Way of the Steel Fist (5e Subclass)
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Way of the Steel Fist[edit]
Monk Subclass
Deep within the mountain, where the forges rumble, those who follow the Way of the Steel Fist train. They become one with metal, attuned to the world itself. In doing so, they become as strong as steel, and learn to manipulate metal as if it were nothing.
Due to the placement of it’s monasteries, and the general obsession over metal, the most common followers of this tradition are dwarves.
- Metal Keen
Also at 3rd level, you gain the mending and magic stone cantrips, using Wisdom as your casting modifier for these spells.
Additionally, you have proficiency in Smith’s Tools, if you did not already, and you double your proficiency bonus when making checks with them.
- Hardening
Starting at 3rd level, whenever you make an unarmed strike, you can choose for it to deal either bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage.
- Force of Nature
Starting at 6th level, when you make an unarmed attack against an object, it automatically counts as a critical hit. If this object is metal, you may instead do either of the following.
- You manipulate up to 50 square feet of the object, moving, reshaping, or otherwise.
- You immediately destroy up to 50 square feet of the object, as it shatters or bends into innumerable pieces.
- Sage of Steel
Starting at 11th level, you can spend 2 ki points to cast heat metal, or 5 to cast telekinesis(targeting metal only). Wisdom is your casting modifier for these spells too, and you do not need to make concentration checks for either.
- Ripple Through the Stone
You have become the ultimate siege weapon, rendering most tools of war leveled against you worthless. Starting at 17th level, when you make an attack against a creature wearing or holding some form of metal equipment, you can spend 3 ki points to render all non-magical metal equipment worthless, as it shatters and bends away from them. Magical metal equipment instead gains a -1 to either it's attack and damage modifiers, or it's AC, whichever is most relevant. If this reaches -5, it is rendered useless until repaired.
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