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Distraction functions only when a creature is able to either only see or hear the rogue, depending on whether the rogue's attempt at Stealth was to hide or move without making sound. This is left to the GM's discretion. If a creature is able to fully focus on the rogue and both sees and hears her, Distraction does not have any effect. This ability can only be used during any given attempt at Stealth. If the same creature detects the rogue again, this ability has no further effect.

If a rogue takes more time to study her environment, she can to refine this gut feeling into more pertinant information. With a second full-round action, the rogue becomes aware of how many creatures within range are using the Stealth skill. With a third full-round action, she can to pin-point the location of each creature within range. With a fourth full-round action, she also becomes aware of creatures using magical forms of concealment (such as invisibility, silence or related effects, and even Illusion spells that alter one's appearence). Each of these rounds must be spent consecutively in order to gain additional benefit from this feature.

If a rogue confirms a critical hit with a sneak attack, she may re-roll any die of sneak attack damage that results in a natural "1." She must abide by the second roll of any given die, even if they roll additional "1's." Sneak attack damage is not multiplied, or affected in any other way, by a critical hit.

A ranged attack can count as a sneak attack only if the rogue's target is up to 30 feet away from her. She cannot strike with the requisite accuracy if her target is any further away. Creatures whose vitals are well-protected or are otherwise exceptionally difficult to strike may have protection against a rogue's sneak attack; if her opponent is not subject to extra damage from a critical hit, or is somehow resistant to critical hits (such as the fortification armor quality), that same immunity or resistance applies against sneak attacks. Similarly, the rogue cannot sneak attack a creature that benefits from concealment, nor can a rogue sneak attack a foe by attacking an appendage if is vitals are out of reach.

With a weapon that deals nonlethal damage (a sap, whip, or unarmed strike), a rogue can make a sneak attack that deals nonlethal damage instead of lethal damage. She cannot use a weapon that deals lethal damage to attempt a nonlethal sneak attack, not even with the usual -4 penalty; the rogue must make optimal use of her weapon and its design in order to perform a sneak attack.

If a rogue takes more time to study her environment, she can to refine this gut feeling into more pertinant information. With a second full-round action, the rogue becomes aware of how many creatures within range are using the Stealth skill. With a third full-round action, she can to pin-point the location of each creature within range. With a fourth full-round action, she also becomes aware of creatures using magical forms of concealment (such as invisibility, silence or related effects, and even Illusion spells that alter one's appearence). Each of these rounds must be spent consecutively in order to gain additional benefit from Stealth Sense.

If the rogue gets to act during a surprise round, she may instead cry out to alert her allies to the impending ambush. While she herself is no longer able to act on the surprise round, each of her allies within thirty feet of her can act even if they would have been otherwise caught by surprise.

When rolling for initiative, the rogue can yell for her allies to rally together or to come to her defense. She makes a normal roll for initiative, but she automatically goes last in the round. Instead, any ally within thirty feet of her can use either their initiative roll or hers, whichever is better.

If the rogue has the Trapsmith talent (see above), she may also scream to her allies to warn them of a trap that has just been triggered. The rogue may then reduce her own trap sense bonus by any amount of her choice, as long as she has at least a +1 bonus left; each ally that hears her then gains a trap sense bonus equal to the number of points the rogue sacrificed. The effects of such a shout last for 1 round.

• A novice acrobat is not flat-footed while using Acrobatics to move across narrow or uneven surfaces. She is not knocked down from damage. Additionally, she requires half the normal as long to squeeze through tight spaces (see the Escape Artist skill in the Core Rulebook).
• An apprentice acrobat can roll out the momentum of terrible falls. When she makes an Acrobatics check to reduce the damage dealt to her by a fall, she treats the fall as though it were an additional 10 feet shorter for every 10 points by which she beats the DC of 15. For example, a result of 35 reduces the damage of her fall by 30 feet. In addition, she can use the Escape Artist skill to free herself from non-magical restraints (excluding a grapple or pin) as a move action.
• An expert acrobat who attempts to move up to her full speed on a narrow or uneven surface does not suffer the associated penalty to her Acrobatics check for the accelerated movement. She may attempt to run or charge while moving in this fashion, with her Acrobatics check penalized at -10; a separate check is required for each multiple of her speed that the acrobat moves. Lastly, an expert acrobat can use the Escape Artist skill to escape from a grapple or pin as a swift action.
• A master acrobatic can move at full speed when using Acrobatics to avoid provoking attacks of opportunity without increasing the DC of the check. Additionally, she can use the Escape Artist skill to escape from magical restraint (such as animated rope, command plants, entangle, and the like) as a standard action.

  The acrobat is capable of a defensive roll. This allows her to roll with blows that may prove lethal, the result being that she takes less damage from the attack. Once per day, when she would be reduced to 0 hp or less in combat, the acrobat can attempt to roll with an attack and take only half damage. To do so, an acrobat must make an Acrobatics check (DC = damage dealt). The acrobat must be both aware of an attack (not denied her Dex bonus to AC), and able to respond to it (she cannot be helpless). Only attacks by weapons, both natural and manufactured, can be rolled with; this feature cannot be used to defend against spells, special abilities, or attacks that can kill without dealing hit point damage.

• A novice assassin can deliver death attacks. To perform a death attack, she must spend at least 1 full round action to study her victim. If she takes damage or would be distracted in any other way (see the description for concentration, in chapter 9 of the Core Rulebook), she must make a concentration check (modified by Charisma) each round that she would be distracted. If multiple distractions present themselves in a round, use only the highest DC. If the assassin fails a single one of these checks, her attempt is ruined and she must begin anew. After studying her victim, she must attempt the death attack within one minute or be forced to study her victim over again. If the assassin's next attack against that victim is a sneak attack, then one die of extra damage is automatically maximized for each round that she studied the creature. Furthermore, the assassin enjoys a bonus on Sleight of Hand checks to conceal a weapon on her body equal to half her class level.
• An apprentice assassin can destroy evidence she may leave on the corpse of her victims. She needs one hour of uninterrupted work to mutilate a body, sweep it of hairs, and remove other traces of the victim's identity or her own presence, though this hour does not need to pass in a single sitting. For a creature smaller than Medium size, each size category reduces the amount of time required by half. Likewise, for each size category larger than Medium a creature is, this process takes twice as long (remember that two doubles equal a triple, and so on).

  After this process, it becomes impossible to identify victims, beyond their age ,gender, and creature type, by any mundane means. Investigators have no way of determining time or cause of death, and find no clues that implicate the assassin in the creature's death – or even place her at the scene of the crime. Magical practices (such as divination spells) are unhindered by this feature, if their spell level is at least equal to half the rogue's class level (rounding down). Furthermore, the assassin learns several techniques to conceal evidence of her presence and her passing; the DC of Survival checks made to track her or creatures in her company increases by half her class level (rounding down).

• An expert assassin masters a secret dark art that allows her to siphon away the life force of her victims. When she delivers a death attack, she may choose to either maximize her sneak attack damage or to inflict negative levels upon a victim. If she chooses to inflict a negative level she deals no sneak attack damage, but each round she spends studying a victim allows her to inflict one negative level (up to a number of negative levels equal to the number of dice she would normally roll for sneak attack damage). Each day, a victim is allowed a Fortitude save (DC = 10 + half the assassin's class level + her Charisma modifier) to remove all such inflicted negative levels. If the assassin's death attack confirms a critical hit, one of these negative levels is instead permanent level drain and cannot be removed by a Fortitude save; only strong magic such as restoration can remove them.

  Alternatively, she may choose to deliver a swift death attack. If she does so, each round that she spends studying her intended victim allows her to maximize two dice of her sneak attack damage.

• A master assassin brings true and lasting death to those she slays; she ruins not only flesh, but also the soul. When the assassin delivers a death attack that kills her foe, that victim must make a Will save (DC = 10 + half the rogue's class level + her Charisma modifier) or their spirit is torn asunder by the attack and ceases to exist. Normal magic cannot communicate with or return life to a creature slain by a death attack; only miracle, wish, or similar strong magic can do so.

  Furthermore, the assassin can now strike at an enemy so quickly that her actions are faster than the speed of the human eye. When she delivers a death attack that outright slays an enemy, the assassin may immediately attempt a Stealth check opposed by the Perception checks of any creature in the vicinity to prevent them from realizing that she is the assailant. If her Stealth check is at least 10 points higher than that of the best opposed Perception check, then no one even notices that her victim is actually dead for 1d4+1 rounds.

• A novice athlete does not lose her Dexterity bonus to Armor Class when using the Climb skill. In similar fashion, she is not at risk of being knocked down when she takes damage; she is considered to have automatically made a successful Climb check. Furthermore, she only falls from her perch is she fails a Climb check by 10 or more, whether she is climbing on her own or attempting to catch a falling character. When attempting to catch a falling character, that character's total weight can exceed the athlete's heavy load for 1 round; after this time, if the creature has not regained its own hold, both fall.
• An apprentice athlete can make a Climb check at accelerated movement without the associated penalty to her skill check, or she may move up to her normal speed by accepting a -5 penalty to her skill check. She can make a Swim check as either a move action to move up to half her speed, or as a standard action to move up to her normal speed. She may hold her breath twice as long as normal (remember that two doubles equal a triple, so she can actually hold her breath for three times her Constitution score). Lastly, she is only dragged underwater if she fails a Swim check by 10 or more.
• An expert athlete does not need a running start to use of the Jump skill; the DC's of her Jump checks do not increase without one. Additionally, she can catch herself after falling with ease. If falling from a wall, the normal DC increases by only +10; if falling from a slope, the normal DC increase by only +5.
• A master athlete can use a full attack to attack a foe at lower elevation, making a single attack that applies the character's Strength modifier to damage, and apply the momentum of the fall to her strike. To do this, the athlete must drop from her current elevation by at least 10 feet, and must land within striking distance of her foe; the attack is made nearly upon landing, so a ranged weapon provokes an attack of opportunity as normal. She deals an extra amount of damage on this attack equal to the amount of falling damage that she herself takes from the fall. With a successful Acrobatics check, she can reduce the amount of damage she is herself subject to without reducing the amount of extra damage she inflicts upon her foe. This additional damage is not multiplied by a critical hit.

• A novice of awareness gains Uncanny Dodge. See the description of this feature under the barbarian character class. If she already has this feature from a different class, she instead gains Improved Uncanny Dodge. Additionally, she gains a bonus on Perception skill checks equal to half of her class level (minimum of +1).
• An apprentice of awareness strikes true, reducing the bonuses that her enemies enjoy from concealment (including the miss chance) and cover by one-half. She may attempt attacks of opportunity against enemies with cover relative to her (but not foes with total cover). Lastly, she gains the Low-Light Vision feature, allowing her to see twice as far as a normal human in conditions of poor illumination. This stacks with any Low-Light Vision the character may already have (remember that two doubles equal a triple, and so on).
• An expert of awareness gains Improved Uncanny Dodge. She can no longer be flanked; she reacts to enemies on opposite sides of her as easily as she can react to a single opponent. This defense denies another rogue the ability to sneak attack her by flanking her, unless they have as many levels of rogue as she does or more. Additionally, she gains the Darkvision feature, and can see up to sixty feet in total (but not magical) darkness; in these conditions, she can see only black and white. If the rogue already has darkvision, instead her total range is extended by an additional 30 feet.
• A master of awareness cannot be caught unaware. She always gets to act on a surprise round, and she is not flat-footed when an encounter begins. Lastly, her senses become so acute that she can gains Skill Focus (Perception) as a bonus feat.

• A novice of dirty fighting can sneak attack creatures that benefit from concealment against her, but not those with total concealment. Moreover, she increases the maximum range at which she can make sneak attacks by 15 feet (up to the first range increment of her weapon).
• An apprentice of dirty fighting has studied special weaknesses and vulnerabilities of enemies that traditionally confound her peers. She can deliver both critical hits and sneak attacks to oozes and elementals, and she gains flanking bonuses against these foes as well (though her allies might not, their presence still counts for determining her own flanking bonuses). In addition, she increases the maximum range at which she can make sneak attacks by 15 feet (up to the first range increment of her weapon).
• An expert of dirty fighting scores cleaner, deeper wounds when she strikes a vital area. When she confirms a critical hit with a sneak attack, she is allowed to re-roll all natural 1's and 2's on her extra damage. The normal rules regarding this reroll still apply. Furthermore, she increases the maximum range at which she can make sneak attacks by 15 feet (up to the first range increment of her weapon).
• A master of dirty fighting can deal crippling blows when an enemy is not prepared to defend themselves from her attacks. When one of her sneak attacks deals at least 1 point of damage to an enemy, she also inflicts one point of ability damage. Each time she deals this damage, she chooses which ability score to damage; damage of multiple strikes stacks. She increases the maximum range at which she can make sneak attacks by 15 feet (up to the first range increment of her weapon).

• A novice opportunist gains a further +2 bonus on attack rolls, and deals additional damage with all attacks equal to half her class level (rounded down), when flanking her opponent. In addition, she does not provoke an attack of opportunity when delivering a coup de grace.
• An apprentice opportunist gains a +4 bonus to confirm critical threats against flanked enemies. If she also has the Uncanny Dodge feature, an opportunist's enemies can only confirm critical threats against her if they are flanking her. Additionally, she may perform a coup de grace as a move action.
• An expert opportunist is considered to be flanking any enemy threatened both by herself and at least one ally, regardless of her actual position. Both the opportunist and her ally receive full benefits for flanking. Additionally, she may deliver a coup de grace attack against a creature with total concealment from her with only one round's worth of actions; a standard action to pinpoint the creature's location within its space, and a move action (as noted above) to actually deliver the attack.
• A master opportunist is able to capitalize on the distraction of her allies' attacks with one of her own. Whenever an enemy that she threatens is attacked by an ally, the opportunist may make a melee against them. This counts as an attack of opportunity, but it can only attempted once each round no matter how many attacks of opportunity the opportunist can make.

  Furthermore, when she attempts a coup de grace attack she may decide to brutally kill her enemy; the coup de grace is performed as a standard action and provokes an attack of opportunity as normal, but the opportunist adds half her class level to the Fortitude DC her enemy must make to survive. She may attempt to brutally kill an enemy with total concealment, but she must spend a full-round action to do so (and provoke an attack of opportunity).

• A novice poisoner is not at risk of poisoning herself when applying a poison to a weapon, rolls a natural 1 on Craft (Alchemy) checks to brew poisons, or rolls a natural 1 on an attack roll using a poisoned weapon. Additionally, constant exposure to toxins and their fumes have built up a resistance to them within the poisoner and she enjoys a +1 bonus on all saves versus poisons of both mundane and supernatural origin.
• An apprentice poison user can brew toxins much more quickly than others. This choice must be made when the poison user first begins to brew a poion, and it cannot be changed without the character failing to brew her poison and ruining the raw materials. When she makes a Craft (Alchemy) check to brew a poison, she must do so at a -5 penalty to her check; if successful, she counts the week's progress in gold pieces instead of silver. If her check beats the DC by 10 or more, then she counts her progress in platinum pieces instead of silver pieces.

  Additionally, she may choose to brew a more potent version of a standard toxin. This choice must be made when the poison user first begins to brew a poison, and it cannot be changed without the character failing to brew her poison and ruining the raw materials. The DC of the poison user's Craft check to brew the poison increases by five points, but she adds half her class level (rounded down) to the Fortitude DC of all doses of the poison that she successfully brews.

  Poisoners may attempt to quickly brew potent toxin. Her bonus on saving throws to resist the effects of poisons improves by +2.

• An expert of poison use may apply poisons to her weapons with a swift action. Alternatively, she may spread thin the application of a single dose of poison over two separate weapons; this requires a standard action, and coats both weapons with a full dose of the poison. At this rank, the poisoner's bonus to save versus poison effects improves by +3.
• A master poison user applies toxins to lasting effect. When she applies a poison to a single weapon, that poison remains virulent for one full round no matter how many times it deals damage or comes into contact with a creature. This may allow her to strike an enemy more than once with a single dose of the poison, having a cumulative effect as noted in Appendix I of the Core Rulebook. Additionally, her bonus on saving throws to resist the effects of poisons improves by +4.

• A novice of survival gains the Evasion feature. Whenever she is confronted by an attack that allows for a Reflex save to take only half damage, the survivor takes no damage with a successful saving throw. In addition, she selects one of the following conditions and becomes immune to it: Checked, confused, dazed, dazzled, deafened, fascinated, fatigued, shaken, and sickened.
• An apprentice of survival gains a slippery mind, which represents her ability to wriggle free from magical compulsion. If she is affected by an enchantment spell or effect and fails her save, she can attempt another save in in one round at the same DC. She gets only this one extra chance to succeed at her saving throw.

  In addition, she selects another condition to gain immunity against. She may select this condition from the list above, or she may gain an immunity to a stronger condition based on one she has already selected. This new condition (and the associated condition that she must first gain immunity to) are: blind (dazzled), blow away (checked), exhausted (fatigued), frightened (shaken), nauseated (sickened).

• An expert of survival gains the Improved Evasion Feature. Now, if she fails a Reflex saving throw against an effect that allows a saving throw for half damage (see above), the survivor takes only half damage. In addition, the survivor becomes immune to one additional condition of her choice.
• A master of survival is exceedingly difficult to kill, and receives a bonus on all saving throws to resist effects that result in death (such as death from massive damage, the petrifying gaze of a medusa, and all death effects) equal to half her class level. In addition, she becomes immune to one final condition of her choice.

• A novice of trapsmithing gains a bonus on Disable Device skill checks equal to half of her class level (minimum of +1). She may use the Disable Device skill to disarm magical traps. If she successfully disables a trap with a skill check that overcomes the DC by at least 10 points, he can study the trap, figure out how it works, and bypass it without actually disarming it; she can rig the trap so any creature she wishes can bypass it as well. Her familiarity with traps and methods of concealing them grants her Trap Sense, with a +2 bonus. See the description of this feature under the barbarian character class. Note that trap sense bonuses from multiple sources stack, unlike other bonuses.
• An apprentice trapsmith is able to disarm and disable devices faster than her peers, whether disarming a trap or sabotaging another device. She may use the Disable Device skill on a simple device with a move action, a tricky device as a standard action, a difficult device as a full-round action, or a wicked device with 1d4 rounds worth of work; she may open a lock as a standard action. In addition, her Trap Sense bonus improves by +2.
• An expert of trapsmithing does not accidentally trigger a trap with a failed Disable Device check unless she fails by 10 or more. In addition, she can take 10 on Disable Device checks, even if distracted or threatened. Moreover, she can use the Disable Device skill to open a lock as a move action. Lastly, her Trap Sense bonus improves by a further +2.
• A master trapsmith is entitled to automatically make a Perception check to notice the presence of a trap, whenever she passes within 10 feet of either the trap itself or its trigger. For all purposes, this check is resolved as if the rogue were actively searching. Lastly, her Trap Sense bonus improves by a further +2.

Coins: 25 gp

Wes has the following magic items permanently "built-in" as part of his chasis. They are immune to damage, and are considered destroyed if Wes is destroyed. They cannot be removed or replaced except with extensive mechanics work, which Wes cannot perform on himself. These items are permanent and are discharged/expended after use, even if they would be for normal characters.

A second pair of arms, small and delicate, extend from the front of Wes' torso. Normally kept folded tightly against the golem, each of these arms ends in a finely crafted hand - these hands are built-in assisting gloves, and are the golem's first choice when dealing with work that requires fine motor control (such as opening a lock or disabling a trap).

Wes' legs end in large, trapezium-shaped "feet," which are built-in boots of the cat.

• 1 - 3: 1d6 additional acid damage.
• 4 - 6: 1d6 additional cold damage.
• 7 - 9: 1d6 additional electrical damage.
• 10 - 12: 1d6 additional fire damage.
• 13 - 14: Target is sickened for 1d4 rounds (Fort negates).*15 - 16: Target is entangled for 1d4 rounds (Ref negates).
• 17 - 18: Target is staggered for 1d4 rounds (Will negates).
• 19 - 20: Two effect simultaneously; roll twice, ignoring further results of 19 or 20 and duplicate results.

Bioconstruct Modification (Brain): Unlike other alchemical golems, the brain included in We Algee's construction has somehow retained the ability to think independently. This allows it to learn, grow, and adapt, and results in its self-awareness. As a result of this unique identity, it cannot simply be suppressed by enchantment spells as other bioconstructed brains can. Instead, it leaves Wes Algee as vulnerable to the normal effects of enchantment and illusion effects like any living creature would be; it may be subject to charm monster and it may be tricked by ghost sound, for example.

Bombs (Ex): As a standard action, Wes Algee can throw a bomb as a ranged touch attack to a distance of 60 feet. This attack has no range increment. If the attack misses, treat it as a thrown splash weapon to determine where it lands. Anyone struck by this attack takes 8d6 points of randomly determined (d20) energy damage. All creatures adjacent to the location where the bomb lands take 1d6 damage of the same type.

• 1 - 3: Acid damage
• 4 - 6: Cold damage
• 7 - 9: Electricity damage
• 10 - 12: Fire damage
• 13 - 14: Force damage
• 15 - 16: Negative Energy damage
• 17 - 18: Sonic damage
• 19 - 20: Two types of damage simultaneously (4d6/4d6, 1d3/1d3 to adjacent creatures); Roll twice, ignoring further results of 19 or 20 and duplicate results.

Splash (Ex): Any non-reach melee attack made against Wes Algee deals 1 point of randomly determined (d20) energy damage to the attacker. A critical hit confirmed against Wel Algee instead delivers 1d6 energy damage to its attacker.

• 1 - 5: Acid damage
• 6 - 10: Cold damage
• 11 - 15: Electricity damage
• 16 - 20: Fire damage

When faced with foes that present a credible threat, Wes prefers to harass them in close-quarters combat where it can make optimal use of its superior reach and strength. If the battle begins to turn against it, the golem will withdraw and flee at top speed rather than face destruction. If possible, it will lob a bomb to inflict structural damage or damage the environment and cause a block that halts or slows its pursuers.

Wes Algee loathes the concept of murder, despite the depths of its rage when faced with the treatment of its kin. When in melee combat, it will always choose to deal nonlethal damage (imposing a -4 penalty on attack rolls that is not included in its statistics above), though it cannot help the energy damage it inflicts, unless this would prevent it from reliably striking a foe. If faced with one or more targets guilty of cruelty or malicious neglect to constructs - especially intelligent ones such as Wes itself - the golem will resort to lethal combat.

Knowing the destructive power inherent in them, Wes will directly attack a living creature with its bombs only if given no other recourse, or it feels reasonably sure that the enemy could survive a direct hit from one of its explosives. In the latter case, it will lob a bomb at a foe to prove the kind of destructive power it is capable of at a moment's notice.

All of these alternative ki powers have a minimum monk level requirement to select them. A quinggong monk who does not meet this requirement cannot select that ki power; however, a higher-level monk may select a lower-level power in place of a higher-level one.

Most ki powers require that the monk spend ki points, and the exact amount is included beside each alternative ki power in the list below. Ki powers that cost 0 ki power do not require the monk to have any ki points in his pool to use that ability.

The saving throw against a monk’s ki power, if any, is equal to 10 + half his class level + his Wisdom bonus.

6th Level Ki Powers
cloak of winds (self only, 2 ki points)
Deep Impact (monk ability, 1 ki point)
gaseous form (self only, 1 ki point)
Heroic Recovery (1 ki point)
hydraulic torrent (2 ki points)
remove disease (2 ki points)
Sidestep (1 ki point)
Snatch Arrows* (1 ki point)
Spring Attack (1 ki point)

9th Level Ki Powers
Diamond Body (monk ability)
dragon’s breath (2 ki points)
Gliding Steps (1 ki point)
neutralize poison (3 ki points)
poison (2 ki points)
restoration (self only, 2 ki points)
share memory (0 ki points)
silk to steel (1 ki point)
Spider Step (1 ki point)
Whirlwind Attack (2 ki points)

12th Level Ki Powers
Abundant Step (monk ability, 2 ki points)
discordant blast (2 ki points)
Greater Bull Rush (2 ki points)
Greater Disarm (2 ki points)
Greater Feint (2 ki points)
Greater Sunder (2 ki points)
Improved Blind-Fight (1 ki point)
ki leech (0 ki points)
Lunge (1 ki point)
shadow step (1 ki point)
spit venom (2 ki points)
Step Up and Strike (2 ki points)
Wind Stance (2 ki points)

15th Level Ki Powers
battlemind link (4 ki points)
Elemental Fists (2 ki points)
Improvised Weapon Mastery (2 ki points)
Ki Throw (2 ki points)
Punishing Kick (2 ki points)
Quivering Palm (monk ability, 2 ki points)
shadow walk (3 ki points)

18th Level Ki Powers
blood crow strike (2 ki points)
Cloud Step (3 ki points)
cold ice strike (3 ki points)
Disarming Strike (2 ki points)
Improved Ki Throw (2 ki points)
ki shout (3 ki points)
sonic thrust (2 ki points)
Timeless Body (monk ability)

20th Level Ki Powers
Bleeding Critical (3 ki points)
Greater Blind-Fight (2 ki points)
Improved Vital Strike (2 ki points)
Lightning Stance (3 ki points)
Penetrating Strike (2 ki points)
strangling hair (3 ki points)

For example, a 1st level monk with a Wisdom of 17 would gain a +1 enhancement bonus to both Strength and Constitution. This bonus improves to +2 when the monk reaches 3rd level, and +3 at 5th level. If the monk chose to improve his Wisdom score at 4th level, then the enhancement bonus of his enlightenment would also improve to +4 when he attains 9th level.

Starting at 1st level, the monk may choose to substitute one point of his Wisdom bonus (if any) in place of his Strength and Constitution modifers, if it is higher. At 3rd level, and every two levels thereafter, the amount of Wisdom the monk can include in this substitution raises by one point.

He continues to calculate his lifting and carrying limits by Strength, and qualifies for feats and other character options by his actual Strength and Constitution scores. When wearing armor or equipped with a shield, a monk loses all benefit of his enlightenment. This includes a loss of the appropriate number of hit points.

For example, a 1st level monk with a Strength of 10, a Constituion of 14, and a Wisdom of 16, would only replace his Strength modifier; at 5th level, when he can substitute all of his +3 Wisdom bonus, he would then replace his Constitution modifier as well.

He's going to have to move to get over to his enemy; this limits him to a single attack, if he isn't a Monk of the Eastern Wind, which, granting to you, he's hitting on a 3 or higher. After a round a full attacks from the pit fiend, he decides to return the favor with a flurry of blows. So his best three attacks are hitting on a 5; the next two are hitting on a 10, the next two are only hitting on a 15, and his last is only hitting on a natural 20. So, statistically speaking, he has an 85% chance of hitting with his first three attacks, a 50% chance with the next two, only a 25% chance of hitting with the next two, and only a 5% chance of hitting with the first!

Making the assumption that he monk does hit with every attack, that puts us at 128 damage. BUT. Not really. Because the pit fiend has both Damage Reduction and regeneration that has to be taken into account. IF the monk is of good alignment, then he can overcome the DR at least because of his ki strike feature. He's still only dealing nonlethal damage, though, because of the regeneration! Ki Strike comes into play specifically for overcoming DR, just like it does for the standard monk, nothing else.

In order to overcome the creature's regeneration and deal lethal damage, the monk would have to have used some of the enhancement bonus off of ki strike ritual to purchase the holy property. This would raise his average damage by 6 points, admittedly, but it would also reduce his chance to hit by two points - a full 10%, in this scenario.

And if the monk is not good, then he isn't overcoming the DR either; he might if it was silver OR good, but it's silver AND good - and a non-good monk's ki strike can only overcome part of that. So his maximum damage potential right now is dropped down to...

A measly 8 points!

• Novice: If the novice hungry ghost monk chooses to push an opponent back, he can move the target up to ten feet away. He can always choose to knock an opponent back to a distance less than this, as long as that distance is expressed in five-foot increments. If the monk knocks an opponent back and that opponent cannot travel the full distance because they encounter some sort of obstacle (such as an enemy being knocked back into a wall, for example), they take 1d4 damage for every five feet of movement they are prevented from traveling, plus the monk's Strength bonus (or his Wisdom bonus, as appropriate for Enlightenment).

  For example, a hungry ghost monk with a Wisdom score of 16 decides to knock his opponent back ten feet. That opponent, however, is already adjacent to a wall and cannot travel any distance. After the punishing kick is resolved, the opponent takes an additional 2d4+3 damage on contact with the wall because of the force of his momentum.

• Apprentice: When the hungry ghost monk decides to push back an enemy with his punishing kick, any movement his enemy is forced to take provokes attacks of opportunity as normal for moving out of the threatened space of creatures. When a creature is knocked prone instead of being pushed back, the hungry ghost monk can sap some of that enemy's vitality on contact. By reducing the saving throw DC of his punishing kick attack by two points, the monk forces a creature knocked prone to become momentarily tired – to stand up from a prone position, the creature must use a standard action instead of a move action.
• Journeyman: If the journeyman hungry ghost monk chooses to push an opponent back, he can move the target up to fifteen feet away. The saving throw DC to resist being knocked prone increases by +4.
• Expert: When the hungry ghost monk uses his punishing kick attack to push back an enemy, that enemy must make a Reflex saving throw. This save DC is the same for if the were to be knocked prone. If the enemy fails this save, then the hungry ghost monk can push them into a space that is unsafe for them or unable to support their weight. An enemy could be knocked into a jet of steam or a river of molten stone, for example, or onto a weakened area of the floor or even off the edge of a cliff.
• Master: If the master hungry ghost monk chooses to push an opponent back, he can move the target up to twenty feet away. Alternatively, he can choose to push his opponent back and knock the prone simultaneously. In this case, the opponent can be pushed back up to only ten feet and receives a saving throw as normal to resist being knocked prone.

At 11th level, each time the monk successfully steals ki, he can immediately spend the energy to afflict his enemy. Instead of replenishing his own pool of ki, the hungry ghost monk can spend the stolen point of ki to cast contagion as a spell-like ability. His effective caster level for this ability is equal to half his class level. If another hungry ghost monk attempts to cast contagion on him in this manner, the monk gains a bonus to save versus the effect equal to his Wisdom bonus (if any).

As a result of the distaste this attack engenders in others, the hungry ghost monk suffers a permanent -4 penalty to Bluff and Diplomacy checks made against any other kind of monk who sees him perform this technique; at the GM's discretion, half this penalty may be applied when dealing with other monks who have heard of the hungry ghost monk's actions but did not personally see the event.
[spoiler=Life Funnel (Su); 9th Level]A hungry ghost monk can steal a creature's life force to replenish his own. If the monk has at least 1 point of ki in his pool and scores a confirmed critical hit against a living enemy or reduces a living enemy to 0 or fewer hit points, he heals a number of hit points equal to his monk level; he cannot exceed his maximum number of hit points in this manner. As with steal ki, some monks believe that this technique is an unsavory act, no better than what the undead do to the living. As a result, the hungry ghost monk suffers a penalty to Bluff and Diplomacy checks just as he does for stealing ki; these penalties stack if the monk is seen using both techniques. This ability replaces Diamond Body.

• Aspect of the Carp: The monk's skin becomes a coat of golden, iridescent fish scales, his neck grows gills, and his fingers become webbed. He can breathe water and gains a swim speed equal to his land speed. The spirit of the carp is heroic and adventurous, and does not smile upon the acts of the vile and the depraved – only non-evil monks may take on this aspect.
• Aspect of the Ki-Rin: The monk's skin takes on a golden luminescence, and a silvery mane that cannot be bound grows atop his head. He gains a fly speed equal to his land speed, but he must end each turn on the ground. If the monk does no land by the end of his turn, he falls from whatever height he has attained. The spirit of the ki-rin is honorable, honest, and eagerly sacrifices of itself so that others need never do so – only a monk that is good may receives its favor.
• Aspect of the Monkey: The monk's face becomes that of monkey, and he grows a prehensile tail. The monk can pick up objects and make unarmed attacks with his tail, though he does not gain an extra attack per round simply for having this tail. In addition, the monk gains a climb speed equal to his land speed. The spirit of the monkey is a creature of whimsy and a lover of pranks – a monk who chooses to follow in its path becomes chaotic, but does not become an ex-monk for doing so.
• Aspect of the Oni: The monk's skin becomes pitch black, and is hair turns white, black, red, or violet. He can assume gaseous form (as per the spell) as a standard action for 1 minute per day per monk level. This duration does not need to be consecutive, but it must be spent in 1 minute increments. The spirit of the oni is treacherous and deceitful; a creature the lives to dominate others and hungers for the pain and death of living creatures. A monk must be evil to earn its dark blessings.
• Aspect of the Owl: The monk grows feathers, and his head becomes avian, with wide, unblinking eyes and a sharp beak. He gains af fly speed of 30 feet, a +2 racial bonus on Perception checks due to his new keen senses, and a bite attack that deals damage as appropriate for his size. The spirit of the owl is a sage creature, deeply serious, and driven towards a single goal – a monk only of lawful alignment will know the taste of its favor.
• Aspect of the Tiger: Dark stripes appear on the monk's skin, and his face becomes more feline. His eyes become catlike, with vertical pupils, and his canines enlarge. Once per hour,t he monk can move at 10 times his normal land speed when he makes a charge and is treated as though he had the pounce ability. The spirit of the tiger is swift, fierce, and deadly, but no more so than any other predator beast – it is not cruel or malicious in intent, and grants its boon to monks of any alignment.

If the monk has at least 6 points of ki to spend upon his return, any gear that was left at the place of his demise mysteriously vanishes from that location, only to reappear on his person once more. This strange twist of fate also affects any items that were pilfered from his corpse; if his enemies stole his +5 quarterstaff and sold it to a traveling merchant, circumstance over the next 24 hours would have seen it lost from that merchant's possession and somehow returned to the monk, no matter how far away he might be.

Alternatively, if the monk of the healing hand uses this ability to grant temporary ki points to an undead creature, that creature also has the option of using a standard action to consume the life energy and regain a small spark of its lost spirit. For a number of minutes equal to the creature's Charisma bonus (if any, minimum 1 round), that creature is healed by positive energy and harmed by negative energy as though it were a living creature.

At 15th level, a monk of the healing hand can channel all of his ki to bring life back to the dead. It takes 1 hour to perform this ritual. At the end of the ritual, the monk sacrifices all of his ki in order to cast raise dead (as the spell) with a caster level equal to his monk level. He must spend at least as many points of ki as the subject had hit dice. If he can spend twice as many ki points as the subject's hit dice, the ritual instead casts resurrection. These rituals require no material components. When emptied in this manner, the monk's pool of ki cannot be replenished by any means until 24 hours have passed. This ability replaces Quivering Palm.

Alternatively, the monk can perform an even greater miracle of resurrection but only the ultimate price. When the monk activates his true sacrifice feature, he may instead choose to return life to slain allies within a one mile radius of himself. This functions exactly as outlined above, except that the monk's consciousness does not transcend to a higher state. He is completely and utterly destroyed. It isn't that others forget his name and cannot record it; his entire existence is wiped out of time, as though he were never born. The flow of history is not changed in a grand sense, but his deeds are remembered to have been accomplished by others.

• Novice: The duration of the monk's touch of serenity increases by 1 round. At the start of the subject's turn on additional round, they may attempt an additional Will save (at the same DC) to prematurely end this effect.
• Apprentice: While under the effects of a touch of serenity, the monk's enemies cannot perform an aid another action to grant one of their allies a bonus to any attack roll or CMB check, to AC, or to their CMD.
• Journeyman: The duration of the monk's touch of serenity increases by 1 round.
• Expert: A victim of the monk's touch of serenity cannot benefit from Teamwork feats, and does not count towards his or her allies' use of teamwork feats either, for the duration of the touch of serenity.

• Novice: The monk's unarmed strikes threaten a critical hit from 19 to 20. Apply this effect before other modifiers to the critical threat range of his unarmed strikes, such as by the Improved Critical feat. The monk gains Critical Focus as a bonus feat, even though he does not meet its prerequisites.
  
• Apprentice: The monk's unarmed strikes threaten a critical hit from 18 to 20. In addition the monk gains his coice of either Bleeding Critical or Sickening Critical as a bonus feat, even though he doesn't meet the prerequisites of either.
  
• Journeyman: The monk's unarmed strikes inflict x3 damage on a critical hit, instead of only x2. In addition, the monk gains his choice of either Deafening Critical or Tiring Critical, even though he doesn't meet the prerequisites of either.
  
• Expert: The monk's unarmed strikes threaten a critical hit from 17 to 20. In addition the monk gains Critical Mastery as a bonus feat, even though he does not meet its prerequisites.
  
• Master: The monk's unarmed strikes inflict x4 damage on a critical hit, instead of only x3; increase the damage multiplier of any manufactured weapon he wields with the Monk special property by one, as well.
  
• Grandmaster: As a swift action, the monk can spend 3 points of ki to evoke an All-Consuming Blaze. For 1 round, he can automatically confirm any critical threat scored with an unarmed strike, or a weapon with either the monk or ki focus properties. A critical threat confirmed in this manner has a damage multiplier of one less than normal, however. At the beginning of each subsequent turn, he may spend 1 point of ki as a free action to extend the duration of this effect by 1 round.

• Novice: The monk gains a +2 bonus on all initiative checks. In addition, he gains the Fast Movement feature and has a faster speed than typical members of his race. This feature gives him a +10 enhancement bonus to his speed. Apply this bonus before modifying his speed for his load or for armor. The monk has the supernatural ability to expend ki to further enhance his Fast Movement. As a swift action, he can expend any number of ki points from his pool as he desires. Each point of ki spent in this fashion increases this bonus to his speed by an additional 10 feet until the end of the encounter.
  
• Apprentice: The monk's bonus to initiative checks improves to +4. In addition, he gains the Evasion class feature and can use it to avoid damage from even many magical attacks. If he makes a successful Reflex saving throw against an attack that deals only half damage on a successful save, then the monk takes no damage at all from that attack. A helpless monk does not benefit from evasion.
  
• Journeyman: The monk's bonus to initiative checks improves to +6. When the monk uses a full-round action to attack an enemy, he may move a total distance as part of that action equal to half his speed (including modifiers such as from haste or his Fast Movement feature), instead of only five feet. This movement provokes attacks of opportunity as normal from any foe with a higher Dexterity than himself, and it cannot exceed his total speed for the round. The monk may divide this movement up as desired before, after, or between each attack.
  
• Expert: The monk's bonus to initiative checks improves to +8. The monk gains the Light Steps feature, which allows him to move while barely touching the surface underneath him. As a full-round action, the monk may move up to twice his speed and ignore difficult terrain while he does so. Any surface will support a monk moving in this way, no matter how much he weighs or is carrying. This allows him to move across water, lava, acid, or even the thinnest tree branches. He must end his move on a surface that can support him normally, or immediately become affected by the terrain beneath him. He cannot move across the air, nor can he walk up walls or other vertical surfaces.

  When moving in this way, the monk does not take damage from surfaces or hazards that react to being touched, such as lava or caltrops. He does not need to make Acrobatics checks to avoid falling on slippery or rough surfaces. Finally, when using this feature, he ignores mechanical traps that use a location-based trigger. This feature does not protect the monk from other dangers or hazards that affect an area around the surface of a hazard, at the GM's discretion. For example, the monk could easily move across a river of magically frozen water without risk of the supernatural cold freezing him solid. However, if the magic of that frost is so powerful that creatures within so many feet of the river still take cold damage from their proximity, the monk might still be at risk.
  

• Master: The monk's bonus to initiative checks improves to +10. Furthermore, his ability to avoid magical and mundane area attacks improves, and he gains the Improved Evasion feature. This functions just as Evasion, except that the monk now takes only half damage as if he had made a successful Reflex saving throw even if he actually fails the save.
  
• Grandmaster: The monk gains the Unarmed Parry feature. A number of times each round equal to his Wisdom bonus (if any, minimum once per round), the monk can declare an unarmed parry against any melee, ranged, or magical attack that requires an attack roll. An unarmed parry is accomplished by making an attack roll of his own using an unarmed strike, natural weapon, or manufactured weapon with either the monk special feature of ki focus property. If the monk's attack roll at least equals the attack roll of his enemy, that attack is turned aside and negated. If the enemy used any expendable resources as a part of that attack (such as attempting a stunning fist), then that use of the resource is wasted to no effect. For example, a touch of idiocy spell can be parried, because it requires a melee touch attack roll. Normally, the charge of a missed touch spell is held until the caster is able to connect with his enemy; if that spell was successfully parried, however, the charge is still expended to no effect. Unarmed parries do not require an action.

• Novice: Enemies that are up to one size category larger than the monk gain no size bonuses to either CMB checks or combat maneuver defense against him. Additionally, the monk gains the supernatural ability Vigor. By spending 1 point of ki from his pool as a swift action, the monk gains a number of temporary hit points equal to his class level. The temporary hit points of Vigor stack with temporary hit points gained from additional sources, but not with subsequent uses of this feature; if the monk has any temporary hit points from a previous activation of Vigor and calls upon this ability again, unused temporary hit points are lost.
  
• Apprentice: The monk gains 25% resistance to extra damage or other additional effects resulting from critical hits or precision-based attacks such as sneak attack. Whenever the monk is subject to such an effect, or any other effect that does not affect creatures that are immune to critical hits, roll 1d100 (d%); on a roll of 1 – 25, that attack is reduced to normal damage and no additional critical hit or precision-based effects come into play. This resistance stacks with the resistance of armor or shields enhanced with the fortification property.
  
• Journeyman: Enemies that are up to two size categories larger than the monk gain no size bonuses to either CMB checks or combat maneuver defense against him. Additionally, the strict vigilance and defensive maneuvers of the monk force opponents to tread past him with care. Enemies treat all squares that the monk threatens as difficult terrain.
  
• Expert: The monk's resistance to critical hits and precision-based attacks improves to 50%.
  
• Master: Enemies that are up to three size categories larger than the monk gain no size bonuses to either CMB checks or combat maneuver defense against him. Additionally, the monk learns to stand his ground against all enemies, warding the spot where he makes his stand to prevent foes from slipping past and attacking those he protects. If an opponent attempts to use the Acrobatics skill to move through the monk's threatened area or his space without provoke attacks of opportunity, the skill check DC to avoid his attack increases by an amount equal to his class level.
  
• Grandmaster: The monk's resistance to critical hits and precision-based attacks improves to 75%. Additionally, the monk gains impetuous endurance. He never automatically fails a saving throw when he rolls a natural "1" on the d20, though he may still fail the save if his total result is not high enough to beat the DC.

• Novice: When the monk makes use of his stunning fist, he can apply a new condition to his target; as he gains levels and his expertise over his martial style improves, he learns additional conditions he can choose from. He must decide which condition will apply before the attack roll is made, and it replaces stunning the target. A successful saving throw (at the normal DC) still negates the effect. These conditions do not stack with themselves, but additional hits do increase the duration; a creature fatigued by the monk's stunning fist, for example, does not become exhausted when struck again. A novice of the Path of the Western Wind can choose to make the target fatigued.
  
• Apprentice: When the monk makes use of his stunning fist, he can also choose to make the target sickened for 1 minute. Additionally, the monk gains the supernatural Unbalancing Blow feature. Each time the monk declares an attack roll with an unarmed strike or a manufactured weapon with the Monk special property, he may spend one point of ki as a free action to turn that attack into an unbalancing blow. The monk must choose to activate this ability before making the attack roll, so a failed attack ruins the attempt. An unbalancing blow cannot also be performed as a stunning fist.

  A foe that takes damage from an unbalancing blow must attempt a Reflex save. If successful, the enemy cannot make attacks of opportunity for 1d6+1 rounds; if they fail the save, they are also left flat-footed against all attacks for the same duration. An enemy with the uncanny dodge feature cannot be affected by an unbalancing blow. Multiple strikes increase the duration of this effect.
  

• Journeyman: When the monk makes use of his stunning fist, he can also choose to make the target staggered for 1d6+1 rounds.
  
• Expert: When the monk makes use of his stunning fist, he can also choose to either permanently blind or deafen the target. Additionally, the monk gains the supernatural ability to strike out at an enemy's chakra points. Each time the monk declares an attack roll with an unarmed strike or a manufactured weapon with the Monk special property, he may spend two points of ki as a free action to infuse his attacks with his power. The monk must choose to activate this ability before making the attack roll, so a failed attack ruins the attempt. This attack cannot also be performed as a stunning fist.

  A foe that takes damage from this attack must attempt a Will save as the natural flow of his chakra, or spiritual energy, is interrupted. If successful, the enemy takes 1 point of damage to an ability score of the monk's choice; if the enemy fails this save, the ability damage becomes two points. If the attack confirms a critical hit, apply it's critical modifier to the amount of ability score damage that is dealt.

  This ability damage does not heal normally. It can be removed with any magical healing that removes ability damage (such as restoration), or with a Heal check to perform special acupuncture and massages that takes 1d4 hours to perform. The DC of this check is the same as the monk's stunning fist DC, and the monk himself enjoys a +10 bonus on such Heal checks. A successful check heals 1d4 points of damage from a single ability.
  

• Master: When the monk makes use of this stunning fist, he can also choose to paralyze the target for 1d6+1 rounds.
  
• Grandmaster: The monk can deal crippling blows to his enemies, leaving them unable to do battle at full effect. Each time the monk declares an attack roll with a unarmed strike or a manufactured weapon with the Monk special property, he may spend three points of ki as a free action to perform a crippling blow. The monk must choose to activate this ability before making the attack roll, so a failed attack ruins the attempt. A crippling blow cannot also be performed as a stunning fist.

  A foe that takes damage from a crippling blow must make a Fortitude save or be unable to threaten critical hits on any roll less than a 20, no matter what the threat range of his enemy's weapon actually is, for 1d6+1 rounds. Each time a struck creature benefits from any amount of magical hit point healing, he can attempt another Fortitude save to end this effect prematurely. Multiple strikes increase the duration of this effect.

Alternatively, the monk can call upon his Diamond Soul as an immediate action by spending 2 points of ki. His subsequent spell resistance has a duration of only rounds instead of hours (minimum 1 round) but it resists only hostile spellcasting and will not interfere with spells intended to heal or otherwise assist the monk. If used in this manner, Diamond Soul grants spell resistance equal to only 6 + half his class level + his Wisdom modifier.

Mastery: With each rank of mastery a monk obtains in this ki power, he can choose from a small list of benefits. He can choose to increase the spell resistance he gains by +2; He can increase the duration of his spell resistance by one hour (when activated as a swift action) or 1 round (when activated as an immediate action); He can lower his spell resistance with a faster action (from a standard action to a move action, from a move action to a swift action).

Mastery: With each rank of mastery a monk obtains in this ki power, he can cause one additional creature to ascend to the Ethereal Plane with him. Each affected creature has the same duration as the monk himself, no matter how far apart they become after becoming ethereal. Once the duration is up, or if the effect is dispelled from the monk, then that applies for all affected creatures. If the effect is dispelled from an individual creature the monk caused to become ethereal, only that creature is affected.

Mastery: With each rank of mastery a monk obtains in this ki power, the enhancement bonus lasts for 1 full round, affecting all Acrobatics checks made during that time period. At any point during this time, a master ki acrobat can prematurely discharge this effect to automatically succeed at a single Acrobatics check.

Mastery: At first rank, a master of Ki Block similarly prevents an enemy from activating any supernatural abilities; passive or constantly-active abilities are suspended for the duration of the block. At second rank, an affected creature cannot cast spells or spell-like abilities of up to 1st level. Each additional rank increases the maximum level of spell and spell-like ability that the enemy loses access to.

Mastery: With each rank of mastery a monk obtains in this ki power, he can choose one of several benefits. He can increase the number of rounds that a ki charge remains effective by 1; He can add +1 to the Reflex save DC for half damage; He may increase the range of the burst by five feet.

Mastery: With each rank of mastery a monk obtains in this ki power, the range of his darkvision increases by an additional 10 feet.

Mastery: This technique cannot be mastered.

Mastery: When a monk masters the art of creating shadow clones, he may cause one of the clones to become quasi-real by spending one additional point of ki from his pool. This clone does not look like a living shadow, but is instead an exact replica of the monk in every detail. Any gear or items on the shadow clone are part of its body, however, and have no effect (nor can they be disarmed, sundered, or otherwise interacted with). As a swift action, the monk can move a quasi-real monk as noted above, cause it to speak in his own voice, or cause it to attack one creature within its reach. If a quasi-real clone attacks a creature, it makes one attack at the monk's highest attack bonus; this is a primary slam attack that deals damage as appropriate for the shadow clone's size. After this attack is resolved, successful or not, the clone vanishes.

Each additional rank of shadow clone mastery allows him to turn one additional shadow clone quasi-real if he spends additional points of ki.

Mastery: At first rank, a master of the Tongue of the Sun and Moon can communicate with animals and with plants while under the effects of this ki power, as though by speak with animals and speak with plants. Each additional rank of mastery thereafter increases the duration of this effect by one minute.

Mastery: With each rank of mastery a monk obtains in this ki power, its effects last for 1 additional round.

Mastery: With each rank of mastery a monk obtains in this ki power, he also restores 1 point of ability damage when he uses wholeness of body. He may apply all of this healing to a single damaged ability, or he may divide it among several damaged ability scores as desired.

In fact, many of his class features are lost to him while equipped with such gear or otherwise encumbered. For the purpose of losing access to his class features, a monk treats any effect that simulates armor or a shield (that is, an effect or item that provides an armor bonus or a shield bonus to his AC) as actual armor or a true shield. He can carry such items, but cannot make use of them himself. As soon as he removes the offending items, any affected class features return to normal.

Just as the Improved Unarmed Strike feat allows the monk to choose whether he will deal lethal or nonlethal damage with an unarmed strike, he may also choose to deal either lethal or nonlethal damage with appropriate grapple checks. Each time the monk declares an unarmed strike, he may decide to inflict bludgeoning, slashing, or piercing damage. If he can make more than one attack per round (for example, due to the iterative attacks available to a monk of 6th level or higher), then he can make this decision individually for each attack.

In combat, a monk deals more damage with her unarmed strikes than a normal person would. Note that the listed damage values are for monks of Medium size. If the monk is smaller than this, his unarmed strikes suffer a cumulative -2 penalty to damage per step of difference between his own size and Medium; this penalty cannot reduce the monk's damage to less than 1 point. For a larger monk, roll one additional die of damage per step of difference between his own size and Medium.

• 1 - 3: 1d6
• 4 - 6: 1d8
• 7 - 9: 1d10
• 10: 2d6
• 11 - 13: 2d8
• 14 - 16: 2d10
• 17 - 19: 3d8
• 20: 3d10

His intense training also grants him an intuitive awareness of combat and his own presence, granting to him a bonus to both his AC and CMD as long as he wears no armor, does not use a shield, and carries nothing heavier than a light load. This bonus to defense applies even against touch attacks and when the monk is caught Flat-Footed, but not when she is helpless (such as when restrained, paralyzed, or unconscious).

• 1 - 3: +1
• 4 - 6: +2
• 7 - 9: +3
• 10: +4
• 11 - 13: +5
• 14 - 16: +6
• 17 - 19: +7
• 20: +8

When wearing armor or equipped with a shield, a monk loses all benefit of his enlightenment and instead calculates his statistics as normal with Strength and Constitution. This includes a loss of the appropriate number of hit points.

At 8th level, the monk can make two additional attacks when he uses Flurry of Blows. At 15th level, he can make three additional attacks. A monk that wears armor or uses a shield cannot perform a flurry of blows. Similarly, the monk cannot perform a flurry of blows if burdened with medium or heavy encumbrance. A monk's calculated base attack bonus with a flurry of blows is presented below.

• 1: -1/-1
• 2: +0/+0
• 3: +1/+1
• 4: +2/+2
• 5: +3/+3
• 6: +4/+4/-1
• 7: +5/+5/+0
• 8: +6/+6+1/+1
• 9: +7/+7/+2/+2
• 10: +8/+8/+3/+3
• 11: +9/+9/+4/+4/-1
• 12: +10/+10/+5/+5/+0
• 13: +11/+11/+6/+6/+1
• 14: +12/+12/+7/+7/+2
• 15: +13/+13/+8/+8/+3/+3
• 16: +14/+14/+9/+9/+4/+4/-1
• 17: +15/+15/+10/+10/+5/+5/+0
• 18: +16/+16/+11/+11/+6/+6/+1
• 19: +17/+17/+12/+12/+7/+7/+2
• 20: +18/+18/+13/+13/+8/+8/+3

By spending 1 point of ki from this pool, the monk may make one additional attack at his highest base attack bonus as part of a flurry of blows. He can spend 1 point of ki to immediately move up to twenty feet; this movement provokes attacks of opportunity as normal, but it does not count against his total speed for the round. Finally, the monk can spend 1 point of ki to give himself a +4 dodge bonus to either his AC or his CMD, or a +2 dodge bonus to each, for 1 round. Using ki in any of these ways is a swift action.

As a standard action, the monk can concentrate and focus the flow of ki throughout his body for 1 minute per monk level. When he does so, even those without any eldritch heritage or assistance can see the flow of his ki and his whole body sheds light as a torch. At 3rd level, this grants his unarmed strikes a +1 enhancement bonus, which either stacks with any existing enhancement bonus (such as from an enchanted gauntlet or an amulet of mighty fists) to a maximum of +5 or can be used to add weapon properties to the monk's unarmed strikes. A monk's unarmed strike, just like a weapon, must have at least a +1 enhancement bonus to benefit from weapon properties in this way. At 6th, 9th, 13th, 16th, and 19th levels each, the enhancement bonus provided in this manner improves by +1.

Any melee weapon property can be added to the monk's unarmed strike in this fashion, provided that it only takes effect as long as the unarmed strike is applicable. For example, the disruption property can be added, but it has no effect whenever the monk decides to inflict piercing or slashing damage with his unarmed strikes. Weapon properties consume an amount of bonus equal to their cost. They are added to any properties a weapon already has, but duplicate abilities do not stack.

Once the monk has allocated the bonuses from his ki strike, he cannot change them until he focuses his ki again. The monk may use this ability once per day at third level, twice per day at ninth level, and thrice per day at fifteenth level. If the monk is rendered unconscious or reduced to 0 hit points or less while using his ki strike in this manner, he loses all use of his ki strike feature for 30 days or until he gains a new monk level, whichever comes first. During his time period, he suffers a -1 penalty on unarmed strike attack and damage rolls due to his shaken confidence in his own abilities.

If the monk chooses not to specialize in a martial art, he instead gains a bonus feat at 4th level. This feat may be chosen from the following list: Adder Strike, Bodyguard, Catch Off-Guard, Combat Reflexes, Crushing Blow, Deflect Arrows, Dodge, Enforcer, Improved Grapple, Quarterstaff Master, Scorpion Style, Throw Anything, and Weapon Focus (unarmed strike).

At 7th level, he selects another bonus feat from this list. At 10th level, the monk can select another bonus feat and he adds the following to the list of available feats: Breadth of Experience, Gorgon's Fist, Improved Bull Rush, Improved Disarm, Improved Feint, Improved Trip, In Harm's Way, Jawbreaker, Ki Throw, Mobility, Nightmare Fist, Tripping Staff, and Weapon Specialization (unarmed strike).

At 13th level, he selects another bonus feat. At 16th level, the monk can select another bonus feat and he adds the following to the list of available feats: Blinding Throw, Cockatrice Strike, Bonebreaker, Greater Blind-Fight, Greater Bull Rush, Greater Disarm, Greater Feint, Greater Trip, Greater Weapon Focus (unarmed strike), Improved Critical (unarmed strike), Improved Ki Throw, Medusa's Wrath, Snatch Arrows, Spinning Throw, Spring Attack, and Greater Weapon Specialization (unarmed strike).

A monk loses the benefits and features of his martial style, or his bonus feats, whenever he wears medium or heavy armor or readies a shield. Similarly, he loses these benefits when carrying a medium or heavy load.

Sometimes, a monk may be subject to a dangerous fall when no suitable item is within reach for him to brace against. In such cases, a monk has the supernatural ability to expend 1 point of ki from his pool as an immediate action. This allows him to benefit from his Slowfall feature, but at half effectiveness. For example, at 4th level the monk would benefit from only Slowfall (10 feet) instead of Slowfall (20 feet). The use of Slowfall in this manner results in visible effects. The details of these effects are unique to each monk, and should remain fairly consistent throughout a campaign. One monk may appear to surround himself with a bubble of glowing ki energy, while another might seem to sprout great wings and slowly flutter to safety.

A monk gains his first ki power at 5th level, with a new power every three levels after. If the monk already has a particular ki power, he may allocate further selections to gain one or more ranks of mastery over it. Each power details the additional benefits granted to a master.

While in this trance, the monk can hold his breath for twice as long as normal before he risks suffocation or drowning. He gains a bonus on Fortitude saves and Constitution checks made to resist the effects of cold and heat, smoke, starvation, and thirst. See "Environment," in chapter 13 of the Core Rulebook for more information on each of these hazards.

Thereafter the monk can try to slay the victim at any later time, as long as the attempt is made within a number of days equal to the monk's level. To make such an attempt, the monk merely wills the target to die (a free action), and unless the target makes a Fortitude save (DC 10 + half his class level + his Wisdom modifier), it dies. If the saving throw is successful, the target is no longer in danger from that particular quivering palm attack, but it may still be affected by another one at a later time.

A monk can have no more than one quivering palm in effect at one time. If a monk uses quivering palm while another is still in effect, the previous effect is negated. The victim of a quivering palm cannot be slain in this manner as long as it remains on another plane of existence that is not coterminous or co-existent with the plane in which the monk currently resides (such as an enemy that has fled the Material Plane in favor of the Ethereal Plane). In either latter case, the victim can be slain by a quivering palm but gains a +5 bonus to its saving throw.

At the GM's discretion, a half-eared stalker may substitute one or both of these terrain options depending on where the elves or humans of his ancestry make their homes. For example, a half-elf who can trace his elven heritage to aquatic elves living along the banks of deep rivers might gain favored terrain bonuses in aquatic terrain instead of forests. Another descended from shepherding human nomads might replace the urban option with plains.

If both races share territories of similar terrain, then the half-eared stalker gains only that single choice of favored terrain. However, he begins with a +3 bonus instead of only a +1 bonus.

If the target of the smite has at least one racial feat, the bonus damage on the first successful attack increases to 2 points of damage per class level. Regardless of the target, smite ancestor attacks automatically bypass any DR the creature might possess.

The smite ancestor effect remains until the target is dead or the next time the half-eared stalker rests to regain his daily use of this ability. If the half-eared stalker accidentally smites a foe without the elf or human subtype, it is wasted to no effect. At 10th and 16th levels each, the half-eared stalker may smite hi ancestors once more per day.