Way of the Flagellant

Some seek strength through discipline and trying themselves, the Flagellant monk is the logical extreme of this. These extremists believe that pain is the key to power and self-mastery, and the more of it you experience the more powerful you become; For does not the Phoenix set itself on fire for eternal life? Have not the most legendary heroes withstood equally legendary hardship? These monks start out spending days in their monasteries, inflicting pain on themselves and eachother, as well as going through grueling training and fast regiments. When they decide to go out into the world it is because they realize they have gotten used to the pain and gain they can find in their closed in world, and must now seek it elsewhere. Scarred and marred, the Flagellant monk ventures out into the world to show it that there is no trial too hard.

Bonus Proficiency

On 3rd level the Flagellant gains proficieny with the Whip, as well as the medicine kit.

Cycling Agony Meditation

At 3rd Level the Flagellant has learnt to not only withstand mundane injuries, but to turn the pain inflicted into striking power. Whenever you are about to be hit by an attack, you can spend one key point as a reaction and gain temporary HP equal to your level. In addition, the next time you strike an enemy with a melee attack you add the damage taken to the attack as bonus necrotic damage.

Limitation Denial

At 6th level you learn to surpass the limits of even your Ki. Once per short rest, when you are out of Ki, you may spend an equal amount of HP instead to activate one of your Ki-spending abilities. You may do this an additional time per short rest at 10 and 14th level.

Agonizing Mantra

At 11th level, by inflicting harm on yourself and chanting a mantra of pure pain you can wrack enemies around you witht he same feeling. By inflicting 1d4 damage to yourself you can cause everyone of your choice within 20ft to make a wisdom saving throw, as they are forced to feel your pain, or take 1d4 necrotic damage and become incapacitated for your constitution modifier rounds. The affected enemies can chose to roll the save again at the end of each of their turns. You can perfom this ability once every short rest.

Empathic Destruction Strike

At 17th level you learn that through empathy and hard focus, you can experience the pain of others. As a special reaction you are able to perform 3 times per short rest, and once per turn, you can spend 2 Ki point in order to use Cycling Agony Meditation with another creature as the target, effectively blocking their pain and taking it for yourself. The next time you strike with a melee attack, you can add all the accumulated damage to the strike as bonus necrotic damage.