Bottom Heavy
When you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you dedicate
yourself to ritual combat, gaining the following benefits:
- You become proficient in the Athletics skill and Calligrapher’s Supplies if you are not already.
- The nature of your Unarmored Defense changes. While wearing no armor and not wielding a shield, your AC equals 10 + your Strength modifier + your Wisdom modifier.
- You can use your reaction to grant yourself advantage on saving throws or Strength (Athletics) contests that would knock you prone, and reduce the distance of any undesired push or pull effect you are subject to by half.
Oshi-Zumo
Also at 3rd level, once on your turn when you hit a
creature no more than one size category larger than you
with an unarmed strike, you can spend 1 ki point to push
the target up to 10 feet away from you. The target makes
Strength saving throw. If you hit the creature with two or
more unarmed strikes on your turn, the target has
disadvantage on their saving throw.
The number of pushes you can make on your turn, and
the distance you can push a creature increases at 9th
level (two shoves, 15 feet), and 17th level (three shoves).
Crushing Grapple
At 6th level, your you can use your girth as a weapon.
Once on your turn, you can perform one of the following
two maneuvers:
- Kuisagaru. When you hit a creature with an unarmed strike, you can immediately attempt to grapple it.
- Orochi Crush. When you hit a creature you are grappling with an unarmed strike, you deal additional bludgeoning damage to the target equal to your martial arts die.
Flying Deashi
At 11th level, when you use your Step of the Wind
feature, you gain a flying speed equal to your movement
speed until the end of your turn. Your flight(s) must begin
from a stable surface, and move in a straight line. You
fall if you end your turn and nothing is holding you aloft.
Purified Dohyo
Also at 11th level, you can spend 4 ki points to cast the
magic circle spell, substituting a handful of salt as the
material component for the spell.
Hundred Hand Slap
At 17th level, you can unleash an all-out assault against a
single opponent. When you take the Attack action and
make both attacks against the same creature, you can
use your bonus action to spend up to 6 additional ki
points, making one unarmed strike against that same
target for each ki point spent.
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