Base Class: Monk
Monk's who follow the Way of Lightning excel in fast movements.
A practitioner of this form of combat attack's fast and hard to cripple an enemy before moving to a more advantageous position.
Stance of the Storm
You take on a stance honed to be deadly and quick.
At 3rd level, when you attack a creature with your flurry of blows, you may choose to preform a specific type of strike. This must be chosen before any attack rolls.
- Fast Strikes: You can make an additional strike with flurry of blows.
- Lightning Strikes: If both unarmed attacks hit the creature, the creature must make constitution saving throw or be paralyzed until the start of their next turn.
- Thunder Blows: The damage type of your unarmed strikes become thunder damage. If struck, the creature must make a strength Saving throw or be pushed back 5ft per hit from flurry of blows.
Bolt from the Blue
At 6th level, you may spend 2 ki points to surround yourself with a faint electrical discharge, increasing your abilities further. The effect's last for 1 minute or until a bonus action is used to end the effect.
- Your speed increases by 10ft.
- If you have moved at least 10ft toward a hostile creature this round, you're next unarmed strike deal's an extra martial art's die of lightning damage.
- You gain an additional reaction for the duration of the ability.
Discharge
You learn to harness the energy around you and gather it to a single point, and unleash it.
At 11th level, you may spend 4 ki point's to cast the Lightning Bolt spell. You may spend an additional 2 ki point's to upcast the spell by one level.
Master of Current
Through training and hard work, you have mastered the ability to harness the electrical surges all around you. Your abilities are now increased further.
At 17th level, your Bolt from the Blue ability gain's new abilities, and increases the effect of others.
- All Unarmed Strikes may deal either Lightning or Thunder damage.
- All Unarmed Strikes deal an extra Martial art's die of damage.
- Your speed increases by 20ft.
- If you have moved at least 20ft toward an enemy, you're next Unarmed Strike deals and additional 4 martial art's die.
- You have as many reactions as your Wisdom modifier.
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