Tiger: As a Bonus Action you may make an unarmed attack at the end of a Disengage or Dash action.Īt 6th level each technique gains an additional ability when known:ĭragon: You gain a permanent resistance to one dragon type of damage (acid, cold, fire, force, lightning, necrotic, poison, psychic, radiant, or thunder). Snake: You can make one unarmed attack as a reaction when missed by a melee attack. Monkey: As a Bonus Action, you may spend 2 Ki points to increase your AC by +2 for 1 minute as long as you are not wearing armor nor wielding a shield and your jump length increases by + Dex modifier in feet. If you are missed with a melee attack, you can move at 1/2 speed away without triggering an opportunity attack or move the attacker to any unoccupied adjacent space. Choose (acid, cold, fire, force, lightning, necrotic, poison, psychic, radiant, or thunder) which may be switched as a Bonus Action.Įagle: As a reaction, you harness the swiftness of an eagle for the next minute.

You gain one additional technique when you reach 6th, 11th, and 17th level.ĭragon: You may spend 1 Ki point to deal an additional martial arts die of elemental damage for the next minute when you hit a creature with your Flurry of Blows attacks. Each style requires varied situations and Ki points. You also attain the ability to cast speak with animals as a ritual.Īt 3rd level learn two of the following animal techniques with more becoming unlocked as you reach higher levels. Your martial arts mix typical movements with techniques made to mimic those of various creatures. Essentially, I wanted to make this a balanced sub-class to play at home alongside the official material.Īt 3rd level when you choose this tradition, you gain proficiency in animal handling if you don’t already have it. Likewise, the styles chosen were ones which I felt fit in most with other class’ sub-classes and the monk traditions as well. Now, with this tradition I wanted to incorporate the 5 iconic Kung-fu animal styles that are usually displayed in various forms of media while also keeping it in theme with the D&D fantasy aspects. Please know that this does borrow heavily from Brandes Stoddard’s own created tradition “Way of the Wild”, which I will link in this post for reference. This is an updated home-brew tradition that I made some time ago which is still a bit of a work in progress, but far enough along to where I feel like it can get some constructive criticism.

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