Way of Serenity

The Way of Serenity teaches its students that victory of the soul is more fulfilling than victory in battle. Serene Monks avoid conflict, and if forced to fight, will work to remove themselves and the attacker from the conflict. Make no mistake though, if a Serene Monk must protect themselves, they will end the fight quickly with powerful, pointed strikes.  Masters of the Way of Serenity have an almost otherworldly calm. Gentle as the rain, but as deadly as a flood.

Mind

At 3rd level when you begin to study the Way of Serenity, you are taught to open your mind to the energy of the universe. You are able to connect your essence to that of another, willing them to challenge you. 

As a bonus action, you may spend 1 Ki point to cloud the mind of creature within 60 feet of you that you can see. Until the end of your next turn, that creature has disadvantage on all attacks made against any creature other than you.

Body

Also at 3rd level, as a student of the Way of Serenity, you have learned to hone your body to go beyond its normal limits.

Whenever you would deal damage to a creature, you may choose to instead deal no damage and gain temporary hit points equal to the damage prevented this way.

Soul

At 6th level, you have enriched your soul with a deep understanding of the flow of Ki within yourself and all living things.

At the start of each turn, you may spend 1 Ki point and lose all temporary hit points you may have. If you do, you may choose to either restore that many hit points or add that much force damage to the damage roll of your next successful attack.

Tranquility

At 11th level, you are able calm your mind and find peace among the chaos of battle. As a bonus action, you may enter a State of Tranquility for 1 minute. For the duration, if you would gain temporary hit points, you gain twice as many.

Also for the duration, attack rolls against you have a 1d4 penalty to hit. You may enter your State of Tranquility once per long rest. You may also spend 4 Ki points to regain a use of this feature.

Enlightenment

At 17th level, your inner peace has now reached a level of transcendence. Now when you are in your State of Tranquility, you have advantage on all Wisdom, Charisma, and Intelligence saving throws and you have resistance to all bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.