Way of Stillness

All monks practice meditation, but those who follow the Way of Stillness are masters of the art. Through meditation they clear their mind of distractions and their heart from attachments, and in doing so gain near supernatural reflexes, awareness, and mastery of their own body. Those who follow the Way of Stillness are slow to act, preferring to observe so they can see the big picture. They tend to not take sides, instead serving notions such as balance or the greater good.

Meditative Focus

At level 3, you are able to focus your subconscious on a specific aspect or task through your morning meditation. After a long rest, choose one of the following benefits which lasts until your next long rest:

-Awareness: Add double your proficiency to perception checks and checks to find footprints, track, or find traps. Does not stack with proficiency or expertise.
-Readiness: You cannot be surprised and gain a +5 bonus to initiative checks.
-Heart: Add double your proficiency bonus to insight and persuasion checks. Does not stack with proficiency or expertise.
-Mind: You have advantage on saving throws against spells or effects that charm, frighten or put you to sleep.
-Body: Add double your proficiency bonus to strength checks, the amount of time you can breathe underwater is doubled and you do not need to eat or drink. You ignore the negative effects from the first point of exhaustion.

Battle Meditation

When you reach level 6, you can unlock new capabilities by taking a moment to meditate in battle. When you don't use your action, you gain the following benefits:

-You gain an additional reaction which is lost at the end of the round
-You have advantage on attacks for the rest of the round
-After making an opportunity attack, you can spend 1 Ki point to make an additional attack
-You can use your reaction to make an opportunity attack against an adjacent enemy that misses you with a melee attack
-If you have no Ki points remaining, you gain 1 Ki point

Deflect Blades

At 11th level, if you have both hands free you can use your reaction to deflect or catch a weapon from an incoming melee attack. When you do so, the damage you take from the attack is reduced by 1d10 + your dexterity modifier + your monk level. If you reduce the damage to 0, you can spend 1 ki point to disarm your attacker.

Mystical Awareness

When you reach 17th level, you can heighten your awareness of your surroundings through mystical forces by tapping into your Ki and meditating for a short time. You can take 10 minutes to cast the following spells , so long as you pay their ki cost.

Detect Magic: 1 Ki point
Detect Poison and Disease: 1 Ki point
Detect Good and Evil: 1 Ki point
Locate Object: 1 Ki point
Locate Animal or Plants: 2 Ki Points
Clairvoyance: 3 Ki Points
Locate Creature: 4 Ki Points