Monk (3.5e Feat Type)

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[Monk] Feats

Monk feats are feats that a monk can take as a monk bonus feat. They may dictate what level they are available as a bonus feat, but many allow pre-requisites to be ignored if taken as a monk bonus feat. Core monk bonus feats are Combat Reflexes, Deflect Arrows, Improved Disarm, Improved Grapple, Improved Trip, and Stunning Fist.  

Monk Feats

Feat	Summary	Prerequisites	Balance Point
100 Fists	Increase the number of attacks from flurry of blows.	Dex 13, Flurry of Blows	Moderate
Air Juggle	You can knock creatures into the air and combo them!	BAB +4, Fighter or Monk level 4th, Improved Bull Rush	High
Anticipate Action	Improve your defenses the longer you fight.	BAB +1, Wisdom 13	Moderate
Aura Sealing Strike	Block the flow of ki in your adversaries with a strike.	Stunning Fist, Wisdom 15	High
Black Whirlwind	Make extra attacks on when you use whirlwind attack.	Flurry of Blows, Whirlwind Attack, Monk 6th	High
Blazing Hadoken	Now your hadokens leave a terrible burning effect, and can daze.	Monk level 6th, Hadoken, Stunning Fist, Wis 15	High
Body of Iron	Gain an armor bonus to AC even if you're unarmored.	AC Bonus class feature (such as monk), Con 13, Fortitude +4	Moderate
Boulder-Splitting Blow	You can destroy an boulder with a single blow.	Improved Unarmed Strike, Improved Sunder	High
Buddha's Palm	Your inner mastery of zen blossoms and you are able to perform a devastating technique.	Stunning Fist	High
Buddha's Palm, Variant	You have unlocked the powerful Buddha's Palm technique.	Stunning Fist	Very High
Calm Mind		Cannot be Mindless, Wisdom 13+, character level 3	High
Chakra Disabler	You hit people in their nerves and chakras, making them go limp.	Improved Unarmed Strike, Weapon Focus: Unarmed Strike, Heal 8 ranks, Autohypnosis 8 ranks	Very High
Clothing Beam Cannon	You can create clothing at will... for... some reason.	None	Low
Codex Deflect Blow	Deflect arrow except for melee!	Improved Unarmed Strike or proficiency with tower shields.	High
Combat Poke	You can poke opponents for low damage.	Improved Unarmed Strike	Very High
Compensate for Size	You know how to moves enemies in special ways as to eliminate their advantage over you when using specialized attacks.	BAB +3	Moderate
Contemplative Focus	You treat a single chosen weapon as a monk weapon and may use it with feats which require unarmed strike.	Improved Unarmed Strike, Weapon Focus (any melee weapon)	Moderate
Counterattack	When you're attacked, there is a small chance you attack back!	BAB +6 or Monk level 6, Combat Reflexes	Very High
Cross-Style Training	An exchange student, studier of more eclectic martial arts, or simply someone who feels a special bond with a specific weapon, you can use a non-traditional weapon at the same level of mastery as your peers.	None	Moderate
Crosscut	Attack twice as a standard attack.	BAB +2	High
Deceptive Strength	Surprise your enemies with your incredible might and small body	Small size or less, BAB +3	High
Deflect Arrows, Alternative	You are adept at deflecting ranged attacks away.	Improved Unarmed Strike, Shield FocusPathfinder, or Weapon Focus	High
Deflect Blow	Deflect arrow except for melee!	Dexterity 13, improved unarmed strike or proficiency with tower shields.	High
Eldritch Ascetic	Your training allows you to mix your melee attacks and eldritch powers to great effect.	Improved Unarmed Strike, Stunning Fist, Eldritch Blast +2d6	Moderate
Enhanced Body	You have toned your body to the point of it being magical, and learned how to enhance it further.	Masterwork Body	Moderate
Enlightenment	You have done it, you reached Nirvana.	Monk level 18th (even if you reach it via classes that advance monk abilities), Wisdom 20	Very High
Extra Focused Weapons	You apply your intense training with one weapon to an additional weapon.	Base Attack Bonus +3, Int 10, Proficiency with selected weapon(s), Weapon Focus with any other weapon	Low
Feral Striker Monk	You choose a feral strike to deal more damage,	Must possess a Feral Strike, Monk 1st	High
Fighting Boar Form	Use a low stance to get ahead of your enemies.	BAB +1, Improved Unarmed Strike, must be bipedal	Moderate
Fire Wolf Punch	Your punch causes a wall of flame to spontaneously appear.	Stunning Fist	High
Fists of Steel	Bypass hardness with your fists and punch force effects.	Monk 1st	Moderate
Flowing Style Counter	Rather than step away you may strike at your foe.	Monk 3rd, Combat Reflexes, Flowing Style Monk	Very High
Flowing Style Monk	Your monastery taught you to be light and agile in combat.	Monk 1st	Very High
Flurry of Steps	When you run, you really run.	Fast Movement class feature	Moderate
Gecko Step	You can stick to walls, briefly.	Balance 4 ranks or Climb 4 ranks	Moderate
Gentle Fist Style	Don't let him touch you!	Improved Unarmed Strike and BAB +4, or Mystic Eyes: White Eyes of the Divine	Very High
Hadoken	Launch a wave of ki to strike others at a distance.	Stunning Fist, Wis 15	High
Heavy Stomp	Stomp the ground and make a shockwave that knocks over opponents.	BAB +4, Str 13, Improved Unarmed Strike	High
Hurricane Surge Blast	Create blasts of winds by using stunning fist attempts.	Stunning Fist, Monk 3rd	Very High
Improved Deflect Arrows	Deflect multiple arrows a round, at the cost of your attacks of opportunity.	Combat Reflexes, Deflect Arrows, Dex 13	Moderate
Increased Monk AC	You pay more attention to those around you.	Monk level 1	Moderate
Increased Monk Armor	Ordinary monks have a bit of armor to compensate for their inability to wear any. You can either wear some or get an even bigger armor bonus.	Monk level 1	Moderate
Increased Monk Speed	Ordinary monks are fast. Your endless devotion to speed makes you much faster.	Monk level 2	Moderate
Infinite Flurry	Your attack doesn't miss, at the cost of damage.	Flurry of Blows, Dex 17	High
Infinite Stunning Fist	You gain essentially unlimited stunning fist attempts.	Stunning fist, effective monk level of 6 or more	High
Insightful Combatant	Use wisdom instead of strength for attack and damage.	Wisdom13 or higher	Moderate
Jumping Gazelle Form	A wasted attack of opportunity is an opportunity you can take for yourself	BAB +1 or monk 1st level, Jump or Tumble 4 ranks	Moderate
Keen Strike-CE	Your unarmed strike has a critical threat range of 18-20 and can deal slashing damage or bludgeoning damage.	Wis 13, Improved Unarmed Strike	High
Ki Archer	Channel your Ki through your bow	Weapon Focus (any ranged weapon), Monk 1st	Moderate
Ki Pounce	Make a full attack at the end of a charge by expending ki points. Finally, monks flurry of blows and speed bonuses synergize.	BAB +6, Stunning Fist	High
Ki Shinai	You grant any shinai you are wielding a +1 bonus and the ki focus enhancement.	Student of Kendo	High
Knock Out Punch	Use stunning attempts as a form of death attack.	BAB +6, Stunning Fist	High
Living Weapon	You need no weapon other than your body.	Improved Unarmed Strike or a natural weapon that you are proficient with	Moderate
Monastic Focus	Another class advances stunning fist as if monk. Counts as Monastic Training for pre-reqs.	Stunning Fist	Low
Monastic Gestalt	Add your monk levels and another class together to determine level-dependent benefits.	Monk 1st	Moderate
Monastic Knife	Use a mind blade in conjunction with monk fighting techniques	Form Mind Blade, Shape Mind Blade, Stunning Fist, Improved Unarmed Strike	High
Monkey Staff Style	You are so good with your staff you may as well be unarmed.	Improved Unarmed Strike, must be proficient with a staff weapon (as defined below).	High
Opportune Action	When an opponent provokes, you take a move action instead.	Dex 13	High
Pain Point Style	When you make a flurry of blows you can make your target sickened or deal ability damage after your second hit.	Flurry of Blows, Improved Unarmed Strike	Very High
Quick Flurry	You can make a lesser flurry of blow as a standard action.	Flurry of Blows, BAB +6	High
Reactive Combat Maneuver	When you Parry an attack and make your counterattack, you can choose to perform a special attack on the opponent instead.	Combat Expertise, BAB +6, at least one of: Improved Grapple/Trip/Disarm/Bull Rush/Sunder	Very High
Reactive Judo	You are able to redirect your opponents whenever their defenses are open.	Improved Unarmed Strike, Wis 13	High
Reactive Parry	You can deflect attacks with attacks of opportunity.	Combat Expertise, BAB +2	High
Ripple Fist	An augmented version of stunning fist, greatly increases attack damage and possible daze and stun struck foes.	Bab +6 or Monk 6th, Stunning Fist	High
Shattering Strike-CE	Make a concentration check instead of a strength check to sunder objects.	Concentration 8 ranks, Improved Unarmed Strike, Weapon Focus (unarmed strike)	High
Shoryuken	You perform an uppercut so powerful it rockets you and your opponent into the air. Falling damage ensues.	Jump 8 ranks, Improved Bull Rush, Improved Unarmed Strike, Power Attack	High
Show of Power	You show off your power level. This might trouble your opponents.	None	Low
Special Monk Proficiency	All weapons you are proficient with are special monk weapons.	Monk 1st	Moderate
Speedster Monk	You are much faster than other monks.	Monk's Unarmored Speed Bonus	Moderate
Spinning Fabric Technique	You gain the ability to fight with fabric straps.	Fabric Channeler, ki strike (magic) feature	Moderate
Stand User Monk	You are able to summon a construct made of ki and fight through it.	1st level Only, Monk 1st	High
Suppress Chi	You deliver a quick barrage of strikes meant to suppress an opponent's energy, rendering them weak and possibly helpless.	BAB +4, Improved Unarmed Strike, Weapon Focus (Unarmed Strike), 4 ranks in Heal	High
Tear to Pieces	Deal half damage, but ignore temporary hit points and deal damage directly to maximum hit points.	Bab +11, Improved Unarmed Strike	High
Thorned Fist	You can use various worn (not held) weapons with your unarmed strike, such as armor spikes.	Improved Unarmed Strike	Moderate
Turtle Monk	Through your training, you have learned how to use a shield without it interfering with your abilities.	Proficient with any type of shield	Moderate
Weapon Master Monk	Greatly expand your list of special monk weapons.	Monk 1st	Moderate
Whirlwind Hurricane Kick	Create a whirlwind and kick all those around you with a spinning kick.	Monk 6th	High
Worldly Monk	Other monks are lost in their own magical wonderlands. You remember to look where you're punching.	Monk level 1	Moderate
Zen Combat Style	You may use your Wisdom instead of your Dexterity on attack roll and damage rolls.	Dexterity 11+, Wisdom 15+	Moderate
Zen Reflexes	Your peace of mind grant you incredible reflexes, both to avoid incoming threats and act before others. You may also do a cool somersault once per encounter.	Wis 15, Wisdom to AC	High
Zen Striker	You can use your Wisdom instead of your Strength when attacking with unarmed strike or special monk weapons.	BAB +1 or Monk 1st	High

 

Scaling Monk Feats

Feat	Summary	Prerequisites	Balance Point
Lightning Kick	You are legendary for your ability to kick the shit out of people.	Improved Unarmed Strike, Flurry of Blows	Very High

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