Path of the Kensei
How it's obtained: Bought with 30 Aethyr points, or taken with a free pick that allows it.
- Aethyrpoint Cost
- 30
- Level Requirement
- 3
- Technique Requirement
- Martial, Spellfighter
- Source Reference
- Monk Way of Kensei Feature
- Source Requirement
- Dedication
- Prerequisite Features
- Martial Arts
- Activation Time
- Free
- Domain Requirement
- General
- Recharge Type
- Long Rest
- Concentration?
- No
Description
Your special martial arts training leads you to master the use of certain weapons. This path also includes instruction in the deft strokes of calligraphy or painting. You gain the following benefits.
Kensei Weapons. Choose two types of weapons to be your kensei weapons: one melee weapon and one ranged weapon. Each of these weapons can be any simple or martial weapon that lacks the heavy and special properties. The longbow is also a valid choice. You gain proficiency with these weapons if you don’t already have it. Weapons of the chosen types count as simple weapons for you. Many of this tradition’s features work only with your kensei weapons. When your Aethyrflame Intensity reaches level 6, and again at levels 11 and 17, you can choose another type of weapon — either melee or ranged — to be a kensei weapon for you, following the criteria above.
Agile Parry. If you make an unarmed strike as part of the Attack action on your turn and are holding a kensei weapon, you can use it to defend yourself if it is a melee weapon. You gain a +2 bonus to AC until the start of your next turn, while the weapon is in your hand and you aren’t incapacitated.
Kensei’s Shot. You can use a bonus action on your turn to make your ranged attacks with a kensei weapon more deadly. When you do so, any target you hit with a ranged attack using a kensei weapon takes an extra 1d4 damage of the weapon’s type. You retain this benefit until the end of the current turn.
Way of the Brush. You gain proficiency with your choice of calligrapher’s supplies or painter’s supplies.