What is a Monk
Monks are known for being Fast, athletic, and dangerous close-quarter combatants. They are masters of ancient or unique fighting styles that gives them ability to tackle beings much stronger than them. From level 2 onwards Monks gain a resource called “Ki Points” that they can expend to gain new movement option, catching projectiles and throwing them back, stunning foes, and gain extra attacks. Monks have no need for armour due to their martial arts. They gain a “natural armour” meaning there is no need for regular armour. Monks main mean of attack is their unarmed strike (punches, kicks, etc) and beside from “Martial weapons” such as bow staff, you will not be able to use any of your offensive abilities effectively.
The following are Monk subclasses.
- Warrior of Mercy: You are a master Physician, your hands become a source of healing and/or harming. (Players Handbook 2024)
- Warrior of Pride: Most Monks are humble and selfless, you are not most Monks. Your pride is your most precious treasure and anyone who damages your pride (and health) will suffer a vengeful retaliation. (Grim Hallow: Player’s Guide)
- Warrior of Regret: Your sins will follow you down the road of redemption and your Regret and sorrow for the things you have done will bring your shadow to life to aid you in combat. (Grim Hallow: Player’s Guide)
- Warrior of Shadow: Darkness is your ally, summon a dome of Darkness in battle hide your actions and allow yourself to teleport. (Players Handbook 2024)
- Warrior of the elements: Your favourite show growing up is Avatar the last Airbender, so when you found out controlling the elements was possible you went all in on this fighting style. (Players Handbook 2024)
- Warrior of the Leaden Crown: Gain psychic powers to punch otherworldly treats. (Grim Hallow: Player’s Guide)
- Warrior of the Open Hand: Become a master of unarmed combat and launch foes away (aka Monk +). (Players Handbook 2024)
- Warrior of the Street: Combing the inspiration from some of the most famous fighting games with the real-life practical experience that you gain from back-alley brawls to develop a fighting style that comes straight out of the Street Fighter Franchise. (Valda’s Spire of Secrets: Player Pack.)
- Way of the Aether: If JoJo Bizarre Adventure and Danny Phantom had child, that child be your subclass. Use ghostly energy to allow your soul to extend beyond your mortal body and aid you in battle. (The Griffon’s saddlebag: Book two)
- Way of the Ascendant Dragon: You have a fighting style inspired by the Dragons that dominate every food chain that they are apart of. With this power you now dominated the battlefield in a comparable way. (Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons)
- Way of the Astral Self: Focus the energy inside your body to form a layer of armour on top of your arms to deal more damage. (Tasha’s cauldron everything)
- Way of the Drunken Master: A fighting style that specializes in fighting multiple foes at once. (Xanather’s Guide to everything)
- Way of the Kensei: Gain the ability to use two weapon type as your Kensei weapon which you can enhance with your Ki. (Xanather’s Guide to everything)
- Way of the Long Death: This fighting style allows you to become the angel of death of the martial art world and effect the life forces of others. (Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide)
- Way of the Sun Soul: Just like in Dragon Ball, you can channel the energy inside your body in the form a projectile and enter an empower state. (Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide)
- *Way the Cobalt Soul: Through years of training you have become a deadly secret agent with the ability to extract information from your foes by hitting pressure point. (Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn)
- *Sheep Dragon Shepherd: From your experience herding Sheep Dragons has allowed you to herd your allies as well as have a limited control of the air around you. (Obojima: Tales from the Tall Grass)
