Monk - Way of The Soul Knife - GM Binder

Monk: Way of the Soul Knife If you spend 1 ki or more on your Discipline abilities as part
of your action on your turn, you can then immediately make

Monks of the Way of the Soul Knife are monks who have one unarmed strike as a bonus action.
learned to harnass and focus their ki, using their inner will
and focus to control psionic powers - primarily into a blade of Art of the Soul Knife
pure Psionic power: a Soul Knife. Starting at 6th level, your expertise with the blade allows you
to control it in unique and powerful ways.
Soul Knife
Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you've Extended Knife
learned to focus your ki into a psionic blade. As a bonus You can expend 1 ki point to give your weapon the Reach
action, you can create a blade of pure scintillating psionic property until the end of your turn.
energy. The blade you create this way most typically takes the Psionic Flurry
form of a knife-like blade projecting from your fist, but you When you make a Flurry of Blows, you can make the
can shape it however you choose. You can choose to create additional attacks with your Soul Knife.
multiple blades, but any blade you are not holding vanishes at
the end of your turn and must be resummoned. Soul Strike
Regardless of the form it takes, the weapon is a monk When you take the attack action, you can focus. Make a
weapon for you, deals 1d8 psychic damage, and has the light, single attack using your action (forgoing any additional
finesse, and thrown(20/60) properties. attacks gained from Extra Attack) to ignore all armor a
Psionic Ki creature has and treating its AC as 10 + its dexterity. On a hit,
Additionally at 3rd level, you gain the Telekinetics Discipline; the creature takes additional damage equal to your wisdom
this can be found under the Disciplines list of the Psion class. modifier.
You can use ki points as psi points, with a limit of 1 ki point. Power of the Mind
This limit increases to 2 ki points at level 5, 3 ki points at Starting at 11th level, your Psionic abilities manifest more
level 9, 4 ki points at level 14, and 5 ki points at level 17. completely, giving you greater control and power in your
psionic abilities.
Psion Integration Ethereal Sweep
Alternatively, with the agreement of your DM, you When you use Extended Knife, you can sweep or stab
can select any one Discipline from the Psion through multiple creatures with a single blow. Once per turn,
Psionic Disciplines List. when you make an attack with your Soul Knife, you can make
Additionally, if your character has both Psi a single additional weapon attack with your Soul Knife
Points and Ki Points, those are added together into against another creature within range.
one pool and can be used interchangably. Your Psi
Limit (and the limit you can use Ki Points as Psi Consumptive Blade
Points) becomes your Psi Limit + one third of your Whenever you kill a creature with your Soul Knife that has
Monk levels rounded down. an Intelligence of 6 or higher, you can can use your reaction
draw in part of their Psionic essence. You regain 1d4 hit
points and 1 expended ki point.
Empowered Discipline
When you use your Discipline, you can expend 1 ki point
for free without exhausting the ki point on empowering the
Psionic Power granted by the Discipline (this cannot be used
on the spells granted by the Discipline).
Transcendent Knife
Starting at 17th level, your Soul Knife becomes an peerless
weapon. You can add a +1 to its attack and damage rolls. You
can choose for your knife to effect inanimate material,
causing it to gain the Siege property and deal force damage
to it when you choose. Reactions that parry or block to add
Armor Class against an attack are ineffective against attacks
made with the Soul Knife.
Additionally, critical strikes from your weapon rends soul
of the target. If a creature would have less than 50 hit points
after taking damage from your critical strike, the creature
must make a Charisma saving throw. On failure, its Charisma
becomes zero and it dies.
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Soulknife Quirks Psionic Discipline (from Psion)
The following are some optional quirks for a player of this
Way Telekinetic Hands
When you gain this feature, you can manipulate small objects
d6 Quirk within 30 feet with your mind as if using your hand to
You carry around a bladeless sword hilt for your interact with it. You can use this power to manipulate an
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Soul Knife blade. object, open an unlocked door or container, stow or retrieve
an item from an open container, or pour the contents out of a
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You occasionally attempt to cut fruit with your vial. You cannot Attack, activate magical items, or carry more
Soul Knife. than 10 pounds in this manner. You can move an item you are
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You refer to your actions as the will of the living controlling in this way up to 30 feet during your turn.
Ki. You can spend 1 psi point to increase how much you can
You view killing things with your psionic
lift by 100 pounds for 1 turn.
4 powers as evil, but killing things with your Soul
Knife as perfectly okay.
Telekinetic Force
Psionic Power
You have endless platitudes about temperance
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and control. Casting Time: 1 Action
Range: 60 feet
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You practice obscure martial art form stances Components: S
every morning. Duration: Instantaneous
You smash a target creature you can see or object with your
Soul Knife Magical Items
mental power. The target must succeed on a Strength saving
throw, or take 1d10 bludgeoning damage and be knocked 5
A Way of the Soul Knife monk without a magical feet in a direction of your choosing or knocked prone.
weapon would quickly find themselves eying a +1
Quarterstaff and discarding the main focus of their You can spend Psi Points up to your per use limit to add the
subclass, so consider giving a Way of the Soulknife following modifiers to Telekinetic Force (you can add multiple
Monk the following one of the items as other modifiers). The points must be spent when choosing the
players start acquiring magic items: target of the power.
Hammering (1+ psi points): The target takes +1d10
Psi Focus Crystal bludgeoning damage for each point spent.
Wondrous Item, Uncommon/Rare/Very Rare Hurling (1-3 psi points): The target is knocked +10 feet in a
Embedded in a ring, braclet, bladeless sword hilt, or direction of your chosing for each point spent.
similar item, this small gem seems to have minimal value to
the casual observer, but has perfect psionic resonance. Crushing (2 psi points): The target is restrained until the end
While carried by a Way of the Soul Knife Monk, that monk of its next turn.
can use this crystal to focus a purer Soul Knife, adding Sweeping (3 psi points): You can target all creatures in a 10
+1/+2/+3 (based on rarity) to attack and damage rolls with foot radius of a point within range.
their Soul Knife.
Alternate Effects
Additionally, when you learn the Telekinesis psionic
discipline you can use your Psionics feature to cast the
following spells as per the rules defined in the feature:
Points Cost Alternate Effects
1 jump, catapult, thunderwave
2 levitate, dust devil, shatter
3 fly, erupting earth
4 Otiluke's resilient sphere
5 telekinesis, animate objects, wall of force
If a spell can be cast at a higher level, you can spend an

additional psi point to cast it at that higher level.
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Monk: Way of the Soul Knife If you spend 1 ki or more on your Discipline abilities as part

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If a spell can be cast at a higher level, you can spend an

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