The Marble Dawn traditions are driven by knowledge, protection and study of the arcane. This tradition is well-respected, especially in the Maeronian Empire. Their libraries consist of heavily guarded repositories of tomes, history and information about the world of Eiclarhonia. It acts as center-point to much of the knowledge and arcane in the Maeronian Empire. To become a member of the Marble Dawn is to give oneself over to a quest dedicated to protection, knowledge and the arcane. They expertise in the uses of knowledge, using arcane knowledge to aid in retrieving vital information and most importantly Protection to the people of the Maeronian Empire.

The monks of the Marble Dawn steel themselves against the dangers of knowledge and use it to protect and master in arcane ways. All their findings will be recorded for future needs. Through training they learn how to get knowledge from even the most stubborn, Protecting people with the knowledge they have gained.

Extract Aspects

Starting at 3rd level, you can strike pressure points to intuit crucial information about a foe. When you hit a creature with one of the attacks granted by your Flurry of Blows, you can analyze it. Whenever an analyzed creature misses you with an attack, you can immediately use your reaction to make an unarmed strike against that creature if it’s within your reach. This benefit lasts until you finish a short or long rest.

Additionally, when you analyze a creature, you learn all of its damage vulnerabilities, damage resistances, damage immunities, and condition immunities.

Extort Truth

Starting at 6th level, you can precisely strike a hidden cluster of nerves on a creature, temporarily preventing it from masking its true thoughts and intent. When you hit a creature with an unarmed strike, you can spend 1 ki point to force it to make a Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is unable to speak a deliberate lie, and all Charisma checks directed at the creature are made with advantage for up to 10 minutes. You know if it succeeded or failed on its saving throw.

And affected creature is aware of the effect and can thus avoid answering questions to which it would normally respond with a lie. Such a creature can be evasive in its answers as long as the effect lasts.

If you wish to impose this effect on a creature without injuring it, you can attack the creature to simply touch it, dealing no damage on a hit.

Arcane Guiding

Also at 6th level, you have studied the arcane nature of Eiclarhonia and begin learning of its secrets, You gain proficiency in the skill Arcana, or expertise if you already are proficient in that skill.

In your study you have trained in a list of spells that are meant for protecting and gaining advantage over other creatures. You may spend 1 Ki points to cast one of the spells Accessable to you:

Spells
Aid
Alarm
Charm Person
Cure Wounds
Detect Magic

Identify
Remove Curse
Shield of Faith

 

Sacrifing Attack

At 11th level, you have trained in the ways of protecting others and being more selfless. If someone other than yourself within 30 feet of you are attacked and hit, you may spend 1 Ki point to transfer the damage dealt from that attack to yourself, if the attack would make you drop to 0 HP, you instead will remain at 1 HP, but are stunned until the start of your next turn. 

Your Knowledge Is My Knowledge

Upon reaching 17th level, you've gained all neccesary knowledge for your uses, you gain the ability to take memories from other creatures minds and transfer them to your own mind. When you hit a creature with an unarmed strike, you may spend 3 Ki points to gain any knowledge the creature have possessed within the past 6 months. The creature will have to make a constitution save and on a fail will loose the chosen memory, the creature will then drop to 0 hit points. If the creature succeeds on the saving throw, it instead will take 10d10 psychic damage and be stunned until its next turn.

A creature affected by this feature cannot be affected by it again for 24 hours.