Way of the Long Death

Monks of the Way of the Long Death are obsessed with the meaning and mechanics of dying. They capture creatures and prepare elaborate experiments to capture, record, and understand the moments of their demise. They then use this knowledge to guide their understand ing of martial arts, yielding a deadly fighting style.

Touch Of Death

Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, your study of death allows you to extract vitality from a nother creature as it nears its demise. When you reduce a creature within 5 feet of you to 0 hit points, you gain temporary hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier + your monk level (minimum of 1 temporary hit point).

Hour Of Reaping

At 6th level, you gain the ability to unsettle or terrify those around you as a n action, for your soul has been touched by the shadow of death. When you take this ac tion , each creature within 30 feet of you that can see you must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be frightened of you until the end of your next turn.

Mastery Of Death

Beginning at 11th level, you use your fami liarity with death to escape its grasp. When you are reduced to 0 hit points, you can expend 1 ki point (no action required) to have 1 hit point instead.

Touch Of The Long Death

Starting at 17th level, your touch can channel the energy of death into a creature. As an action, you touch one creature within 5 feet of you, and you expend 1to10 ki points. The target must make a Constitution saving throw, and it takes 2d10 necrotic damage per ki point spent on a fai led save, or half as much damage on a suc cessful one.