Way of Mercy

Way of Mercy monks learn to manipulate the life force of others to bring aid to those in need. They are wandering physicians to the poor and hurt, however, to those beyond their help - whether ailing or evil - they bring a swift end as an act of mercy.

Meditation Pool

At 3rd level, you get a pool of dice, with the dice being equal to your martial arts die and the number of dice being equal to half your discipline points rounded down. You can use these dice to fuel your abilities from this subclass. 

As a free action, you can spend 1 discipline point to replenish a spent die from your pool. 

Hands of Healing and Hands of Harm

At 3rd level, you have gained the ability to manipulate the life force of other creatures. You gain the following abilities:

When you use Flurry of Blows, you can replace one of the attacks with either Hands of Healing or Hands of Harm without spending a die from your meditation pool. You can replace both of the attacks with Hands of Healing or Hands of Harm, but you must spend 1 die from your meditation pool to do so.

Disciplined

Starting at 6th level, you can administer even greater cures with your right hand, and if you feel it's necessary, you can use your knowledge to cause even greater harm with your left.

When you use Hands of Healing on a creature, you can also end one disease or one of the following conditions affecting the creature: blinded, deafened, paralyzed, poisoned, or stunned.

When you use Hands of Harm on a creature, you can subject that creature to the poisoned condition until the start of your next turn.

Hand of Mercy and Hand of Pain

At 11th level, you have further improved your skill at life manipulation. You gain the following abilities:

Hand of Ultimate Salvation and Hand of Ultimate Suffering

At 17th level, you have mastered tha art of manipulating the life force of other creatures. You gain the following abilities:


Additionally, you can also choose to cast Hand of Mercy over the course of an hour, and only spend 3 dice from your meditation pool. This feature can be used multiple times per short or long rest, as long as you have dice in your meditation pool to use it.