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Kinetic Quarterstaff

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Weapon (quarterstaff), very rare (requires attunement by a monk)

This staff allows you to store kinetic energy and release it using your ki. You gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. It has 4 charges for the following properties, which use a save DC of 2 + your ki save DC. The weapon gains 1 charge whenever you hit a creature with it, up to a maximum of 4 charges. If a charge isn't expended within 1 minute, it's automatically lost.

Energy Pulse. Whenever you expend a ki point to use your Flurry of Blows or Step of the Wind feature and are holding the quarterstaff, you can simultaneously expend all of the weapon's charges to release a swirling pulse of energy from it (no action required). When you do, each other creature within 5 feet of you must succeed on Strength saving throw or take 1d6 force damage for each charge expended.

Ki Blast. When you take the Attack action and are holding the quarterstaff, you can choose to forgo one of your attacks to instead expend 1 ki point and all of the weapon's charges to fire a blast of stored energy from the end of the staff. Choose a creature that you can see within 60 feet of you. That creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 1d10 force damage for each charge expended; if you expended 4 of the weapon's charges, the target is also stunned until the end of your next turn.

The rock slide is in its first errant stone, the flood in the first drop of rain. Thus we build upon our foundations, born from fundamentals taught to any novice and building to the unique masteries of our kinetic art.

And so, when you feel the first blow against you, know that blow will become—already is—your death.