Way of the Forest Soul

You are a monk attuned to the ancient forests, and draw your ki from you connection with the natural world.

Angry Vine Attack

Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you can command .

You gain a new attack option that you can use with the Attack action. This special attack is a ranged spell attack with a range of 30 feet. You are proficient with it, and you add your Dexterity modifier to its attack and damage rolls. Its damage is bludgeoning, and considered magical in terms of resistances. Its damage die is a d4, and this die changes as you gain monk levels, as shown in the Martial Arts column of the Monk table.

When you take the Attack action on your turn and use this special attack as part of it, you can spend 1 ki point to make the special attack twice as a bonus action.

When you gain the Extra Attack feature, this special attack can be used for any of the attacks you make as part of the Attack action.  These vines wither away at the end of your turn.

Ground Stomp Strike

At 6th level, you gain the ability to channel your ki into waves of kinetic energy. Immediately after you take the Attack action on your turn, you can spend 2 ki points and stomp the ground to cast the [spell]earth tremor[/spell] spell as a bonus action.

You can spend additional ki points to cast earth tremor as a higher-level spell. Each additional ki point you spend increases the spell’s level by 1. The maximum number of ki points (2 plus any additional points) that you can spend on the spell equals half your monk level.

Decaying Spores

At 11th level, you gain the ability to create a cloud of decaying fungus spores. As an action, you magically create an orb and hurl it at a point you choose within 150 feet, where it erupts into a green-gray cloud of desiccating fungal spores for a brief but deadly instant.

Each creature in that 20-foot-radius sphere must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or take 2d6 necrotic damage. A creature doesn’t need to make the save if the creature is behind total cover.

You can increase the sphere’s damage by spending ki points. Each point you spend, to a maximum of 3, increases the damage by 2d6.

Poison Shield

At 17th level, you become wreathed in a poisonous magical aura. You shed dim light in a 30-foot radius. You can extinguish or restore the light as a bonus action.

If a creature hits you with a melee attack while this light shines, you can use your reaction to deal poison damage to the creature. The poison damage equals 5 + your Wisdom modifier.