Way of the Steel body_2024 Version

Monks of the Way of the Steel body followed the concept of "resilience". Rather than avoiding blows, ractitioners of this tradition accept all hits to improve oneself. The utilize their own energy to enforce their body to be able to endure the hardest of hits. They observe and endure each hit, allowing enemies to attack to deliver a devistating and precise counterattack. A word they believe from their creator "to be a devastating spear, one must become a perfect shield"  

 

 

Body of Steel

Starting at 3rd level, you can harden your body to either prepare for battle or brace for an attack. By expending 1 ki point, There are two ways to utilize this feature : 

• As a bonus action, or 
• When a creature is attacking you with a melee or ranged attack, you use your reaction to harden your body.

While in this state : 

• When you take damage from an attack, you can reduce the damage by 1d4 + your WIS modifier. The damage you reduce will increase to 1d6 in 7th, 1d8 in 11th, and 1d12 in 17th level 
• Your armor class becomes : 12 + DEX modifier + WIS modifier
• Increase the damage of your unarmed strike by your half of your WIS modifier (rounded up)

This Feature last for 1 minute. This feature ends early if you are incapacitated or if you choose to end it (no action required)

Refined Discipline

 At 6th level, your mastery over your own energy and the basis of the body of steel can now be integrated with your Monk's Focus features. While you "Body of Steel" is active, you gain the following features : 

Steel Flurry. When you use Flurry of Blows, your unarmed strikes count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage. 

Steel Retaliation. When a creature makes an attack roll against you, you can use your reaction to make one unarmed strike against that creature. This attack is made with advantage

Iron Posture. Choose one creature you can see within 10ft. Until the start of your next turn, the creature has disadvantage on attack rolls against targets other than you and it speed becomes half if it moves more than 10ft away from you.

Breaking point

Beginning at 11th level, you have honed your body to become a shield and a spear. The duration of body of steel is increased to 10 minutes and while active, you gain 1 pressure point (maximum 3) when you take damage from a creature. As part of your attack action, you may expend 3 pressure points, if you do the first unarmed strike you do will be a critical hit. 

Unbreakable form

At 17th level, your mastery of the body of steel is complete. The duration of body of steel is indefinite until you dismiss it, you are incapacitated, or you choose to activate it again. While active :  

• You cannot be knocked Prone
• You cannot be moved (push nor pull) against your will 
• Retaliation. As part of you attack action, the first unarmed strike you hit with deal an additional damage equal to the last damage from a creature before your turn.