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Shintao enhancements
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Shintao enhancements[edit]
Core abilities[edit]
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Bastion of Purity: For each Core Ability you claim in this tree, you gain 10 Positive Energy Spell Power, which affects your monk finishing moves and spell-like abilities. Your Positive Healing Amplification is also increased by 10% for each Shintao Monk Core Ability you possess.
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AP Cost: 1 | Ranks: 1 | Progression: 0 | Requires: Monk Level 1 | |
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Protection from Tainted Creatures: You gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class and a +1 bonus to saving throws. These bonuses stack with all other bonuses to armor class and saving throws. Your unarmed attacks and attacks with Handwraps now bypass Byeshk damage reduction.
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AP Cost: 1 | Ranks: 1 | Progression: 5 | Requires: Monk Level 3, Bastion of Purity | |
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AP Cost: 1 | Ranks: 1 | Progression: 10 | Requires: Monk Level 6, Protection from Tainted Creatures | |
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Argent Fist: You gain an additional +1 bonus to Armor Class and a +1 bonus to saving throws. Your unarmed attacks and attacks with Handwraps now bypass Silver damage reduction.
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AP Cost: 1 | Ranks: 1 | Progression: 20 | Requires: Monk Level 12, Iron Hand | |
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Touch the Void Dragon: Ki Activate: Spend 30 ki to gain a 1d4+1 bonus to all ability scores for one minute (Cooldown: 3 minute). Passive: +5 Melee Power, +1[w] with handwraps or while unarmed
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AP Cost: 1 | Ranks: 1 | Progression: 30 | Requires: Monk Level 18, Argent Fist | |
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To Seek Perfection: You continually seek physical and spiritual betterment, reaping many benefits. You gain +4 Wisdom. +15 Melee Power, +2[w] with handwraps or while unarmed. You gain an additional +1 bonus to Armor Class and a +1 bonus to saving throws. You no longer suffer penalties from Meditation of War.
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AP Cost: 1 | Ranks: 1 | Progression: 40 | Requires: Monk Level 20, Touch the Void Dragon |
Tier One[edit]
Requires: Bastion of Purity, Monk Level 1
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Elemental Curatives: Select one of four toggles that modify your Healing Ki finisher:
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AP Cost: 1 | Ranks: 1 | Progression: 1 | Requires: Fists of Light | |
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Reed in the Wind: Ki Melee Attack: Deals +1/2/3[W] damage. If you successfully damage your target you gain a +3%/+6%/+9% Insight bonus to Dodge for 6 seconds. (Cooldown: 15 seconds)
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AP Cost: 1 | Ranks: 3 | Progression: 1 | Requires: Dodge | |
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Deft Strikes: You gain +3%/+6%/+10% chance to make offhand attacks while centered and wielding two weapons or fighting unarmed.
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AP Cost: 1 | Ranks: 3 | Progression: 1 | No requirements | |
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Ki Shout: Ki Activate: Intimidates nearby enemies, encouraging them to attack you. This ability uses your Concentration skill, and shares a cooldown with the Intimidate skill. (Activation Cost: 5 Ki. Cooldown: 6 seconds)
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AP Cost: 2 | Ranks: 1 | Progression: 1 | No requirements | |
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Exemplar: +1/+2/+3 Heal and Intimidate. Rank 3: You also gain +10% threat generation.
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AP Cost: 1 | Ranks: 3 | Progression: 0 | No requirements |
Tier Two[edit]
Requires Monk Level 2, 5 APs spent on tree
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Elemental Curatives: Select one of four toggles (not previously selected) that modify your Healing Ki finisher.
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AP Cost: 1 | Ranks: 1 | Progression: 5 | Requires: Elemental Curatives (Tier 1) | |
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Smite Tainted Creature: Ki Melee Attack: You have the ability to expend Ki to deal devastating blows in melee. You gain twice your Wisdom modifier to your attack roll and a damage bonus based on your monk level. Targets will be locked in a tomb of jade on vorpal attacks (attack roll of 20 followed by critical confirmation) on a failed Will save (DC = 10 + Wisdom modifier + your monk level + stunning DC boosts). Extraplanar creatures, Aberrations, and Undead must succeed at two consecutive Will saves to avoid their fate. (Activation Cost: 15 Ki. Cooldown: 15 seconds)
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AP Cost: 2 | Ranks: 1 | Progression: 5 | No requirements | |
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AP Cost: 1 | Ranks: 3 | Progression: 5 | No requirements | |
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Elemental Ki Strikes: Select one of four attacks that have secondary aftereffects: (Activation Cost: 5 Ki. Cooldown: 3 seconds)
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AP Cost: 2 | Ranks: 1 | Progression: 5 | No requirements | |
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Conditioning: +1/+2/+3 Concentration and Fortitude Saves, +5/+10/+15 HP.
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AP Cost: 1 | Ranks: 3 | Progression: 5 | No requirements |
Tier Three[edit]
Requires Monk Level 3, 10 APs spent on tree
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Elemental Curatives: Select one of four toggles (not previously selected) that modify your Healing Ki finisher:
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AP Cost: 1 | Ranks: 1 | Progression: 10 | Requires: Elemental Curatives (Tier 2) | |
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Jade Strike: Ki Melee Attack: You perform a melee attack that is especially powerful against tainted creatures. On hitting a target, this attack increases their physical damage vulnerability by 10% and reduces their fortification by 25%. A successful Will save negates this effect (DC = 10 + Wisdom modifier + your monk level + stunning DC boosts). Aberrations, extraplanar creatures that are not classified as 'Lawful Outsiders', and undead receive double this effect. On critical hits, a target will be locked in a tomb of jade on a failed Will save (DC = 10 + Wisdom modifier + monk level + stun bonuses). Extraplanar creatures, Aberrations, and Undead must succeed at two consecutive Will saves to avoid their fate. (Activation Cost: 10 Ki. Cooldown: 15 seconds)
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AP Cost: 2 | Ranks: 1 | Progression: 10 | Requires: Smite Tainted Creature | |
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Dismissing Strike: Ki Melee Attack: You perform a melee attack that attempts to force an extraplanar enemy back to its proper plane. A successful Will save negates this effect (DC = 10 + Wisdom modifier + your monk level + stunning DC boosts). (Activation Cost: 25 Ki. Cooldown: 15 seconds)
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AP Cost: 2 | Ranks: 1 | Progression: 10 | No requirements | |
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Constitution or Wisdom: Choose one:
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AP Cost: 2 | Ranks: 1 | Progression: 10 | No requirements |
Tier Four[edit]
Requires Monk Level 4, 20 APs spent on tree
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Elemental Curatives: Select one of four toggles (not previously selected) that modify your Healing Ki finisher:
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AP Cost: 1 | Ranks: 1 | Progression: 20 | Requires: Elemental Curatives (Tier 3) | |
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Tomb of Jade: Ki Melee Attack: You perform an attack that encases a tainted target in a tomb of jade on a failed Will save (DC = 10 + Wisdom modifier + your monk level + stunning DC boosts). Extraplanar creatures, Aberrations, and Undead must succeed at two consecutive Will saves to avoid this fate. (Activation Cost: 25 Ki. Cooldown: 1 minute)
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AP Cost: 2 | Ranks: 1 | Progression: 20 | Requires: Jade Strike | |
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Instinctive Defense: You take [5%/10%/15%] less extra damage when struck while helpless. (Additional damage while helpless varies by difficulty setting from 5% to 25%.)
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AP Cost: 1 | Ranks: 3 | Progression: 20 | Requires: Iron Skin | |
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Constitution or Wisdom: Choose one:
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AP Cost: 2 | Ranks: 1 | Progression: 20 | Requires: Constitution or Wisdom (Tier 3) |
Tier Five[edit]
Requires Monk Level 5, Character Level 12, 30 APs spent in tree
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Empty Hand Mastery: While you are centered and wielding Handwraps, you gain a +1 Competence bonus to Critical Threat Range and Multiplier.
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AP Cost: 2 | Ranks: 1 | Progression: 30 | No requirements | |
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Kukan-Do: Ki Activate: You lock gazes with an enemy, stunning them for a short period of time on a failed Will save (DC 10 + Wisdom modifier + Monk level). Any effects that modify your Stunning Blow or Stunning Fist DC's also affect this ability. Sightless creatures are unaffected by this ability. (Activation Cost: 25 Ki. Cooldown: 15 seconds)
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AP Cost: 2 | Ranks: 1 | Progression: 30 | Requires: Tomb of Jade | |
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Violence Begets Violence: While Centered, when an opponent misses you in melee, you gain +1 critical threat range for 6 seconds. This stacks up to 5 times and is reset if you critically hit.
Minor bug: The in-game description states that this effect only takes place while Earth Stance is active. It has been tested to work in Ocean Stance, and presumably also works in the other stances.
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AP Cost: 2 | Ranks: 1 | Progression: 30 | Requires: Instinctive Defense | |
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Meditation of War: Toggle: You gain additional benefits in different stances:
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AP Cost: 2 | Ranks: 1 | Progression: 30 | No requirements | |
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Rise of the Phoenix: Activate While Dead: The spirit of a phoenix burns within you. You may bring yourself back from death's door, as if affected by the Resurrection spell. This ability may only be used once per rest. (Cooldown: 15 minutes)
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AP Cost: 2 | Ranks: 1 | Progression: 30 | No requirements |