Tag: Monk

Daily Punch 11-11-15 Master of Animal Forms Monk archetype for DnD 5e

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How about a monk the learns from an animal?  When I did Kung Fu, I practiced the animal forms.  Let’s make that work in DnD 5e for the Monk.

Master of Animal Forms

Animal Sensei

Starting at 3rd level, you gain an animal companion as per the ranger rules.  However, you may only choose from the following animals.  In addition to the ranger rules for animal companion actions, once per turn, you may spend a ki point as a bonus action to issue a command to your animal companion.  You must also pick a time each day when your animal companion will train you.  This time lasts for 3 minutes per character level.  During this time you may change the animal companion that is training you with no negative repercussions.

Animal Page Bonus Skill Bonus Save
Constrictor Snake PHB 305 Slight of Hand Con
Giant Owl MM327 Perception Cha
Panther PHB 308 Stealth Wis
Wolf PHB 311 Athletics Int

Animal Training

At 6th level, you begin to learn the lessons of your animal companion.  You gain proficiency in a skill and saving throw associated with your animal companion.  If you are already proficient with the skill or saving throw, then you double your proficiency bonus.

Two Masters

At 11th level, you have continued so deep into your training that you now gain the bonus of your Animal Training class feature for two different animals.  You still only have one animal companion.

The Fifth Animal

At 17th level, you have reached the peak of your training, and your animal companion now reflects it.  You now gain a dragon wyrmling as your animal companion.  It still gains the bonuses as a animal companion as normal (hit points, addition of proficiency to attack, etc), but also has all the skills, immunities, and other creature abilities as a dragon wyrmling.  Each day you may choose a different dragon wyrmling type during your training as well as two different animals for your bonuses from your Two Masters class feature.

Thoughts?

Daily Punch 4-16-15 Way of the Chair and Table

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Let’s continue building on the monk with a chair theme from yesterday.

Way of the Chair and Table (Combat)

You’ve trained, and you’ve drank.  At this point, your fists are good, but the chair is better.

Prerequisite: Catch Off-Guard, Monk unarmed damage, Way of Your Surroundings

Benefit: When you use an improvised weapon the size of a chair or larger, your unarmed damage with improvised weapons increases by one step up the monk dice chain.  When you use something like a table, you gain the benefits and penalties of a tower shield while not losing your monk bonuses due to using a shield.

Thoughts?

Daily Punch 11-12-14 Discipline Training Feat for DnD 5e

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I love spellcasting monks, but I think they don’t get enough options.  How about giving them a few more.

 

Discipline Training

You have spend most of your life in the temple training body and mind.  Gain the following:

  • Gain +1 to wisdom to a maximum of 20.
  • Gain two more disciplines from those currently available to you.  These may be changed as per the normal rules when gaining new disciplines.

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Daily Punch 11-11-14 Monk of the Heavens Monastic Tradition for DnD 5e

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I love monks, and I love clerics.  Let’s see if I can mix these two together into one great class.

 

Monk of the Heavens Monastic Tradition

Monks of the Heavens spend much of their time in practice and prayer.  They are chosen to execute the will of the gods as they strike out from their lone monasteries to hopefully make the world a better place.

You know the touch of silence and one other divine discipline of your choice.  You gain additional disciplines at 6th, 11th, and 17th level.  When you learn a new discipline, you may replace any others you know as you see fit.

Casting Cleric Spells.  Most divine disciplines allow you to cast spells.  These spells are cast as per the Casting Elemental Spells rules on page 80 of the Players handbook.

Divine Disciplines

Touch of Silence.  You may touch a dying ally or enemy and either stabilize or kill that enemy as a bonus action.  If you kill, that creature must make a constitution saving throw or die immediately.

Touch of the Healer. You may cast cure wounds.  You may spend one additional ki point to cast this again and target another creature.  You must still follow the maximum number of ki points allowed per level however.

Touch of the Damned.  You may spend two ki points to cast inflict wounds.

Sights Unseen. You may spend 1 ki point to cast Detect Magic.

Songs of the Heavens. You may spend 1 ki point to cast Bless.

Discords of Hell. You may spend 1 ki point to cast Bane.

Authority of the Teacher. You may spend 1 ki point to cast Command.

Guard of Heaven.  You may spend 1 ki point to cast Shield of Faith.

Heaven’s Training (6th Level Required).  You may spend 2 ki oint to cast Enhance Ability.

Guard from on High(6th Level Required). You may spend 2 ki point to cast Spiritual Weapon.

Master’s Quite(6th Level Required).  You may spend 2 ki point to cast Silence.

True Strength in Self(11th Level Required). You may spend 3 ki point to cast Dispel Magic.

Guide the Soul(11th Level Required). You may spend 3 ki point to cast Revivify.

Speed of Steps(11th Level Required). You may spend 3 ki point to cast Water Walk.

Protect the Faithful(11th Level Required). You may spend 3 ki point to cast Spirit Guardians.

Avatar of the Master(17th Level Required). You may spend 5 ki point to cast Guardian of Faith.

Master’s Castigation(17th Level Required). You may spend 5 ki point to cast Banishment.

 

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