the way of the monkey king is a subclass themed around Sun Wukong, the monkey king, using some of his powers as inspiration and granting you a weaker version of the great sage equal to heaven's golden staff.

bonus profiences

you gain profiency in persuasion and deception

the king of the quarterstaff

Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you can use your quarterstaff instead of your unarmed strike for flurry of blows, you also make your quarterstaff a spiritually linked weapon, after a short rest you may pick a quarterstaff and gain the following abilities:

1. you can shrink your quarterstaff into 2.7 cm stick
2. you can't be disarmed unwillingly
3. you can choose who can and can't hold your weapon, if anyone who you chose can't hold your quarterstaff tries to hold it then they must succeed a strength check (your ki DC is the DC for the save) or being knocked prone due to the quarterstaff's overwhelming weight
4. at the cost of 1 ki point you can enlarge your quarterstaff to be able to hit at a range of 10 to 15ft (disadvantage at 15ft)
5. you can summon it to you as long as it's in the same plane of existence as you.

you can only do this to one quarterstaff, if you try to turn another quarterstaff into your spiritual weapon the first one will no longer be your spiritual weapon.

NIMBUS!

At 6th level, you gain the ability to summon the nimbus cloud as a bonus action at the cost of two ki points, it has a flying speed equal to your walking speed, and only raises with your unarmed movement, it last for a minute, you dispell it as an action, fall unconscious or die, only one person can ride the nimbus cloud at a time. In addition, your king of the quarterstaff feature allows you to make your spiritual weapon magicial for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to bludgeoning damage.

great sage barrage

at 11th level, you gain the ability to use your quarterstaff for your flurry of blows, and if you manage to hit a flurry of blows weather it's unarmed or quarterstaff you gain the benefits of the disengage action. in addition, your mastery and devotion to the monkey king evolves you, you gain 10 ft of true-sight and a climbing speed up to your walking speed.

 

72 earthly transformations

Beginning at 11th level, you can transform into different creatures. as an action and at the cost of 3 ki points you can assume the form of a creature of object, as an object you can't move and can only stay in this form for 1 minute or until you change back as a bonus action, if you assume the form of a creature, said creature must be a beast or humanoid and must have a CR rating less than equal to your monk level, you can assume this form for a minute, until you change back as a bonus action or until you reach 0 hit points in the assumed form. in addition to this the king of the quarterstaff ability that allows you to enlarge your quarterstaff no longer requires a ki point and you gain advantage on death saves.

heavenly clones

At 17th level, you gain the ability to create clones, as a gift from the monkey king. at the cost of a ki point for each clone you summon, you can summon an amount of clones up to your profiency modifier (minimum 1), all clones have the same abilities as you except for this feature and last for 10 minutes or until their health reaches 0, once the max amount of clones has been made you can not make anymore until you finish a long rest. in addition, the nimbus and 72 earthly transformations features cost one less ki point then before.