Way of Restraint

The Way of Restraint monk has been practiced as long as creatures have existed. The Art of grabbing, restraining, and incapacitating your opponent is one of the most ancient and respected traditions. When a Way of Restraint monk grabs ahold of an enemy, they might as well give up then and there. These monks have been known to submit enemies twice their size using nothing but their bare hands. If you like to solve your problems by grabbing the bull by the horns, this class is for you.

Restraining Grabs

Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you can manipulate your enemy’s bodies with ease. Whenever you successfully grapple a creature with, you can impose one of the following effects on that target using a ki point providing the creature is at least of your size or smaller:

• It must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or be thrown prone onto the ground, taking 2d4+Strength bludgeoning damage. (Remains Grappled)
• It must make a Strength saving throw. If it fails, you can restrain the target fully.
• It must make a Strength or Dexterity saving throw or begin to be strangled. If the target fails, it begins to suffocate. 

 

Experienced Wrestler

Your long days spent wrestling the other initiates have allowed you to become versed in the arts of holds and escapes. 

You gain proficiency in Acrobatics or Athletics

You have the ability to take the Attack action while you have an enemy grappled, providing you are not strangling, or restraining the target.

You have the ability to squeeze the target of a grapple, restraint, or strangle, counting as a single unarmed attack.

Demigrab

Beginning at 6th level you are able to grapple targets that are up to one size larger than you, finding their weak spot and treating them as a class smaller for all purposes. 

At 15th level, your Demigrab allows you to grapple targets up to two sizes larger than you.

Leg Fighting

Beginning at 11th level you are able to use your legs to grapple a target, allowing you to take actions and bonus actions as normal. In order to do this, you must first have the target grappled, and then using a bonus action, transfer the grapple to your legs.

You also gain the ability to leaping kick after using your Step of the Wind feature, making an unarmed attack to either disengage, or at the end of your dash/jump.

Sleep Now

Starting at 6th level, you are able to cast Sleep on a target which you have restrained without using components. You can do this a number of times equal to your monk level divided by 4 per long rest (rounded down)

Titanic Power

Beginning at 17th level, you are able to grapple any sized creature, and you are able to use your other abilities on any creature, regardless of size. 

Additionally, your Dexterity score can now be increased an additional 2 points.