Way of Ferocity

While monks of every Tradition strive to master their physical form, creatures born with natural weapons; claws, horns, or teeth, have natural unarmed advantages when compared to other monks. Through the practice of this savage Tradition, creatures learn to leverage these physical advantages with secret techniques, and combine their mastery of ki with the ferocity that dwells within all creatures of bestial heritage.

Optional Rule: Race Restriction

The Way of Ferocity is typically practiced only by creatures of bestial ancestry. Only creatures with natural weapons, such as Lizardfolk, Tortles, Tabaxi, Minotaurs, Leonin, or other beastfolk can choose to follow this Monastic Tradition. Your table may lift this restriction to better suit your setting.

Natural Predator

3rd-level Way of Ferocity feature
Your martial arts enhance your natural abilities with one of the disciplines below. Once chosen, this cannot be changed:

Bestial Rend

Bestial Rend

Natural Defenses

 

This discipline is most often adopted by monks with an armored hide, scales, or shell. When a creature you can see hits you with an attack you can use a reaction to add one roll of your martial arts die to your Armor Class against the attack, possibly causing it to miss.

Savage Charge

This discipline is most often adopted by monks with hooves or horns. If you move at least 15 feet in a straight line toward a creature, you have advantage on the first unarmed strike or monk weapon attack against that creature before the end of your turn.

Savage Strikes

3rd-level Way of Ferocity feature
Your body has evolved natural weapons, and your physical form has an innate advantage in combat. Your martial arts damage die increases to a d6 for your unarmed strikes.

Your martial arts die for unarmed strikes increases again at 5th level (1d8), 11th level (1d10), and 17th level (1d12).

Primal Intuition

6th-level Way of Ferocity feature
You have honed your primal instincts along with your martial prowess. Choose two skills from the following list: Athletics, Insight, Intimidation, Perception, Stealth, or Survival.

You gain proficiency in both skills, and whenever you make an ability check with either of these skills you gain a bonus to your roll equal to one roll of your martial arts die.

Power of the Wild

11th-level Way of Ferocity feature
You have trained to augment your physical strikes with the ferocity of your savage ki. When you hit a creature with an unarmed strike you can spend 1 ki point as part of your attack to deal an additional 2d6 damage to the target.

Master of Ferocity

17th-level Way of Ferocity feature
You combine your primal instincts with your monastic training to reach your true savage potential. You gain one of the disciplines below. Once chosen it cannot be changed:

Bestial Fury

When you score a critical hit against a creature with an unarmed strike, its movement speed is instantly reduced to 0, and you have advantage on any unarmed strikes that you make against that creature until the start of your next turn.

Natural Resilience

You can draw on your wellspring of mystic power to harden your defenses and shrug off assaults. Whenever a creature that you can see hits you with an attack, you can expend ki points (up to your Wisdom modifier) to reduce the damage by one roll of your martial arts die for each ki point spent.

Savage Rush

You can channel a burst of primal speed to trample those in your path. As an action, you can spend 4 ki points and move up to your full walking speed in a straight line, and force any creature you pass through to make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failure they take bludgeoning damage equal to four rolls of your martial arts die and are knocked prone. On a success, they take half as much damage and are not knocked prone.