Way Of The Mind

Throughout the decades, there have been those who have tried to master the martial arts in many ways. Some looked towards the blade, and others looked towards pure strength in the fists. Then there were those who found a different way. This didn't involve anger, or slashing and stabbing at things, or even using your strength or stamina. To focus one's mind and soul is not an easy task, but if successful, can allow the body to do all the work for you. When pushed to the extreme, and having no way out, there are those who let go and for a split second, emptying the mind, allowing for the soul to take a breath. This would then provoke the body to generate Ki far beyond what the person is capable of. "To seek absolute strength without stillness is folly" 

Mental Discipline

Starting when choosing this tradition at the 3rd level, you gain proficiency with History skill if you don't already have it. Your connection with your Ki allows you to communicate with humanoids telepathically. You learn the message cantrip, and may cast it at will once per short rest. 

Overflowing Ki

At the 3rd level, you learn how to invoke the remaining Ki inside your body to sharpen your movements. As a bonus action, you may expend your remaining Ki points to gain a burst of temporary strength, gaining the following benefits

• You instantly restore hits points equal to your unarmed strike die + Monk level
• Your unarmed strikes deal an additional damage die if you land a critical hit on an enemy 
• Whenever you use the Patient Defense feature, it does not consume a Ki point

After using this feature, you suffer one level of exhaustion, and can't use it again till you finish a long rest. At the 10th level, you can use this feature twice per long rest.

Honed Technique

Starting At the 6th Level, you have gained a better understanding of what it means to focus the mind and body to be one. Whenever you land an unarmed strike against an enemy, you can subject them to a constitution saving throw. On a failed save, your attacks against the target have advantage till the start of your next turn. If they succeed, you suffer disadvantage on all attack rolls till the start of your next turn. You can use this feature a number of times equal to 1 + your wisdom modifier. You regain all expended uses of this feature after a long rest.

Mental Mastery

At the 11th level,  you have enhanced your ability to sense the Ki in others. As an action, you can expend 1 Ki point and meditate for 10 minutes, revealing the life force of creatures within 60 feet of you for the duration. You also know their exact location and what conditions are affecting them, if any. After meditating in this way, you gain the ability to use the message cantrip at will for the next 8 hours.

Mastery Of The Mind And Body

Starting at the 17th level, you have reached the point in your training that allows for complete control over the body, without suffering drawbacks. You no longer suffer exhaustion when using your Overflowing Ki feature, and gain the following additional benefits: 

• As a bonus action, you can expend 1 Ki point to gain advantage on all attack rolls till the start of your next turn
• You gain additional reactions each turn equal to your wisdom modifier

When you use your Flurry Of Blows feature, you can choose to empty the mind and soul into the body, allowing you to attack a number of times in succession equal to your constitution modifier + dexterity modifier. If you miss an attack, you immediately become stunned till the end of your next turn, and suffer a -3 penalty to attack and damage rolls until you finish a long rest.