While all Monks are warriors, the disciples of the Open Hand train relentlessly, honing their body itself into a weapon. THey don't neglect their spiritual training but pride themselves on their skill with martial arts, and it is exceedingly rare to see an Open Hand Monk using a weapon other than their own body.
Open Hand Techniques
3rd-Level Monk (Way of the Open Hand) Feature
You learn certain Techniques at the Monk levels noted in the table below, but they do not count against your total number of Techniques Known. Moreover, each time you gain a Monk level, you can replace one
strike Technique you learned from this feature with another
strike Technique of your choice.
| Monk Level | Technique |
|---|
| 3rd | empowered strike |
| 5th | stunning strike |
| 9th | indomitable spirit |
Practiced Strikes
3rd-Level Monk (Way of the Open Hand) Feature
Your discipline has made strikes second nature to you. Once per turn when you hit with an unarmed strike, you can use a strike Technique you know without spending a Ki Point.
You can use your strike Techniques in this way a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses each time you finish a long rest.
Ebb and Flow
6th-Level Monk (Way of the Open Hand) Feature
You have trained to redirect your enemy's momentum against them. When a creature you can see misses you with a melee attack, you can use one of the following reactions:
- You force it to make a Dexterity saving throw. On a dailed save, it is knocked prone and has its speed reduced to 0 until the end of its turn. Any creature that is at least one size larger than you has advantage on its saving throw.
- You can make one unarmed strike against the creature.
Open Hand Strike
10th-Level Mon (Way of the Open Hand) Feature
Your fists strike with such force as to disrupt the flow of your foe's Ki. When you score a critical hit with an unarmed strike, the creature has disadvantage on any saving throw that you force it to make as part of that unarmed strike attack.
Master of Many Forms
10th-level Monk (Way of the Open Hand) feature
You are able to master new Techniques with ease. During the course of a long rest, you can spend 10 minutes practicing your martial arts forms and replace a Technique you currently know with another Technique of your choice for which you meet the prerequisites.
Master of the Open Hand
17th-Level Monk (Way of the Open Hand) Feature
You have become an unparalleled master of unarmed martial arts and are able to strike with both overwhelming power and wondrous speed. You gain the benefits listed below:
- Whenever you use Flurry of Blows you can make three unarmed strikes instead of the normal two.
- When you make an attack of opportunity against a creature, you can make two unarmed strikes in place of that attack.
- You gain the Attack of Opportunity feat if you do not already have it.
- When you use Ebb and Flow to make an unarmed strike against a creature, you can make two unarmed strikes.
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