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About this mod
Adds a 5e RAW faithful version of the Ascendant Dragon Monk subclass. I know this has been released before under the Alternate Monk mod, but I felt this still had a place as a RAW version of the subclass.
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- This mod officially supports progression to Level 20 with Expansion only. Moving forward I will only be testing 13+ level functionality in all of my mods using Expansion.
- For the best tabletop Monk experience in BG3 I highly suggest you also use one of the 5e Monk Adjustment mods: Monk 5e Adjustments or 5eE Monk Rework.
- Script Extender is a hard requirement for portions of this mod to work.
- Improved UI is not accepting merges for custom Action Resource icons until Patch 7 drops. This mod has the icons made and ready, but they will not appear until the hold is lifted.
Way of the Ascendant Dragon
The fundamental teaching of this tradition holds that by emulating dragons, a monk becomes a more integrated part of the world and its magic. By altering their spirit to resonate with draconic might, monks who follow this tradition augment their prowess in battle, bolster their allies, and can even soar through the air on draconic wings. But all this power is in service of a greater goal: achieving a spiritual unity with the essence of the Material Plane.
Source: Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Draconic Disciple
At 3rd level, you can channel draconic power to magnify your presence and imbue your unarmed strikes with the essence of a dragon’s breath. You gain the following benefits:
- Draconic Presence. If you fail a Charisma (Intimidation) or Charisma (Persuasion) check, you can use your reaction to reroll the check, as you tap into the mighty presence of dragons. Once this feature turns a failure into a success, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.
- Draconic Strike. When you damage a target with an unarmed strike, you can change the damage type to acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison.
- Tongue of Dragons. You learn to speak, read, and write Draconic or one other language of your choice.
IMPLEMENTATION: Draconic Presence is a toggle that automatically activates during dialogues and allows you to use the benefit as Advantage on the roll. If you succeed the roll, it will not be usable again until long rest. Draconic Strike damage is controlled by a series of Draconic Disciple toggles (one for each element) that you can freely switch between to change the effects of all elemental abilities in the subclass (noted below). This was done to save hotbar space and streamline things behind the scenes. Tongue of Dragons is not applicable in BG3 so it was not implemented.
Breath of the Dragon
At 3rd level you can channel destructive waves of energy, like those created by the dragons you emulate. When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of the attacks with an exhalation of draconic energy in either a 20-foot cone or a 30-foot line that is 5 feet wide (your choice). Choose a damage type: acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison. Each creature in that area must make a Dexterity saving throw against your ki save DC, taking damage of the chosen type equal to two rolls of your Martial Arts die on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
At 11th level, the damage of this feature increases to three rolls of your Martial Arts die.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. While you have no uses available, you can spend 2 ki points to use this feature again.
IMPLEMENTATION: Rules as Written. Breath element is changed through the Draconic Disciple toggles. Please use Expansion to properly scale Martial Arts dice past 12th level. Recharge the ability using the spell on your hotbar. Visuals for the breath are intentionally done to reflect "draconic energy" in a more elegant way than a monk spewing a gullet full of acid blobs.
Wings Unfurled
At 6th level when you use your Step of the Wind, you can unfurl spectral draconic wings from your back that vanish at the end of your turn. While the wings exist, you have a flying speed equal to your walking speed.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
IMPLEMENTATION: Rules as Written. If the ability's toggle is on, you will gain flight when you Step of the Wind.
Aspect of the Wyrm
At 11th level the power of your draconic spirit now radiates from you, warding your allies or inspiring fear in your enemies. As a bonus action, you can create an aura of draconic power that radiates 10 feet from you for 1 minute. For the duration, you gain one of the following effects of your choice:
- Frightful Presence. When you create this aura, and as a bonus action on subsequent turns, you can choose a creature within the aura. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw against your ki save DC or become frightened of you for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a successful save.
Once you create this aura, you can’t create it again until you finish a long rest, unless you expend 3 ki points to create it again.
- Resistance. Choose a damage type when you activate this aura: acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison. You and your allies within the aura have resistance to that damage.
IMPLEMENTATION: Rules as Written. Resistance aura element is changed through the Draconic Disciple toggles. BG3 Frightened blocks all movement - the Frightened effect for this ability is RAW and only blocks movement towards the source of the fear. Once you use this ability for the first time in a rest cycle, its use costs will automatically change to Ki.
Ascendant Aspect
At 17th level, your draconic spirit reaches its peak. You gain the following benefits:
- Augment Breath. When you use your Breath of the Dragon, you can spend 1 ki point to augment its shape and power. The exhalation of draconic energy becomes either a 60-foot cone or a 90-foot line that is 5 feet wide (your choice), and each creature in that area takes damage equal to four rolls of your Martial Arts die on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
- Blindsight. You gain blindsight out to 10 feet. Within that range, you can effectively see anything that isn’t behind total cover, even if you’re blinded or in darkness. Moreover, you can see an invisible creature within that range, unless the creature successfully hides from you.
- Explosive Fury. When you activate your Aspect of the Wyrm, draconic fury explodes from you. Choose any number of creatures you can see in your aura. Each of those creatures must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw against your ki save DC or take 3d10 acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison damage (your choice).
IMPLEMENTATION: Rules as Written. Augment Breath will show as upcasts for your Breath of the Dragon ability. Blindsight with range rules has been nicely done already by drkekyll in their Tasha's Fighting Styles RAW mod, so in order to have this specific feature work, you will need their mod loaded as well. Explosive Fury works as an interrupt.
Special thanks to VladmirFFXI and DiZ91891 for their VFX guidance while I was figuring stuff out, and to TheCeruleanWitch for the unsolicited subclass icon (which I liked a lot better than my own).
