Way of the Living Weapon
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  ollowers of the Way of the Living Weapon
pursue a form of physical perfection, carving
unique and often devastating techniques through
the natural gifts of their kin: the steel plating of a
warforged, the adaptivity of a shapechanger, the
sting of a tooth or claw. These techniques protect
themselves and their allies from adversaries- but,
in finding peace in one's differences, a Way of the Living
Weapon monk may also find peace in one's self.
The Gifts of Your Kin
3rd-level Way of the Living Weapon feature
Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, your
hard work begins to bear fruit, and a foundational technique
based on your unique biology has taken shape.
If you are a construct, you can choose one of the following
disciplines:
Pneumatic Fist. When you make an attack, you can use
your reaction to immediately take an additional attack
against the same target. This attack deals additional
damage equal to one roll of your Martial Arts die. You can
use this feature a number of times equal to your
proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when
you finish a long rest. While you have no uses available,
you can spend 2 ki points to use this feature again.
Rocksteady. You can spend 2 ki points to enter a state of
unwavering defense. Until the end of your next turn, your
speed becomes 0, you cannot be moved against your will,
you cannot be knocked prone, and you gain a bonus to
your AC equal to one roll of your Martial Arts die.
Unstoppable Juggernaut. Your unarmed strikes deal
double damage to objects and structures. When you take
the Dash action, you can move through Huge or smaller
enemies without requiring extra movement on that turn,
and when you exit another creature's space, that creature
must make a Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.
A creature can use their reaction to make this saving
throw with advantage.
If you are a shapechanger, you can choose one of the
following disciplines:
Quick-Change. By rapidly switching between your shifted
form/s, you become a master of disorienting your enemy.
When a creature you can see within 5 feet makes an
attack roll against you, you can use your reaction to
momentarily shift in shape or size and impose
disadvantage on the roll. If this causes the attack to miss,
you can then appear in a different space within 5 feet of
the attacking creature (no action required). You can use
this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency
bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a
long rest. While you have no uses available, you can spend
1 ki point to use this feature again.
Mirror Mirror. You choose a creature you can see within
5 feet of you and spend 2 ki points to mimic their features
until the end of your next turn. The creature must make a
Wisdom saving throw or become startled, imposing
disadvantage on attack rolls and saving throws as long as
you remain within their line of sight. If a creature's saving
throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is
immune to this effect for the next 24 hours.
Flesh Sculptor. Your command over your own physicality
allows you to instantaneously- if painfully- gain the upper
hand on a distant opponent. You can spend 2 ki points to
increase the range of your unarmed strikes by up to 10
feet until the end of your turn. You can spend an additional
ki point to increase the effect's duration until the start of
your next turn.
If you have a natural weapon, you can choose one of the
following disciplines:
Razor Sharp. When you hit a creature with an attack
using an unarmed strike, you can expend 1 ki point to
wound the target. At the start of each of the wounded
creature’s turns, it takes necrotic damage equal to one roll
of your Martial Arts die for each time you’ve wounded it,
and it can then make a Constitution saving throw, ending
the effect of all such wounds on itself on a success. The
wounded creature, or a creature within 5 feet of it, can use
an action to make a DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check,
ending the effects such wounds on it on a success.
Bloodlust. When you make your first attack on your turn,
you can gain a bonus on the attack roll equal to 1 + one
roll of your Martial Arts die, provided the target creature
has less than half its hit points remaining.
Feral Instinct.. You gain a +3 bonus to initiative rolls.
Furthermore, you gain advantage on Wisdom (Perception)
checks made to locate a creature, and you can use the
Search action as a bonus action.
Enlightened by Blood
6th-level Way of the Living Weapon feature
At 6th level, your unparalleled knowledge of your distinctive
physical gifts enables you to more broadly understand the
strengths and hardships of those who share them.
If you are a construct, you gain the following benefits:
You have advantage on Intelligence and Wisdom checks
made to determine the age and function of a construct or
machine.
You have advantage on saving throws against traps that
contain mechanical elements, and you gain resistance to
the damage dealt by such traps.
You can strike at the most vital points of any automaton.
When you make your first attack on your turn against a
construct, you can add one roll of your Martial Arts die to
the damage of the attack.
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 If you are a shapechanger, you gain the following benefits:
When you hit a shapechanger with an unarmed strike, you
can expend 2 ki points to flay the second skin from their
form. The creature must make a Constitution saving
throw. On a failed save, it instantly reverts to its original
form and can’t assume a different form until the end of
your next turn.
When a creature within 30 feet of you uses an ability or
spell that enables them to change their shape, you can use
your reaction to move up to half your speed towards them.
If this movement places them within your melee range,
you can also make an attack roll against them as part of
the same reaction. You can add one roll of your Martial
Arts die to the damage of this attack.
You gain proficiency in Nature and Survival.
If you have a natural weapon, you gain the following
benefits:
You have advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks made to
track creatures with natural weapons.
When you hit a creature with an unarmed strike, you can
expend 1 ki point to disable one of their natural weapons.
The creature must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a
failed save, the creature is unable to use one natural
weapon of your choice until the start of your next turn.
Creatures with the Amorphous trait have disadvantage on
all attack rolls made against you.
Masterful Form
11th-level Way of the Living Weapon feature
At 11th level, your techniques begin to develop alongside
one another, and you find yourself reflexively adapting your
disciplines as the day marches onward. When you finish a
short rest, you can replace one of your chosen disciplines
from your The Gifts of Your Kin feature with a different one.
Unlimited Potential
17th-level Way of the Living Weapon feature
At 17th level, through unearthed knowledge, discipline, and
experimentation, you have unearthed the ultimate and most
secret techniques of your kin.
If you are a construct, you can choose two of the following
disciplines:
Overclock. Select up to six creatures you can see within
10 feet. You can make a single unarmed strike against
each target. On a hit, a target takes an additional 1d10
force damage. You can use this feature a number of times
equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all
expended uses when you finish a long rest. While you
have no uses available, you can spend 3 ki points to use
this feature again.
Unleash Energy. You can expend 3 ki points to replace
one attack with a beam of searing energy from your eyes,
hands, or chest. The energy is expelled in either a 40-foot
cone or a 80-foot line that is 5 feet wide (your choice).
Each creature in that area must make a Dexterity saving
throw against your ki save DC, taking either fire or radiant
damage equal to four rolls of your Martial Arts die on a
failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your
proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when
you finish a long rest.
Bulldozer. Your unarmed strikes deal three times as
much damage to objects and structures, and your Step of
the Wind feature no longer costs a ki point. In addition,
when you enter a space occupied by an object or
structure, you can choose to deal bludgeoning damage to
it equal to four rolls of your Martial Arts Die.
If you are a shapechanger, you can choose two of the
following disciplines:
Fluid Form. You can move through a space as narrow as
1 foot wide without squeezing. Furthermore, you can now
take up to two reactions per round, but only once per turn.
Revolting Visage. You can expend 3 ki to project the
image of a creature’s worst fears. Each creature in a 20-
foot cone must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or
drop whatever it is holding and become frightened for 1
minute. While frightened in this way, a creature must take
the Dash action and move away from you by the safest
available route on each of its turns. If a creature fails the
save by 5 or more, it is instead restrained for the duration.
At the end of each of its turns, the target can make
another Wisdom saving throw. On a success, the spell
ends on the target.
Amalgamate. Pushing beyond the limits of your body has
caused permanent augmentations to take shape within
your very flesh. You can move through objects and
creatures as though they are two sizes smaller without
squeezing, you gain resistance to bludgeoning, piercing,
and slashing damage, and when you make a melee attack
on your turn, your reach for it is 5 feet greater than
normal.
If you have a natural weapon, you can choose one of the
following disciplines:
Vorpal Claws. You gain a +3 bonus to the attack rolls and
damage rolls you make with unarmed strikes and natural
weapons, and you ignore resistance to slashing damage.
In addition, your Flurry of Blows feature no longer costs a
ki point.
Frenzy. You have advantage on all attacks you make with
unarmed strikes and natural weapons against creatures
with less than half their hit points remaining.
Bloodhound. You gain a +3 bonus to your initiative, you
gain blindsight out to 60 feet, and you can't be surprised
while you are conscious.