Quasiclass: Night Fist (Monk/ShD)

[CataclysmicDeath]

Here is an idea I had for a Monk/ShD Quasi, its probably way overpowered and I have no idea if it could be done but figured I would post it and see what ya'll thought.

Must have 10 Levels of Monk/10 Shadow Dancer, Weapon Focus Unarmed before level 22
May not have anything equipped in off hand.

The Night Fist is a Monk who excels in unarmed combat and the use of darkness and shadow. Such is their dedication to the night that they have become permanently shrouded in darkness and are unable to shed the shadows that surround them. Shunned by normal society they live out solitary lives travelling from place to place, hiring themselves out as mercenaries and assassins. No one has yet been known to survive a visit from the Night Fist.

On achieving Night Fist status the Shadow Evade effect becomes permanent and undispellable but only gives unlimited GS when casting if the Night Fists CC is ShD and gains 2 attacks per round instead of one. All other Shadow Evade effects remain.

Both Monk and ShD Levels count towards the Shadow Evade effects.

Shadow Rift and Epic Shadow Lord are not available for this Quasi Class as it is an Unarmed Quasi and they are by nature loners shying away from any kind of company.

Shadow Daze becomes a Area Stun attack instead of a Confuse attack at Night Fist level 40 with DC worked out exactly the same as Monk Stunning Fist DC except that it counts Monk+ShD Levels including LL's and instead of being unlimited it takes up one use of Monk Stunning Fist.

Empty Body no longer grants concealment but if the Night Fist has CC Monk it will grant Etherealness, with duration calculated as for Monk Empty Body but taking both Monk and ShD Levels including LL's into account

Wholeness of Body Acts as Monk but uses Monk and ShD Levels for uses calculation inc LL's

Stunning Fist Calculations for DC, etc are the same as for Monk Stunning fist but take into account Monk Level + ShD Level inc LL's and instead of just stunning the target it also causes a festering wound on the opponent if they failed a second Fort save, if they succed they are simply stunned as normal.

Quivering Palm is no longer an insta kill attack, instead it gains half the number of uses of Stunning Fist and by using the commands !dam1, !dam2, !dam3, !dam4 it will produce one of the following results if the target failes a Fort save:

!dam1 (Available at level 25 Night Fist): Targets the leg of the enemy, cripples the target decreasing its movement speed permanently and causing it to loose its next round of attacks whilst it recovers from the blow.

!dam2 (Available at level 30 Night Fist): Target the arm of the enemy, causes the enemy to loose 1 attack per round permanently and has a 10% chance of disarming the opponent.

!dam3 (Available at level 35 Night Fist): Targets the enemies head and if succesful Blinds the target and dazes it for 1D6 rounds.

!dam4 (Available at level 40 Night Fist): Targets the enemies chest and in a blazing show of power you tear out the targets heart instantly killing it, this ignores death immune and critical immune) however this uses up 5 Quivering Palm uses.

All other abilities are calculated at Night Fist level as for a normal Monk/ShD.

Wearing anything other than Robes will negate all abilities.

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[bobownsya]

!dam1 (Available at level 25 Night Fist): Targets the leg of the enemy, cripples the target decreasing its movement speed permanently and causing it to loose its next round of attacks whilst it recovers from the blow.

!dam2 (Available at level 30 Night Fist): Target the arm of the enemy, causes the enemy to loose 1 attack per round permanently and has a 10% chance of disarming the opponent.

!dam3 (Available at level 35 Night Fist): Targets the enemies head and if succesful Blinds the target and dazes it for 1D6 rounds.

!dam4 (Available at level 40 Night Fist): Targets the enemies chest and in a blazing show of power you tear out the targets heart instantly killing it, this ignores death immune and critical immune) however this uses up 5 Quivering Palm uses.

This is definitely overpowered. Especially 1 and 2. Perhaps these could be changed to turn Quivering Palm into a buff of sorts; doing negative damage.

It's quite interesting as a quasi, I like how having Monk as a CC grants you 2 uses of etherealness. Nicely thought out

[shadow]

personally I don't see 1-3 overpowered as it basically just recreates various spell effects...4 however is a bit much as that amounts to about a 5x/day greater ruin I like the bulk of this but I think shadow evade should grant you 2 attacks/round similar to harper boots since you are unable to equip anything in your offhand you can simulate attacking with it a couple times

[CataclysmicDeath]

I like the idea of two attacks per round so modified OP to show that. As for the !dam4 command I did think that was somewhat overpowered, especially if the Quivering Palm uses were saved to ensure 5 uses. Perhaps restrict it to two uses or make it respect Crit Imm/Death Imm so that it can only be used on certain mobs. I added it basically becuase I didn't want to completely remove the Insta kill from Quivering Palm but wanted to make it cost something.

Since the Quasi is already restricted to Robes and can't use a Torch in the off hand I figured that would be enough of a cost but 5 uses per day is a bit much.

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