Way of the Dragon Soul

"Martial Arts, like any art, is an unrestricted athletic expression of an individual soul." -Bruce Lee

"True strength is in the soul and spirit, not the muscles" -Alex Karras

Monks, known far and wide for their training, honing their bodies and minds into hardened instruments with which to defend their lives. The different paths a monk can take represent special training passed down from master to apprentice, or natural talent honed by practice into a unique style. The Way of the Dragon Soul is different though. Its strength lies not within the body of the practitioner, but instead comes from the uniqueness of their soul and their ability to use Ki to tap into their hidden power.

The Way of the Dragon Soul is a unique Monastic Tradition created buy the Dragon God himself. He gifts the power of this unique martial art to those dragons that he sees fit to punish for their greed reincarnating the dragons soul into a mortal body and forcing them to learn how hard life can be without power. He teaches these Dragon Souls this martial art so they can defend themselves after being reincarnated.

Claws of the Dragon Soul

3rd-level Way of the Dragon Soul feature

Your mastery of your ki allows you to summon a portion of your dragon soul. As a bonus action, you can spend 1 ki point to summon the claws of your dragon soul. When you do so, each creature within a 15 foot cone  must make a Dexterity saving throw or take 1d10 energy damage of a type associated with your Draconic Soul on a successful save a creature takes half as much damage. This damage increases to 2d10 at 6th level, 3d10 at 11th, and 4d10 at 17th level.

For 10 minutes, the appearance of your forearms changes, either physically becoming draconic scaled claws or becoming wrapped in luminescent energy resembling claws. You determine the appearance, and they vanish early if you are incapacitated or die. While the claws are present, you gain the following benefits:

• You can use your Wisdom modifier in place of your Strength modifier when making Strength checks and Strength saving throws.
• You may choose to have your unarmed strikes deal Bludgeoning or Slashing damage.
• When you make an unarmed strike on your turn, your reach for it is 5 feet greater than normal.
• The unarmed strikes you make with the arms can use your Wisdom modifier in place of your Strength or Dexterity modifier for the attack and damage rolls.

Dragon Soul

You have the soul of a Dragon, figuratively or literally depending where you choose to draw power from, you could possess a relic containing the captured soul of a powerful dragon, you could be a dragon reincarnated as a mortal being to pay penance for a crime, you could have a dragon ancestor who's spirit watches over and protects you. the choice is yours as to the nature of your Dragon Soul, but it is an important roleplay aspect of your character. Be sure to talk with your DM about the nature of your soul as it can have interesting storyline and history ramifications. When you gain this ability at 3rd level you choose a type of dragon that you wish your soul to emulate. The type you choose determines the type of energy damage that your abilities deal and that you eventually become resistant to while your soul is manifested.

Black/Copper - Acid

Blue/Bronze - Lightning

Drass/Gold/Red - Fire

Green - Poison

Silver/White - Cold

Amethyst - Force

Crystal - Radiant

Emerald - Psychic

Sapphire - Thunder

Topaz - Necrotic

Additionally, if you take the feats Gift of the Metalic Dragon, Gift of the Chromatic Dragon, or Gift of the Gem Dragon, you may spend ki points to use the spells and abilities granted by those feats. the ki point costs are as follows

Draconic Healing: 1 ki point per spell level

Protective Wings: 1 ki point

Telekinetic Reprisal: 1 ki point

Chromatic Infusion: 2 ki points and you can activate this ability as part of the bonus action to activate Claws of the Dragon Soul.

Reactive Resistance: 2 ki points

Visage of the Dragon Soul

6th-level Way of the Dragon Soul feature

You can summon the visage of your dragon soul. As a bonus action, or as part of the bonus action you take to activate Claws of the Dragon Soul, you can spend 1 ki point to summon this visage for 10 minutes. It vanishes early if you are incapacitated or die.

The visage either physically transforms you to have dragon like features, or surrounds your head and shoulders in luminescent energy representing your dragon soul, you choose the appearance.

While the visage is present, you gain the following benefits.

Soul Sight. You can see normally in darkness, both magical and nonmagical, to a distance of 120 feet.

Dragon's Insight. You have advantage on Wisdom (Insight) and Charisma (Intimidation) checks.

Power of the Dragon. You can channel your ki into destructive waves of energy like the dragons you emulate. When you take the Attack action or Flurry of Blows bonus action on your turn, you can spend one ki point to replace one of the attacks with an exhalation of draconic energy in either a 20-foot cone or a 40-foot line that is 5 feet wide (your choice). The damage type is determined by your Dragon Soul feature. Each creature in the area must make a Dexterity saving throw against your ki save DC, taking 2d10 damage on a failure, or half as much damage on a success. this damage increases to 3d10 at 11th level and 4d10 at 17th level. This ability can only be used once per round

Body of the Dragon Soul

11th-level Way of the Dragon Soul feature

When you have both your dragon claws and visage summoned, you can cause the body of your dragon soul to appear (no action required). This spectral body covers your physical form like a suit of armor, connecting with the arms and visage. You determine its appearance.

While the spectral body is present, you gain the following benefits.

Draconic Resistance. You gain resistance to the type of damage associated with your Dragon Soul.

Powerful Claws. Once on each of your turns when you hit a target with the Claws of the Dragon Soul, you can deal extra damage to the target equal to your Martial Arts die.

Wing Beat. When you use your Step of the Wind, you can unfurl spectral draconic wings from your back that vanish at the end of your next turn. While the wings exist, you have a flying speed equal to your walking speed.

Unleash the Dragon Soul

17th-level Way of the Dragon Soul feature

Your mastery over your dragon soul is complete, allowing you to unleash its full potential. As a bonus action, you can spend 5 ki points to summon the claws, visage, and body of your dragon soul and unleash it for 10 minutes. This unleashing ends early if you are incapacitated or die.

While your dragon soul is unleashed, you gain the following benefits.

Scales of the Dragon. You gain a +2 bonus to Armor Class.

Dragon's Ferocity. Whenever you use the Extra Attack feature to attack twice, you can instead attack three times if all the attacks are made with your dragon claws.

Beyond Sight. You gain blindsight out to 30 feet. Within that range, you can effectively see anything that isn’t behind total cover, even if you’re blinded or in darkness. Moreover, you can see an invisible creature within that range, unless the creature successfully hides from you.

Dragon's Speed. You may activate Step of the Wind on your turn without expending a ki point, and if you do the Wings created by Wing Beat remain until this feature ends giving you  fly speed equal to your movement speed for the duration.