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Kurama Youko 11-05-04, 04:39 PM	Mind & Body Monks of the Mind and Body School Specialize in utilizing latent psionic might to better enhance their combat abilities. By focusing this psionic power they can preform feats unparalled by monks of other fighting orders. 1st-Level Skill Bonus: Concentration 1st-Level Feat: Wild Talent (or if the character is of a Psionic Race, Psionic Talent) 2nd-Level Feat: Psionic Fist 6th-Level Feat: Psionic Meditation 6th-Level Ability: When Fighting Defensively you can regain psionic focus without provoking an attack of opprotunity. Prerequisites: Concentration: 9 ranks, Narrow Mind. Cerebral Strike Monks of the Cerebral Strike School Specialize in utilizing psionic talents to better enhance their evasive manuvers. By focusing their psionic power this way they can preform feats of agility that allow them make combat against them more difficult or entirely impossible. 1st-Level Skill Bonus: Balance 1st-Level Feat: Wild Talent (or if the character is of a Psionic Race, Psionic Talent) 2nd-Level Feat: Speed of Thought 6th-Level Feat: Up the Walls 6th-Level Ability: "Mental Ilusion!" Once per enemy, per encounter you can avoid a potential hit from a enemy if you managed to successfully hit that enemy within the current encounter. Prerequisites: Sense Motive: 9 ranks, Inquisitor. Psychic Body Monks of the Psychic Body School Specialize in utilizing their psionic talents to better enhance their defensive abilities. By focusing their psionic power this way they can preform supernatural feats of endurance. 1st-Level Skill Bonus: Concentration 1st-Level Feat: Wild Talent (or if the character is of a Psionic Race, Psionic Talent) 2nd-Level Feat: Psionic Body 6th-Level Feat: Psionic Talent 6th-Level Ability: "Mental Body!" Aslong as you retain Psionic Focus, you have damage reduction equal your power point reserves /- this ability can be increased whenever you take a feat that permenately increases your power point reserve. This affect doesnt stack with power points gained from items, powers, spells, or power points gained from psionic classes or prestige classes. Prerequisites: Concentration: 9 ranks, Mind Over Body. Raging Mind Monks of the Raging Mind School Specialize in utilizing their psionic might to better enhance their destructive capabilities. By focusing this psionic power they can unleash incredible power through their already deadly martial attacks. 1st-Level Skill Bonus: Concentration 1st-Level Feat: Wild Talent (or if the character is of a Psionic Race, Psionic Talent) 2nd-Level Feat: Psionic Fist 6th-Level Feat: Greater Psionic Fist 6th-Level Ability:"Raging Thrust!" If a Raging Mind Monk uses his Greater Psionic Fist feat while preforming a flurry of blows and all his attacks land a Raging Mind Monk can chose to add a additional forceful effect that can propel a opponent backward. This requires no str check and the distance forced back depends on the number of successful attacks. For each successful attack the opponent is forced back 5ft. Creatures that cannot move back the full distance they are pushed take 1d6 points of damage per 5ft they didnt move, this damage is also taken by the object or structure that is preventing movement (hardness still applies). Each time this ability is used it consumes one of the monks uses of Stunning Fist for the day. Prerequisites: Concentration: 9 ranks, Power Attack, Stunning Fist. Explosive Mind Monks of the Explosive Mind School Specialize in utilizing their psionic might to better enhance their destructive capabilities. By focusing this psionic power they can increase the potiental damage locked away in their bodies. 1st-Level Skill Bonus: Concentration 1st-Level Feat: Wild Talent (or if the character is of a Psionic Race, Psionic Talent) 2nd-Level Feat: Psionic Fist 6th-Level Feat: Psionic Talent 6th-Level Ability:"Fury!" A Explosive Mind Monk can sacrifice one or all his remaining power points to increase the multiplier on a potiental critical hit by a number equal to the power points spent, each point increase the multiplier by 1. The Explosive Mind Monk must first declare he/she is using this ability and state how many power points they are expending on the effect before rolling to confirm the critical hit. Failure to confirm the critical hit still expends the power points. This affect doesnt stack with power points gained from items, powers, spells, or power points gained from psionic classes or prestige classes. Prerequisites: Concentration: 9 ranks, Stunning Fist.
Crashy75 11-10-04, 08:36 PM	Very interesting. I am experamenting with a psionic monk variant... mind if i use some of your ideas?
Kurama Youko 11-10-04, 11:42 PM	not at all, go right ahead. I'd like to see the results of your variant myself.
Crashy75 11-13-04, 01:32 AM	Hey thanx... anyway here's a link of what i have so far... http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?p=4792330#post4792330