5e24:Monk

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Monk exists in other D&D editions see:

Monk (disambiguation).

D&D 5e (2024)
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Monk is a class in 5th edition (2024).

Core Monk Traits

Core Monk Traits
Primary Ability	Dexterity or Wisdom
Hit Point Die	D8 per Monk level
Saving Throw Proficiencies	Strength and Dexterity
Skill Proficiencies	Choose any 2 Acrobatics, Athletics, History, Insight, Religion, or Stealth
Weapon Proficiencies	Simples and Martial Weapons that have the Light property
Tool Proficiencies	Choose 1 Artisan's Tools or Musical Instrument
Armor Training	None
Starting Equipment	Choose A, or B: (A) Spear, 5 Daggers, Artisan's Tools or Musical Instrument chosen for the tool proficiency above, Explorer's Pack, and 11 GP; or (B) 50 GP

Becoming a Monk

  

As a Level 1 Character

• Gain all the traits in the Core Monk Traits table.
• Gain the Monk’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Monk Features table.

As a Multiclass Fighter

• Gain the Hit Point Die trait from the Core Monk Traits table.
• Gain the Monk’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Monk Features table.

Monk Features

Monk Features

Level	Proficiency Bonus	Features	Martial Arts	Focus Points	Unarmored Movement
1st	+2	Martial Arts, Unarmored Defense	1d6	—	—
2nd	+2	Monk's Focus, Unarmored Movement, Uncanny Metabolism	1d6	2	+10 ft.
3rd	+2	Deflect Attacks, Monk Subclass	1d6	3	+10 ft.
4th	+2	Ability Score Increase, Slow Fall	1d6	3	+10 ft.
5th	+3	Extra Attack, Stunning Strike	1d8	5	+10 ft.
6th	+3	Empowered Strikes, Subclass feature	1d8	6	+15 ft.
7th	+3	Evasion	1d8	7	+15 ft.
8th	+3	Ability Score Improvement	1d8	8	+15 ft.
9th	+4	Acrobatic Movement	1d8	9	+15 ft.
10th	+4	Heightened Focus, Self-Restoration	1d8	10	+20 ft.
11th	+4	Subclass feature	1d10	11	+20 ft.
12th	+4	Ability Score Improvement	1d10	12	+20 ft.
13th	+5	Deflect Energy	1d10	13	+20 ft.
14th	+5	Disciplined Survivor	1d10	14	+25 ft.
15th	+5	Perfect Focus	1d10	15	+25 ft.
16th	+5	Ability Score Improvement	1d10	16	+25 ft.
17th	+6	Subclass Feature	1d12	17	+25 ft.
18th	+6	Superior Defense	1d12	18	+30 ft.
19th	+6	Epic Boon	1d12	19	+30 ft.
20th	+6	Body and Mind	1d12	19	+30 ft.

Martial Arts

1st level  
Your practice of martial arts gives you mastery of combat styles that use your Unarmed Strike and Monk Weapons, which are the following:

• Simple Melee Weapons
• Martial Melee weapons that have the Light property

You gain the following benefits while you are unarmed or wielding only Monk weapons and you aren’t wearing armor or wielding a Shield.

Bonus Unarmed Strike. You can make an Unarmed Strike as a Bonus Action.

Martial Arts Die. You can roll 1d6 in place of the normal damage of your Unarmed Strike or Monk Weapons. This die changes as you gain Monk levels, as shown in the Martial Arts column of the Monk Features table.

Dexterous Attacks. You can use your Dexterity modifier instead of your Strength modifier for the attack and damage rolls of your Unarmed Strikes and Monk weapons. In addition, when you use the Grapple or Shove option of your Unarmed Strike, you can use your Dexterity modifier instead of your Strength modifier to determine the save DC.

Unarmored Defense

1st level  
While you aren’t wearing armor or wielding a Shield, your base Armor Class equals 10 plus your Dexterity and Wisdom modifiers.

Monk's Focus

2nd level   Your focus and martial training allow you to harness a well of extraordinary energy within yourself. This energy is represented by Focus Points. Your Monk level determines the number of points you have, as shown in the Focus Points column of the Monk Features table.

You can expend these points to enhance or fuel certain Monk features. You start knowing three such features: Flurry of Blows, Patient Defense, and Step of the Wind, each of which is detailed below.

When you expend a Focus Point, it is unavailable until you finish a short or long rest, at the end of which you regain all your expended points.

Some features that use Focus Points require your target to make a saving throw. The save DC equals 8 plus your Wisdom modifier and Proficiency Bonus.

Flurry of Blows. You can expend 1 Focus Point to make two Unarmed Strikes as a Bonus Action.

Patient Defense. You can take the Disengage action as a Bonus Action. Alternatively, you can expend 1 Focus Point to take both the Disengage and the Dodge actions as a Bonus Action.

Step of the Wind. You can take the Dash action as a Bonus Action. Alternatively, you can expend 1 Focus Point to take both the Disengage and Dash actions as a Bonus Action, and your jump distance is doubled for the Turn.

Unarmored Movement

2nd level  
Your speed increases by 10 feet while you aren’t wearing armor or wielding a Shield. This bonus increases when you reach certain Monk levels, as shown on the Monk Features table.

Uncanny Metabolism

2nd level  
When you roll Initiative, you can regain all expended Focus Points. When you do so, roll your Martial Arts die, and regain a number of Hit Points equal to your Monk level plus the number rolled.

Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a Long Rest.

Defect Attacks

3rdlevel  
When an attack roll hits you and its damage includes Bludgeoning, Piercing, or Slashing damage, you can take a Reaction to reduce the attack’s total damage against you. The reduction equals 1d10 plus your Dexterity modifier and Monk level.

If you reduce the damage to 0, you can expend 1 Focus Point to redirect some of the attack’s force. If you do so, choose a creature you can see within 5 feet of yourself if the attack was a melee attack or a creature you can see within 60 feet of yourself that isn’t behind Total Cover if the attack was a ranged attack. That creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take damage equal to two rolls of your Martial Arts die plus your Dexterity modifier. The damage is the same type dealt by the attack.

Monk Subclass

3rd level  
You gain a Monk subclass of your choice. The Warrior of the Open Hand subclass is detailed after this class’s description. A subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Monk levels. For the rest of your career, you gain each of your subclass’s features that are of your Monk level or lower.

List of Monk Subclasses

Note: This section contains information beyond the SRD 5.2

4 official and unofficial subclasses.

Subclass	Features	Flags	License	Source
Warrior of the Elements	Elemental Attunement, Manipulate Elements, Elemental Burst, Stride of the Elements, Elemental Epitome	Canon, Pointer	Fair Use	Player's Handbook (5e24)
Warrior of Mercy	Hand of Harm, Hand of Healing, Implements of Mercy, Physician's Touch, Flurry of Healing and Harm, Hand of Ultimate Mercy	Canon, Pointer	Fair Use	Player's Handbook (5e24)
Warrior of Shadow	Shadow Arts, Shadow Step, Improved Shadow Step, Cloak of Shadows	Canon, Pointer	Fair Use	Player's Handbook (5e24)
Warrior of the Open Hand	Open Hand Technique, Wholeness of Body, Fleet Step, Quivering Palm	Canon	CC-BY	SRD 5.2

Ability Score Improvement

4th, 8th, 12th, 16th level  
You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat or another feat of your choice for which you qualify. You gain this feature again at Fighter levels 8, 12, and 16.

Slow Fall

4th level  
You can take a Reaction when you fall to reduce any damage you take from the fall by an amount equal to five times your Monk level.

Extra Attack

5th level  
You can attack twice instead of once whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Stunning Strike

5th level  
Once per turn when you hit a creature with a Monk weapon or an Unarmed Strike, you can expend 1 Focus Point to attempt a stunning strike. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the target has the Stunned condition until the start of your next turn. On a successful save, the target’s Speed is halved until the start of your next turn, and the next attack roll made against the target before then has Advantage.

Empowered Strikes

6th level  
Whenever you deal damage with your Unarmed Strike, it can deal your choice of Force damage or its normal damage type.

Evasion

7th level  
When you’re subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw and only half damage if you fail.

You don’t benefit from this feature if you have the Incapacitated condition.

Acrobatic Movement

9th level  
While you aren’t wearing armor or wielding a Shield, you gain the ability to move along vertical surfaces and across liquids on your turn without falling during the movement.

Heightened Focus

10th level  
Your {iplink|Flurry of Blows}}, Patient Defense, and Step of the Wind gain the following benefits.

Flurry of Blows. You can expend 1 Focus Point to use Flurry of Blows and make three Unarmed Strikes with it instead of two.

Patient Defense. When you expend a Focus Point to use Patient Defense, you gain a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to two rolls of your Martial Arts die.

Step of the Wind. When you expend a Focus Point to use Step of the Wind, you can choose a willing creature within 5 feet of yourself that is Large or smaller. You move the creature with you until the end of your turn. The creature’s movement doesn’t provoke Opportunity Attacks.

Self-Restoration

10th level  
Through sheer force of will, you can remove one of the following conditions from yourself at the end of each of your turns: Charmed, Frightened, or Poisoned.

In addition, forgoing food and drink doesn’t give you levels of Exhaustion.

Deflect Energy

13th level  
You can now use your Deflect Attacks feature against attacks that deal any damage type, not just Bludgeoning, Piercing, or Slashing.

Disciplined Survivor

14th level  
Your physical and mental discipline grant you proficiency in all saving throws.

Additionally, whenever you make a saving throw and fail, you can expend 1 Focus Point to reroll it, and you must use the new roll.

Perfect Focus

15th level  
When you roll Initiative and don’t use Uncanny Metabolism, you regain expended Focus Points until you have 4 if you have 3 or fewer.

Superior Defense

18th level  
At the start of your turn, you can expend 3 Focus Points to bolster yourself against harm for 1 minute or until you have the Incapacitated condition. During that time, you have Resistance to all damage except Force damage.

Epic Boon

19th level  
You gain an Epic Boon feat or another feat of your choice for which you qualify. Boon of Irresistible Offense is recommended.

Body and Mind

20th level  
You have developed your body and mind to new heights. Your Dexterity and Wisdom scores increase by 4, to a maximum of 25.

End of the SRD 5.2 material

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Description

Unofficial Description: Monks are individuals trained in a religious or philosophical order. Their power derives from discipline and training.

Sources and Notes

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