At 3rd level, you can use your reaction to deflect or catch a strike when you are hit by an attack. When you do so any bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage you take from the attack is reduced by 1d10 + your Dexterity modifier + half your monk level.
If you reduce the bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage to 0, as part of the same reaction you can spend 1 ki point to make an unarmed attack against the creature if it's within range.
If the attack was a ranged missile attack, you can throw the missile back at the creature if the missile is small enough for you to hold in one hand and you have at least one hand free. If you catch a missile in this way, you can spend 1 ki point to make a ranged attack with a range of 30/60 using the weapon or piece of ammunition you just caught, as part of the same reaction. You make this attack with proficiency, regardless of your weapon proficiencies, and the missile counts as a monk weapon for the attack.
At level 8, you can use your reaction to deflect an attack and to put yourself in a defensive stance. In this stance, you can deflect an additional attack. It still costs 1 ki each time to attack a creature when you reduce an attack's damage to zero. This stance lasts until the beginning of your next turn. At level 13 you can deflect 2 additional attacks, 3 in total.
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