Way of the Sohei

Path of the Sohei

When you choose this tradition at 3rd level, your special training leads you to master the use of certain weapons and armor. You gain the following benefits:   Sohei Armor. You gain proficiency with light and medium armor. In addition, you gain the benefit of your Unarmored Movement class feature while you are wearing light armor.   Sohei Weapons. Choose two martial melee weapons to be your sohei weapons, each of which must lack the heavy and special properties. The naginata (use the statistics of a glaive) is also a valid choice, as the traditional weapon of the sohei. You gain proficiency with these weapons if you don't already have it. Weapons of the chosen types are monk weapons for you.   When you reach 6th, 11th, and 17th level in this class, you can choose another type of martial weapon—either melee or ranged—to be a sohei weapon for you, following the criteria above. The meteor hammer and rope dart are both valid choices. (These weapons as well as other exotic weapons are explained in the "Equipment" section of Chapter 2.)

Ki Frenzy

Starting at 3rd level, you can fight with ki empowering your strength and speed. On your turn, you can spend a ki point and use a bonus action to enter a ki frenzy. While you are in a ki frenzy, you gain the following benefits while you aren't wearing heavy armor:

• You have advantage on Dexterity checks and Dexterity saving throws
• Your movement speed on foot increases by 10 feet.
• When you make a melee weapon attack using Dexterity, you gain a +2 bonus to the damage roll.
• If you are wielding a monk weapon that you are proficiency with, you can use your Flurry of Blows Kioption to make one attack with that weapon as a bonus action, instead of two unarmed strikes.

If you are able to cast spells, you can't cast them or concentrate on them while in a ki frenzy, unless you gained them as a result of this class.   If you have the Rage class feature or a similar feature, you can't gain the benefits of both that feature and a ki frenzy at the same time. If you enter one while you are still in the other, the first feature ends.   Your ki frenzy lasts for 1 minute. It ends early if you are knocked unconscious or if your turn ends and you haven't attacked a hostile creature since your last turn or taken damage since then. You can also end your ki frenzy on your turn as a bonus action.   You can use this feature twice, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.   You can use this feature three times between long rests starting at 6th level, four times between long rests starting at 11th level, and five times between long rests starting at 17th level.

Divine Power

At 6th level, your religious devotion has bestowed a measure of divine power on you. You can use your action and spend 2 ki points to cast the divine favor spell.   In addition, you can use a bonus action and spend 2 ki points to cast the shield of faith spell. When you cast the spell in this way, you can only target yourself.

Might of the Sohei

At 11th level, your training has increased your abilities in both a martial and a religious capacity. You gain the following benefits:   Flurry of Blades. While you are in a ki frenzy and you take the Attack action on your turn, you can make a melee weapon attack with a monk weapon that you are wielding as a bonus action.
While you are in a ki frenzy and you use your Flurry of Blows Ki option, you can make two melee weapon attacks with a monk weapon you are wielding, instead of two unarmed strikes.   Restoration. You can spend 3 ki points to cast the lesser restoration spell.

Fervor of the Sohei

At 17th level, your divine fervor helps you to shrug off damage and stay in the fight. You gain the following benefits:   Death Ward. You can use an action and spend 5 ki points to cast the death ward spell on yourself.   Physical Fortitude. When you take damage from a weapon attack that deals nonmagical bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage, you can use your reaction and spend 2 ki points to halve the damage of that attack.