Flower Monk: Petal Dancer Stance

Petal Dancer Initiate

Feat 1

Monk Stance

Prerequisites trained in Performance or Acrobatic Performer

You enter a stance of like that of a flower’s petals, whisking around the battlefield like a petal on the wind and cause petals to swirl the air. You gain the petal dancer stance ki spell. Increase the number of Focus Points in your focus pool by 1. While entering the stance is a ki spell, the petal dancer’s Perform the stance grants is not, so you can use it as often as you like while in the stance.

Petal Dancer Stance [one-action]

Focus 1

Focus Monk Stance

Prerequisites trained in Performance or Acrobatic Performer

Requirements You are unarmored and you did not end your turn without taking a move action.

You enter a stance that sways on a whim, creating spinning petals that swirl around you as you move about the battlefield. The only Strikes you can make are razor petal unarmed attacks. These deal 1d6 slashing damage; are in the brawling group; and have the agile, finesse, nonlethal, and unarmed traits.

While in Petal Dancer Stance, when you Perform using a dance or Acrobatics, you can compare the result of your check to Perform against the Will DC of an observing foe of your choice. If you succeed, the target takes a –1 circumstance penalty to their attack rolls against you for 1 round, or a –2 circumstance penalty on a critical success.

Trail of Flowers [two-actions]

Feat 6

Monk

Prerequisites Petal Dancer Initiate

Requirements You are in petal dancer stance.

Your movements leaves a trail of petals in your wake. You Stride or Perform, causing petals to erupt around you. If you chose to Stride, you leave a trail of petals behind you in a line along the path you took and in your space at the end of your movement. If you chose to Perform, you spin a trail around you in a 5-foot emanation. This trail of petals lasts until the beginning of your next turn and grants concealment to creatures within the area. This concealment can’t be used to Hide or Sneak.

Petals on the Wind [two-actions]

Feat 12

Monk

Prerequisites Petal Dancer Initiate

Frequency once per hour

Requirements You are in petal dancer stance.

You discorporate into a cloud of petals and leaves. This grants you the swarm trait, immunity to falling damage, resistance 5 to bludgeoning and slashing damage, and weakness 5 to area and splash damage. You can fit into spaces only a few inches wide, moving your constituent petals through the gap. You don't gain the swarm mind ability, so you're still affected normally by mental effects. As a swarm, you can't speak, cast spells, use manipulate actions requiring your hands, activate your magic items, or make any of your Strikes with your normal body. You remain in this form until the end of your next turn or until you Dismiss the activation. You gain the Petal Dance swarm attack.

Petal Dance [one-action]

Frequency once per round

Requirements You are in petal dancer stance.

You swirl your petals to attack a target. You deal 3d6 slashing damage to creatures within your space and to creatures within a Trail of Flowers with a basic Reflex save against your spell DC. Creatures that critically fail their save also take persistent bleed damage equal to your level. After you use Petal Dance, all of your trail of flowers immediately disperse.

If you are at least 16th level, this damage increases to 4d6, and if you are 20th level, this damage increases to 5d6.