Way of the Steel Fist

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Way of Steel Fists

The Way of Steel Fists monk will blow you away with a fatal fist and a defense that is unmatched, people speculate on how the Way of Steel Fists gains their unique ability to shrug off swords and axes with only their body, some think that there is more metal than human however it could just simply be a mixture of calloused skin and blistered tissue from training.

Fists of Iron

At 3rd level you may expend 2 Ki point as a bonus action to increase the damage die of your Martial Arts by 2 and deal maximum damage for your next attack on that turn. Additionally your Martial Arts is considered as a light martial weapon for effects that apply to weapons

Steel Skin

At 3rd level At 3rd level you gain 3 additional hit points, you gain an additional 1 maximum hit point for each level you take in this class, also you may use STR in place of your Dexterity for calculating the bonus for Unarmored Defense.

Unstoppable

At 6th level when you take damage from an attack you may use reduce the damage by your martial arts die to a minimum of 1, if you reduce the damage to 1 then you may make an attack against the creature that hit you.

Metallurgist

At 11th level you gain advantage on saving throws against constructs and your Fists of Iron feature ignores damage resistances and treats immunities as resistances.

Impregnable Defense

At 17th level you gain resistance to nonmagical damage, additionally you reduce all damage by 3, you can use Unstoppable an unlimited number of times per day.

Fists of Iron Damage table
Level Martial Arts Fists of Iron Damage
3rd 1d4 1d8
5th 1d6 2d6
11th 1d8 2d8
17th 1d10 2d10