Way of the Avowed Preserver

A love of learning and lore unites all monks who follow the Way of the Avowed Preserver.  Sworn to protect and curate books of all kinds, they practice silent reading as a form of meditation, especially treasuring those ancient writings through which they can share the thoughts of beings long departed. The Avowed cultivate habits of quiet study, learning to remain still as statues for hours and to move with noiseless precision.

Aspirants of this order usually feel more at home in the pages of an illuminated manuscript than they do in the society that surrounds them.  Though most are content to live as humble
researchers and scribes, knowledge is power; in lands where ignorance is enforced by law, Avowed are covert defenders of forbidden texts in hidden caches. To the wise monarch, sage,
or general, Avowed Preservers are a precious source of counsel; to tyrants, false usurpers, and others threatened by truth, they pose intolerable danger.

Deeper Reading

Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you can quickly make a deep study of a particular book, absorbing lessons and insights from it for immediate application. When you finish a long rest, if you had access to one or more books during that rest and you were able to read at least 1 page, you can choose one skill or tool. You gain proficiency with the chosen skill or tool until the next time you finish a long rest.

In addition, you can choose one book you’ve had access to for at least one month and memorize the entire text of that book. This allows you to instantly recall any piece of information the book contains, speak or write out every word of the text from memory, reference the book as if you were looking at it even when it is not available to you, and remember exactly which page bears any specific portion of the text. You also perfectly recall any illustrations and their locations in the text, though accurately redrawing any such image may require artistic skill or an ability check.

Each time you gain a monk level, you can use this feature to memorize an additional book in this way, but only if your proficiency bonus has increased since the last time you did so. You
can’t use this ability to memorize magical writings (such as the text of a spellbook, a magical book like a manual of gainful exercise, a spell scroll, or a symbol spell). If the original text contains both normal writing and magical writing (such as a book with glyphs of warding in the corners of certain pages), you memorize only the nonmagical portions of the text.

Silent Scholar

At 3rd level, your many hours spent studying in silence have expanded your academic knowledge and taught you how to move and act noiselessly. You learn one extra language, and
Wisdom (Perception) checks made to hear you have disadvantage.

In addition, your duties have taught you how to focus your ki to cast certain spells. You learn the control flames, mending, and shape water cantrips, and you can spend 2 ki points to cast comprehend languages, detect thoughts, silence, or zone of truth. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for all spells cast using this feature.

Step Between

At 6th level, navigating the protective magic warding the records you preserve has taught you occult secrets of space and movement.  Whenever you take the Dash action, you can
teleport to an unoccupied space that you can see, spending 1 foot of movement for every foot teleported, up to a total number of feet per turn equal to half your speed. As long as you have not yet reached this limit, you can teleport as many times as you wish during your movement.

If you are within 100 feet of a library or a hidden cache of records you’ve previously visited for at least 24 hours, you can teleport up to your speed, instead of half your speed.

If you have previously been in a space and seen it, you can teleport to it without currently seeing it, as long as you have enough movement to spend. When you try to teleport into a space
you can’t see, if that space is occupied, the DM randomly chooses one of the unoccupied spaces closest to that space and you arrive there.  Monks of this level have usually walked every inch of the locations under their protection,  as both a meditative practice and preparation for use of this ability.

Once you reach 11th level in this class, when you teleport with this feature, you can spend 1 ki point to teleport even in locations where magic would normally prevent movement or
travel using teleportation (such as an area bound by the Extradimensional Interference effect of a hallow spell).

Advanced Silent Scholar

At 11th level, you learn to cast additional spells with your Silent Scholar feature. You can spend 4 ki points to cast counterspell or tongues, 5 ki points to cast dimension door, 6 ki points to cast hallow, or 8 ki points to cast true seeing.  

When you cast counterspell in this way, you can spend additional ki points to increase the spell’s level. The spell’s level increases by 1 for each additional ki point you spend. For example, if you are a 11th-level monk and use your Silent Scholar feature to cast counterspell, you can spend 5 ki points to cast it as a 4th level spell. The maximum number of ki points you can spend to cast counterspell in this way (including its base ki point cost and any additional ki points you spend to increase its level) is equal to half your monk level (rounded down).

Five Stars Strike

At 11th level, you have become one of your order’s foremost guardians of knowledge, mastering ancient scrolls that teach the KaraTur martial arts style known as the Five Stars.

Once during each of your turns, when you hit a creature with a monk weapon or unarmed strike, you can use your bonus action to spend up to 4 ki points. For each ki point you spend,
you make a melee attack against a different creature within 5 feet of you, with a separate attack roll for each target. Each attack is part of the same bonus action, but none of these
attacks can be made against a creature you have already attacked this turn.

Student of Prophetic Scriptures

At 17th level, you learn to cast an additional spell with your Silent Scholar feature.  By silently meditating for 1 minute and spending 13 ki points, you can cast foresight, targeting yourself only.