Way of the Daoist (5e Subclass)
Way of the Daoist[edit]
The way of the Daoist is a new tradition created by the martial artist Warrenie who was inspired by one of friends wild physical might that relies on stimulating the practitioners life energy or Yang Ki for the purposes of extreme martial arts
- Body of Yang
At 3rd level, you gain the ability to sharpen your mind and body. you senses grow sharper giving you advantage on perception checks. additionally you now use dexterity instead of strength for the purpose of jumping.
- Yang Mode
When you reach 6th level, you can spend your bonus action and 3 Ki points to oversaturate your body causing it to grow stronger temporarily. you gain temp hp equal to twice your monk level, your melee attacks deal a roll of your martial arts dice in damage and your jump distance is multiplied by 5. physically your eyes gain a slight yellow glow, you grow a foot taller and your muscles balloon in size to fill out your frame.
Additionally you grow to master your enhanced senses giving you proficiency perception checks, if you already have proficiency in perception you now have double proficiency.
- Extreme Yang Mode
Starting at 11th level, when you activate Yang Mode you can spend 3 additional Ki points to boost your strength further. The bonuses from Yang Mode double and you count as one size larger. Physically your height increases by 4 feet, your muscles balloon further and yellow Ki radiates off your body shedding dim light in a 5 foot radius around you. after Extreme Yang Mode ends do a dc 15 constitution save, on a fail gain a level of exhaustion.
- Liquid Ki
At 17th level, you learn to condense the life energy in your body in a liquid bead of yang Ki. As an action you can spend all of your hit dice to create a bead of ki inside your body. when you use this action you must have all your hit dice for it to work and must succeed on a dc 20 wisdom saving throw to create a bead. if you fail the saving throw your hit dice are still spent and you gain 2 levels of exhaustion. when you successfully create a bead it is stored in your heart camber which can hold a maximum of 3 beads at a time. While you have liquid ki in your body you can release a bead inside your bloodstream to give you a boost. As a bonus action when you hit with an unharmed attack you add half your level in martial arts dice to the damage or as a bonus action heal for an amount of hp equal to half of your hit dice. (both abilities rounded down)
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