Way of Ash

Monks who follow the Way of Ash understand their own mortality. These monks know that they, and everything around them, will eventually crumble into nothingness. Evil or good, everything turns to dust eventually. Monks who follow the Way of Ash often remain within their temples and meditate on the folly of life. However, should something arise that threatens the balance and the beauty of mortality, these monks will not hesitate to fight to restore order. Monks who follow this order move with grace, patience, and use any take brutal advantage of any opening their enemies give them.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

Ashen Arts

When you choose this tradition at 3rd level, your unique training allows you to use special techniques following the flowing, patient nature of Ash. You gain the following benefits.

Fist of Ash. When you make an unarmed strike, you may spend 1 ki point to surround your fist within a swirling storm of ash. If you successfully land the hit, the target has disadvantage on all saving throws until the start of your next turn.

Ashen Patience. At the end of your turn, if you did not use any of your movement speed, gain a +2 to your AC until the start of your next turn and advantage on Dexterity checks and saving throws.

Flowing Ash. If an attack misses you, and the attacker is within your reach, you may spend a reaction to make an unarmed strike against the attacker.

Body of Ash

At 6th level, your rigorous training has unlocked more of your body's potential, allowing you to react and act at greater speeds.

Opportunist. Your maximum number of reactions increases by 1. At 12th level, your maximum reactions increase by another 1.

Unstoppable Flow. On your turn, as a reaction, you may spend 2 ki points to perform an additional bonus action.

Return to Ash. When you defeat a foe, as a reaction, you may recover 1d4 ki points.

One with Ash

By 11th level, you have learned to become One with Ash and its unending patience. On your turn, as a bonus action, you may spend 5 ki points to enter a meditative state of being, similar to a flow state. While One with Ash, gain the following features:

• Your movement speed is reduced by 20 feet
• You have advantage on all saving throws
• Gain +3 AC
• In place of spending a reaction, you may instead spend 3 ki points

Harbinger of Ash

At 17th level, your very presence heralds the coming of the end. Whenever a creature within 60 feet of you rolls a saving throw or a check, as a reaction, you may spend 3 ki points to give it disadvantage.