Way of the Whirling Soul

The Vorés de Jenerai Den or Way of the Whirling Soul is an order of monks that have long since abandoned the path of tranquility and inner peace. To the Jenerai Den, true human potential can only be captured when your emotions are recognized, confronted, and then harnessed as part of what makes the human experience worth living. More practiced monks even magnify their emotions and embrace them as yet another tool. A key phrase amongst the Jenerai Den is "the soul is a fist of storming desires. If you strike away the fingers, then you have nothing left for which to grasp life."

While not all amongst the Jenerai Den turn to the martial arts, most do. The Jenerai Den believe that combat is a trial for themselves, and often channel themselves into various martial dances - some beautiful and others brutal. Because of this, they are trained from a young age to harness their conflicting thoughts, desires, and moods into fantastical combat styles that rely on their ever shifting and tightly controlled wants to fuel their various stances, and by shifting their desires they can adapt to any challenge.

Although an observer might hear of this philosophy and consider the Jenerai Den to be so emotionally volatile as to be unstable, most are not. They do not let their emotions rule them and often have better control over their own impulses than most people who scoff at their order.

Above all, the Jenerai Den view the human experience as a weapon to be honed, crafted, and celebrated. As such do they craft and hone their own weapons - becoming masters of combat using their own signature armament. This weapon is held sacred to them and much of their powers derive from it. It is viewed as an extension of their self, and a way to influence the magnitude of their inner desires upon the world. By taking on this symbolic weapon, the monks of this order state that they too will become weapons.

Chosen Bond

You become proficient in all Martial weapons. You may choose a specific weapon and undergo a twenty-four hour ritual to bond it to you as your specific chosen weapon. If you dual-wield, this can be a set of two weapons. You may only bond with a single weapon or set this way. Doing so gives you certain advantages. This weapon counts a monk weapon. In addition, you may use your Wisdom to determine the attack and damage rolls of this weapon. As you increase in level, the strength of this weapon increases as you further bond with it.

Starting at 5th level, your attacks with your Chosen Bond weapon count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage. In addition, you have a general sense of direction towards the weapon if you ever become separated. 

Starting at 10th level, your Chosen Bond weapon becomes unbreakable. As a bonus action, you may return to you if thrown or lost within one mile. As an action, you may spend an amount of Ki points up to your Wisdom modifier to meditate on your chosen weapon. This process takes one minute, but increases the damage dealt by this weapon an amount equal to the Ki points spent for 8 hours.

Starting at 15th level, you become so attuned to your Chosen Bond weapon that they become part of your body. You may manifest your weapon as part of an attack in which case they instantly appear in your hand and unmanifest this weapon back into yourself at any time.

If your weapon becomes lost, broken, or you which to replace it, you may do so by repeating the same 24 hour ritual with a new one. During this time, you lose access to your Whirling Soul abilities.

Stances of the Soul

You may spend a Ki point to enter a fantastic dance of the soul for one minute.  These various stances reflect your character harnessing their emotions and using them to fuel their fighting prowess. You may adopt or drop a stance at any time when making an attack or dodge action. Until level 11, only one stance may be used at a time. Switching to a new stance immediately causes the other to drop. If you are incapacitated or drop to 0 hit points, your dance ends and another Ki point must be used to start the dance anew. Starting at level 11, you may switch multiple stances at once with a single action.

You gain two stances at level 3 when choosing this subclass, then additional stances at level 6, 9, 12, 15, and 18.

Ballad of Adoration

While in this stance, whenever you strike with an attack, you may choose a creature within 30ft of you to be healed by an amount equal to your Wisdom modifier. In addition, whenever an adjacent creature is targeted by an attack, you may choose to intervene on their behalf. Use your reaction to make the attack versus you instead. However, in this stance, your attacks no longer receive your Wisdom modifier or Dexterity modifier to determine attack and damage rolls.

When choosing this stance, gain proficiency in Charisma (Persuasion) if you did not already have it.

Cacophony of Hatred

Once per turn, you make declare one of your attacks to searing brand of your hatred. If this attack hits, your attack deals extra cold damage equal to your Proficiency bonus.  In addition, if this attack hits, you may make a weapon attack against two more adjacent enemies. These attacks also deal additional cold damage equal to your Proficiency bonus. However, you also receive damage of the same amount that can't be reduced in any way.

When you choose this stance, you gain proficiency in Charisma (Intimidation) if you did not already have it.

Celebration of Awe

Your weapon attacks Critical Hit range is increased to 19-20 and Critical Hits by you deal an additional amount of lightning damage equal to your Proficiency bonus; however, you suffer disadvantage on Wisdom saving throws against Charm effects and Wisdom (Perception) checks.

Concerto of Hope

Your weapon attacks receive advantage and, once per turn, when you deal damage with a weapon attack, you are healed an amount equal to your Wisdom modifier. However, attacks against you also have advantage.

Dirge of Agony

You receive resistance to all damage types except psychic; however, at the end of your turn you take damage equal to your Wisdom score modifier that cannot be reduced in any way. As long you adopted or maintained Dirge of Agony on your turn, you will suffer this damage. If you begin your turn in Dirge of Agony, but then switch out of it as part of an action, you will not take damage at the end of your turn.

Harmony of Joy

Activate Harmony of Joy to increase your speed by 10 and your AC by your Proficiency bonus; however, all your attacks have disadvantage.

Orchestra of Pride

You gain 1 additional AC for each hostile creature within your melee range and you can take a number of reactions per round equal to your Proficiency bonus; however, you lose all benefits from this stance if a friendly creature or ally is within 5 feet.

Recital of Determination

You weapon attacks ignore damage type resistances and immunities; however, you suffer Disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws.

Rhythm of Rage

Your weapons attacks deal extra fire damage equal to your Proficiency bonus and you gain resistance to fire; however, your AC is also reduced by an amount equal to your Proficiency Bonus.

Solo of Jealousy

Healing you receive from any source is doubled; however, any healing received by a non-hostile creature within 10ft of you causes you to suffer psychic damage equal to half the amount healed. This does not apply to healing performed by you on others.

Tempo of Despair

Activate this stance to gain resistance to psychic and cold damage, as well as immunity to Charm and Frighten effects; however, healing you receive is reduced by half.

Waltz of Regret

While using this stance, your Wisdom, Intelligence, and Charisma saving throws receive a benefit equal to your Wisdom score modifier; however, your movement speed is halved.

Soul of Whirling Storms

Untamed Willpower: You receive proficiency in Wisdom saving throws if you don't already have it.

Unpredictable Combatant: When an opponent makes an attack against you and misses, you can spend 1 Ki point to use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack against your opponent. This attack receives advantage and you may move up to half your movement speed before making it. This movement does not trigger Opportunity attacks.

Tamer of the Dancing Vortex

By the 11th level, your mastery of your dancing turmoil is nearing completion. You have learned to harness your emotions into unique dances.

Dual Stances: You may now adopt and switch two stances at a single time.

Insight via Victory: Whenever you reduce an opponent to 0 hit points or critically hit on an attack, you regain 1 Ki point.

Emotional Mastery

At 17th level, you have mastered your inner turmoil and achieved a level of control that is legendary. 

Improved Wisdom: Your Wisdom score increases by 4 as well as your maximum for this score.

Tri-Stance: You may now adopt and switch three stances at once.