# Way of the Four Symbols Choosing to focus on much more traditional forms of martial arts you and others like your decided to study the cardinal directions and their bestial guardians mimicking them and later drawing from their power to augment your strikes. furthering your training allows you to call upon the power of the Golden Emperor. ## Solid Ki Starting at the 3rd level you can use the extraordinary powers of Ki to cloak yourself in it increases your natural defense. You can expend 2 Ki points to grant yourself resistance to bludgeoning, slashing, piercing, and psychic damage for 1 minute. ## Turtle Breathing of the Great Dharma At the 6th level, due to your select training, you can now meditate to replenish health and your Ki. As a bonus action you can meditate which lasts until the start of your next turn. While meditating you regain 1d8 hit points and 3 Ki points. While meditating you are treated as prone but it does not cost any movement to stand up. If attacked you have to roll a constitution saving throw to maintain concentration as if concentrating on a spell. You can use Solid Ki while meditating. ## Strikes of the North, South, East, and West At the 11th level as a bonus action, you can use Strikes of the North, South, East, and West to enhance and augment your unarmed strikes. **Surge of the Black Turtle** you can expend 4 Ki points to make a single unarmed attack dealing 2d8 necrotic and 1d8 cold damage, those hit have to pass a strength saving throw or be knocked prone. **Maul of the White Turtle** you can expend 2 Ki points to make four unarmed strikes each dealing 1d4 thunder and 1d4 piercing damage. **Spark of the Vermilion Bird** you can expend 2 Ki points to blast a 30ft cone creatues inside have to make a Dexterity saving throw against you Ki save taking 2d4 radiant and 2d4 slashing damage on a fail, half as much on a success. **Gale of the Azure Dragon** you can expend 2 Ki point to do a single unarmed strike dealing 1d6 cold and 1d6 lightning damage. \columnbreak ## Golden Dragon of the Center At the 17th level, mastering the teachings and techniques of the Four Symbols you can now summon the very aspects of the Four Symbols the four guardian spirits aiding you in combat. You can spend a bonus action summoning the aspect of one of the Four Symbols. Only one of the four aspects can be activated at a time. Each aspect last for 1 minute you can end it early as a bonus action. **Azure Dragon of the East** You can expend four Ki points to summon the Azure Dragon aspect increasing your unarmored movement by 20ft. Your unarmed strikes deal an additional 1d8 cold and 1d8 lighting damage. **White Tiger of the West** You can expend 4 Ki points to summon the White Tiger aspect giving you advantage on all unarmed attacks. Your unarmed strikes deal an additional 1d8 thunder and 1d8 piercing damage. **Vermillion Bird of the South** You can expend 4 Ki points to summon the Vermillion Bird aspect covering you in a healing phoenix shroud that grants friendly creatures within 30ft of you an amount of hit points equal 1d10 + your Wisdom modifier + your Constitution modifier. Your unarmed strikes deal an additional 1d8 radiant and 1d8 slashing damage. **Black Turtle of the North ** You can expend 4 Ki points summoning the Black Turtle aspect covering you and friendly within 30ft of you in a skeletal necrotic shroud that deals 1d12 necrotic damage to hostile creatures within 15ft of you. Your unarmed strikes deal an additional 1d8 necrotic damage. It does not affect the Strikes of the North, South, East, and West. Solid Ki and Turtle Breathing of the Great Dharma can be used while the aspects are in effect.