Quack-Fu Monk (Apath)

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Quack-Fu is a mishmash martial arts style popular with the shibaten duck-folk and few others. It lacks the discipline of more formal styles, relying instead on wild motion, sudden aggressive attacks, and improvisation. The quack-fu monk is a martial artist of the way of life.

Class Information

This is a martial arts archetype

Publisher: Purple Duck Games.

Class: Monk.

Hit Die: d8 (d10 for unchained monk).

Class Features

The quack-fu monk has all the monks class features, except as follows.

Way of Life Armor Class Bonus (Ex)

When unarmored and unencumbered, the quack-fu monk adds her Charisma bonus (if any) as a dodge bonus to her Armor Class and Combat Maneuver Defense. This bonus increases by 1 at level four and for every four quack-fu monk levels thereafter, up to a maximum of +5 at 20th level.

She loses these bonuses when she loses her Dexterity bonus to Armor Class, when she is immobilized or helpless, when she wears any armor, when she carries a shield, or when she carries a medium or heavy load.

The quack-fu monk can substitute Charisma for Wisdom for the prerequisites of style feats.

This is a modification to the monk's armor class bonus class feature.

Aggressive Posturing (Ex)

An quack-fu monk of 3rd level or higher counts as one size category larger (up to Medium size), but only to determine what size creatures he can use combat maneuvers against. At level 8, and every 5 levels thereafter, this size increase (and maximum effective size category) increases by another size category.

This ability replaces Still Mind.

Uncanny Dodge (Ex)

Starting at 7th level, an quack-fu monk can react to danger before her senses would normally allow her to do so. She cannot be caught flat-footed, nor does she lose her Dex bonus to AC if the attacker is invisible. She still loses her Dexterity bonus to AC if immobilized. A rogue with this ability can still lose her Dexterity bonus to AC if an opponent successfully uses the feint action (see Combat) against her.

If an quack-fu monk already has uncanny dodge from a different class, she automatically gains improved uncanny dodge (see below) instead.

Table: Quack-fu Monk

Level Base
Attack
Bonus
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special Unarmed
Damage
AC
Bonus
Fast
Movement
1st +1 +2 +2 +0 Bonus feat, flurry of blows (bonus attack), stunning fist, unarmed strike 1d6 +0 +0 ft.
2nd +2 +3 +3 +0 Bonus feat, evasion 1d6 +0 +0 ft.
3rd +3 +3 +3 +1 Aggressive posturing, fast movement, ki pool, ki strike (magic) 1d6 +0 +10 ft.
4th +4 +4 +4 +1 Ki power, stunning fist (fatigued), uncanny dodge 1d8 +1 +10 ft.
5th +5 +4 +4 +1 Purity of body, style strike (1/round) 1d8 +1 +10 ft.
6th +6/+1 +5 +5 +2 Bonus feat, ki power 1d8 +1 +20 ft.
7th +7/+2 +5 +5 +2 Ki strike (cold iron/silver), uncanny dodge 1d8 +1 +20 ft.
8th +8/+3 +6 +6 +2 Ki power, stunning fist (sickened) 1d10 +2 +20 ft.
9th +9/+4 +6 +6 +3 Improved evasion, style strike 1d10 +2 +30 ft.
10th +10/+5 +7 +7 +3 Bonus feat, ki power, ki strike (lawful) 1d10 +2 +30 ft.
11th +11/+6/+1 +7 +7 +3 Flurry of blows (bonus attack) 1d10 +2 +30 ft.
12th +12/+7/+2 +8 +8 +4 Ki power, stunning fist (staggered) 2d6 +3 +40 ft.
13th +13/+8/+3 +8 +8 +4 Style strike, tongue of the sun and moon 2d6 +3 +40 ft.
14th +14/+9/+4 +9 +9 +4 Bonus feat, ki power 2d6 +3 +40 ft.
15th +15/+10/+5 +9 +9 +5 Style strike (2/round) 2d6 +3 +50 ft.
16th +16/+11/+6/+1 +10 +10 +5 ki power, ki strike (adamantine) , stunning fist (blind or deaf) 2d8 +4 +50 ft.
17th +17/+12/+7/+2 +10 +10 +5 Style strike, timeless body 2d8 +4 +50 ft.
18th +18/+13/+8/+3 +11 +11 +6 Bonus feat, Ki power 2d8 +4 +60 ft.
19th +19/+14/+9/+4 +11 +11 +6 Flawless mind 2d8 +4 +60 ft.
20th +20/+15/+10/+5 +12 +12 +6 Ki power, perfect self, stunning fist (paralyzed) 2d10 +5 +60 ft.

Summary of Changed Class Abilities

These class features are lost or modified in this archetype:

  • AC Bonus
  • Still Mind (lvl 3)
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