Monk

Channel your cosmic enlightenment by deftly dodging and efficiently disassembling your foes through stunning strikes and a whirlwind of martial art attacks.

Channel your cosmic enlightenment by deftly dodging and efficiently disassembling your foes through stunning strikes and a whirlwind of martial art attacks.

Monk is a character Class in Baldur's Gate 3. Monks are unarmed combatants capable of spending Ki Points to perform special abilities. Monk's key ability scores are Wisdom, Dexterity, and Constitution.

The Monk Subclasses are: Way of the Four Elements, Way of the Open Hand, Way of Shadow

The Monk Class Progression
Level	Proficiency Bonus	Martial Arts	Ki Points	Unarmoured Movement	Features
1st	+2	1d4	2	-	Unarmoured Defence, Martial Arts: Dextrous Attacks, Martial Arts: Deft Strikes, Martial Arts: Bonus Unarmed Strike,  Flurry of Blows
2nd	+2	1d4	3	+ 3 m / 10 ft.	Unarmoured Movement,  Patient Defence, Step of the Wind: Dash,  Step of the Wind: Disengage
3rd	+2	1d6	4	+ 3 m / 10 ft.	Choose a subclass,  Deflect Missiles
4th	+2	1d6	5	+ 3 m / 10 ft.	Feat,  Slow Fall
5th	+3	1d6	6	+ 3 m / 10 ft.	Extra Attack,  Stunning Strike (Melee),  Stunning Strike (Unarmed)
6th	+3	1d6	7	+ 4.5 m / 15 ft.	Ki-Empowered Strikes, Subclass feature, Improved Unarmoured Movement, Wholeness of Body
7th	+3	1d6	8	+ 4.5 m / 15 ft.	File:Evasion Icon.png Evasion, Stillness of Mind
8th	+3	1d6	9	+ 4.5 m / 15 ft.	Feat
9th	+4	1d8	10	+ 4.5 m / 15 ft.	Advanced Unarmoured Movement
10th	+4	1d8	11	+ 6 m / 20 ft.	Purity of Body, Improved Unarmoured Movement
11th	+4	1d8	12	+ 6 m / 20 ft.	Subclass feature
12th	+4	1d8	13	+ 6 m / 20 ft.	Feat

Class Information

• Level 1 Maximum Hit Points: 8 + Constitution Modifier
  • Hit points at higher levels: 5 + Constitution Modifier
• Key Ability Scores:
  • Wisdom for improved Ki DC and Armour Class.
  • Constitution for more Hit Points.
  • Dexterity for attack rolls and damage rolls of unarmed strikes and monk weapons, higher Initiative and Armour Class.
• Saving Throw Proficiencies: Strength, Dexterity
• Equipment Proficiencies:
  • Simple weapons, Shortswords
• Monk Weapon: Monk weapons are those that which the Monk has Proficiency, and which do not have the two-handed or heavy properties.
• Skills with Proficiency (Choose 2):
  • History, Insight, Religion, Acrobatics, Stealth, Athletics
    • You receive a bonus to every skill that you are proficient in. At Level 1 the Proficiency Bonus is +2.

Ki

Ki Point is a resource specific to Monk. It is the magic that flows through all living beings, and is used to cast certain abilities that the Monk class can learn.

At level 1, the Monk starts with 2 charges of Ki Point, and gain one more every subsequent level. Expended Charges can be restored by taking a short rest, or, if the Monk's subclass is  Way of the Four Elements, at level 3 they can use  Harmony of Fire and Water, otherwise if the Monk's subclass is  Way of the Open Hand, at level 6 they can use  Wholeness of Body.

Subclass	Spell Name			Description
	Blade of Rime	+ 2		Throw a shard of ice that deals 1d10Piercing damage. It explodes and deals 2d6Cold to anyone nearby. It leaves an ice surface.
	Harmony of Fire and Water			Recover half of your max Ki Point outside of combat. Can only be used once per long rest.
	Shadow Arts: Darkness	+ 2		Create a dark shroud that heavily Obscures and Blinds creatures within. Creatures cannot make ranged attacks into or out of it.
	Flurry of Blows: Topple	+		Punch twice in quick succession and possibly knock the target Prone.

Level Progression

Through experience, you acquire new power. You gain the following traits.

Level 1

• + 2Ki Points
•  Flurry of Blows
•  Unarmoured Defence
• Martial Arts: Dextrous Attacks
  • Attacks with Monk Weapons and unarmed attacks scale with your Dexterity instead of your Strength if your Dexterity is higher.
• Martial Arts: Deft Strikes
  • Attacks with Monk Weapons and unarmed attacks deal 1~4 Bludgeoning damage, unless their normal damage is higher.
• Martial Arts: Bonus Unarmed Strike
  • After making an attack with a Monk Weapon or while unarmed, you can make another unarmed attack as a Bonus action.

Level 2

• + 1Ki Point
•  Patient Defence
•  Step of the Wind: Dash
•  Step of the Wind: Disengage
• Unarmoured Movement
  • Your movement speed increases by 3 m / 10 ft while you are not wearing armour or using a shield.

Level 3

New

• + 1Ki Point
•  Deflect Missiles(Reaction)

Changed

• Martial Arts: Deft Strikes
  • Attacks with Monk Weapons and unarmed attacks deal 1~6Bludgeoning damage(previously 1~4), unless their normal damage is higher.

Select a Subclass

Way of the Four Elements	Way of the Open Hand	Way of Shadow
Gain 3 monk spells. Harmony of Fire and Water	Flurry of Blows: Topple Flurry of Blows: Stagger Flurry of Blows: Push	Shadow Arts: Hide Shadow Arts: Pass Without Trace Shadow Arts: Darkness Shadow Arts: Darkvision Shadow Arts: Silence Cantrip: Minor Illusion

Level 4

• Choose a Feat.

• + 1Ki Point

•  Slow Fall(Reaction)

Level 5

New

• + 1Ki Point
•  Extra Attack

Changed

• Proficiency Bonus: +3 (previously +2)

Subclass Features:

Way of the Four Elements	Way of the Open Hand	Way of Shadow
		Cloak of Shadows

Skills

• Stunning Strike (Melee)
• Stunning Strike (Unarmed)

Level 6

New

• + 1Ki Point
• Ki-Empowered Strikes
  • Your unarmed attacks count as magical for the purpose of overcoming enemies' Resistances and Immunity to non-magical damage.

Changed

• Improved Unarmoured Movement
  • Your movement speed increases by 4.5 m / 15 ft (previously 3 m / 10 ft) while you are not wearing armour or using a shield.

Subclass Features:

Way of the Four Elements	Way of the Open Hand	Way of Shadow
Gain an additional spell. Can be chosen from the level 3 spells or from: Clench of the North Wind Embrace of the Inferno Gong of the Summit	Manifestation of Body Manifestation of Mind Manifestation of Soul Wholeness of Body	Shadow Step

Level 7

• + 1Ki Point
• File:Evasion Icon.png Evasion
• Stillness of Mind
  • If you are Charmed or Frightened, you automatically cast Stillness of Mind to remove the condition.

Level 8

• Choose a Feat.

• + 1Ki Point

Level 9

New

• + 1Ki Point
• Advanced Unarmoured Movement
  • Difficult Terrain doesn't slow you down and you can jump an additional 6 m / 20 ft while you are not wearing armour or using a shield.

Changed

• Martial Arts: Deft Strikes
  • Attacks with Monk Weapons and unarmed attacks deal 1~8 Bludgeoning damage (previously 1~6), unless their normal damage is higher.
• Proficiency Bonus: +4 (previously +3)

Way of the Four Elements	Way of the Open Hand	Way of Shadow
Improved Elemental Casting Gain an additional spell	Ki Resonation: Punch Ki Resonation: Punch (Bonus Action) Ki Resonation: Blast

Level 10

New

• + 1Ki Point
• Purity Of Body
  • You are Immune to Poison damage and can't be Poisoned or affected by disease thanks to the purifying ki flowing through your meridians.

Changed

• Improved Unarmoured Movement
  • Your movement speed increases by 6 m / 20 ft (previously 4.5 m / 15 ft) while you are not wearing armour or using a shield.

Level 11

• + 1Ki Point

Way of the Four Elements	Way of the Open Hand	Way of Shadow
Gain an additional spell. Can be chosen from the level 3 or 6 spells or from: Flames of the Phoenix Mist Stance Ride the Wind	Tranquility	Shadow Strike Shadow Strike: Unarmed

Level 12

• Choose a Feat.

• + 1Ki Point

External Links

• Monk on the Forgotten Realms Wiki