Base Class: Monk
The Edgedancers are an Order of the Knights Radiant on Roshar. They are Surgebinders who use the Surges of Abrasion and Progression. They form a Nahel Bond with cultivationspren, swearing five sets of Ideals specific to Edgedancers. The Surges of Abrasion and Progression grant Edgedancers extraordinary abilities. They can manipulate friction to become glide on friction-less feet or grip even the slickest walls; They can cause regrowth, causing plants to grow much faster than normal or wounds to close in moments. Surgebinders use a form of Investiture called Stormlight to fuel their abilities, stored in gems used as money. While on Roshar, Stormlight needs a highstorm to be renewed, monks of the Way of the Edgedancers can renew their Stormlight with their Ki.
Note: With this class you are intended to replace the monks level 13 ability tongue of sun and moon with an improvement to your second ideal and replace your level 18 ability empty body with the dance the line ability. There is currently no way to tell dndbeyond not to add a base class ability.
Note: The class can't be published with an ability given at level 18 so I've added the dance the line ability at level 17, you cannot use the ability until level 18.
Thanks to u/Seb_veteran-sleeper at reddit for creating this class, I only translated to pdf to Dnd Beyond. Original post can be found here /r/UnearthedArcana/comments/7zpnba/way_of_the_edgedancer_slip_through_enemies/
Life Before Death, The First Ideal
When you swear your first Ideal at 3rd level, you gain the ability to generate Stormlight with your ki.
As a bonus action you can spend 1 ki point to inhale Stormlight. While you are holding Stormlight, you gain the following benefits:
- Increased resilience: the Stormlight within you slowly stitches your wounds and mends your ailments. When you take damage, you reduce the damage roll by an amount equal to your Proficiency Bonus.
- Minor Surgebinding: you can add your Wisdom modifier to Strength (Athletics) checks to climb and Strength and Dexterity checks and saving throws to avoid or escape being grappled or restrained until your Stormlight runs out.
Remember the Forgotten, The Second Ideal
When you swear your second Ideal at 6th level, you can hold Stormlight more efficiently and for longer.
As an action, you can touch a creature and expend 2 Ki points to fuel Regrowth and restore a number of hit points equal to your proficiency modifier to that creature. Alternatively, you can expend 4 Ki points to fuel Regrowth to cure the target of one disease or neutralize one poison affecting it.
Additionally, you can expend 5 Ki points to duplicate the effects of the plant growth spell using either of the casting times with a range of touch. You do not need to provide the Verbal component.
Listen to the Ignored, The Third Ideal
When you swear your third Ideal at 11th level, you gain the ability to summon a Shardblade.
You can use your bonus action to create a Shardblade in your empty hand. You can choose the form that this melee weapon takes each time you create it (see the Weapons section for weapon options) or change it as a bonus action. You are proficient with your Shardblade and it counts as a monk weapon no matter its form. This weapon deals 2d6 psychic damage to living and undead creatures or 2d10 magical slashing damage to constructs and inanimate objects.
Alternatively, you can summon your Shardblade as a shield. You are proficient with it and it does not hinder your Martial Arts, Unarmored Defense or Unarmored Movement.
Your Shardblade disappears if it is more than 5 feet away from you for 1 minute or more. It also disappears if you use this feature again, if you dismiss the weapon (no action required), or if you die.
Speak for the Voiceless, The Fourth Ideal
When you swear your fourth Ideal at 17th level, as an action you can summon Shardplate, shining blue armor that does not count as armor for the purposes of using Martial Arts and Unarmored Movement.
While wearing your Sharplate, your AC equals 12 + your Dexterity modifier + your Wisdom modifier and when you heal others, holding so much Stormlight causes you to heal as well.
When you expend Ki points to fuel Regrowth in another creature, you regain hit points equal to the number of Ki points expended.
While you are holding Stormlight, your speed cannot be reduced and you are immune to the grappled, restrained and paralyzed conditions and you no longer need to breath.
Additionally, you can spend 2 Ki points to generate, inhale and hold 10 minutes' worth of Stormlight
Dance the Line
Beginning at 18th level, you can use your action to spend 4 ki points to suffuse yourself with Stormlight, vastly improving your combat capabilities for 1 minute.
During that time, you have advantage on all attack rolls, you have resistance to all damage and other creatures have disadvantage on attack rolls against you.
Additionally, you can return the recently dead to life with Regrowth. As an action, you can expend 8 Ki points to duplicate the effects of the revivify spell without providing the verbal or material components.
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