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Way of the Open Hand

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You specialise in unarmed combat, using your hands and control of ki to heal or inflict grievous hurt.
Class Monk Open Hand Badge Icon.png
Class Monk Open Hand Badge Icon.png
You specialise in unarmed combat, using your hands and control of ki to heal or inflict grievous hurt.

Way of the Open Hand is one of the subclasses of Monk Monk. It can be chosen at level 3. These monks are more specialized in using unarmed attacks to strike their opponents down.

Subclass Features

This subclass obtains all the features from its base class, Monk, in addition to its unique features outlined below.

Level 3

Open Hand Technique

See the Flurry of Blows Flurry of Blows page for additional details on the base ability.

Level 6

Manifestation of Mind, Body and Soul

Set of three toggleable passive features. Only one of the following can be active at any one time.

  • Manifestation of Body Manifestation of Body: Your hands sap the ki from your enemies' bodies. Your unarmed attacks deal an additional 1d4 + Wisdom ModifierDamage TypesNecrotic damage.
  • Manifestation of Mind Manifestation of Mind: Your strikes interrupt the ki flow to your enemies' minds. Your unarmed attacks deal an additional 1d4 + Wisdom ModifierDamage TypesPsychic damage.
  • Manifestation of Soul Manifestation of Soul: Infuse your strikes with ki from outside your body. Your unarmed attacks deal an additional 1d4 + Wisdom ModifierDamage TypesRadiant damage.

Wholeness of Body Wholeness of Body

  • Regain half your Ki Point and enter a temporary state of Wholeness where you regain 1 Ki Point per turn and have an extra Bonus action.
  • Restores 3 x Monk Levelhit points

Level 9

Ki Resonation

  • Ki Resonation: Punch Ki Resonation: Punch: Use an Action to hit a creature with your bare fists, making the ki in its body Resonate with yours. You can then make the ki explode with Ki Resonation: Blast.
  • Ki Resonation: Blast Ki Resonation: Blast: Detonate the ki of a creature Resonating with you, hitting the creature and anyone within 5m/17ft of it. The resulting explosion causes any nearby creatures Resonating with you to also detonate. On Dexterity saving throw targets still take half damage.

Level 11

Tranquility Tranquility

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