Can Ki Come Out And Play?
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Can Ki Come Out And Play?
By Christopher “Gigz” Hantzmon, Sean McNeil
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Mike McArtor
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Royal Archivist Publishing Inc.
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Story Lead: Ann K. McArtor
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This document provides a number of ki feats—feats that use a ki pool to create effects that might look familiar to you if you’re a fan of anime, Wuxia movies, or certain champions of justice in a galaxy far, far away…
Control Ki [Ki]
You can use your inner power to manipulate objects from a distance.
Prerequisite: ki pool.
Benefit: Your ki pool increases by 1. As long as you have at least 1 point in your ki pool, as a standard action you can cast mage hand as a spell-like ability with a caster level equal to your Hit Dice. As a free action you may expend 1 ki point to instead cast it as a swift action.
Deny Gravity [Ki]
You can use your ki to glide effortlessly through the air.
Prerequisite: Wis 15, any two other ki feats, ki pool, high jump class feature or Great Jump feat.
Benefit: You may expend 2 ki points as a swift action to gain the effects of a fly spell for 1 round. Unlike normal flight, you may not change directions without touching some other physical object first and if you are still aloft when the duration runs out you fall as normal. You cannot use this ability consecutively without physically touching another solid surface first.
Extra Ki [Ki]
You can use your ki pool more times per day than most.
Prerequisite: Ki pool.
Benefit: Your ki pool increases by 2.
Special: You can gain Extra ki multiple times. Its effects stack.
Source: Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook.
Focused Charge [Ki]
You are capable of powerful bursts of movement.
Prerequisite: Any two other ki feats, ki pool.
Benefit: As long as you are wearing medium or lighter armor and carrying a medium or lighter load, you may expend 1 point from your ki pool as a swift action to charge without needing at least 10 feet of movement. You may also spend 1 ki point as a swift action to charge as a standard action, although you can only charge your normal movement and your turn still ends after completing the charge.
Normal: Charging is a full-round action that requires the character to move at least 10 feet prior and up to double her movement and still attack at the end.
Forceful Blow [Ki]
Your first attack can be devastating.
Prerequisite: Vital Strike, ki pool.
Benefit: As a swift action, you may expend 1 ki point to apply the Vital Strike feat to your first attack during a full attack.
Special: If you have the Improved Vital Strike feat, as a swift action, you may expend 2 ki points to apply the Improved Vital Strike feat to your first attack during a full attack.
Special: If you have the Greater Vital Strike feat, as a swift action, you may expend 3 ki points to apply the Greater Vital Strike feat to your first attack during a full attack.
Forceful Push [Ki]
With the force of your ki you can perform a strong shove at a distance.
Prerequisite: Wis 15, Control ki, ki pool.
Benefit: You may spend 1 ki point to perform a bull rush combat maneuver from 5 feet away as a standard action or as part of a charge. You may spend more than 1 ki point while activating this ability; each additional point spent allows you to activate the ability from an additional 5 feet away. You must have direct line of sight and line of effect to affect an object or creature with this ability. This ability provokes attacks of opportunity as normal if performed within a creature’s reach. Charging adds a +2 bonus on the CMB check, as normal.
Special: The Improved Bull Rush feat negates the attack of opportunity from the target, but any movement still provokes as normal.
Great Climb [Ki]
Through study, practice, and perfect balance you can rapidly scale the most difficult of surfaces.
Prerequisite: Ki pool.
Benefit: Your ki pool increases by 1. As long as you have at least 1 point in your ki pool, you gain a climb speed equal to ¼ your normal land speed, although you do NOT gain a racial bonus on Climb checks. Additionally, you may spend 1 ki point as a swift action to make a Climb check at -20 to use the run action while climbing. This ability can be stacked with the -5 penalty for an accelerated climb. Finally, you may spend 1 ki point as a free action to climb without using your hands for 1 round.
Special: A creature with a climb speed must make a Climb check to climb any wall or slope with a DC higher than 0, but it can always choose to take 10, even if rushed or threatened while climbing. If a creature with a climb speed chooses an accelerated climb (see Climb skill), it moves at double its climb speed (or at its land speed, whichever is slower) and makes a single Climb check at a –5 penalty. Such a creature retains its Dexterity bonus to Armor Class (if any) while climbing, and opponents get no special bonus on their attacks against it.
Great Jump [Ki]
You can use your ki to jump much further.
Prerequisite: Any other ki feat, ki pool.
Benefit: Your ki pool increases by 1. As long as you have at least 1 point left in your ki pool, you add your HD total to all Acrobatics checks made to jump, both for vertical jumps and horizontal jumps. In addition, you always count as having a running start when making jump checks using Acrobatics.
Special: This feat does not stack with the high jump class feature.
Greater Leaping Charge [Ki]
When charging, you can deliver a deadly attack.
Prerequisite: Great Jump and any other ki feat or the high jump class feature, Improved Leaping Charge, Leaping Charge, ki pool, base attack bonus +12.
Benefit: As long as you have at least 1 point left in your ki pool, when you use the charge attack action, roll the damage dice for the attack four times and add the results together, but do not multiply damage bonuses from Strength, weapon abilities (such as flaming), or precision-based damage (such as sneak attack). This bonus damage is not multiplied on a critical hit (although other damage bonuses are multiplied normally).
Improved Ki Training [Ki]
You have learned to channel your ki defensively.
Prerequisite: Wis 13, Ki Training.
Benefit: Your ki pool increases by 1. As long as you have at least 1 point left in your ki pool, you add your Wisdom modifier as a dodge bonus to your Combat Maneuver Defense.
Special: This ability does not stack with a monk’s AC bonus or any other ability that grants a Wisdom bonus to Armor Class or Combat Maneuver Defense.
Improved Leaping Charge [Ki]
When charging, you can deliver a devastating attack.
Prerequisite: Great Jump and any other ki feat or the high jump class feature, Leaping Charge, ki pool, base attack bonus +8.
Benefit: As long as you have at least 1 point left in your ki pool, when you use the charge attack action, roll the damage dice for the attack three times and add the results together, but do not multiply damage bonuses from Strength, weapon abilities (such as flaming), or precision-based damage (such as sneak attack). This bonus damage is not multiplied on a critical hit (although other damage bonuses are multiplied normally).
Ki Training [Ki]
You have been trained how to harness your inner ki, although you lack the dedication and commitment to unlocking its full potential.
Prerequisite: Wis 13.
Benefit: You gain a ki pool equal to your Wisdom modifier. By spending 1 point from your ki pool, you can increase your speed by 10 feet for 1 round or gain a +2 dodge bonus to AC for 1 round. Spending a ki point is a swift action. These points are replenished after 8 hours of rest.
Special: Ki Training does not stack with any existing ki pool granted by similar feats or class abilities.
Leaping Charge [Ki]
When charging, you can deliver a ferocious attack.
Prerequisite: Great Jump and any other ki feat or the high jump class feature, ki pool, base attack bonus +4.
Benefit: As long as you have at least 1 point left in your ki pool, when you use the charge attack action, roll the damage dice for the attack two times and add the results together, but do not multiply damage bonuses from Strength, weapon abilities (such as flaming), or precision-based damage (such as sneak attack). This bonus damage is not multiplied on a critical hit (although other damage bonuses are multiplied normally).
Quicker Than The Eye [Ki]
When you focus your ki power, you can move faster than the eye can follow.
Prerequisite: Ki pool, Extra Ki
Benefit: You can focus your energy to move at incredible speeds. By spending 1 ki point as a swift action, you can move so fast you gain concealment for 1 round. This cannot be used to allow Stealth checks. In addition, this effect is not an illusion, so true sight and similar effects do not negate the effects of the concealment, although Blind Fight functions normally.
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