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

 * Usage: Passive


 * Cost: 4 action points


 * Progression: 16 action points


 * Requires One of: Cleave, Combat Expertise, Die Hard, Discipline, Luck of Heroes, Precision, Resilience, Self Sufficient


 * Requires All of: Monk Improved Recovery I, Monk Concentration II, Stunning Fist, Path of Harmonious Balance: Fists of Light


 * Available to Monk class level 6


 * You guide others on the path of enlightenment leading by example. Your unarmed attacks now bypass Byeshk damage reduction. 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.


 * This enhancement automatically grants the following:



Shintao Monk: Protection From Evil

 * Usage: Active
 * Cost: 5 Ki


 * 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

 * Usage: Active
 * Cost: 15 Ki


 * 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

 * Usage: Passive


 * Cost: 2 action points


 * Progression: 42 action points


 * Requires One of: Monk Improved Recovery III, Rise of the Phoenix


 * Requires All of: Shintao Monk I


 * Available to Monk class level 12


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


 * This enhancement automatically grants the following:



Shintao Monk: Dismissing Strike

 * Usage: Active
 * Cost: 25 Ki


 * 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.

Shintao Monk III
Shintao Monk III will be in Update 7, and the last line of the enhancement is "Your Protection from Tainted Creatures bonuses increase to +6, and your unarmed attacks now bypass Silver damage reduction."

Quote: Originally Posted by Eladrin "You gain an additional +2 to Diplomacy, Heal, and Intimidate, and the ability to expend ki to stun opponents at range or lock 'tainted' creatures (aberrations, extraplanar creatures that are not classified as 'Lawful Outsiders', and undead) in a tomb of jade."