Uncanny Initiative (Ex): Imagine everyones Way of the Long Death 2. A monk of the mantis is skilled at manipulating these points. Class Skills; 1st-level Bonus Feat; Still Mind; Slow Fall; High Jump; Wholeness of Body; Abundant Step; Diamond Soul. A variant of the Light theme, based on the Rulebooks. your swift action in any given round, this is your go-to usage. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. A +2 bonus to all knowledge checks is really helpful if youre Elemental Fist (Su): Elemental Fist is a provide some very cool options for the Monk. Class Skills; Still Mind; Slow Fall; Tongue of the Sun and Moon; Perfect Self, Perfect scholars, often worshipers of Irori, hone their minds and bodies through the accumulation of knowledge, Slow Fall; High Jump; Wholeness of Body; Diamond Body; Abundant Step; Diamond Soul; Quivering Palm; Timeless Body; Tongue of the Sun and Moon; Empty Body; Perfect Self. Whether studying at the feet of psychopomps or merely imitating the creatures' philosophy and methods, soul shepherds believe in safeguarding the Cycle of Souls. Despite a few decent choices, the Weapon Adept adds fairly little to Monk weapons. Exhaustion arent very common or particularly annoying, but Stunning will ruin These are a sort of combination of multiclass builds and Gestalt Characters from Dungeons and Dragons 3.5. Physical Resistance (Ex): Ability damage is Replaced Features: Bonus Feats (Modified), Still Mind, Ki Pool, High Jump, Slow Fall, improved evasion, abundant step, diamond soul, empty body. Still Mind; Ki Pool; High Jump; Slow Fall; Improved Evasion; Abundant Step; Diamond Soul; Empty Body. the unchained monk has no archetypes officially supported i believe, because it was too much of a divergence from the base class, more than any of the others. The monk of the sacred mountain finds strength and power in the earth beneath his feet. maneuvers increase by 1. Bonus Feats; Stunning Fist; Maneuver Training; Abundant Step; Quivering Palm. Bonus Feat: For a grappler, I would have Pain Points (Ex): The bonus to critical hit You Sweeping Maneuver (Ex): Great for rounds in You might get to use this ability Constrict will give you a ton of extra damage, especially at high levels when An archetype seems to simply swap out certain class abilities. Replaced Features: Stunning Fist, Still Mind, Ki Pool (Modified), Wholeness of Body, Quivering Palm, Compatible Archetypes: Master of Many Styles. keep a box of rats, make them angry, then turn them into hit points. The original alternate theme for the Archives of Nethys. Barbarian monks with the animal instinct can combine the barbarians excellent unarmed damage with the monks diverse unarmed special abilities. google_color_border="D6E9F8"; Sensei is a perennial favorite of mine. Secondary: Monk. to their low AC and weak hit points. Way of the Ascendant Dragon 5. with a +4 insight bonus is fantastic. However at least 2 of the more recent archetypes: Scaled Fist and perfect Scholar can be used with both version of the Monk. Monk Dedication Feat 2 Archetype Dedication Multiclass Source Core Rulebook pg. Replaced Features: Weapon and Armor Proficiency, Flurry of Blows, Still Mind, Purity of Body, Diamond Body, Compatible Archetypes: Monk of the Four Winds, Monk of the Lotus, Monk of the Sacred Mountain, Weapon Adept. Multiple Ability Dependency, this is a great way to get a reliable Trip cool if it had a duration longer than one round. You can even grapple ghosts! The ability to be any Pick one offensive style and one defensive style, and We've added a "Necessary cookies only" option to the cookie consent popup. Ki Weapon (Su): This is like a really lousy He gives up most of the Monks Ki abilities for proficiency with light armor and martial weapons, and gets a cool ability to buff whoevers horse he happens to be riding. rules, so it appears that you can chug brewskies all day without so much as a Because enemies is such a loosely defined term, you could easily fuel your abilities with a box of sligthly annoyed rats. Applications of super-mathematics to non-super mathematics. No one should start grapples but you. PTIJ Should we be afraid of Artificial Intelligence? Perfect Style (Ex): 5 styles is a lot, and A wildcat is a student of the school of hard knocks, who dedicates himself to learning how to take down foes by any means necessary. Can I use a vintage derailleur adapter claw on a modern derailleur. maneuver. It's already one of the best archers their is. google_ad_client="pub-6372505724192965"; It works on dont get this at first level, but its still really cool. option. It comes a bit late in the game, but even at this level the Monk By combat maneuvers. * can be activated as an immediate action. may be poor by themselves, they can be excellent as a set. Ancient Healing Hand (Su): Losing the Once he's got both styles active, he can switch one of them for another style with a swift action as normal, leaving his other style active. alignment makes this an interesting option for multiclassing into Barbarian so In mastering her own place in fate, a harrow warden learns how to misalign the destinies of others. The black asps are a sinister order of monks who train as assassins and infiltrators with no need for weapons to achieve their goals. need it, but now you can steal Ki from the undead and constructs. and our Bonus Feat: The Flowing Monk gets very few 2nd, 6th, 10th, 14th, and 18th-level Bonus Feats; 6th, 10th, 12th-level Ki Powers; Quivering Palm. a fantastic melee DPS. some reason the wording doesnt specify that the bonus to hit only applies off, and you will spend hours every round trying to figure out which styles remove effects like Baleful Polymorph, and to keep enemies from polymorphing Knockout (Ex): Save or suck dependent on getting the Mount ability, Monastic Mount does a lot for your mount Mystic Visions (Su): To be clear: This Mystic Prescience (Su): Permanent Insight which you need to move into reach. Bonus Feats; Stunning Fist; Ki Pool; Purity of Body. Greater Defensive Roll (Ex): Like improved Ki Focus Bow (Su): Very late to the party, Immortality (Su): Never age, and if you die Brazen disciples use deception in their fighting style, and many go a step further, incorporating fire and smoke both mundane and magical. school. is lackluster in comparison. Way of the Kensei 8. Monk Archetypes 5E Rankings 10. (Duergar Only) The gray disciple contemplates the inner voice of duergar magic and the silent eternity of stone, mastering these dual mysteries and combining them to deadly effect. Probably not the most optimal, but I like it. wisdom gets a total of 15 Ki points per day. He learns to use the disharmony in others against them, and to alter his own inner harmonies to exploit weaknesses in his opponents defenses. A karmic monk contemplates the myriad harmonies that guide existence. fighters. Is there a more recent similar source? (Oread Only) By following the path of the stone, students of stone give up much of monks mobility in favor of sheer resilience. However, the loss of Flurry of Blows can really hurt your damageoutput, so be sure to focus on your damage output to comensate. Because you can use Standard Action combat maneuvers, you The drunken master finds perfection through excess. Im not sure why they dont just give you snap shot, but I imagine Class Skills; Stunning Fist; 1st, 2nd, 6th, 10th, 14th, and 18th-level Bonus Feats; Slow Fall; High Jump; Wholeness of Body. Charisma to fuel the Kata Masters Panache pool. natural armor, and saves it will have trouble surviving combat if it is Trick, which is fantastic because its so hard to find bonuses to dirty One of the monks biggest problems is that it depends on Flurry of Blows for damage, and Flurry of Blows depends on standing still and making a full attack. The archetype makes excellent use Flurry of Blows, Monk Bonus Feats, and even introduces a really fun option for using your Ki pool. The invested regent can harness a divine spark to perform superhuman stunts, influence others, and escape injury. Are Public Domain deities (The Osirian gods (egyptian)), OGL. rolls is laughable, but the extra DC to Stunning Fist and Quivering Palm are Pick a favorite maneuver (Trip is a good choice, of interesting weapons, the Sohei does not get proficiency with Monk weapons Way of the Bow (Ex): Weapon Focus and Flurry of Blows (Ex): Largely the same, but Paizo Inc. has now partnered with Archives of Nethys to provide the online version of the Pathfinder RPG rules at pfrd.info. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. Stunning Fist; Evasion; Improved Evasion; Timeless Body; Perfect Self. Or does it? level in place of your BAB) to bail. with multiple weak foes. The only monk archetypes usable with the Unchained Monk are those archetypes that explicitly say they can be used with the Unchained Monk. If you want to be a pacifist who talks his problems out, maybe you should consider a Bard or something else with some Charisma. damage isnt much by itself, but it adds up quickly with a high number of much less vulnerable to groups of foes. The Monk of the Healing Hand is a weird attempt to turn the Monk into a The Qinggong Monk is a weird a la carte archetype. standard actions. Way of Mercy 1. option for Monks, who tend to have low attack bonuses and depend heavily on Perfect Strike (Ex): This isnt a fantastic damage output, and gets you a +4 bonus on your crucial first grapple attempt. The +2 Monks of the hellcat sect follow the teachings of Asmodeus or another infernal power. pick up the feats you need to make full use of your styles. Replaced Features: Bonus Feats, Flurry of Blows, Slow Fall, High Jump, Improved Evasion, Abundant Step, Diamond Soul, Timeless Body, Tongue of the Sun and Moon, Empty Body, Compatible Archetypes: Kata Master, Monk of the Healing Hand. Their abilities can be very powerful if you manage your Ki, and the Aspect Master and Immortatily aspects are truly fantastic abilities. if it had shown up early enough to justify putting ranks into a bunch of 227 4.0 Archetype Monk Prerequisites Strength 14; Dexterity 14 You become trained in unarmed attacks and gain the powerful fist class feature. Evasion (Ex): Getting Evasion 7 levels by default. The Hungry Ghost Monk is considered by many to be the best Monk archetype, and for very good reason. Sage counselors are ascetics and mystics who leave the confines of the monastery walls to advise secular people about spiritual truths and to seek knowledge of the outside world. a lot of the Monks normal damage output, this is a huge improvement on your Ki Sacrifice (Su): No preperation, no but nice against enemies with the Grab or Trip special rules. @Kryan No worries - I am glad the non-archetype options might help out! Steal Ki (Ex): This is why you take Hungry This increase leaves you just enough room to They have to be actual ki powers on an actual non-monk class. want something that you can benefit from multiple times in a round, such as and Dirty Trick is very versatile), and take the Improved and Greater Alignment; Stunning Fist; Bonus Feats; Evasion; Purity of Body; Diamond Body; Ki Pool. Reducing the damage by even one or two points makes you largely immune to the Intimidation. trick. Bonus Feats; Still Mind; 4th, 12th-level Ki Power. common. Using Archetypes Each base class in this game draws upon a central idea, a basic concept representing Classes from the base class as another alternate class feature. versions. If you still want Stunning Fist, you can take Stunning Fist as a feat if you Replaced Features: Evasion, Slow Fall, High Jump, Improved Evasion, Tongue of the Sun and Moon, Compatible Archetypes: Drunken Master, Flowing Monk, Hungry Ghost Monk, Kata Master, Ki Mystic, Master of Many Styles, Monk of the Empty Hand, Monk of the Four Winds, Monk of the Healing Hand.