Base Class: Monk
The twilit transition from light into darkness often brings calm and even joy, as the day’s labors end and the hours of rest begin. The darkness can also bring terrors, The Way of Twilight Monks aims to guard against the horrors of the dark.
The Way of Twilight monk brings comfort to those who seek rest and protect them by venturing into the encroaching darkness to ensure that the dark is a comfort, not a terror.
The Art of Twilight
Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you can use your ki to duplicate the effects of certain spells. As an action, you can spend 2 ki points to cast pass without trace, or silence, without providing material components. Additionally, you gain the minor illusion cantrip if you don’t already know it.
Gifts of Twilight
Twilight's Gifts
| D6 | APPEARANCE |
|---|---|
| 1 | Illusory moths or fireflies flutter around you while you take a short or long rest. |
| 2 | When concentrating on spells, small sparkling stars appear around your body from time to time. |
| 3 | You faintly smell of cinnamon, lavender, nutmeg, or another comforting herb or spice. |
| 4 | Your shadow moves unnaturally while no one is looking directly at it. |
| 5 | In dim-light, your eyes subtly glow a vibrant version of their natural color. |
| 6 | During the hours of twilight, the color of your hair and eyes change colors to match the sky. |
Influence of Twilight
The Twilight has influenced you in many ways, one is with your own charm and ways with people, you can add your Wisdom modifier to your performance and persuasion checks.
The Twilight has also influenced your power of healing and protecting, you can spend 2 ki points to cast cure wounds. additionally, whenever you use a spell of 1st level or higher to restore hit points to a creature, the creature regains additional hit points equal to 2 + the spell’s level.
Step Into the Twilight
At 6th level, you gain the ability to step from one shadow into another. When you are in dim light or darkness, as a bonus action you can teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space you can see that is also in dim light or darkness. You then have advantage on the first melee attack you make before the end of the turn.
Cloak of Twilight
By 11th level, you have learned to become one with the shadows. When you are in an area of dim light or darkness, you can use your action to become invisible. You remain invisible until you make an attack, cast a spell, or are in an area of bright light.
Twilight Distraction
At 17th level, you can exploit a creature’s momentary distraction when it is hit by an attack. Whenever a creature within 5 feet of you is hit by an attack made by a creature other than you, you can use your reaction to make a melee attack against that creature.
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