Monks of the Way of the Dragon study and idolize draconic beings. They fight like dragons.

When you choose this monastic tradition at 3rd level, you can speak, read, and write Draconic. Choose one type of dragon from the table below for your dragonheart. Your dragonheart is used by features you gain later.

At 3rd level, you weave dragon-like motions into your martial arts. You gain the following benefits:

Breath Weapon

At 6th level, you learn to release a powerful breath attack. As an action, you can spend up to 3 ki points to exhale destructive energy. Your dragonheart determines the size, shape, and damage type of the exhalation.

When you use your breath weapon, each creature in the area of the exhalation must make a saving throw, the type of which is determined by your dragonheart. A creature takes 2d6 damage per ki point spent on a failed saving throw, or half as much damage on a successful one. The size of the damage dice changes as you gain monk levels, as shown in the Martial Arts column of the Monk table.

The maximum number of ki you can expend increase to 4 at 9th level, 5 at 13th level, and 6 at 17th level.