Bling Fist Monk

[jmerry]

Current mod version: 1.1.

From my deranged mind, I bring you a new kit: the Bling Fist monk. You'll be able to strike down even monsters like Karoug - and all it takes is wrapping some enchanted jewelry around your hands to use its power.Full kit description below:

Spoiler

BLING FIST MONK: The Order of the Golden Hand, commonly knows as the Bling Fist Monks, are a sect devoted to fighting the unholy monsters that plague Faerun. By wrapping their hands in enchanted jewelry, they infuse their blows with divine power that makes them especially powerful against fiends, lycanthropes, and the undead. Bling Fist Monks adhere strictly to the law, but vary widely in their morality. While a good monk might fight a pack of werewolves simply to protect a town, an evil monk will demand large payments in order to pay for his expensive taste in jewelry.
Unlike most monastic orders, the Order places a premium on charisma; acolytes with an insufficiently commanding presence are laughed out of the training program. Talk to the fist.

Advantages:

BLESSED BLING: The Bling Fist Monk wears a set of baubles and bangles that allow them to use their kit's abilities. This bling can be upgraded in any city by activating the item's ability and spending gold.
– 1st level: Has a set of baubles and bangles of no substantial value. These allow the monk to cast Dazzling Strike once per day.
– 3rd level: May spend 5000 gold to upgrade to Blessed Bling. This upgrade grants an additional use of Dazzling Strike and grants the monk +1 damage on unarmed attacks against fiends, lycanthropes, and the undead.
– 6th level: May spend 10000 gold to upgrade the bling. This upgrade grants an additional use of Dazzling Strike and causes the monk's fists to strike as magical, silver, and cold iron. In addition, the monk now gets +1 to both attack and damage against fiends, lycanthropes, and the undead.
– 9th level: May spend 15000 gold to upgrade the bling. This upgrade grants an additional use of Dazzling Strike and causes the monk's fists to strike as +2 magical weapons. The monk's damage bonus against unholy monsters increases to +2.
– 12th level: May spend 20000 gold to upgrade the bling. This upgrade grants an additional use of Dazzling Strike and causes the monk's fists to strike as +3 magical weapons. The monk's attack bonus against unholy monsters increases to +2. In addition, the monk can now cast Disrupting Fist once per day.
– 15th level: May spend 25000 gold to upgrade the bling. This upgrade grants an additional use of Dazzling Strike and causes the monk's fists to strike as +4 magical weapons. The monk's damage bonus against unholy monsters increases to +3. In addition, the monk can now spend an additional 25000 gold to incorporate one magical amulet or ring into the bling, permanently gaining that amulet or ring's abilities as well as an additional use of Dazzling Strike.
– 25th level: May spend 50000 gold to upgrade the bling to its strongest form. This upgrade grants an additional use each of Dazzling Strike and Disrupting Fist and causes the monk's fists to strike as +5 magical weapons. The monk's attack bonus against unholy monsters increases to +3, for a total of +3 attack and +3 damage against fiends and the undead. In addition, the monk can now spend an additional 50000 gold to incorporate a second magical amulet or ring into the bling, permanently gaining that amulet or ring's abilities.

DAZZLING STRIKE: The Bling Fist Monk punches his enemies in the face, blinding them with his extremely shiny bling. When activated, this ability lasts for three rounds. All enemies struck during this time are blinded for four rounds unless they Save vs. Spell.
This special ability automatically modifies normal attacks; no targeting needs to be done.

DISRUPTING FIST: The Bling Fist Monk channels his divine power through his bling to disrupt his hated foes. Each successful attack within the next round slays a lycanthrope, banishes a summoned demon, or destroys an undead creature. The target may Save vs. Death at -4 to avoid this effect, but still takes 2d6 magic damage even if they save.
This special ability automatically modifies normal attacks; no targeting needs to be done. Creatures other than fiends, lycanthropes, and the undead are unaffected by the disruption.

Disadvantages:
– Must spend gold to upgrade his bling and gain more daily ability uses.
– Must have at least 15 Charisma. 
– May not use Stunning Blow ability.
– May not use Quivering Palm ability.

Q: Is this a joke? (I announced it on April 1, and the only reason I didn't release it then is because it wasn't functional yet.)
A: Yes. Yes, this is absolutely a joke. But I intend it to be a playable joke.

Also on this Beamdog thread: https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/83838/kit-mod-bling-fist-monk

bling-fist v1.1.zip

Edited April 4, 2022 by jmerry
Updated to 1.1

[jmerry]

Updated to 1.1, mostly fixing issues around importing into a new campaign or starting at a higher level. The link to that isn't in the first post over there because the forum wouldn't let me edit it, so I'm adding a copy here.

[Endarire]

LOL!

 

Maybwe get multi class compatibility with Monastic Orders of Faerun?

 

Thankee!

[jmerry]

I have absolutely no familiarity with MOF. Searching ... checking readme ... "Monastic Orders is also written with an eye for inter-mod compatibility, but, by design, it is incompatible with any other mod that introduces Monk kits or modifies the Monk class. ...  Monks are now considered Thief kits by the engine and make use of a new Fighting and Defensive Style system that allows Monks to switch between various sets of combat bonuses."

No. You won't get that compatibility. This is a Monk kit. I would have to fundamentally redesign it in order to fit in with that completely different system. And remember, this kit is a joke. I was willing to put in a few days of work and learn things along the way to get it out, but I'm not going there unless I decide to play with MOF myself. Which I almost certainly won't.