Way of Gun Fu

Long ago, an inventor, traveling merchant, and devout of Gond named Jon Woo was traversing a narrow mountain pass when a fierce blizzard blew in, seemingly, from nowhere. Due to the narrow trail and treacherous conditions, Woo was forced to lead his horse and wagon on foot. Despite his precautions, his horse and goods were soon lost over the trail's edge due to the near blinding snowfall and slippery terrain.

With his resources gone and no shelter in sight, Woo continued along the trail, stubbornly refusing to give in to despair. As he continued to trudge through the deepening snow, he was unable to take comfort in the guns at his hips as the smokepowder and ammunition necessary for them to function had been lost along with his livelihood. As the light of day gave way to darkness, further along the path, a glowing aura became visible over a tall rise ahead. Knowing that he would never survive the night, Woo devoted the last of his energy to reaching the light. Struggling forward, Woo kept his eyes on the snow ahead. As he entered the light, the last sensation he felt was of cold stone against his cheek as he lost consciousness.

 Jon Woo was found and brought into the monastery that he would eventually know as the Temple of the Silver Tiger. It took weeks to regain his full strength but it would be even longer before the mountain passes would be safe to travel again. During the months-long wait Woo learned to not only thrive in this new environment, but came to value the discipline and meditation of the monks. As Woo strengthened his body and spirit, he learned to utilize the ki within himself and his environment. By the time the mountain passes were clear, he had no intention of returning to his old life.

After much experimentation and some modifications to his guns, Woo was even able to learn to channel his inner ki through them for devastating effect. While this new discipline demanded very little energy to execute, the precision and control required was beyond the skill of most. Of those at the temple, he found only one that had the promise and inclination to mentor under himself. To his only student, Ti Lung, Jon Woo bestowed his knowledge of how to craft his custom firearms and taught him everything he had learned of ki manipulation. Woo would go on to live out the rest of his days in peace at the temple. After some time Ti Lung would take what he had learned and leave the temple to seek knowledge and experience to perfect this new discipline, . It would take many years but eventually Lung would learn to meld his guns with the martial arts disciplines he had learned in his youth and refined over the course of his journeys.

After decades of adventure, Ti Lung had amassed a sizable fortune and wished to pass down what he had learned to others. He built a monastery devoted to his discipline and named it the Temple of the Steel Dragon. He taught many students during his life and the temple continued to thrive long after his passing. Generations of masters learned to combine their custom firearms, unarmed attacks, as well as swords, into a single discipline that became known as the Way of Gun Fu. 

Temple of the Steel Dragon

The monks of the Temple of the Steel Dragon train rigorously with their specialized firearms and bladed weapons as part of the Way of Gun Fu. You gain proficiency with firearms, scimitars, longswords, and rapiers.

Master of the Gun

Upon choosing this archetype at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with Tinker’s Tools. You may use them to craft or modify the custom firearm that you use as your ki-gun (DM’s discretion).

Starting when you choose this tradition, you can fire searing bolts of magical radiance from your custom firearm.

You gain a new attack option that you can use with the Attack action. This special attack is a ranged spell attack with a range of 30 feet. You are proficient with it, and you add your Dexterity modifier to its attack and damage rolls. Its damage is radiant, and its damage die is a d4. This die changes as you gain monk levels, as shown in the Martial Arts column of the Monk table.

When you take the Attack action on your turn and use this special attack as part of it, you can spend 1 ki point to make the special attack twice as a bonus action.

When you gain the Extra Attack feature, this special attack can be used for any of the attacks you make as part of the Attack action.

Master of the Blade

At 6th level, you add your ki to your sword, granting you the following benefits.

Ki Infused Sword. Your attacks with your swords count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.

Decisive Strike. When you hit a target with a sword, you can spend 1 ki point to cause the weapon to deal extra damage to the target equal to your Martial Arts die. You can use this feature only once on each of your turns.

Precision Attack

At 11th level, you can spend 3 ki points to use one of the following features.

Barrage Attack. You can use your action to make a ki-gun attack against any number of creatures within 10 feet of you. You must make a separate attack roll for each target.

Whirlwind Attack.  As an action you can make a melee attack against any number of creatures within 5 feet of you, with a separate attack roll for each target.

Predictive Defense

At 17th level you learn to predict the actions of your opponents, gaining the following features.

Reflexive Dodge. Any attack roll made against you has disadvantage if you can see the attacker. You lose this benefit if you are Incapacitated or if your speed drops to 0.

Redirection. When a hostile creature misses you with a melee attack, you can spend 1 ki point to use your reaction to force that creature to repeat the same attack against another creature (other than itself) of your choice.