Way of the Temporal Fist

Most combatants think of time as an unchangeable constant that always flows the same for everyone. Monks of the Way of the Temporal Fist however, see time as a force which can be manipulated like any other, and they hone their Ki to do exactly that.

Monks of the Way of the Temporal Fist practice a martial art called Déjà Fu, where blows move through time as they move through space. Monks of this order learn how to freeze the force of their blows in time and release them later, to change the flow of time by manipulating Ki in themselves and even in others, and advanced Ki techniques that use time as a tool to manipulate space.

Déjà Fu Technique

Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you can use your Ki to freeze your blows in time. When you use your Flurry of Blows feature, you can make a third unarmed strike and freeze the force of your attacks in time. Any of your attacks that hit this turn are frozen, dealing no damage. For the next 24 hours, you can use a bonus action to roll damage for any or all of your frozen attacks against the target they originally hit, resolving those attacks.

Slow Motion Defence

At 6th level, the Ki flowing inside you slows down time around you when you're under attack. You gain +2 to your AC while you are conscious.

Rewind

By 11th level, you've learned how to rewind time around yourself a short amount. As a bonus action, you can spend a Ki point to teleport back to the space where you were at the start your turn, as long as that space is unoccupied.

Slowing Strike

At 17th level, you gain the ability to disrupt the flow of time with your strikes. When you hit a creature with an unarmed strike, you can spend 2 ki points to attempt to disrupt the flow of time around that target. They must make a Constitution saving throw. On a fail, they have disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws and attacks against them have advantage.