Dao

The dao is the road that the gosu must pursue to further or maintain his power. While there are many roads, from the striving of peace to the cold-blooded murder of children, the gosu must remain steadfast in its realization pursuits, for it is their lifeblood. Around the daos are molded different martial arts that better help the gosu walk their path. These arts may be so ancient as to derive from immortals or so recent that it is unique to the specific gosu, but they always serve to create the perfect body and soul to house the dao.

Creating a Gosu

When creating a gosu, it is essential to determine what dao they wish to pursue. Although this does not mechanically manifest itself until the third level, some arts are obviously geared more to certain daos. A list of Arts is found at the end of your class description and can be helpful to plan ahead.
There are many gosus of any alignment, though what unites them is their dogged perseverence forward. When all one's power derives from perfecting their dao, the slow are left behind and the stationary are nothing.

Quick Build

You can make a gosu quickly by following these suggestions. First, Wisdom should be your highest ability score, followed by Constitution. Second, pick Weapon refining as your cultivation method. Finally, choose the hermit background.

1 | The gosu

Hit points

Hit Dice: 1d8
Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution modifier per gosu level after 1st

Proficiencies

Armor: light, medium armor, shields
Weapons: simple weapons, improvised weapons, shortswords
Tools: any one type of artisan's tools, and one musical instrument of your choice
Saving Throws: Wisdom, Charisma
Skills: Choose 2 from Acrobatics, Athletics, History, Insight, Religion, and Stealth

Starting Equipment

You start with the following items, plus anything provided by your background.

• (a) a simple weapon and a shield or (b) a shortsword and a simple weapon
• (a) five javelins or (b) a shortbow and 20 arrows
• (a) a leather armor or (b) a chain shirt
• (a) a priest's pack or (b) an explorer's pack

Alternatively, you may start with 5d4 × 10 gp to buy your own equipment.

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Formation Refining

You have learned to create magic and place objects perfectly to force the flow of 'heavens'. Choose 3 spells from any spell list. It is considered a gosu spell but does not count towards the number of spells known. The spell's level must be equal to or less than half your gosu level (rounded up). At the end of a long rest, you cast one of the spells as a Spell Glyph as per Glyph of Warding spell, though these glyphs fade after 24 hours. (The spell cast time is not changed)
You may cast either of the spells using the spellcasting feature, provided its spell level is lower than your highest spell level, and you spend the appropriate Qi threads.
Additionally, you may cast gosu spells as Spell Glyph as per Glyph of Warding spell by spending 1 additional Qi Threads, though these glyphs fade after 24 hours. (The spell cast time is not changed)

Weapon Refining

You learn to create weapons from the essence of the world itself. You can create a weapon in your empty hand as a bonus action. You can choose the form that this weapon takes at the end of each long rest. If the selected weapon is light, you may create a second, assuming you have another empty hand. You are proficient with the weapon. When you attack with that weapon, you can use your Wisdom modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity, for the attack and damage rolls. Whenever you deal damage with the weapon, you can gain temporary hit points equal to half your gosu level. You can acquire these temporary hit points a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
This weapon disappears if it is more than 5 feet away from you for 1 minute or more. It also disappears if you dismiss the weapon (no action required), or if you die.

You can consume the essence of a weapon by performing a special ritual while you hold the weapon. You complete the ritual over the course of 1 hour, which can be done during a short rest. You consume the essence of the magical weapon and store it within your core, turning the weapon into dust. At the end of a long rest, you may fuse up to 2 essences of different weapons stored and set that as your primary essence; essences that provide a static bonus do not stack. When you swap primary essence, the two essences separate and can fuse to others again. Whenever you summon a weapon, it gains the effect of the primary essence.

Pill Refining

You learn to consume herbs and generate healing in your core. You have a pool of healing power that replenishes when you take a long rest. With that pool, you can restore a total number of hit points equal to your gosu level × 5.
At the end of a short or long rest, you can create a number of pills up to or equal to your proficiency bonus. Each pill draws power from the pool to restore a number of hit points to a creature that consumes it, up to the maximum amount remaining in your pool. While consuming any pill takes a bonus action, it takes an action for one creature to hand or feed a pill to another.
Alternatively, you can expend 5 hit points from your pool to create a pill that cures one disease's target or neutralizes one poison affecting it.
Finally, you can expend 5 hit points from your pool to create a pill that removes one condition from the target. This feature has no effect on undead and constructs.
At a bonus action, you can use any hit points in the pool to heal or cleanse yourself.

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Unarmed Fighting

Your unarmed strikes can deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength or Dexterity modifier. If you strike with two free hands, the d6 becomes a d8.
You can deal 1d4 bludgeoning damage to the grappled creature when you successfully start a grapple. Until the grapple ends, you can also deal this damage to the creature whenever you hit it with a melee attack.

Interception

When a creature you can see hits a target, other than you, within 5 feet of you with an attack, you can use your reaction to reduce the damage the target takes by 1d10 + your proficiency bonus (to a minimum of 0 damage). You must be wielding a shield or a simple or martial weapon to use this reaction.

Dueling

When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.

Wuji Warrior

You learn two cantrips of your choice from the sorcerer spell list. They count as gosu spells for you, and Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for them.

Mariner

As long as you are not wearing heavy armor or using a shield, you have a swimming speed and a climbing speed equal to your normal speed, and you gain a +1 bonus to AC.

Two-weapon Fighting

When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can add your ability modifier to the damage of the second attack.

Thrown Weapon Fighting

You can draw a weapon that has the thrown property as part of the attack you make with the weapon. In addition, when you hit with a ranged attack using a thrown weapon, you gain a +2 bonus to the damage roll.

Qi Threaded Strike

Starting at the 2nd level, when you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend Qi Threads up to your proficiency bonus to deal force damage to the target, in addition to the weapon's damage. The extra damage is 1d8 per Qi Threads to a maximum of 6d8.

Qi Threaded Step

Starting at the 2nd level, you can expend Qi Threads to move faster. You may spend up to 2 Qi Threads at the start of your turn, doubling your movement Qi Thread spent until the end of your turn. You gain a fly speed equal to your movement speed until the end of your turn, and you are unaffected by difficult terrain.

Qi Threaded Shield

Starting at the 2nd level, when you take damage, you can spend your reaction and Qi Threads, up to your proficiency bonus, to reduce the damage taken by 5 per Qi Thread spent.

Spellcasting

Your research into the nature of the universe and manipulation of Qi has given you a facility with spells. See chapter 10 for the general rules of spellcasting. While manipulating Qi to strike and defend is relatively easy, making Qi flow in such a way as to imitate spells is much more complex and cannot be done in the heat of battle. At the end of a short rest, you may choose to manipulate your Qi into tags that, when used, create spells. The tags have AC 15, 1 hit point and are immune to psychic or poison damage. If the tag is worn or carried, it cannot be affected by a saving throw, and if it is not, it cannot be targeted with an Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma saving throw. Otherwise, it fails all saving throws it is subjected to. If the tag is destroyed, it vanishes into flames, and the spell is lost. The tags' magic also fades with time; any tags remaining will disappear into flames whenever you finish a long rest.
When creating the tags, you may set any trigger for the tags, which can be placed as an action, though only you may trigger the tag. The tags are not invisible, and others can determine the purpose of the tag by succeeding in an arcana check. Any tag with the range of self or touch must be triggered manually by spending time equal to the spell's casting time. The spell uses your spell attack bonus and save DC, and the spell treats the creature who released it as the caster for all other purposes. Any spell with a range other than self or touch must be centered on the tag. After the duration of the spell, the tags burn into ashes.

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Weakness of Tags

Remember that tags are not immune, even when channeling a spell; you may interrupt or prevent spells by specifically attacking the tag.

Optional Feature (Tribulations)

At the 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th levels, you begin to pay the price for fighting the normal flow of the heavens, and it has decided to punish you for doing so. The actual punishment is up to the DM.

More than 4 players at the table?

If there are more than 4 players, one method is to simply increase the number of people the treasure can bring to include your entire party. Or, you can do nothing and force the gosu to choose which of his teammates needs to get there faster.

Optional Feature, Replaces Weapon Aura

Improved Extra Attack

At the 11th level, you can attack three times whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Multiclassing

Ability Score Minimum: Dexterity 13, Wisdom 13

When you gain a level in a class other than your first, you gain only some of that class's starting proficiencies.
Armor: light armor, medium armor, shields
Weapons: simple weapons, shortbow, longsword

Reach of the Spear's Shadow

Starting at level 3, your commands of the shadow increase your reach. Increase the range of both your weapon and your domain by 5 feet.

Shadow of the Spiraling Spear

Whenever you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, it deals additional damage equal to 1 + the number of times you have hit this creature since the end of your last turn. You can spend 1 Qi Thread to double this damage.
Additionally, whenever you make an opportunity attack, you may attack twice instead of once.

Gathering of Ten Thousand Shadows

Starting at the 7th level, the shadows begin to permeate through your domain. Any area inside your domain is now magical darkness as per the darkness spell, though you can still see through the darkness. Additionally, at the end of each of your turns, any creature within the domain takes an additional 1d6 damage as the shadows of the spear strike everywhere.

Step of the Shadows

By 10th level, you have learned to become one with the shadows. When you are in an area of dim light or darkness, you can use your action to become invisible. You remain invisible until you make an attack, cast a spell, or are in an area of bright light. When you make an attack or cast a spell, you may spend 3 Qi Threads to remain invisible until the start of your next turn.

Spear of Unending Night

At the 15th level, your mastery of the shadows has reached a profound stage. Once per turn, when you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of the attacks with a barrage of shadowy strikes in either a 30-foot cone, a 40-foot line that is 5 feet wide (your choice), or a 20-foot circle centered on self.
Each creature in that area must make a Dexterity saving throw against your save DC, taking piercing damage equal to four rolls of the weapon die + your Dexterity or Strength modifier on a failed to save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If the cone or line only targets one creature, it takes double damage.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. While you have no uses available, you can spend 2 ki Threads to use this feature again.
Additionally, whenever you hit with an attack and critically strike, you can choose to hit twice instead of dealing critical strike damage.

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Buddha's Gentle Palm Art

“Who wishes to fight must first count the cost.”

Weight of a Thousand Worlds

At the 15th level, you are able to show others the suffering they cause through their violence, putting the weight of the world on their shoulders. When you hit with an attack, you can reduce the damage done to 0. Instead, the target must make a wisdom save or suffer one level of exhaustion for a minute. However, if they reach six levels of exhaustion this way, they become unconscious rather than dead.

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Shards of the Moon and the Sun

Every successful attack roll grants you 1 Moon shard and 1 Sun Shard. Alternatively, at the start of your turn, you can convert Qi Threads into Moon shards and Sun shards at a rate of 1 Qi Thread per Moon and Sun Shard. The maximum number of Moon or Sun shards that you can have is equal to your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom Modifier each.
You can use shards to lay on yourself power imbued in your weapon with the aspect of the Sun or Moon. Using Lunar or Solar Techniques in succession stresses the body, dealing necrotic damage to you equal to your constitution modifier plus your level. This damage cannot be reduced in any way. Additionally, using a normal attack after lunar or solar technique forces the user to forcefully dissipate opposite energy, dealing force damage to you equal to your constitution modifier.
The potential to receive backlash fade after a minute of not attacking anything.

Lunar Techniques

Solar Techniques

Step of the Setting Sun

Cost: 1 Sun Shard
You are shielded by the Sun, gaining +2 AC until the start of your next turn.

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Light Drizzle of an Endless Sky

As a bonus action, you can create a set of Rings made of Dense Qi chosen from the list below by spending Threads of Qi. Each unique set of Rings has a Qi Thread cost as well as a specific duration. You may have 2 sets of Rings active at any one time. As an action, you can transform a set of rings into another, paying the difference in cost.

Raging Whirlpool

As a bonus action, you may extend your domain outwards to 60 feet for one minute. At the end of your turn, all hostile creatures within the domain must make a dexterity saving throw be pulled towards 10 feet from the center of the domain (your choice). Additionally, all creatures (excluding yourself) cannot have their movement reduced by half and can no longer dash.
You may use this feature twice, regaining all uses on a long rest. If you have no use of this feature left, you may spend 3 Qi Threads to use it again.

Dodging Raindrops

Starting 10th level, at the start of every turn, you may move 5 ft. This movement does not provoke attacks of opportunity. If you have not taken damage or dealt damage for a minute, you gain 20 ft. instead.

Eight Dragons of an Endless Sky

As an action, you muster all your strength into a final blow. You create 8 Three Heliocentric Rings of Flowing Rain, and these do not count towards the total number of sets you may have. However, these sets of Rings may only be used once before disappearing.
You may use this feature twice, regaining all uses on a long rest. If you have no use of this feature left, you may spend 7 Qi Threads to use it again.

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Gong, Work

Beginning at the 3rd level, you're constantly training every day makes you resistant to anything that will hamper your regime. Whenever you fail a saving throw that inflicts a condition, remake the saving throw, taking the second result.

Sou, Reservation

At the 3rd level, you have learned never to strike first, to never be the aggressor. If you attack a creature that has not attempted to attack you or harm you with a spell in a minute, you attack at disadvantage. If the creature has attempted to attack you or harm you with a spell at the last minute, you deal an additional number of d4 equal a half of your gosu level (rounded up). You may only deal this damage once a turn.

Dan, Bravery

Beginning 7th level, you are brave enough to do the right thing. Whenever a creature within your domain is attacked, you can use your reaction to force the attack against you instead. You have resistance to the damage. If the creature attacked has not taken action in combat, you do not have to use your reaction.

Yi, Resolute

Beginning 10th level, whenever you attack a creature, you can force the creature to make a Strength saving throw or be pushed 5 ft. If they are pushed, you can choose to also move 5ft. in their direction.
Additionally, you cannot be knocked prone or be moved unwillingly.

Jie, Judgment

Starting at the 15th level, you gain the ability to judge yourself without reservation to correct yourself of mistakes. Whenever you make an attack and miss, your next attack is made at advantage.

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Radiant Wheel, Dragon Piercing Strikes

At the 3rd level, you become proficient in the use of the radiant wheel. Your unarmed strikes now deal with a 1d6 + your Strength or Dexterity modifier and have a range of 30 feet. If you are not holding on to a weapon or a shield, the d6 becomes a d8. If you have the unarmed fighting style, the d6 becomes a d8, and the d8 becomes a d10.

If you hit a target that is within 5 feet of you, you deal additional damage equal to 1d4. When you take the Attack action and attack with nothing but unarmed strikes, you can take a bonus action to make the attack action again.

At the 10th level, you can spend additional Qi to strengthen the weapons when creating them. You can spend 1 Qi Thread to give your unarmed strikes a +1 to their attack and damage rolls. (up to a maximum of 3).

Dark Wheel, Abyssal Void

At the 3rd level, you also learned the compliment to radiant wheel, dark wheel. As a bonus action, you can force a number of creatures up to your wisdom modifier within 30 feet to make a Strength or Wisdom saving throw (their choice) or be pulled to 5 feet away from you. If they collide with another player or object, both take 1d10 bludgeoning damage and fall prone, though they stop being pulled. At the 10th level, you can target any creature you can see and the damage increases to 2d10.

Crushing Thousand Circle Formation

At the 7th level, your domain begins to resemble that of a Supreme Overlord. In order to use the following feature, you must concentrate, as if you were concentrating on a spell. At the start of your turn, all creatures of your choice within your domain must make a Strength saving throw or Wisdom saving throw (their choice) or fall to the ground and become prone, taking force damage equal to your gosu level. All flying and prone creatures make the saving throw at a disadvantage. If the creature is already prone and fails the saving throw, they take force damage equal to twice your gosu level. In order for creatures to stand up, they must make a Strength or Wisdom saving throw in addition to half their movement, only standing up if they succeed.
Additionally, your unarmed strikes are also considered magical for overcoming damage resistances.

Extra Meridian Resonance

At the 10th level, you have learned to simulate your meridians with Qi in such a way as to increase your physical power. At the start of combat or as a bonus action on your turn, you may spend a number of Qi Threads equal to or less than your proficiency bonus. You a fly speed equal to 30 + 5 x the amount spent. Further, you increase either strength or dexterity score, and their maximum, by the number of Qi Threads spent for a minute. You are also immune to the effects of exhaustion for the duration.
Once you use this feature twice, you should not use it again until you finish long rest. Each time you use this feature again before then, you gain one level of exhaustion after the effects fade.

Dark Wheel, Null

At the 15th level, you have mastered the final technique. As an action, you can spend 7 Qi Threads to cast dark star, centered on yourself. The dark star will move with you. You may make a Wisdom saving throw instead of a Constitution saving throw, and if you succeed, you take no damage instead of half damage and you can see through the magical darkness. Otherwise, you are considered in the sphere for all other effects.
Additionally, a creature that starts its turn within 100 feet of the sphere must succeed on a Strength saving throw or be pulled straight toward the sphere's center, ending in an unoccupied space as close to the center as possible.
Finally, if the caster is inside the sphere or the spell targets the area or any creature inside the sphere, make a wisdom check. If the number rolled at least twice as high as the spell, the spell effect does not occur, and you gain a number of Qi Threads equal to the level of the spell.

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Death's Awakening

At the 3rd level, your character begins to awaken to the prospect of death and infuse yourself with its power.
You know the mage hand cantrip, and the hand can be invisible when you cast the cantrip with this feature.
You also learn to cast find familiar, though you may only cast it as a ritual, and the familiar summoned is Undead rather than celestial, fey, or fiend.

Marionettes of the Emperor

Upon reaching level 3, you gain the ability to create allies from the fallen. Jiangshi can be created from the body of any recently dead creature.
As a Bonus Action, you can forcefully summon a third-rate jiangshi from a creature that has been dead no longer than 1 minute. See this creature's game statistics in the third-rate jiangshi stat block, which uses your proficiency bonus (PB) in several places. You determine the creature's appearance and whether it has two legs or four; your choice has no effect on its game statistics. You may have a number of summons equal to half of your proficiency bonus (rounded up). This feature can be used a number of times equal to half your proficiency bonus (rounded up) and regain all uses after you finish a long rest.
In combat, the summons shares your initiative count, but they take their turn immediately after yours. It obeys your mental commands (no action required by you). If you don't issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its movement to avoid danger.
As a bonus action, you can switch places with a summon via teleportation, up to a range of 45 feet. This movement does not provoke attacks of opportunity. At the 9th level, switching places with a summon has an unlimited range.
You can use an action to save summons within 30 feet of you and make it part of your shadow. As a bonus action, you can call forth the saved summons to serve you, spawning it within 10 feet of you.

The King's Authority

At the 6th level, all who follow your rules are empowered by your authority. You can now summon first-rate jiangshi, but they count as 2 summons. When summoning your domain, you can choose to cover your domain in nonmagical darkness.
Additionally, any creature summoned by you within your domain gains a +1 to their damage and attack rolls, AC, and saving throw. At the 15th level, the bonus increases to +2.

Solid Shadow

Starting at the 10th level, while in dim light or darkness, you can create a nonmagical object of Tiny size out of shadows as an action. The object is completely black with a soft, velvet-like texture and lasts until you dissipate it. If you create weapons, you are proficient with them, though they deal 1d8 psychic damage instead of the normal weapon damage.

Domain of the Monarch

At the 15th level, When anything that dies in your domain falls under your control. You can now summon peak masters, though they count as 3 summons. When you reduce a creature to 0 hit points within the domain, you can spend your reaction to attempt to raise it as a third-rate jiangshi. Roll a d100. If the number rolled is less than twice your gosu level, it is raised as a jiangshi. This does not expend a use of 'Marionettes of the Emperor'.

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Armored Defense

You gain proficiency in heavy armor, and you may use all Gosu features while wearing heavy armor.

Cover of Domain

At 3rd, if you’re holding or within 5 feet of a shield that no one else is holding, you can use your bonus action to assign the shield to instead magically circle and protect another creature you can see within 60 feet of you. You can assign multiple shield’s with the same bonus action. A creature can only benefit from 1 assigned shield. If a creature is already wielding a shield themselves, they only get +1 to AC for having a shield assigned to them in this way.
Alternatively, you can assign the shield to protect you instead, leaving both hands free while still gaining the effect of a shield. You can have a number of shields active this way equal to your proficiency bonus.
These shields stop circling you or other creatures if you die, or when you recall them at any time, no action required by you.

Vast Mountains

At 7th, you no longer need Qi threads for your Earthly domain to be active, and your domain reaches out to 20 feet. Additionally, your domain can have 4 features active instead of 3. At 10th level the range increases to 30 feet, and 40 feet at 15th level.

Surrounded by Stone

At 10th, your domain counts as half cover for you and your allies. At 15th level it counts as 3 quarters cover. You may choose which parts of your domain affect your allies or not.

Ringing of the Ancient Bells

At 15th, As an action if your Earthly domain is active, you can activate this feature for 25 Qi threads. Anyone within your Earthly domain can hear ringing bells, as they chime and ding. This lasts for 1 minute, until you are incapacitated, or if you dismiss it, no action required by you.
If you have any shield’s assigned to other creatures, they are automatically called back and begin circling you. For every shield that circles you above 1, you gain a +1 to AC and all saving throws.
Your Earthly domain’s radius is increased to 60 feet.
When you first use this feature, or when a creature comes within range, all creatures within 60 feet of you are affected by one of the following conditions:

• The creature has +2 to AC and has advantage on all saving throws.
• The creature has disadvantage on all saving throws.

If this feature ends by running out of time, or you dismiss it, any shields you recalled return back to their original assigned creature regardless of the current range.

White-Eyed Vision Art

"In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."

Eye of Heaven

At the 10th level, you have opened up your sight to the flow of the universe. You can spend an action to close your eyes to see the universe as it really is. Until the end of the turn, you know everything that is happening within 1 mile of you, and illusions do not fool this vision.
You may use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all uses on a long rest.

Still Human (DM Discretion)

Remember that even if the users of this subclass has 'Eye of Heaven', they are still human. If there are creatures in stealth, they should get a save to avoid being seen and since there are so many things to see within 1 mile that some things, if not self-evidently important, may be glossed over.

Palms of White Jade

Your unarmed strikes can deal necrotic damage equal to 1d8 + your Wisdom modifier on a hit. If your unarmed strikes are modified from another source, then the d8 becomes a d10. When you take the attack action and attack with nothing but your unarmed strikes, you can take a bonus action to make the attack action again. At the 7th level, you can spend 1 Qi Thread to give your unarmed strikes a +1 to their attack and damage rolls for a minute. (up to a maximum of half your proficiency bonus, rounded down).

Ten Thousand Poisons

At 3rd level, you hit with an unarmed strike, you can choose to poison your target with a microdose of poison, weakening their defenses against your attacks. When you hit a creature poisoned by you, you can deal additional poison damage equal to the number of microdoses your target is poisoned with.
You can only poison a creature with a number of microdoses equal to 1 + your gosu level. A creature is naturally purges 1 microdoses after a long rest.
You can use your bonus action and spend a Qi Thread to remove all the poison microdoses in any creature within 60 feet that you can see, unleashing a controlled burst inside your target and forcing them to make a Constitution saving throw against your ki save DC.
On a failed save, a creature takes poison damage equal to 1d8 die per microdose removed, or half as much damage on a successful one. In addition, creatures that failed their saving throws are poisoned for a number of rounds equal to the number of microdoses removed. If they have more than 3 stacks, they are also blinded or deafened. If they have more than 5 stacks, they are incapacitated instead. If they have more than 10 stacks, they are paralyzed instead.
Additionally, all your poison requires a lesser restoration or similar magic to be removed. At the 7th level, your poison requires a greater restoration or similar magic to be removed. At 10th level, your poison requires regenerate or similar magic to be removed. Finally, at level 15, your poisons require wish or similar magic to be removed.

Aura of Miasma

At 7th level, when you reduce a creature within your aura to 0 hit points, you can cause it to explode with your poison, causing any creature within 10 feet to be dosed with a number of microdoses of poison equal to your proficiency bonus. Additionally, any creatures who leave your aura takes damage equal to the number of doses of poison inside the creature. Additionally, you know how many stacks a creature has as well as their location when they are poisoned within 10 miles of you.

Formless Toxins

At 10th level, any creatures of your choice within your aura at the end of your turn may poisoned with a microdose of poison. Additionally, creatures cannot be immune to the poisoned condition and ignore immunities to poisons against your poisons.

Blooming of Phosphorus White Jade

At 15th level, when a creature has a number of poisons equal to more than half your gosu level (rounded down), you can cause the poison to bloom. For a minute, the creature has no limit to the number of poisons it may have, takes damage equal to the number of poisons it has at the end of its turn, and when you hit the creature, the damage from Ten Thousand Poisons is doubled and the poison cannot be removed except for divine intervention. Once you use this feature, you must take a long rest or spend 5 Qi Threads to use it again.

The identity

In many wuxia novels and manga, martial artists are not only concerned with strength; they are also concerned with telling the future through reading stars or how the universe is flowing. I wanted to capture some of that feeling of being able to predict the future is central to their power. As such, the identity of the class is one of choice and prediction. At the end of a long rest, the player must choose what damage type they want to resist, which parts of the domain they want, and for each cultivation method, there is also a choice that needs to be made (from which pills to weapon form to spells known). This forces the player to try and predict the future every long rest, and when they eventually fail to predict perfectly, this provides other players a chance to shine.

So is it balanced?

v 1.0.3 (The Backtrack Patch)

I may or may not have gone overboard with the damage nerfs and hopefully this patch will bring back some of the power without overshooting the target again.

v 1.0.2 (Changes After Paladin Test)

v 1.0.1 (Paladin Patch)