Shintao Monk enhancements (history)

Overview
''These monks pursue harmony and balance in their lives. With training they can assist and even help to heal the party, and are masters of unarmed combat''

Shintao Monk I

 * Cost: 4 Action Points


 * Prereqs: Level 6 Monk, Path of Harmonious Balance, Stunning Fist, Monk Concentration II, Monk Improved Recovery I and any one of Cleave, Combat Expertise, Die Hard, Discipline, Luck of Heroes, Precision, Resilience, or Self Sufficient


 * Benefit: You guide others on the path of enlightenment leading by example. You gain the ability to expend ki to smite evil creatures and can create a protection from evil effect warding allies from domination and improving defenses against evil opponents. Your unarmed attacks now bypass Byshek damage reduction.

Shintao Monk Protection From Evil

 * Cost: 5 Ki


 * Benefit: At your touch a magical barrier is created that wards a target from attack by evil creatures granting a +2 deflection bonus to AC and +2 resistance bonus to saves against attacks from evil creatures. The target is also warded from magical mental control and compulsions. This ability counts as a light move.

Shintao Monk Smite Evil

 * Cost: 15 Ki


 * Benefit: To deal devastating blows in melee against evil creatures. You gain twice your wisdom modifier to your attack roll and a damage bonus based on your monk level. This ability counts as a light move.

Shintao Monk II

 * Cost: 2 Action Points


 * Prereqs: Level 12 Monk, Shintao Monk I, and any of Rise of the Phoenix or Monk Improved Recovery III.

Benefit: Invaders from other realities have learned to fear your prowess. You gain the ability to expend ki to dismiss outsiders, and your unarmed attacks now bypass Cold Iron damage reduction.

Shintao Monk: Dismissing Strike

 * Cost: 25 Ki


 * Benefit: You perform a melee attack that attempts to force an extra planar enemy back to its proper plane. A successful Will save negates this effect. (DC = 10 + Wisdom Modifier + your monk level). This ability counts as a Light move.