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U n a r m o r e d D e f e n s e F l u r r y o f B l o w s
Immediately after you take the Attack action on your
Beginning at 1st level, while you are w earing no armor
turn, you can spend 1 ki point to make two unarmed
and not wielding a shield, your AC equals 10 + your
strikes as a bonus action.
Dexterity modifier + your W isdom modifier.
Pa t i e n t D e f e n s e
M a r t i a l A r t s
You can spend 1 ki point to take the Dodge action as a
At 1st level, your practice of martial arts gives you bonus action on your turn.
mastery of combat styles that use unarm ed strikes and
m onk weapons, which are shortswords and any simple St e p o f t h e W i n d
melee w eapons that don’t have the two-handed or You can spend 1 ki point to take the Disengage or Dash
heavy property. action as a bonus action on your turn, and your jump
You gain the following benefits while you are unarmed distance is doubled for the turn.
or wielding only m onk w eapons and you aren’t wearing
armor or wielding a shield: U n a r m o r e d M o v e m e n t
• You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for the Starting at 2nd level, your speed increases by 10 feet

attack and damage rolls o f your unarmed strikes and while you are not w earing armor or wielding a shield.
m onk weapons. This bonus increases when you reach certain monk

• You can roll a d4 in place of the normal damage levels, as shown in the M onk table.
of your unarm ed strike or m onk weapon. This die At 9th level, you gain the ability to move along vertical
changes as you gain m onk levels, as shown in the surfaces and across liquids on your turn without falling
Martial Arts colum n of the M onk table. during the move.

• W hen you use the Attack action with an unarmed
strike or a m onk w eapon on your turn, you can make M o n a s t i c T r a d i t i o n
one unarmed strike as a bonus action. For example, if W hen you reach 3rd level, you com m it yourself to a
you take the Attack action and attack with a quarter-
monastic tradition: the Way of the Open Hand, the Way
staff, you can also make an unarmed strike as a bonus
o f Shadow, or the Way o f the Four Elements, all detailed
action, assum ing you haven't already taken a bonus at the end of the class description. Your tradition
action this turn. grants you features at 3rd level and again at 6th, 11th,
Certain m onasteries use specialized form s of the and 17th level.
m onk weapons. For example, you might use a club
that is two lengths of w ood connected by a short chain D e f l e c t M i s s i l e s
(called a nunchaku) or a sickle with a shorter, straighter Starting at 3rd level, you can use your reaction to
blade (called a kama). Whatever name you use for a deflect or catch the missile when you are hit by a ranged
m onk weapon, you can use the game statistics provided weapon attack. W hen you do so, the damage you take
for the weapon in chapter 5. from the attack is reduced by 1d 10 + your Dexterity
modifier + your m onk level.
K i If you reduce the damage to 0, you can catch the
Starting at 2nd level, your training allows you to missile if it is small enough for you to hold in one hand
harness the mystic energy of ki. Your access to this and you have at least one hand free. If you catch a
energy is represented by a number of ki points. Your missile in this way, you can spend 1 ki point to make a
m onk level determines the number of points you have, ranged attack with the weapon or piece of ammunition
as shown in the Ki Points colum n of the M onk table. you just caught, as part of the sam e reaction. You make
You can spend these points to fuel various ki features. this attack with proficiency, regardless o f your weapon
You start knowing three such features: Flurry of Blows, proficiencies, and the missile counts as a m onk weapon
Patient Defense, and Step of the Wind. You learn m ore for the attack.
ki features as you gain levels in this class.
W hen you spend a ki point, it is unavailable until A b i l i t y S c o r e I m p r o v e m e n t
you finish a short or long rest, at the end of which you W hen you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th,
draw all of your expended ki back into yourself. You and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your
must spend at least 30 minutes of the rest meditating to choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of
regain your ki points. your choice by 1. As normal, you can’t increase an ability
Som e of your ki features require your target to make score above 20 using this feature.
a saving throw to resist the feature’s effects. The saving
throw DC is calculated as follows: S l o w F a l l
Ki save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + Beginning at 4th level, you can use your reaction when
your Wisdom modifier you fall to reduce any falling damage you take by an
amount equal to five times your m onk level.