Base Class: Monk
The Lightning Monks: Guardians of the Storm
In a remote mountain monastery, high above the clouds, resides a reclusive order known as Storm Monks. They are an ancient and secretive group of monks who have mastered the art of channeling the raw power of lightning. The monastery's themselves are perched on a peak that is often surrounded by thunderstorms, providing the monks with the perfect environment to study and commune with the elemental forces.
Beliefs and Practices:
The Storm Monks believe that lightning embodies the swift and unpredictable nature of enlightenment. They worship a deity of storms and thunder, seeking inspiration from the chaotic yet powerful aspects of nature. Their daily rituals involve meditation during thunderstorms, where they open themselves to the energy of lightning, aiming to attain spiritual enlightenment through its electrifying force.
Training and Abilities:
Storm Monks usually undergo rigorous training that focuses on enhancing their speed, agility, and reflexes. They learn to harness lightning as a weapon, infusing their unarmed strikes with electrifying energy. As they advance in their training, they gain the ability to manipulate lightning for various purposes, including defensive shields and teleportation through electrical currents.
Guardians of Balance:
Storm Monks usually see themselves as guardians of the balance between the natural world and the elemental forces. They use their mastery of lightning to protect their monastery and surrounding villages from storms gone awry, harnessing the very lightning that rages in the skies to defend against external threats.
Appearance:
Storm Monks wear robes of deep indigo, adorned with intricate patterns resembling lightning bolts. They shave their heads and sport blue tattoos that glow faintly when they channel lightning energy. Some monks even have small, storm-related artifacts embedded in their skin, granting them enhanced control over their elemental abilities.
Lightning Martial Arts
At 3rd level when you attack a creature with your flurry of blows technique you can perform one of the following actions. This must be chosen before any attack rolls.
- Quickened Strikes: You can increase the number of unarmed attacks to 3.
- Lightning Jab: When you make an unarmed strike and hit, you can deal extra lightning damage equal of the roll of your monk die.
- Thunder Fist: The damage type of your unarmed strikes become thunder damage. The creature must make a strength Saving throw or be pushed back 5ft.
Mantle of the Storm
At 6th level as a bonus action you can spend 1 Ki points to cloak yourself in lightning for 1 min or until you dispel it gaining you enhanced speed and reflexes.
- Your Gain an +2 To your overall AC.
- Your speed increases by 10 ft.
- Your melee attacks have an extra 5ft Reach
Redirect Lightning
Starting at 11th level you gain the ability to Bend lightning to your will
At 11th level you gain resistance to lightning and thunder damage. You can also spend 3 Ki points as an action to cast Lightning Bolt.
Armor of the Storm
At 17th level as a bonus action you can spend 4 Ki points to Activate an enhanced version of the Mantle of the Storm. You have all the abilities listed from the original ability plus a few additional ones.
- Your unarmed strikes deal an additional 2d8 Lightning damage
- When you take the dash action you move without provoking attacks of opportunity
- If a creature hits you with a melee attack you can use a reaction to make an unarmed strike against it
- When you take the attack action, you can replace one of your attacks with an cast of the lightning bolt spell costing 2 ki points per cast when used with way.
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