Way of Shadow (Revised)

Monks of the Way of Shadow follow a tradition that values stealth and subterfuge. These monks might be called ninjas or shadowdancers, and they serve as spies and assassins by channeling their reservoirs of power to harness the power of the Shadowfell. They are at home in darkness, able to draw gloom around themselves to hide, to leap from shadow to shadow, and even to take on a wraithlike form of living shadow. Sometimes the members of a ninja monastery are family members, forming a clan sworn to secrecy about their arts and missions. Other monasteries are more like thieves' guilds, hiring out their services to nobles, rich merchants, or anyone else who can pay their fees. Regardless of their methods, the heads of these monasteries expect the unquestioning obedience of their students.

Shadow Arts

Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, through rigorous training, you have learned to draw on the power of the Shadowfell, gaining the following benefits:

• Darkvision. You gain Darkvision with a range of 60 feet. If you already have Darkvision, its range increases by 60 feet.
• Shadowy Figments. You know the Minor Illusion cantrip and use Wisdom as the spellcasting ability for it.
• Shadow Weaving. As an action you can spend 1 Ki Point to cast Pass Without Trace, Silence, or Darkness spell without any spell components. You can see within the spell’s area when you cast it with this feature. While the spell persists, you can move its area of darkness to a space within 60 feet of you at the start of each of your turns.

Shadow Step

At 6th level, you gain the ability to step from one shadow into another. When you are in dim light or darkness, as a bonus action you can teleport up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space you can see that is also in dim light or darkness. You then have advantage on the first melee attack you make before the end of the turn.

At Higher Levels. At 11th level, you can draw on your connection to the Shadowfell to empower your teleportation. When you use your Shadow Step, you can spend 1 Ki Point to improve it, removing the requirement that you must start and end in Dim Light or Darkness for that use of the feature. As part of this Bonus Action, you can make an Unarmed Strike immediately after the teleportation, dealing psychic damage with it.

Opportunist

At 11th level, you can exploit a creature's momentary distraction when it is hit by an attack. Whenever a creature within 5 feet of you is hit by an attack made by a creature other than you, you can make a melee attack against that creature.

Cloak of Shadows

By 17th level, you have learned to become one with the shadows. When you are in an area of dim light or darkness, as a bonus action, you can spend 3 Ki Points to shroud yourself with magical darkness for 1 minute, until you have the Incapacitated condition, or until you end your turn in Bright Light. While shrouded in darkness, you gain the following benefits:

• Invisibility. You have the Invisible condition.
• Partially Incorporeal. You can move through creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain, but you take 1d10 Force damage if you end your turn inside a creature or an object.
• Shadow Flurry. You can use your Flurry of Blows without spending any Ki Points.