Base Class: Monk
Tenets of Pride: Monks of the Solar Ascendant adhere to the Tenets of Pride, striving to be the embodiment of self-confidence and strength. These tenets include:
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Strength in Sunlight: A Solar Ascendant Monk's power waxes and wanes with the sun. During the day, their strength is unmatched, but they must face their vulnerability during the night.
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Fearless Bravado: Solar Ascendant Monks are known for their unshakable confidence. They confront adversity with fearless bravado and unyielding determination.
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The Lion's Roar: These monks practice a unique form of combat that channels the raw power of the sun into their strikes, unleashing devastating bursts of radiant energy.
Solar Power: Starting at 3rd level, you can harness the power of the sun to enhance your abilities. Your strength and confidence grow as the sun rises. During the day, you gain the following benefits:
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Sun's Strength: Your unarmed strikes deal extra radiant damage equal to your Wisdom modifier.
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Blinding Confidence: You are immune to the frightened condition.
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Solar Flare: As an action, you can unleash a radiant explosion, forcing all creatures within 10 feet of you to make a Dexterity saving throw (DC 8 + your Wisdom modifier + your proficiency bonus) or take radiant damage equal to your Monk level. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (a minimum of 1). You regain all expended uses after a long rest.
Daybreaker's Resilience: At 6th level, you gain the ability to resist the debilitating effects of darkness and fear. You have advantage on saving throws against spells and effects that cause the blinded or frightened conditions. Additionally, you can use your reaction to grant yourself or an ally within 30 feet advantage on one saving throw against a spell or effect that causes blindness or fear.
Solar Ascendancy: Starting at 11th level, your power continues to grow as the sun rises. During the day, you gain the following additional benefits:
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Sunburst Flurry: Once per turn, when you make an unarmed strike, you can spend 2 ki points to add your Wisdom modifier to the damage dealt. This damage is radiant.
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Radiant Resilience: You have resistance to radiant damage.
Prideful Dawn: At 17th level, you can channel the full power of the sun, becoming an unstoppable force during the day. When the sun is shining, you gain the following abilities:
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Solar Ascendancy Overdrive: Once per day, you can enter a state of Solar Ascendancy Overdrive for 1 minute. During this time, you have advantage on all attacks, and your unarmed strikes deal an additional 1d10 radiant damage. You are also immune to the frightened and blinded conditions, and you can use Solar Flare as a bonus action without expending ki points. Once the Overdrive ends, you gain one level of exhaustion.
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Supreme Sunlight Mastery: Your Blinding Confidence ability extends to your allies within 30 feet, making them immune to the frightened condition as long as you are within range.
Tenets of Pride
Monks of the Solar Ascendant adhere to the Tenets of Pride, striving to be the embodiment of self-confidence and strength. These tenets include:
Strength in Sunlight: A Solar Ascendant Monk's power waxes and wanes with the sun. During the day, their strength is unmatched, but they must face their vulnerability during the night.
Fearless Bravado: Solar Ascendant Monks are known for their unshakable confidence. They confront adversity with fearless bravado and unyielding determination.
The Lion's Roar: These monks practice a unique form of combat that channels the raw power of the sun into their strikes, unleashing devastating bursts of radiant energy.
Solar Power
- Sun's Strength: Your unarmed strikes deal extra radiant damage equal to your Wisdom modifier. You may spend a ki point to activate this ability at night.
- Blinding Confidence: You are immune to the frightened condition.
Solar Flare: As an action, you can unleash a radiant explosion, forcing all enemies within 10 feet of you to make a Constitution saving throw (DC 8 + your Wisdom modifier + your proficiency bonus), taking radiant damage equal to two martial arts die + WIS modifier or half on a success. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (a minimum of 1). You regain all expended uses after a short rest.
You can spend 2 ki points to use this feature at night.
Daybreaker's Resilience
- You can see normally in darkness, both magical and non-magical, to a distance of 120 feet.
- Additionally, you can use your reaction and spend a ki point to give yourself or an ally advantage on a saving throw against a spell within 30ft.
- You have resistance to radiant damage.
Solar Ascendancy
- Sunburst Flurry: When you make an unarmed strike, you can spend 1 ki point to change all damage dealt to radiant.
- Blinding Solar Flare: When a creature fails to save against your solar flare, they become blinded until the end of your next turn. Anyone blinded in this way cannot make opportunity attacks. Your Solar Flare range increases to 20ft.
Prideful Dawn
- Solar Ascendancy Overdrive: Your Sunburst Flurry no longer costs Ki Points, and deals an additional martial arts die of radiant damage when activated.
- Scorching Solar Flare: Increase the radius of your Solar Flare to 25 ft. You may spend 3 ki points to maximise the damage dealt.
Radiant Solar Flare
During the day, the range increases to 15ft. You may spend a ki point to dispel darkness within 30 feet of you on activation.
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