Qinggong Monk Replacing "Non-ki" Abilities?


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I am currently playing a PF campaign as a GM, and one of my players has a Qinggong Monk. He has reached lvl 5, and when I was reading the Qingongg monk description carefuly I noticed something.

"Ki powers are abilities that draw on the power of a monk’s ki. The standard monk has several abilities that count as ki powers, such as wholeness of body, abundant step, and empty body. A qinggong monk can learn additional ki powers, which often replaces a non-ki monk ability such as purity of body. Ki powers are divided into three categories: feats, monk abilities, and spells.

Emphasis mine.

Now, I've surfed around this places, but didn't got any true answer, since people argue about how good is the writing of the rule, and not the rule itself.

Is there an answer for this? You can actualy trade "Non-ki" Monk abilities, such as Purity of Body, for Ki powers listed on the QM list?

If so, which other "non-ki" monk abilities can you swap? Maneuver Training? Still mind? Evasion?


Nice try. It specifically lists what levels you can take Ki Powers, and what you would be replacing at what levels. :(


Yeah, but still, lvls are kinda wrong, it gives you a replacement at lvl 5th, and lvl 6 Ki powers, then again a replacement at lvl 7, and lvl 8 Ki powers, and so on...

Seems odly wrong to me.

Kinda contradictory too, why does it says "A qinggong monk can learn additional ki powers" if you can't?

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