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Monk Feature Reworks + Additional Features

In my eyes, and according to the internet's opinion the monk is one of the weaker classes of DnD. They do not have the health necessary to go tank hits in melee, which is one of the biggest drawbacks, for a class that wants to punch things.

So here are some features rework to make them stronger, and some additional features that can consider giving your monk, to make them punch harder, walk on air, dodge at the last minute, and all sorts of cool things.

Enjoy!

Big Update regarding the future of MonkeyDM's Patreon (Black Friday & More)

Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well.

I'm coming to you today with a very important update.

As the months have gone by, I've started to accumulate more and more content over here on Patreon, with weekly adventures, and (almost) monthly compendiums, I calculated and we broke 1000 pages total!

Now this Patreon journey has been absolutely amazing, and cannot thank you all enough for that!!
But with that being said I have to talk about the bad news.

As time goe...

The Mighty Dandelion, and the Fearsome Asar

Two fun monsters that I created upon popular request.

Enjoy this piece of free fan content with gorgeous art from Iguanamouth and Wizards of the Coast.

Take Care

Unrest of the Four Temples - A Level 10 Adventure

Prevent an ancient evil from awakening in this adventure. Travel through the various temples of the world, and fight your way through hordes of enemy to prevent a calamity from taking place.

Enjoy!

EDIT: Statblock for the steelwind serpent is to be download separately underneath.

Poison Spells - 6 new spells to shower your enemies in poison

Break their minds or their bodies with these various poison spells.

Poison is another underrepresented source of damage in 5e, which makes sense given all the monsters which have resistance/immunity to it.  As a "professional homebrewer" (Can't believe that's technically my job), I feel like it is my duty to create content for it.

I have a poisonous cleric subclass on the backburner as well, which you will all like hopefully!

Take Care!

Ruler of Life & Death, Manhunter's Blade - 2 new weapons that specialize in hunting "special" foes

The title says it all.

Warpicks are very cool weapons, although underused to some extent. I wanted to make a magic item for these less often used weapons. An interesting “issue” that I ran into is that apart from this art right here no weapon art of a fantasy warpick that I could really purchase the rights to.

Manhunter's Blade doesn't have art yet, because I'm waiting on the art for it, but it is a nice one.

Enjoy!

Race - Ancestral & Primal Humans

I'm considering renaming this race to  "founders", to emphasize the fact that they herald from the first humans, but I also like to make them semi-simian humans.

The art is actually a kapre, a creature of Philippine folklore, but it represents perfectly what I had in mind, although they are not giant nor invisible to regular people, for gameplay purposes.

Enjoy!

Barbarian: Path of the Wild || Fighter: Undying Knight

2 New Martial subclasses for your table. The barbarian is inspired by Tarzan, whilst the fighter is a more corrupted entity.

They play very differently, and the fighter is the embodiment of the "Why won't you just die" meme, but actually playable.

Enjoy!

The Tuskless Rebellion - A revolutionary adventure for 3rd level

Want to see how your players will act when faced with a moral / political choice? Well this is the perfect adventure for you!

Side with a rebellion to overthrow the current power, or help the current power maintain it's control over the city, or perhaps there is even a 3rd option?

Hard to say what's right and what is wrong in the city of Last Harvest.

Enjoy!

Acid Spells - Melt down your foes

Since there are not that many official acid spells, I decided to create some more, because throwing acid at enemies is fun?

This makes a total of 6 new acid spells (considering emerald bow & acidic blast from the last set).
After these I'll turn my eyes on poison damage (and necrotic potentially), creating 6 new spells for it.

Enjoy!

Monsters - Forest Guardian, Blightforged & Corrosive Golems

3 brand new monsters of various CRs, some protect the forest, while others are abominations born of it.

They start at fairly low CR and go up in stride and power, with the most vicious one capable of blinding a character in a semi-permanent manner.

They are all twisted and have some very unique mechanics to them.

Enjoy!

Items of the Wilds - Heart of Thorns, Pack Leader's Necklace & Bow of the Wilds

3 new fun items which all have a serious wild theme, which you can now gift to your players (or their opponents).

The heart of thorns was the hardest to balance, but I'm happy where it's standing at.

Enjoy!

Fighting Styles - Blind Archery, Sacrificial Defender & Aggressive Fighting

3 new fighting styles, one for each class, ranger, paladin and fighter respectively.

The ranger fighting style's idea was completely inspired by the art that you see right here. Right after purchasing the rights to it, figuring that it was going to be nice art for a ranger subclass, I figured that it could actually be something even more fun!

Take Care!

Bard - College of Chantings

Return the roots of music with this bard subclass.

Learn new ways to empower your allies, and use it to charge in battle.

What should we name the Upcoming Compendium?

As a reminder the Compendium (Tome in size), will contain monsters and abilities that are all related to plants, undeads and corruption.

Adventure - The Prophe-sea - A level 16 adventure

We are not going back to the Guide to the Abyssal Depths, but this adventure here was made with the intention to be published alongside it. I lost inspiration halfway through and decided to delay the adventure instead.

Here it is today!

It's a fun high level adventure where you have to prevent the apocalypse (like most adventures of that level to be fair).

Enjoy this Aquatic Madness!

Druidic Spells - 4 spells to control the battlefield with the power of nature (+a paladin exclusive spell)

Druids do not have that many spells in the base game, so here are a few to alleviate that issue.
Since we're doing a compendium based on undeath and plants, this fits right at home!

I'm also going to create some more acid and poison based spells, since they are so few of those available at the moment.

Enjoy melting your enemies :)

Take Care!

Blighted Feats - 5 feats to overcome the powers of the Blight, or succumb to it

Technically all these feats could be turned into gifts, let me know if that's something you'd be interested in!
It makes hunting specific more interesting, since they can get quite some upsides upon accomplishing their mission. But as feats these work just fine as well ^^

Take Care!

Corrupt Location - Blighted Woods

Home to many strange monsters and afflicted by the mind-bending influence of the Blight, the blighted woods are no tourist destination.

This ever growing grove threatens to engulf the entire world if left unchecked. How much will it affect your world?

Take Care!

Colosseum of Carnage - A Reverse Dungeon Crawl for level 10

Will you survive the bloody Colosseum? Dive in this adventure and find out!

You will have to fight, sponsored by fickle gods, who may reward with riches beyond your imagination, or a very painful death.

Enjoy!

Cleansing Axe & Bone Saw - Two items which each represent a side of the coin

One of them helps fighting the Blight, whilst the other one helps spreading its influence.

Choose your poison.

Enjoy!

Race: Dryad - Become one of these iconic forest spirits

Dryads are beautiful creatures with delicate features seemingly made of soft wood. Their hair seemed to be made of leaves and foliage that changes color with the seasons. During the spring and summer months, the hair of a dryad was lush and green, while during autumn it turned red and eventually brown in the winter.

And now, you can become one, with these 4 unique subraces.

Paladin: Oath of the Hunt + 5 Monsters that they Hunt

Hello!

So right now I'm trying to figure out the art, but in the meantime WotC allows the use of their art on free content. So enjoy this mini mini compendium of small update full of goodies to add to the jungles of your world!

Take Care!

Plagued Spells 1

New spells to wield the power of poison and corruption. Lovely stuff!

The Missing Experiment - A Halloween Adventure featuring a Monster that Frankenstein would love.

Here is a little treat for you before Halloween!

A short and sweet One-Shot for you to play around pumpkin spiced lattes, or rather around spooky Jack-O-Lanterns.


For the better part of his 50 years, Professor Ordus Bugenheimer has been trying to beat death. Originally an ordinary doctor, Bugenheimer has slowly but surely delved into the world of experimental, non-magical necromancy. But, in his opinion, magic is too flimsy and lacks the ability to give free wil...