Ala Mhigan Monk

Beginning at 1st level, while you are wearing no armor and not wielding a shield, your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Wisdom modifier.

At 1st level, your practice of martial arts gives you mastery of combat styles that use unarmed strikes and monk weapons, which are shortswords and any simple melee weapons that don't have the two-handed or heavy property.

You gain the following benefits while you are unarmed or wielding only monk weapons and you aren't wearing armor or wielding a shield:

You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for the attack and damage rolls of your unarmed strikes and monk weapons.

You can roll 1d6 in place of the normal damage of your Unarmed Strike or Monk weapons. This die changes as you gain Monk levels, as shown in the Martial Arts column of the Ala Mhigan Monk Features table.

When you use the Attack action with an unarmed strike or a monk weapon on your turn, you can make one unarmed strike as a bonus action. For example, if you take the Attack action and attack with a quarterstaff, you can also make an unarmed strike as a bonus action, assuming you haven't already taken a bonus action this turn.

Starting at 2nd level, you learn to open chakra gates in your body, giving you a sharp increase in your physical ability. As a bonus action, you may open a chakra gate, granting you a number of chakra charges equal to your Wisdom modifier.

These charges persist in your body until you complete a short or long rest, or until you open the chakra gate again. You may use Chakra Gate a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus. Your uses of the Chakra Gate feature refresh when you complete a short or long rest.

As part of your monk training, you have learned a variety of special techniques that make use of the chakra flowing through your body. Various Monastic Artes require use of different types of chakra to activate.

Some of your Monastic Artes may require your target to make a saving throw against the attack or work in a similar way to spell casting. For such effects use the following calculations:

You can find a list of Monastic Artes at the end of the class description.

Starting at 3rd level, you have selected your elemental Riddle you consider while meditating that guides your path as a monk. You select between the Riddle of Earth, Riddle of Fire or Riddle of Wind, detailed at the end of the class description or one from another source. Your tradition grants you features at 3rd level and again at 6th, 11th, and 17th level.

Also starting at 3rd level, your rumination on an elemental riddle has awakened a second chakra gate in your body. As a bonus action, you may open the elemental chakra gate, granting you a number of elemental chakra equal to your Wisdom modifier.

These charges persist in your body until you complete a long rest, or until you open the elemental chakra gate again. You may use elemental gate a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus. Your uses of the Elemental Gate feature refresh when you complete long rest.

When you reach 4th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

At 6th level, you gain a feature granted by your Ala Mhigan Monk Archetype.

Starting at 6th level, your unarmed strikes count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.

At 7th level, your instinctive agility lets you dodge out of the way of certain area effects, such as a blue dragon's lightning breath or a fireball spell. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail.

When you reach 8th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

Starting at 9th level, when you make a Athletics (Strength) or Acrobatics (Dexterity) skill check, you may spend one chakra charge to gain advantage on the roll.

Starting at 10th level, when you take damage, you may spend a number of Chakra and Element charges up to your proficiency bonus. You gain temporary hit points equal to your proficiency bonus for each charge spent. These hit points are gained prior to applying the damage.

At 11th level, you gain a feature granted by your Ala Mhigan Monk Archetype.

Beginning at 11th level, you've learned to open a third powerful chakra gate in your body. As a bonus action you gain a number of Perfect Balance chakra charges equal to your Wisdom modifier. These charges can be used for specific Monastic Artes and as a replacement for the cost of Chakra or Element charges.

These charges persist in your body until you complete a long rest. Use of the Perfect Balance feature refreshes when you complete a long rest.

When you reach 12th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

Starting at 13th level, you have learned to make an aetherial connect with the minds so that you understand all spoken languages. Moreover, any creature that can understand a language can understand what you say.

Starting at 14th level, your mastery of chakra grants you proficiency in all saving throws.

Additionally, whenever you make a saving throw and fail, you can spend 1 chakra charge to reroll it and take the second result.

Starting at 15th level, you can feel the aura of those around you. You gain 10ft. of blindsight.

When you reach 16th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

At 17th level, you gain a feature granted by your Ala Mhigan Monk Archetype.

Starting at 18th level, your ability to channel chakra is unrivaled. When you use the Chakra Gate, Elemental Gate or Perfect Balance feature, you gain one additional charge.

When you reach 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

Beginning at 20th level, you have mastered your ability to open your chakra gates. As a bonus action, you gain the benefit of your Chakra Gate, Elemental Gate and Perfect Balance features. You may use Transcendence once, use of this feature refreshing when you complete a long rest.