While others manipulate the four basic elements, choose instead to solely wield the ferocity of lightning. Unleash your will on foes by mastering control over nature's most wicked force. Devote yourself, and eventually few will be able to withstand your wrath.

Surging Soul

Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you gain the following benefits.

• Increased Vigor: Once per turn, on a roll of 20 while attempting to strike during one of your attacks granted by your Flurry of Blows, you may regain 1 Ki point up to a maximum of half of your total pool.
• Superior Footwork: After taking the "Patient Defense" bonus action, you do not provoke attacks of opportunity till the start of your next turn.
• Charged Strike: Once per turn, when you take the Attack action you may imbue your strike with a mote of lightning. On a successful hit the creature suffers an additional 1D6 lightning damage. You may use this feature a number of times equal to your monk level and you regain all uses when you finish a long rest.

Inclement Veil

At 6th level you gain the ability to envelop yourself in a veil of mystical lightning that augments your defenses. The veil can encompass your entire body or specific body parts, and takes on the form of the players choosing. As a bonus action, you may spend 2 Ki points to activate the ability and it lasts for 1 minute, after which all effects fade.

During this time you gain the following benefits:

• Your AC increases by 1
• When an attacker that you can see hits you with an Attack, you can use your Reaction to halve the attack's damage against you.
• You gain resistance to lightning and thunder damage

Power by Time

At 11th level your mastery over lightning has begun to bloom and blossom. You gain the following benefits

• Improved Charged Strike: When you deal damage with your Charged Strike ability, you may choose have the added damage arc to another creature within 30ft.
• Tempered Veil: When you activate your Inclement Veil, you gain a number of temporary hit points equal three times your proficiency bonus. They fade when the effect of the Inclement Veil ends.
• Lightning Shaper: As an action you may spend 4 Ki points to cast the Lightning spell as a 100ft line or in a 15ft cone. Creatures must make a dexterity saving throw against a DC equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier.

Cloudburst

At 17th level you gain the following benefits

• Maximum Charge: If you begin a combat encounter with no uses of Charged Strike remaining, you regain six uses.
• Perfected Veil: The armor class bonus granted by Inclement Veil is increased further by 1 (maximum of 2). In addition, while Inclement Veil is active your movement speed is doubled.
• Piercing Bolts: Creatures that are resistant to lightning damage lose their resistance to your effects and those that are immune are instead granted resistance.