Base Class: Monk
Monks of the Way of Exploding Fist devote their training to combine their speed to deliver hard punches. According to legends, monks following this tradition are even able to hit so hard that it causes a small explosion. It may be that, or they like to boast with loud noises they can make with their punches.
Exploding Fist
Starting 3rd level, you learn to direct the momentum from your speed to your ability to attack.
When you use your action to Dash, you can use a bonus action to make one unarmed melee attack if you move at least 20 feet in a straight line immediately before it.
If you hit with this attack, your fist rings with thunder that is audible within 100 feet of you, and each creature within 5 feet from you must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 3d4 thunder damage and is pushed 5 feet away from you. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and isn't pushed. Damage dices used for this ability are your Martial Arts dices.
Additionally, when hit, you can spend 1 ki point for every 20 feet you traveled in a straight line to roll three additional martial arts dices for the damage and to increase the distance of thunderous boom by 50 feet. The maximum number of ki points that you can spend on the punch equals your proficiency bonus.
Intercepting Fist
At 6th level, you learn to counter enemy attacks with a powerful blow of your fist. When an attacker that you can see hits you with a melee attack, you can use your reaction to make an unarmed strike. If your attack hits, the damage you take from the attack is reduced by the damage you inflicted + your monk level.
If you reduce the damage to 0, attacking creature takes remaining damage. Additionally, you can spend 1 ki point to force attacking creature to make a Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.
Spin Dash
At 11th level, you learn to control your momentum to grant you limited ability to fly. When you take dash action, you can spend 1 Ki point to keep moving in a straight line until your movement ends. If you end your action in mid-air, you will fall. While moving during this dash action, non-magical difficult terrain doesn't cost you extra movement nor does moving through creature's space, and you don't provoke opportunity attacks.
Moreover, if you pass through creature's space when using this ability, you can expend 1 Ki point to force that creature to make Constitution Saving throw or be stunned until the end of its next turn.
Improved Exploding Fist
At 17th level, you can direct your force of speed into your fist. Whenever you hit a creature with an attack granted by Exploding Fist, you can spend 3 Ki points to create a blast of Ki energy. Choose creatures within 15 feet of you who must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature suffers from following effects:
* The creature takes 2d10 Thunder damage for every 20 feet you traveled a straight line, up to a maximum of 6d10.
* The creature drops anything it is holding in its hands.
* The creature is pushed 20 feet away from you.
* The creature is unconscious until the start of your next turn.
On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and suffers no other ill effects from the blast.
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Posted Sep 14, 2020"your fist rings with thunder that is audible within 100 feet of you"
A human voice at normal conversational volume is audible within 100 feet--you can hear someone talking in a normal voice if they are 100 feet away. You can hear someone just clapping their hands from over 100 yards away. 'Ringing with thunder' would be audible from much further than 100 feet.
I'm not jumping on your case, the writers of the 5e rules started this. Spells like 'Thunderwave' can be heard "out to 300 feet". But it's silly. Me clapping my hands can be heard at 300 feet. Literally. Stand at one end of a football field, have someone stand at the other, and have them clap their hands. You will hear it. That's 3 times further than the 'audible' range of this spell effect. Thunder, actual thunder, can be heard literally for dozens of miles away. Someone playing a freaking drum can be heard a half mile away or more. So if someone can hear me clapping my hands at 300 feet, and they can't hear this spell effect at 300 feet, how 'thunderous' is it?
We, the players, need to change this sort of thing so it's even close to being realistic--if not, you're going to run into actual problems using it in-game. If I'm a castle guard on patrol, and you punch someone 110 feet away from me with a sound that 'rings like thunder', it's a bit silly to think that I wouldn't hear it, isn't it? And if we don't change these sort of things, then do we A) say my hand clapping can be heard by the guard, but 'thunderous' spells cannot, or do we B) say that the guard can't hear me clapping at 100 feet? Either option isn't great--you've either got absurd spell effects, or you're radically changing normal physics, and good luck yelling to your comrade across the battlefield. If I'm a player, and you tell me I don't hear someone attacking my friend with this 'thunderous' ability because they are 110 feet away, I'm going to be unhappy. The 5e writers just got these sound ranges ridiculously wrong, to the point that it causes problems.
The effect doesn't have to do damage at any bigger of a range. But that 'audible' range needs to be much higher for these sort of spell effects to make any sense.
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Posted Dec 26, 2019Yes, that is correct
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Posted Dec 24, 2019Does this mean the 3d4 changes to 3d6, 3d8, 3d10 with the Martial Arts dice?
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Posted Jul 18, 2019The idea is to choose between those two. You either choose to expend 3 Ki for this improved Exploding Fist, or you expend 1 Ki for every 20 feet you traveled and deliver the Exploding Fist against a single target.
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Posted Jul 16, 2019For the improved exploding fist, is the 2d10 thunder damage (up to max of 6d10) on top of the original 3 martial arts dice (plus more based on distance moved and ki points spent)?
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Posted Jun 23, 2019Yes, that is the idea.
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Posted Jun 21, 2019Do you still take half damage on the additional dice per ki point if it passes the saving throw.
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Posted Apr 4, 2019This subclass is just pure badass