Kept away in the forests of the world, an overgrown monastery is where you honed your ability to connect to the foliage and fauna around you. You and the plant life are one, and you do what you can to keep the forests, jungles and groves of your world safe.

Your connection to the verdant forest lets you tap into Ki abilities to bolster your defenses, strengthen your unarmed attacks and converse with the nature around you. You may find solace in the great outdoors, and enjoy climbing to the various canopies you encounter on your adventures. Animals that surround you are all sacred, and you live with them the same as you do with your fellow humanoids. 

Verdant Breath

You have found your breathe within the forest, and you fill your lungs with the winds that flow through the trees. You can spend a ki point to take a deep breath as a bonus action to heal yourself, where the amount healed is 2 of your martial arts die. You can do this 3 times per long rest. 

Rampant Reach

The nature around you invites you to be like the growing vines and carnivorous plants.

Once per turn you can as an action cast the Thorn Whip cantrip without any components. You may add your dex modifier to the damage of this attack. 

Enrooted Strength

Through rigorous training of your breath and mind, you have gained the ability to harden yourself and be like the age old trees that tower over the realm. 

As an action, you can spend 3 ki points to assume the Enrooted form gaining the following attributes

• You gain +2 to your AC as your skin becomes like the bark of the forest you trained in
• Your unarmed strikes deal an extra martial arts die of damage
• You lose half of your movement
• When you use Rampant Reach it has double the range and pulls the target 20 ft towards you. 

This form lasts for 10 Minutes or until you use a Bonus action to return to your normal form. 

Meditation of Falling Leaves

Wherever you are, the forest heeds your call. You can spend ki points to cast the following spells without components.

• Animal Messenger - 2 ki Points
• Plant Growth - 3 ki Points
• Speak With Plants - 4 ki Points

Earthen Soul

You and the forest are one, your time meditating to the sound of the wind rustling the canopies, honing your prowess with natural energies, and regimental devotion to keeping yourself as strong as the great oaks has payed off. You now can strike with the might of the forest, and your Enrooted Strength is like none other. 

While using Enrooted Strength you gain the following abilities in addition to the previous ones

• When you hit a target with Rampant Reach you can spend 2 ki points to wrap your vine like energy around your target, apply 2d8 bludgeoning damage as you crush them and pull your target all the way to melee range with you. 
• You have resistance to non magical bludgeoning, slashing and piercing damage