Way of The Gold Rush

The pit fighter knelt down in pain, then clenched his fist. As he did, this gold energy gathered around him, like sand in the wind. His eyes glowed a golden light and his face, normally stoic, had a gritted smile upon it.  He launched himself forward fast enough to leave a cloud of the sand from the floor behind him. He let out a flurry attacks with his fists on his opponent, faster then the eye could see. The other fighter fell, he stood tall and proud as the energy around him faded

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What is the Gold Rush?

When legendary heroes of the people die, people say they turn into a gold dust and fade away. The Gold Rush is that dust. An eternal force made up of the conscience of past heroes. This force drifts through the world, until it finds a vessel, a person of great willpower, with the soul of a hero. It will then grant that person the power to protect the weak and become a beacon of hope for those who need it. 

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Roleplaying a Way of The Gold Rush Monk

Way of the Gold Rush monks do not need to be spiritualistic, and you shouldn't restrict your self to that when making one. You could play as a beggar who was chosen and doesn't know why. Maybe a JoJos style character would fit well. What you do is up to you, just remember to work with your DM to make a character that fits with the setting and game, and make sure it's a character you enjoy playing.

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Origin: Why were you chosen.

The Gold Rush chooses people who are destined to be heroes as its vessek. Why the Gold Rush choose you as it's current vessel may be a mystery. If you cannot think of a reason, here is a table you can roll on.  

d6	Origin
1	At the worst point in my life, I still had hope for the future and inspired the same thoughts in others
2	During a near-death experience in battle, when all had failed, I got up and kept fighting, saving other people's lives in the progress.
3	I've always been known as a weakling to the people in my village, yet I never gave up hope of becoming strong enough to protect others.
4	Though I used to disregard others, I saw the error in my ways and showed a great desire to be better to the people around me.
5	My family has been known for their heroic acts throughout the ages, being chosen as the vessel for millennia, now it is my turn to live up to that.
6	I saw the strife overs went through when I had it all and threw it all away to help them.

 

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Way of the Gold Rush Features Monk Level Feature 3rd Resilient Body 6th Will of Gold, Protective Taunt 11th Beacon of Hope 17th Golden Experience

Resilient Body

starting at 3rd level, while you are wearing no armor and not wielding a shield, your AC equals 10 + your Strength modifier + your Wisdom modifier. You can use this instead of your Unarmored Defense.

Also at 3rd level, The Gold Rush knows when you need it's strength and lends it to you when you're at your weakest. When you have 1/2 health or less, you have advantage on Strength checks and saving throws, also, you can make an extra attack whenever you use your action to attack with a monk weapon. You take a penalty of 7- your Strength modifer to damage rolls made from attacks you made with this feature. You cannot use your Stunning Strike Feature with these attacks.

The number of extra attacks you get increases with the table below. This feature does include your Extra Attack feature, for example, if you are below 1/2 health and are level 5, you can make 3 attacks as an action instead of 2.

Level               Extra Attacks at 1/2 Max HP     

3                      1                                                            

8                      2                                                            

13                    3                                                                                                                                         

Finally, when a creature miss an attack targeted at you, you can use your reaction to take the hit. Should you do this, you take half damage from the attack. You cannot be forced to do this by any means.

Will of Gold

You gain the ability to use the gold rush to restore you own will. At 6th level, You regain hit points equal to your martial arts die + your constitution modifier if you end your turn in combat with fewer than half of your hit points remaining and you aren’t incapacitated. This healing cannot bring you above half your hit point maximum.

Protective Taunt

Also at 6th level, you can taunt your enemies. As a bonus action, you can shout out in a 30 foot sphere around you, any hostile creature in this area must make a wisdom saving throw or be taunted, until the end of your next turn. A creature with an Intelligence of 3 or less passes this saving throw automatically.You can do this an equal amount to your Wisdom modifier, per long rest.

The DC for this saving throw is 10 + your Wisdom modifier + Your proficiency bonus.

Taunted

• A taunted creature loses concentration on their spells and must target the taunter for all attacks, harmful abilities, and magical effects.
• All actions, attacks, spells, features, and abilities that the creature uses must target the taunter or they cannot be used.
• The taunter has disadvantage on any ability check to interact socially with the creature.
• Creatures with immunity to the Charmed condition are immune to the Taunted Condition

Beacon of Hope

At 11th level, the will of others protects your mind from intrusive effects.

As long as you have an ally within 120 feet of you that isn't incapacitated, you have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, frightened, paralyzed or stunned.

If you see an ally within 120 feet is that has just been knocked to 0 hit points, you have advantage on attack roles against the creature that knocked them to 0 hit points until the end of your next turn.

 

Golden Experience

At 17th level, you let The Gold Rush empower you're body for a few moments. When you are below 1/2 health, you can use your bonus action to activate The Gold Rush.

Whilst in The Gold Rush, your Resilent Body Feature will always gives you 4 extra attacks when you use your action to attack with a monk weapon. Additionally, when you are subjected to a healing spell or effect, you heal the maximum amount possible without going above 1/2 of your maximum HP. Once per turn, you can also declare another damage type to have resistence against from the following options, Fire, Cold, Acid, Lightning and Poison. This form lasts for three turns, after which if you have more then 1/4 of your maximum health, decrease your health so it's 1/4 of your maximum health. You are also exhausted until your next long rest.