Way of the Exalted monks have honed bodies like steel, tough skin like armor, and hands like blades and bludgeons. Exalter monks can physically alter their body by no means of magic, but by way of resistance training. Revered for their physical prowess, Exalters have the largest understanding, and finest honing capability of the physical form. Iron bone training known for making your arms and legs to have bone so hardy and dense, that hitting an Exalter feels like hitting an Iron wall. Rejuvenation techniques to speed and focus the bodies natural self healing capabilities, but these are well known study forms in Exalter monks, the true peak of the mountain are abilities far stronger. Three sacred abilities are known only to Exalter monks, and these abilities can only be performed by true masters of Exaltation.

Basic Training

3rd-level Way of the Exalted feature

To turn your body into a weapon, you must first build on a foundation. You gain proficiency in CON saving throws. You gain extra hit points when you take levels in this class equal to your WIS modifier. You also gain a permanent +1 AC to your unarmored defense. feature.

Iron Exaltation

3rd-level Way of the Exalted feature

The first Exaltations for a student to learn, this is the foundation that will hold up a golden soul.

Choose an Exaltation between Iron Bone, Iron Hand, and Iron Skin. You can change Exaltations after completing a long rest.

Iron Bone

As a bonus action, you can spend 3 Ki points and harden your bones to a point where part of the damage you are dealt is sent back. The damage is equal to your Monk level plus your CON modifier.

Iron Hand

Your unarmed strikes can deal piercing or slashing damage instead of bludgeoning.

Iron Skin

You've toughened your skin, calloused and rough, you can take a hit like never before.

After taking damage, as a reaction you can spend 1 Ki point and roll a martial arts die, and reduce damage taken equal to the number rolled plus your proficiency bonus.

Steel Exaltation

6th-level Way of the Exalted feature

The next Exaltations for a student to finish the understanding of their body.

Choose an Exaltation between Steel Shoulder, Steel Chin, or Steel Heel. You can change Exaltations after completing a long rest.

Steel Chin

Steel Jaw Exalters never back down, and can't be kept down.

When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can gain an amount of hit points equal to your total Ki points instead. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a long rest.

Steel Heel

A stomp so fierce that the earth itself trembles.

As an action, you stomp the ground and cause each creature other than you within either a 15ft cone must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 1 roll of your Martial Arts die in bludgeoning damage and is knocked prone. Difficult terrain doesn't slow your movement speed.

Steel Shoulder

The Steel Shoulder exaltation is typically the steel exaltation of choice as the ability to strike an enemy so hard that you knock them 15ft away is incredibly useful tool to have in combat.

After hitting a creature with an unarmed strike, you may spend one Ki point to make that creature make a strength saving throw against your Ki Save DC, if the creature fails it is pushed 15ft away from you, if the creature succeeds it's save it is only pushed 5ft.

Mercury Exaltation

11th-level Way of the Exalted feature

While the previous forms focused on the flesh and bone, Mercury Exaltations are focused on the mind for to know oneself, is to know all.

Choose an Exaltation between Mercury Seer, Mercury Eye, or the Mercury Instinct. You can change Exaltations after completing a long rest.

Mercury Eye

Intense training of the eye can push it's capability to well beyond normal levels. You gain Truesight out to 15ft.

Mercury Instinct

You can feel everything around you, your senses honed to the earth beneath and the air above. You gain advantage on Initiative rolls, and can't be surprised

Mercury Seer

In an instant you feel time slow around you as you take intense focus into your enemies attack, and give yourself the upper hand.

When a creature attacks you, once per short rest, you can add a bonus to your AC equal to your Constitution ability modifier.

Gold Exaltation

17th-level Way of the Exalted feature

This is where Exaltation Masters bloom from, the choice to further hone the body, the mind, or the soul.

Choose an Exaltation between Gold Body, Gold Mind, Gold Soul. You can change Exaltations after completing a long rest.

Gold Body

Your flesh bolstered, you gain a hardiness most would find impossible. As a bonus action, you can spend 1-5 Ki points and gain 5 temporary hit points per Ki point spent.

Gold Mind

The mind well focused is a powerful tool, a tool that can help you find your inner power. As an action once per long rest, you can completely refill your Ki points.

Gold Soul

A soul with fire and vigor can't be kept down, and Gold Soul Exalters know it too well. You gain advantage on death saving throws, and if you succeed 3 death saving throws, you are brought to 1 hit point and are conscious