The Art of Nine Limbs

Substitute Monk rules for our 5th Ed Yoon Suin game

Practitioners of Lethwei, the Art of Nine Limbs, learn one technique from the below list every level. Your Monk level must be equal to or higher than the level of the technique you wish to master, and you must learn these techniques from a master. This could mean training you Bull Style under the head of a martial arts school, or perfecting your Cobra Technique by striking the vital points of a hundred actual cobras

Use the Monk stats for hp (d8), proficiency, etc. Your unarmed attacks deal 1d4 damage and you gain an additional attack every third level. You can only use your Monk abilities while wearing no armour

truly, every part of the Siamese is blessed with venom

level	technique
1	Boar - rushing attacks, especially with elbows and knees Charge forward and strike with blinding speed. You always win initiative if starting your turn with this move	Bull - powerful charging strikes Charge forward and strike with the power of a bull tossing its horns. Throw people around, flip carts, mess up china shops
2	Deer - short leaps away from an attacker Actively dodge for the turn and you cannot be hit in melee	Eagle - sweeping and blocking with both hands Actively dodge for the turn and you cannot be hit by projectiles
3	Python - chokes and locks Lock onto an opponent after a successful attack. If subsequent turns are spent maintaining the grip, the target is paralysed	Scorpion - pinching and seizing nerve centres Block the target’s chakras after a successful attack; they cannot cast spells for 1d6 turns
4	Monkey - agile movements (requires Deer style) Perform any non-combat action while dodging and still avoid all melee attacks. Jackie Chan shenanigans	Heron - fast arm movements and short jumps (requires Eagle style) Actively dodge for the turn and you can redirect up to two projectiles from any volley
5	Viper - attacks to the lower vital points The target’s movement speed is reduced to half and they lose dex bonuses to AC for the rest of the day. On a crit you may cripple them	Cobra - attacks to the upper vital points If the target attempts to exert themselves next turn, they take your maximum unarmed damage
6	Tiger - clawing attacks Your unarmed attacks ignore all armour. Your fingers can gouge metal plate, crush rock, pulverise trees	Leopard - circling; leaping at and tearing at opponents While above half health, you cannot be struck in melee by anyone lower level than you
13	Black Panther - taught by some teachers as a combination of all the animal forms Once per day, when below half health, you can spend your turn performing a nine strike combo on a single target. Roll nine attacks. If all nine strikes hit, the target receives triple damage