Way of the Puma

Over the years, the various Tabaxi clans have learned ways to harness their ki to enhance their natural weapons. Monks of this way tend to be solitary or operate within small groups.

By spending time hunting with one of these monks, you have learned to dominate prey through stealth and a determined grip.

Predator's Grip

3rd-Level Way of the Puma feature

When you successfully attack a creature that you can grapple, you can spend one ki point to make that attack a guarded attack. The creature must succeed on an acrobatics or athletics check against your acrobatics check or be considered restrained until the end of your next turn.

When using this feature on a target that is more than one size larger, on success you are considered [condition]invisible[/invisible] to that creature and are occupying an overlapping space as that creature for the purposes of area effects.

Predator's Escape

6th-Level Way of the Puma Feature

If an opponent breaks your Predator's Grip, you can spend a ki point to move out of its melee range without provoking an attack of opportunity from that creature.

Worrying Grip

6th-level Way of Cat feature

A creature that is in your Hunter's Grip must succeed in breaking your grip or take one martial arts die of damage at the beginning of its turn.

Vicious Predator

11th-Level Way of the Puma Feature

As a reaction, if a creature breaks your Hunter's Grip, you can spend one ki point to make an attack of opportunity on that creature.

On a success, you can attempt to reacquire your Hunter's Grip as with any attack.

Suffocating Grip

17th-Level Way of the Puma feature

As an action on your turn, you can use 3 ki points to change your Predator's Grip to a Suffocating Grip.

A creature in the Suffocating Grip takes one point of exhausting for every round the grip lasts.

A creature restrained in the Suffocating Grip begins to suffocate (see the suffocation rules in the Players Handbook).