Lay Bare Their Weakness

Lay Bare Their Weakness is a passive feature that increases the difficulty to resist the wearer's spells.

Description

After dealing damage with an unarmed attack, the wearer gains a +1 bonus to their spell save DC until the end of their turn.

Technical details

UID

MAG_Monk_Magic_Hat_Passive

Stats functor context: OnDamage

Condition: Those Laid Bare

 Those Laid Bare

Duration: 1 turn

• Affected entity has a +1 bonus to save against spell DC.

How to learn

Granted by the equipment:

• Hat of Uninhibited Kushigo

Notes

• This only triggers on melee unarmed attacks, not on  Throwing attacks.
• The effect cannot stack beyond +1 with subsequent unarmed attacks, even if performed on the same turn.
• Though seemingly a great choice for the Elemental Disciplines of Way of the Four Elements monks, the effect only lasts until the beginning of the wearer's next turn, limiting its usefulness to scenarios such as the following:
  • A monk could use  Flurry of Blows (bonus action) before performing an action on the same turn imposing a spell DC saving throw.
  • One could use their action to perform an unarmed attack, then cast a spell with a bonus action, such as via  Metamagic: Quickened Spell.
  • One could use some means of gaining additional actions during their turn, such as from being  Hastened or using an  Elixir of Bloodlust.
  • One could use an action that imposes saving throws throughout multiple turns, such as  Clench of the North Wind. The effect need not be active when the action is first used; the attacker can perform an unarmed attack on a subsequent turn to impose the harder spell save DC for that turn.