Way of the Intercepting Claw

Their inborn primal magic tempered by discipline and meditation, monks of the Intercepting Claw employ a fluid and syncretic fighting style, freely intermixing conventional attacks with animal transformations. Their tradition emphasizes the important of adaptability, seeing opportunity in defeat, and strength in weakness. While other monasteries mock them for employing a 'mongrel' style, monks of the Intercepting Claw understand that, in combat, rigid rules are nothing but a hindrance.

Initiate of the Way When you choose this tradition at 3rd level, your unorthodox martial arts training has taught you to undergo transformations as part of your combat forms. You gain the following benefits: Practiced Transformations. You learn three cantrips of your choice from the evolutionist spell list. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these cantrips. Changing Stance. When you make an unarmed strike as part of the Attack action on your turn, you can spend 1 ki point to cast a cantrip as a bonus action. Honed Instinct. You gain a bonus to your initiative rolls equal to your Wisdom modifier. Fist and Fang. You can deal bludgeoning, piercing or slashing damage with your unarmed strikes.

Intermingled Forms Starting at 6th level, you understand that offense and defense are simultaneous and inseparable. You gain the following benefits. Instinctive Counter. When a creature misses you with a melee attack roll, you can spend 1 ki point as a reaction to cast a cantrip that involves making an attack roll against that creature. Sudden Strike. The speed of your transformations

leaves your enemies shocked and faltering. When you

make a melee spell attack against a creature, you don't provoke opportunity attacks from that creature for the

rest of the turn, whether you hit or not.

Faultless Recovery Starting at 11th level, you have learned that the

potential for success exists in even the most dire of situations. When you roll a 1 or a 2 on an attack roll or

ability check, you can use your reaction to immediately attempt that roll again. You must keep the second result.