life (Z) – Stabilizes a dying creature
Monastic Chant (M) – Sends a short message to people you know
Charity (Z) – Creates a copper piece that you must give away
Sense Life (Z) – Determines the location of living creatures
Push Hand (M) – Exert force on objects or creatures at a distance
Ki Wave (G) – Deal damage and knock prone all targets in range
Shoulder Throw (G) – Deal damage and move the target
Hobble (M) – Deal damage and reduce target’s the movement speed
Taunt (M) – Enemies must make save or suffer penalties to attack all but you
Monkey Paw (Z) – Deals damage and disarm one creature
Level 1 Stances:
Leaping Strike (M) – Allows you to move before and after an attack
Focus (Z) – Bonus to attack rolls
Inner Light (Z) – Fists glow like daylight
Great Strike (G) – Bonus to damage rolls
Watchful Eye (M) – Gain the Trapfinding feature
Agility (G) – Bonus to Balance, Climb, Jump, Tumble, and Swim
Burst of Speed (G) – Bonus to base land speed
Perception (Z) – Bonus to Listen, Search, Sense Motive, and Spot
Stealth (M) – Bonus to Hide and Move Silently
Deflection (Z) – Bonus to AC
Python Grip (G) – Enemies can’t 5 ft. step away
Ensnaring Step (M) – You may flank enemies by yourself
Level 2 Techniques:
Lotus Charge (G) – Charge and make a full attack
Hypnosis (Z) – Put enemies to sleep
Mystic Link (Z) – Allows you to read the target’s thoughts
Nervous Shock (M) – Deafens, blinds, and immobilizes the target
Flying Kick (G) – Deals damage and bonus to charge or bull rush
Stunning fist (G) – Stuns the target
Whirling Sweep (G) – Trip attempt against all adjacent enemies
Lethal Infusion (Z) – Enemies struck explode after they die
Falling Leaves (M) – Move up to your base land speed as a swift action
Crashing Tide (M) – Make an attack as a swift action
Vital Strike (M) – Deals damage and damages target’s constitution
Read Aura (Z) – Determine a creature’s strength relative to your own
Level 2 Stances:
Mystic Sight (Z) – Allows you to see and analyze magical auras
Resilience (G) – Allows you to delay damage and gives bonuses for delayed damage
Swift Grappling (G) – Bonus to grapple checks
Mystic Defenses (Z) – Bonus to saves
Keen Sight (M) – Gain low-light vision
Elemental Strike (M) – Unarmed strike deals extra elemental damage
Many Faces (M) – Bonus to Bluff and Disguise
Elemental Shield (Z) – Energy resistance against one energy type
Blood on the Wind (G) – Gain the scent feature
Inspiring Yell G – allies within X ft get +dmg
Occluded Mind M – Gain resistance to mind-affecting effects
Versatile Strike (Z) – Unarmed strike deals bludgeoning, slashing or piercing damage
Level 3 Techniques:
Ki Bolt (Z) – Deal damage to all enemies in a line
Disruption (G) – Dispel magic on a creature or area
Disintegration (G) – If affected target dies its body disintegrates and cannot be revived
Iron Soul (M) – Temporarily duplicate an item’s enhancement bonus
Chakra Alignment (Z) – Restores ki points at the cost of hit points
Wholeness (M) – Restores hit points
Purity (M) – Removes disease, poison, and ability damage
Shadow Body (G) – Create clones of yourself
Pacifism (Z) – Prevent enemies from taking hostile action
Kiai Shout (G) – Intimidate opponents
Seize the Moment (M) – Gain a bonus to initiative
Crippling Strike (Z) – Enemies struck deal less damage
Level 3 Stances:
Wind Walk (Z) – Allows you to move vertically as part of your move action
Peaceful Meditation (Z) – Creates a barrier that blocks sound
Fluency (M) – Understand any spoken language
Elusive Step (G) – Grants a bonus to AC versus attacks of opportunity
Concussion Strike (Z) – Make unarmed attacks at a distance
Clairvoyance (Z) – Grants a bonus to initiative
Precision (G) – Increases your critical threat range
Mystic Survival (M) – Grants a variety of survival-related abilities
Brutal Attack (G) – Deal extra damage at the cost of damage to yourself
Quickened Step (M) – Deal damage when you move a certain distance
Inevitable Hit (G) – Roll twice and take better on damage rolls
Feather Step (M) – Allows movement on liquid surfaces
Level 4 Techniques:
Balance Break (M) – Deals damage and makes target flat-footed
Split Spirit (M) – Creates a clone that fights for you
Abundant Step (M) – Teleport as your move action
Mystic Revival (Z) – Restore life to the recently deceased
Wandering Spirit (Z) – Allows you to move between the planes
Oxen Horns (G) – Move and attack all who come in range
Ground Stomp (G) – Deal damage in area, all area is difficult terrain for all but you
Narrow Escape (G) – Free action to go to 1 hp instead of negative
Animal Visage (Z) – Shroud yourself with the image of an animal
Level 4 Stances:
Theft of Essence (Z) – Heals damage whenever you successfully land an attack
Retribution (M) – Damages enemies who hit you with melee attacks
Piercing Fist (M) – Unarmed attacks overcome damage reduction
Iron Body (G) – Grants damage reduction
Ki Fury (G) – Bonus to strength, constitution, and will saves, penalty to AC
One with Nature (Z) – Speak with plants and animals
Arresting Interrupt (G) – Counter and possibly stop melee attacks
Inspiring Bravery (M) – Grants immunity to fear
Subtle Mask (Z) – Creatures not currently in combat with you don’t notice you
Level 5 Techniques:
Mystic Surge (Z) – Deal damage to all nearby creatures
Black of Night (M) – Creates a zone of darkness, enemies in sphere are shaken
Ki Lock (Z) – Seals off targets spell slots
Banishment (M) – Removes summoned creatures from the area
Changing Tides (M) – Change the weather in a wide area
Omnidirectional Strike (G) – Attack all foes within a certain distance
Fly Trap (G) – Creates a sphere that traps enemies inside
Tainted Blow (G) – Your attacks deal vile damage
Denying Hand (Z) – Creates an unpassable wall
Level 5 Stances:
Empty Body (Z) – Grants a miss chance
Unmovable Mountain (G) – Bonus to defense against bull rush, overrun, and grapple
Shadow Walk (M) – Grants concealment
Elastic Form (M) – Count as one size larger for various combat maneuvers
Invincible Dragon (G) – Grants temporary hit points
Bend Time (Z) – Allows you, allies, or forces enemies to make rerolls
Blood Sight (G) – Grants bonuses on attack and damage vs foes with <50% hp
Eye of the Hurricane (M) – Treat 1d20 per turn as 11
Ki Cycle (Z) – Gain ki points every round an enemy takes hostile action towards you
Level 6 Techniques:
Quivering Palm (M) – Instantly kill one foe
Mental Haze (M) – Target must save or be unable to use magic
Stolen Years (Z) – Bestows negative levels
Redirection (M) – Change target of a spell aimed at you
Versatility (G) – Benefit for an extra stance
Dark Infection (G) – Enemies hit look for quickest way to kill self
Mind Break (G) – Enemies hit suffer insanity
Ki Stigma (Z) – Causes one enemy to be attacked by his allies
Soul Link (Z) – Link two creatures, allows them to share damage or spells
Level 6 Stances:
No Sight (M) – Grants blindsense
Ki Burn (G) – Enemies hit by unarmed attacks continue to take damage
No Mind (M) – Grants spell resistance
Viper Stance (G) – Make an attack against any enemy who enters your threat range
No Body (G) – Grants energy resistance
Unmatchable Speed (M) – Allows you to teleport as your move action
No Spirit (Z) – Allows extra saving throws against ongoing effects
Illumination (Z) – Grants a bonus to Knowledge checks
Vital Suppression (Z) – Foes within a certain distance cannot full attack
Level 7 Techniques:
Field of Shadows (G) – Enemies within a certain range must make a save or die
Universal Truth (M) – Gain temporary followers
Merge (M) – Combine bodies with a creature and control its actions
Soul Trap (Z) – Trap the soul of a newly dead creature in your prayer beads
Soul Fracture (G) – Affected enemies automatically fail saves
Private Sanctum (Z) – Transports you to your own private pocket dimension
Level 7 Stances:
Flowing Water Step (Z) – Grants an extra swift action per round
Ki Supremacy (M) – Increases your effective ki level for Arts
True Harmony (G) – You die at your negative hit point total
Ki Mastery (Z) – Reduces ki point cost of Arts
Withering Palm (G) – Allows you to steal strength, dexterity, and constitution from foes
No Time (M) – Grants actions at the beginning of combat
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[D&D 3.5] Vale - The Dawn of Magic / Re: Main Game
« on: November 24, 2011, 12:23:47 AM »
The rest of the day passes without incident. It is now around 5:30 in the afternoon, and you have completed your duties for the day. Seral is in his tent, finishing up some paperwork for tomorrow.
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[D&D 3.5] Vale - The Dawn of Magic / Re: Main Game
« on: November 18, 2011, 03:30:26 PM »
You open the envelope and remove several sheets of paper and a small key. You unfold the paper, and on it is written the following, in the same elegant handwriting as the front of the envelope:
"Dear Madame Chorster,
Let me begin by apologizing for the mysterious nature of this letter. My name is Orban Cornelius. I am a professor here at the Vale College of Archeological Studies. I am contacting you because I feel I have no one else to whom I can turn. Your father and I were very well acquainted until some years ago when I accepted this position at the college. He often spoke of your courage and kindness, which gives me hope that my plea will not fall on deaf ears.
Before I continue, I must give you a brief account of events leading up to the sending of this letter. I am rather ashamed to admit that despite being a professor of archeology, I do abhor travel. I have never even left the country. Instead, I leave the travel to my younger, more able bodied students. Normally, I send them out to remote regions and they return with all manner of artifacts and documented local legends and the like. They tend to return in high spirits, perhaps a little more world-wise than when they left. However, one such student did not return in such a state.
I first learned of his return when I received a letter from the police chief summing me to the city jail. Astonished, I headed down at once, and who should I see behind the bars but my very own student! I learned that he boarded a ship bound for Vale some number of weeks ago, and as the voyage progressed, so demented did his demeanor become that the crew demanded that he be incarcerated. I paid his bounty and freed him, taking him back to the living quarters at the college. He seemed more in a state of confusion than madness at this point. All through the night I tried to get a coherent story out of this poor soul, and by the time morning dawned, I was still no closer to ascertaining the truth. I decided next to examine his field notes, only to find that they were equally as incoherent. As I looked farther back in date however, the madness seemed to subside, until I could finally piece together a logical story. It seems the last thing he was working on was recording a local creation myth. I will not release the details to you yet, as I fear this letter may be intercepted.
As I deciphered more and more of his notes, I felt compelled to find the source of this poor soul's insanity. What could be so aberrant as to unhinge the human mind? I decided to end my hermetic lifestyle and attempt to retrace my student's voyage. However, soon after I submitted a request for a grant to mount an expedition, I entered my office to find that all my work had been seized. When I made inquiries, I was met with dismissal and veiled threats. I can feel myself being followed on the walk home. I see eyes in the shadows and suspicion on the faces of my colleagues, and I am beginning to fear for my own safety. Please, I must meet with you. Meet me in my office at Vale College on the 3rd day after the winter solstice. Please be discrete in your travels, whomever is watching me may be watching you now. I feel horrible putting you in this kind of situation, but you are my only hope. Best of luck,
-Orban Cornelius"
"Dear Madame Chorster,
Let me begin by apologizing for the mysterious nature of this letter. My name is Orban Cornelius. I am a professor here at the Vale College of Archeological Studies. I am contacting you because I feel I have no one else to whom I can turn. Your father and I were very well acquainted until some years ago when I accepted this position at the college. He often spoke of your courage and kindness, which gives me hope that my plea will not fall on deaf ears.
Before I continue, I must give you a brief account of events leading up to the sending of this letter. I am rather ashamed to admit that despite being a professor of archeology, I do abhor travel. I have never even left the country. Instead, I leave the travel to my younger, more able bodied students. Normally, I send them out to remote regions and they return with all manner of artifacts and documented local legends and the like. They tend to return in high spirits, perhaps a little more world-wise than when they left. However, one such student did not return in such a state.
I first learned of his return when I received a letter from the police chief summing me to the city jail. Astonished, I headed down at once, and who should I see behind the bars but my very own student! I learned that he boarded a ship bound for Vale some number of weeks ago, and as the voyage progressed, so demented did his demeanor become that the crew demanded that he be incarcerated. I paid his bounty and freed him, taking him back to the living quarters at the college. He seemed more in a state of confusion than madness at this point. All through the night I tried to get a coherent story out of this poor soul, and by the time morning dawned, I was still no closer to ascertaining the truth. I decided next to examine his field notes, only to find that they were equally as incoherent. As I looked farther back in date however, the madness seemed to subside, until I could finally piece together a logical story. It seems the last thing he was working on was recording a local creation myth. I will not release the details to you yet, as I fear this letter may be intercepted.
As I deciphered more and more of his notes, I felt compelled to find the source of this poor soul's insanity. What could be so aberrant as to unhinge the human mind? I decided to end my hermetic lifestyle and attempt to retrace my student's voyage. However, soon after I submitted a request for a grant to mount an expedition, I entered my office to find that all my work had been seized. When I made inquiries, I was met with dismissal and veiled threats. I can feel myself being followed on the walk home. I see eyes in the shadows and suspicion on the faces of my colleagues, and I am beginning to fear for my own safety. Please, I must meet with you. Meet me in my office at Vale College on the 3rd day after the winter solstice. Please be discrete in your travels, whomever is watching me may be watching you now. I feel horrible putting you in this kind of situation, but you are my only hope. Best of luck,
-Orban Cornelius"
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[D&D 3.5] Vale - The Dawn of Magic / Re: Main Game
« on: November 16, 2011, 10:30:23 PM »
Sweet! Then let's start:
Chapter 1: Professor Cornelius
Ravaella Chorster, born, raised, and educated in the city of Queensgate. Taken under the wing of Seral, Master-at-arms for all infantry stationed at Queensgate, and Vaqua, the city's head librarian, Ravaella learned history, tactics, strategy, supply, and the use of a wide variety of weaponry. At the age of 18, she graduated from her apprenticeship and began work as a full time city guard. She enjoyed this position for two years until recent events caused massive troop redeployment. With the recent death of the old monarch, the new king fears the nation will appear weak and vulnerable to attack. He plans to make a show of force by imposing strict guard on the nation's borders and ports.
Four months have passed since the order went out sending Seral and a small company of troops to Nightshire to coordinate patrols along the countryside. Nightshire is a very small town, but its location makes it ideal as a logistic headquarters, so a small military barracks has been set up to accommodate the troops. Ravaella spends her mornings and evenings as an administrator, handling inventory and supply route information for the border patrols. Her afternoons involve training the few new recruits from Nightshire, as well as the less skilled troops transfered from Queensgate.
One morning while pouring over a particularly dull bit of inventory, a local farm boy you know very well named Eldem bursts into your tent. Eldem typically delivers the mail to the barracks, and sure enough, he is carrying a large stack of letters and packages almost bigger than he is. He sets it down with a thud and begins to dig through the stack, tossing letters your way as he finds them. Soon he as at the bottom of the stack. He collects all the mail not addressed to you, gives you a big grin, and hurries out of your tent, blushing and shouting "Have a nice day, m'am!"
You gather up the rather large stack of mail Eldem tossed your way and start to sort through it. You recognize bits of mail as you come to them, inventory for the 5th, orders for the 3rd, and so on, that is, until you get near the bottom of the stack. A small yellow envelope, very unlike the others, sits at the bottom of the stack. It is addressed to you, personally, and bears no return address or postage. Thanks to your own writing classes, you can tell the address was written by a person with a large amount of formal education. What do you do?
Chapter 1: Professor Cornelius
Ravaella Chorster, born, raised, and educated in the city of Queensgate. Taken under the wing of Seral, Master-at-arms for all infantry stationed at Queensgate, and Vaqua, the city's head librarian, Ravaella learned history, tactics, strategy, supply, and the use of a wide variety of weaponry. At the age of 18, she graduated from her apprenticeship and began work as a full time city guard. She enjoyed this position for two years until recent events caused massive troop redeployment. With the recent death of the old monarch, the new king fears the nation will appear weak and vulnerable to attack. He plans to make a show of force by imposing strict guard on the nation's borders and ports.
Four months have passed since the order went out sending Seral and a small company of troops to Nightshire to coordinate patrols along the countryside. Nightshire is a very small town, but its location makes it ideal as a logistic headquarters, so a small military barracks has been set up to accommodate the troops. Ravaella spends her mornings and evenings as an administrator, handling inventory and supply route information for the border patrols. Her afternoons involve training the few new recruits from Nightshire, as well as the less skilled troops transfered from Queensgate.
One morning while pouring over a particularly dull bit of inventory, a local farm boy you know very well named Eldem bursts into your tent. Eldem typically delivers the mail to the barracks, and sure enough, he is carrying a large stack of letters and packages almost bigger than he is. He sets it down with a thud and begins to dig through the stack, tossing letters your way as he finds them. Soon he as at the bottom of the stack. He collects all the mail not addressed to you, gives you a big grin, and hurries out of your tent, blushing and shouting "Have a nice day, m'am!"
You gather up the rather large stack of mail Eldem tossed your way and start to sort through it. You recognize bits of mail as you come to them, inventory for the 5th, orders for the 3rd, and so on, that is, until you get near the bottom of the stack. A small yellow envelope, very unlike the others, sits at the bottom of the stack. It is addressed to you, personally, and bears no return address or postage. Thanks to your own writing classes, you can tell the address was written by a person with a large amount of formal education. What do you do?
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[D&D 3.5] Vale - The Dawn of Magic / Main Game
« on: November 14, 2011, 07:48:02 PM »
Just setting everything up. Solara, are you ready?
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Play By Post / Re: Board requests
« on: November 13, 2011, 03:07:04 PM »
Name: [DnD 3.5] Vale - The Dawn of Magic
DM: Erbem
System: dnd 3.5
Players: solara
DM: Erbem
System: dnd 3.5
Players: solara
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Introduce Yourself / Erbem says hi
« on: November 13, 2011, 03:03:10 PM »
Howdy folks
This is Erbem. Favorite game is DnD 3.5, of course. I usually play a Monk. Outside hobbies include Karate (surprise surprise), running, and physics.
This is Erbem. Favorite game is DnD 3.5, of course. I usually play a Monk. Outside hobbies include Karate (surprise surprise), running, and physics.
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