Zenkai (Monk Archetype)

A zenkai monk is the final guardian of his people, trained by an alien warrior race in magical combat. He is willing to sacrifice his own moral standing if it means protecting the innocent.

Alignment: Any good.

Unarmed Strike (Ex): A zenkai monk increases his unarmed strike damage at 1st, 8th, and 16th level. This alters the progression of unarmed strike.

Dynamic Sorcery: At 1st level, a zenkai monk gains dynamic sorcery (rank 1). The monk’s spells are drawn from the zenkai spell list below. The monk’s dynamic sorcery rank increases by +1 at 4th, 8th, 12th, and 16th level. This replaces bonus feats, stunning fist, ki pool, and style strike.

Speed: Fast Movement A zenkai monk only increases his movement speed by +5 feet per 3 levels instead. This alters fast movement.

Zenkai Spell List

Zenkai monks can gain a very specific set of spells they can cast using dynamic sorcery. They are also able to research unique spells in the same way a wizard can.

1st—ant haul, anticipate peril, bless, bless weapon, bristle, divine favor, ear-piercing scream, enlarge person, entropic shield, expeditious retreat, feather fall, feather step, jump, keen senses, lead blades, magic missile, magic weapon, sanctuary, shield, shillelagh, true strike, youthful appearance

2nd—acute senses, aid, bear’s endurance, bull’s strength, cat’s grace, barkskin, bestow grace, delay pain, levitate, mirror image, protection from arrows, resist energy, scorching ray, shatter, status

3rd—arcane sight, blur, cloak of winds, fly, force punch, heroism, protection from energy, rage (self only), water walk

4th—air walk, ball lightning, detonate, dimension door, divine power, greater false life, lesser age resistance, lesser globe of invulnerability, locate creature, primal scream, stoneskin

5th—aspect of the wolf, contact other plane, displacement, fireball, flame strike, overland flight, righteous might, slay living, telepathic bond, teleport