Water Whip

Water Whip is an action that allows a Way of the Four Elements monk to either knock a target prone, or pull it closer.

Description

Possibly pulls a target 9 m / 30 ft toward you or knocks it  Prone.

Properties

Cost

 Action +  2 Ki Points
Damage: 3~30

3d10Bludgeoning

Details

DEX Save (Weapon action DC) (On Save: Target still takes half damage but no other effects)

 Range: 9 m / 30  ft

At higher levels

At level 9 with  Improved Elemental Casting, the damage increases to 4d10Bludgeoning.

Technical details

UIDs

Target_WaterWhip

The normal version accessible through Way of the Four Elements

Target_WaterWhip_Umberlee

Version used by Allandra Grey that does not used Ki points or grant a bonus unarmed strike

Spell flags

DisableBlood, IsHarmful, IsLinkedSpellContainer

Variants

•  Water Whip: Knock Prone
•  Water Whip: Pull

Grants:

•  Martial Arts: Bonus Unarmed Strike

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 3: Way of the Four Elements

Notes

• Along with  Fangs of the Fire Snake (which uses an unarmed attack roll), this is the only other Way of Four Elements abilities that scales with Strength or Dexterity rather than Wisdom.
• Since this uses weapon action DC, Heightened Manoeuvre from the Gauntlets of the Warmaster will apply. Conversely, bonuses to spell save DC such as Lay Bare Their Weakness from the Hat of Uninhibited Kushigo will not apply.

Bugs

• The combat log will incorrectly show the DC calculation as the base DC + Wisdom modifier + proficiency bonus, but the resulting DC will still be based on the higher of the character's Dexterity or Strength modifier.