4th Level Monk Feats

Cobra Stance [A] (Feat 4)

Monk

Stance

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You enter a tight stance, coiled up like a lashing cobra with your hands poised as venomous fangs. While in this stance, the only Strikes you can make are cobra fang unarmed attacks. These deal 1d4 poison damage; are in the brawling group; and have the agile, deadly d10, finesse, nonlethal, poison, and unarmed traits.

While in Cobra Stance, you gain a +1 circumstance bonus to Fortitude saves and your Fortitude DC, and you gain poison resistance equal to half your level.

Deflect Arrow [R] (Feat 4)

Monk

Requirements You’re aware of the attack, are not flat-footed against it, and have a hand free.

Trigger You are the target of a physical ranged attack.

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You gain a +4 circumstance bonus to AC against the triggering attack. If the attack misses, you have deflected it. You cannot use this feat to deflect unusually massive ranged projectiles (such as boulders or ballista bolts).

Flurry of Maneuvers (Feat 4)

Monk

Prerequisites expert in Athletics

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You flurry is a combination of maneuvers. You can replace one or both of your attacks during a Flurry of Blows with Grapples, Shoves, or Trips.

Flying Kick [AA] (Feat 4)

Monk

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You launch yourself at a foe. Make a Leap or attempt a High Jump or Long Jump. At the end of the jump, if you’re adjacent to a foe, you can immediately Strike that foe with an unarmed attack, even if the foe is in mid-air. You fall to the ground after the Strike. If the distance you fall is no more than the height of your jump, you land upright and take no damage.

Guarded Movement (Feat 4)

Monk

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Your guard is up, even while moving. You gain a +4 circumstance bonus to AC against reactions triggered by your movement.

Peafowl Stance [A] (Feat 4)

Monk

Stance

Prerequisites Monastic Weaponry

Requirements You are wielding a sword that has the monk trait in one hand.

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You enter a tall and proud stance while remaining mobile, with all the grace and composure of a peafowl. While in this stance, the only Strikes you can make are melee Strikes with the required sword. 

Once per round, after you hit with a monk sword Strike, you can Step as a free action as your next action.

Sacred Ki (Feat 4)

Monk

Prerequisites Ki Strike, you follow a deity

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The power of your faith suffuses your ki. When you select this feat, choose radiant or entropic. Your choice must match one of your deity’s alignment components.

When you cast the ki strike focus spell you can choose for the ki strike damage to be of the chosen type. Additionally, you can substitute the damage from ki blast (or other ki spells that deal force damage, at the GM’s discretion) with damage of your chosen alignment.

Stand Still [R] (Feat 4)

Monk

Trigger A creature within your reach uses a move action or leaves a square during a move action it’s using.

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You strike out when your foe tries to flee. Make a melee Strike against the triggering creature. If the attack is a critical hit and the trigger was a move action, you disrupt that action.

Wholeness of Body (Feat 4)

Monk

Prerequisites ki spells

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You can restore your health by tapping into your ki. You gain the wholeness of body ki spell. Increase the number of Focus Points in your focus pool by 1.