Way of Silk

Silk is seen as a luxury for the wealthy, but you know its purpose in nature. It provides food and shelter for the spider, and makes up the cocoon for the silkworm. You use your ki to replicate silk, using it in combat and to further your own metamorphosis.

Ki-Silk Creation

3rd-level Way of Silk feature

You can use Ki-Silk to preform many tricks. You can have any thrown weapon return to your hand immediately after it is used to make a ranged attack. You can also spend 1 minute to create up to 50 ft. of silk rope that decays into nothing after 24 hours. Once you create 50 ft. of rope, you can't do so again until you finish a short or long rest. 

Ki-Silk Lash

3rd-level Way of Silk feature

You gain proficiency with whips and can treat whips as monk weapons. You can also spend a bonus action and 1 ki point to create a ki-silk whip that lasts for 1 minute. The ki-silk whip has the same properties as a normal whip except that it has the Light property, and its range is 15 ft.

Ki-Silk Binding

6th-level Way of Silk feature

You can use 1 bonus action and 1 ki point to weave silk around a creature within 30 ft of you. If the creature fails a Dexterity save, they take slashing damage equal to your Martial Arts dice and are Restrained for 1 minute. The creature can attempt a Strength save at the end of their turns to end the effect early.

Gossamer Dance

11th-level Way of Silk feature

As an action, you can unleash a vortex of razer sharp ki-silk in a 40 ft. radius sphere around yourself. Any creature in the radius takes must succeed a Dexterity save or take 12d6 slashing damage. A creature that succeeds their Dexterity save instead takes only half damage. You can choose a number of creatures equal to your Wisdom modifier to exclude from the damage. At 14th, 17th, and 20th levels, the damage increases by 2d6.

Once you use this feature, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest. You can also spend 6 ki points to use this feature again.

Ki-Silk Metamorphosis

17th-level Way of Silk feature

You can spend 5 ki points to grow spiritual moth wings as a bonus action. These wings last for 1 minute. While these wings are active, you gain the following benefits:

• A fly speed of 60 ft.
• A +2 bonus to your Armor Class
• After you are hit with a melee attack by a creature or you hit a creature with your Ki-Silk Whip, you can use your reaction to use your Ki-Silk Binding against that creature without spending any ki.
• Any creature that fails its Dexterity save against your Gossamer Dance feature is Restrained until the end of your next turn.