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Monks use rigorous combat training and mental discipline to align themselves with the multiverse and focus their internal reservoirs of
power. Different Monks conceptualize this power in various ways: as breath, energy, life force, essence, or self, for example. Whether channeled as a striking display of martial prowess or as a subtler
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Dual Mind. The kalashtar has advantage on Wisdom saving throws.Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Dagger"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or
":"psychic"} psychic damage.The kalashtar have bonded with good-aligned quori spirits, which communicate with their hosts through dreams and visions. Descended from monks who offered their bodies as
Monk
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Basic Rules (2014)
. Whatever their discipline, monks are united in their ability to magically harness the energy that flows in their bodies. Whether channeled as a striking display of combat prowess or a subtler focus of
defensive ability and speed, this energy infuses all that a monk does. The Magic of Ki Monks make careful study of a magical energy that most monastic traditions call ki. This energy is an element of
Equipment
Proficiency feat. The Sheathed Staff is for Monks specifically.
This weapon has the following Mastery Property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it.
Topple. If you hit a
creature with this weapon, you can force the creature to make a Constitution saving throw (DC 8 plus the ability modifier used to make the attack roll and your Proficiency Bonus). On a failed save, the creature has the Prone condition.
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
Unarmored Defense. While Steel Crane is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, his AC includes his Wisdom modifier.Multiattack. Steel Crane makes three attacks.
Force Strike. Melee Weapon Attack
. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Whip"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d4 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d4+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Whip
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d10 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d10+2", "rollType":"damage
—if only they would stop trying to kill the dragon’s guests.
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A crystal dragon wyrmling is placed in a monastery to learn the teachings of the monks before returning home in three years. The monks don’t appreciate the wyrmling’s pranks.
Cold, Radiant
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
.
Unarmed Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Unarmed Strike"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3","rollType
succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or be pushed up to 10 feet directly away from the adept.
Dart. Ranged Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Dart"} to
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Thunder Strike"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d10 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d10+4","rollType
start of Bak Mei’s next turn.
Staff of Striking. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Staff of Striking"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Investigating the Monastery Unlike the flamboyant Feathergale Knights or the aggressive raiders of Rivergard Keep, the monks of the Sacred Stone Order keep a low profile. They quietly recruit
monsters and kidnap travelers and isolated miners to work as slaves in their mines, but they’re careful to eliminate witnesses. So far no one suspects that “those reclusive monks” are behind the troubles. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
fight. These foes use their gardening implements as weapons (use the monk’s Unarmed Strike attack option but change the damage type to piercing or slashing, as appropriate). If two of the monks are
(area L5), but far enough away to provide Bak Mei with solitude he requires. L2a. Monk Quarters This room contains several narrow, hard bunks where the Immortal Lotus monks sleep. L2b. Private Quarters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
” and incarcerated here, where the monks attempt to break their wills and return them to servitude. Cells. The cells are all repurposed metal containers from the planar craft, and are all locked. A
automatically sliced open with an attack from an elder monk’s force pike. Characters who fall to the valley floor (area C4) from area C1 or area M9 are picked up by a floating teleportation-field device
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
. Five monks led by an elder are all sharpening tools and preparing to flay the flesh from the face of a new recruit to the monastery. They attack at the first sign of intruders, with the magically
of monks that appear to be preparing for some horrid ceremony. Hanging on the walls around the table are a number of grotesque leather masks.
The leather masks that hang around the room are the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
. Though the vast majority of those recruits have perished or been imprisoned at the hands of the Grand Master, twenty-five monks — all a motley assemblage of evil humanoids — currently occupy various areas
Master. Wherever they are initially stationed, the monks all gather together if a general alarm is sounded, or to witness an audience in the central abbey (area M3). Each monk is a cultist that carries
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Way of Shadow Monks of the Way of Shadow follow a tradition that values stealth and subterfuge. These monks might be called ninjas or shadowdancers, and they serve as spies and assassins. Sometimes
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
protect them from attack, psychic or otherwise. Fighting is personal to a githzerai, which uses its mind to daze and incapacitate opponents, leaving them vulnerable to physical punishment. Githzerai
githzerai makes two unarmed strikes.
Unarmed Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) bludgeoning damage plus 9 (2d8) psychic damage. This is a magic weapon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
interior doors lead east and west. An interior courtyard lies just to the north of this room, visible through a pair of narrow windows.
The monks attack without warning if anyone attempts to leave through
attack her at once, she realizes at once that this is no longer a practice session and tries her best to kill or incapacitate as many of her foes as possible. Her battered Sacred Stone monks join in as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
massive pair of cathedral doors open onto a long nave. Rows of balconies line the walls, occupied by a couple of dozen hooded monks seemingly come to watch the audience about to take place.
At the far
can see that the devil’s horrid leather cloak is crafted from the faces of flayed monks and prisoners, the flesh cured to leather and roughly stitched together. The scepter and crown it bears appear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
monastery’s threshold? Did your parents promise you to the monastery in gratitude for a service performed by the monks? Did you enter this secluded life to hide from a crime you committed? Or did you
result of the structured life of a monastic community and the discipline required to harness ki, monks are almost always lawful in alignment. Quick Build You can make a monk quickly by following these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Martial Arts Adept Martial arts adepts are disciplined monks who have extensive training in hand-to-hand combat. Some protect monasteries; others travel the world seeking enlightenment or new forms
modifier.
Actions
Multiattack. The adept makes three unarmed strikes or three dart attacks.
Unarmed Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) bludgeoning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, you’ll have to deal with me—Steel Crane!”
As Steel Crane presses his attack, the monks use the steles for cover and leap between them to engage the characters in close-quarters combat. Red Key. Steel
one of Bak Mei’s most senior students, Steel Crane, and four Immortal Lotus monks (see the accompanying stat blocks). They are on the lookout for trouble and spoiling for a fight. When the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
the primary teaching tool employed by Bak Mei and his apprentices, leaving the students well acquainted with pain. Jade Tigress (see the accompanying stat block) and four Immortal Lotus monks (see
these interlopers what the power of the Immortal Lotus looks like!”
In one swift motion, as her students rush forward to attack, she assumes a powerful stance, hands outstretched like the claws of an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
attack. Those who are admitted are referred to as “seeker,” but also addressed by name if the monk knows it, or by “goodsir” or “goodlady” otherwise. Once a visitor is admitted, the monks at the gate
within, there are thousands of inconsequential recipes, old songs, bits of history, journals of long-dead folk, and myriad other pieces of writing of no lasting importance save to the monks of this place
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
animation and reveal themselves to be monks of considerable capability. Martial Arts Adept Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Armor Class 16
Hit Points 60 (11d8 + 11)
Speed 40 ft.
STR
three unarmed strikes or three dart attacks.
Unarmed Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, the adept can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Kalashtar The kalashtar have bonded with good-aligned quori spirits, which communicate with their hosts through dreams and visions. Descended from monks who offered their bodies as sanctuaries to
Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage.
Mind Thrust. The kalashtar targets a creature it can see within 30 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Githzerai Monk Githzerai monks pursue control of their minds by honing their physical and psionic talents. They might be found beyond githzerai sanctuaries, testing themselves amid the dangerous
Languages Common, Gith
CR 2 (XP 450; PB +2)
Actions
Multiattack. The githzerai makes two Psi Strike attacks.
Psi Strike. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) Bludgeoning damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
monks attack. If the monks are questioned about the ruins, they know nothing to tell, except that they can translate the message on the western wall. They will not leave their chambers. Treasure. The
then assume fighting stances, and if either is threatened or harmed, they attack. If the party negotiates, the two demand payment of 500 gp or one uncommon or rare magic item. If they aren’t paid, the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (2d10+7);{"diceNotation":"2d10+7
damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (1d8+7);{"diceNotation":"1d8+7", "rollType
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Martial Arts Adept Martial arts adepts are disciplined monks with extensive training in hand-to-hand combat. Some protect monasteries; others travel the world seeking enlightenment or new forms of
five Dart attacks.
Unarmed Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) bludgeoning damage. Once per turn, the adept can cause one of the following additional
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Way of the Sun Soul Monks of the Way of the Sun Soul learn to channel their own life energy into searing bolts of light. They teach that meditation can unlock the ability to unleash the indomitable
light shed by the soul of every living creature. Radiant Sun Bolt Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you can hurl searing bolts of magical radiance. You gain a new attack option that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
, which use it to attack any potential threats. Use the statistics for the oaken bolter (from Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes) and the kobold inventor (from Volo’s Guide to Monsters). 3 The characters’ tunnel
prisoners (commoners) escaping from the monastery look to the characters for aid. They are pursued by monks (five cultists led by a cult fanatic). If the prisoners are aided, they can supply some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Way of the Sun Soul Monks of the Way of the Sun Soul learn to channel their life energy into searing bolts of light. They teach that meditation can unlock the ability to unleash the indomitable light
choose this tradition at 3rd level, you can hurl searing bolts of magical radiance. You gain a new attack option that you can use with the Attack action. This special attack is a ranged spell attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
metallic crystals, with scraggly gardens set between them and paths winding throughout. Five monks led by an elder can be found here, silently going about the business of gardening, observing prayers
grounds. These unnatural creatures flutter away if any characters approach them, but they attack if pressed. Treat any group of leather faces as a swarm of bats, and see the leather works (area M7) for more information.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
his most trusted subordinates. Bak Mei is joined by four Immortal Lotus monks (see their stat block earlier in the adventure). To increase the difficulty of this encounter, add more monks who have just
. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d10 + 4) thunder damage, and if the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or be deafened and stunned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, trouble arrives on their doorstep. If the characters make camp outside of town, this encounter occurs when the characters spot the cultist group traveling to a settlement they intend to attack. The
devastation orb of air One Black Earth priest, two Black Earth guards, and four Sacred Stone monks armed with a devastation orb of earth One Eternal Flame priest, three Eternal Flame guardians, and one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Attack on the Great Library After delivering The Book of Inner Alchemy to the characters, an embarrassed member of the Avowed informs them that critical pages from the tome are missing. “My apologies
state, a magic item of such power will never be created. The Avowed acolyte accompanies the characters to the Great Library to view where the attack and subsequent theft took place: You are led to a