Way of the Wild

Monks of the Way of the Wild live at peace with nature, often side-by-side with druids. Their unique connection with and understanding of nature grant them unique abilities.

Disciple of Nature

When you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you learn magical disciplines that harness the power of nature. A discipline requires you to spend ki points each time you use it.

You know the Natural Attunement discipline and two other natural disciplines of your choice, which are detailed in the "Natural Disciplines" section below.

You learn one additional natural discipline of your choice at 6th, 11th, and 17th level. Whenever you learn a new natural discipline, you can also replace one natural discipline that you already know with a different discipline.

Casting Natural Spells. Some natural disciplines allow you to cast spells. See chapter 10 for the general rules of spellcasting. To cast one of these spells, you use its casting time and other rules, but you don't need to provide material components for it. Once you reach 5th level in this class, you can spend additional ki points to increase the level of an natural discipline spell that you cast, provided that the spell has an enhanced effect at a higher level, as burning hands does. The spell's level increases by 1 for each additional ki point you spend. For example, if you are a 5th level monk and use Beastfriend to cast Beast Bond, you can spend 3 ki points to cast it as a 2nd-level spell (the discipline's base cost of 2 ki points plus 1). The maximum number of ki points you can spend to cast a spell in this way
(including its base ki point cost and any additional ki points you spend to increase its level) is determined by your monk level, as shown in the Spells and Ki Points table.

Spells and Ki Points

Monk Levels	Maximum Ki Points for a Spell
5th–8th	3
9th–12th	4
13th–16th	5
17th–20th	6

Beastfriend

You can expend 2 ki points to cast Animal Friendship, Beast Bond, or Speak With Animals.

Earthtouched

You can expend 2 ki points to cast Entangle, Goodberry, Hail of Thorns, or Snare.

Natural Attunement

You can use your action to briefly control the natural world, causing one of the following effects of your choice.

• Create a harmless, instantaneous sensory effect related to nature, such as the smell of flowers, a rumbling of tree branches, or the brush of falling leaves.
• Cause a plant’s flowers to blossom or fruits to ripen.
• Change the color of a plant for one minute, choosing a portion of the plant that can fit inside a 5 ft cube.
• Cause a plant that can fit within a 5 ft cube to shape itself into a crude form you designate for one minute.
• Empower the wood of a club or quarterstaff you are holding with nature’s magic, allowing you to use your spellcasting ability modifier instead of strength for the attack and damage rolls, and making the damage magical and 1d8. This effect lasts one minute and ends if you let go of the imbued weapon.

Savage Magic

You can expend 1 ki point to cast Infestation, Poison Spray, Primal Savagery, or Thorn Whip.

6th Level Natural Disciplines

At 6th level, you learn 1 additional discipline. You can choose a discipline from a previous level or any of the ones listed below.

Beastfolk

Prerequisite: Beastfriend

You can expend 3 ki points to cast Animal Messenger, Beast Sense, Locate Animals and Plants, Moonbeam, or Pass Without Trace.

Sprout- Tender

Prerequisite: Earthtouched

You can expend 3 ki points to cast Barkskin, Earthbind, Locate Animals and Plants, Moonbeam, Pass Without Trace, Protection from Poison or Spike Growth.

11th Level Natural Disciplines

At 11th level, you learn 1 additional discipline. You can choose a discipline from a previous level or any of the ones listed below.

Beastkin

Prerequisite: Beastfolk

You can expend 4 ki points to cast Conjure Animals or Water Breathing.

You can expend 5 ki points to cast Conjure Woodland Beings, Dominate Beast, Giant Insect, Guardian of Nature, Locate Creature, or Polymorph.

Sundrinker

Prerequisite: Sprout-tender

You can expend 4 ki points to cast Daylight, Plant Growth, or Speak With Plants.

You can expend 5 ki points to cast Blight, Freedom of Movement, Grasping Vine, Guardian of Nature, or Hallucinatory Terrain.

17th Level Natural Disciplines

At 17th level, you learn 1 additional discipline. You can choose a discipline from a previous level or any of the ones listed below.

Beastsage

Prerequisite: Beastkin

You can expend 6 ki points to cast Commune with Nature, Insect Plague, or Reincarnate.

Shepherd of the Forest

Prerequisite: Sundrinker

You can spend 6 ki points to cast Contagion, Tree Stride, or Wrath of Nature.