While most practitioners of martial arts place a high value on honorable conduct and combat, those who follow the Way of the Shadow Arts exploit every weakness possible. Assassins, spies, and infiltrators, Shadow monks use darkness to their advantage and strike only when their success is assured.

Shadow Arts

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 darkness, darkvision, pass without trace, or silence, without providing material components. You can see through magical darkness produced by the effects of any spell you cast. You can cast each spell once, and you regain the ability to cast them when you finish a long rest. If you have no uses left, you can spend 2 Ki Points to cast one of these spells again.

Eyes of Night

When you join this Tradition at 3rd level, the darkness itself becomes your ally. You gain darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. If you already have darkvision, it increases by 30 feet. In addition, you have advantage on any Dexterity (Stealth) checks you make while you are in dim light or darkness.

Shadow Step

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 60 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 Shadows

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. Moreover, if you are invisible, you can make opportunity attacks as a reaction when a creature moves into your reach. Opportunity attacks only end your invisibility if you hit your target. if the opportunity attack misses, you remain invisible.

Grand Master of Shadows

Upon reaching 17th level your Way of the Shadow Arts Features gain the following benefits:

• You can cast the spells you gained from Shadow Arts an unlimited amount of times without expending Ki Points.
• The range of your Shadow Step increases to 120 feet
• You can use your Cloak of Shadows as a bonus action
• As an action, you can cast greater invisibility or shadow of moil, targeting only yourself, without expending a spell slot or material components. You can cast each spell once, and you regain the ability to cast it when you finish a long rest. If you have no uses left, you can spend 4 Ki Points to cast one of these spells again.