10 Unique Ideas for your ASTRAL SELF Monk Character Build | D&D

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  • @evanmiah9248
    @evanmiah9248 2 года назад +55

    My astral monk is an owlin that lost his wings. His manifested ‘arms’ are a new pair of spectral wings that he fights with, and is learning how to fly again with them using slow fall, step of the wind etc. (will also be multiclassing into wizard to eventually reach that sweet Fly spell)

    • @TheClericCorner
      @TheClericCorner  2 года назад +11

      I'm not crying, you're crying

    • @timgalivan2846
      @timgalivan2846 11 месяцев назад

      Love the flavor 😍 great ideas

    • @Rybackpackstunner
      @Rybackpackstunner 9 месяцев назад

      MINE IS AN OWLIN TOO THATS AWESOME

    • @williamperez4770
      @williamperez4770 7 месяцев назад +2

      I'd talk to your dm about your goal and if you can gain a fly speed another way, like your body of the Astral Self feature. You'd need to be a 5th level Wizard to gain fly and that's a fourth of your levels Ina class that use a completely different stat (Intelligence) AND you miss out on 5 levels of monk, which means less attack power via martial arts die, 5 less ki points, and a bunch of fun monk features. Heck, owlin start with a fly speed without armor, so you're dipping 5 levels to get a feature you get by default (and you don't need armor as a monk). It sounds like an awesome roleplay idea, but don't tie it to mechanics.

    • @HanmaHeiro
      @HanmaHeiro 7 месяцев назад

      Oh man, I had the idea that my character lost a sibling to a monstrous bear attack (it was a Blazebear) and they specialize in the Astral Elf manifests as the lost sibling! Only recognizable when it's fully formed

  • @CryptofSkulk
    @CryptofSkulk 5 месяцев назад +1

    My Astral Monk is a girl that was born without arms, but the town cleric taught her that the love of the everlight (its an exandria campaign) was stronger than her shortcomings and after some prayer and devotion she gained her arms

  • @NitroHavok
    @NitroHavok 2 года назад +16

    Fun idea I had for an astral self monk was an old retired hero being dragged back into the fight for one last quest. His body can't keep up anymore, so his astral self essentially restores his body to its peak when he was a younger man

  • @Dream-Reaver
    @Dream-Reaver 2 года назад +32

    For multiclassing I like the idea of a totem barbarian who’s astral self is a bear spirit that bonded with your soul or a echo knight who’s echo is a copy of your astral self.

    • @TheClericCorner
      @TheClericCorner  2 года назад +3

      Oh yeah, this has incredibly flavorful multiclassing potential! 😂

  • @tuseroni6085
    @tuseroni6085 Год назад +6

    you were expecting a monk, but it was me DIO!

  • @BanditNation602
    @BanditNation602 2 года назад +19

    Love the video! You gave me a great idea for a Kalashtar monk, where their Astral Self manifests as their Quori spirit emerging from their body. Imagine seeing a totally normal person one second, and the next they look like a Lovecraftian horror

  • @DR-of6im
    @DR-of6im 2 года назад +6

    I played an astral self monk who based their abilities off the susanoo from the Uchiha clan in Naruto. I rarely see it brought up in videos about this subclass but it fit so beautifully and has loads of flavor

  • @doggietroymyhoopsboy
    @doggietroymyhoopsboy 2 года назад +9

    I love the idea of reflavouring the Astral Self as a monk tapping into Autonomous Ultra Instinct (from Dragon Ball Super) where you don't exactly summon arms, but instead have such fast reflexes that you can attack nearby enemies at fast speeds. The visage is you tapping into your senses, and your body is you mastering ultra instinct further.

    • @timgalivan2846
      @timgalivan2846 11 месяцев назад

      Oh, love this. I might steel some of this flavor 😍

  • @zephertheta
    @zephertheta 10 месяцев назад +1

    This video has opened up my eyes to the potential of using the astral self monk as a great way to play a character I've always wanted in Dnd, Venom. The astral arms acting as his pseudopods for attacks and the extra strength, the astral visage giving advantage on intimidation checks and insight checks (venom whispering in your mind to point out something you missed), it's all coming together.
    Another flavored option is as a stand-in for the psionic class we never got, astral arms do force damage with 5 foot reach, word of the spirit working like a telepathy for communication, deflect energy and deflect missiles working together as a telekinetic shield.
    Thank you for your videos and all the inspiration!

  • @calebkopp7636
    @calebkopp7636 2 года назад +10

    This has given me so many ideas:
    A) Fallen Aasimar astral monk. Your deva has not abandoned you, it just finds the idea of not fighting alongside you to be dishonorable, so it actually refuses to stay inside of you as it would indirectly be the same as a human shield.
    B) hecatonkeries from Greek myth. 100 arms, 50 heads. Fear me.
    C) otherworldly. The player character is merely an improper manifestation of something greater. It takes a great amount of energy to fully manifest in the works, but during that time your full power shines. Unfortunately reality literally rejects your existence so it can never be permanent.

  • @-Thunder-Warrior-
    @-Thunder-Warrior- 2 года назад +5

    A multiclass with Totem Warrior could be interesting.
    You actually start to manifest your Totem Spirit.
    ... Also the right to bear arms!

  • @FallstarFL
    @FallstarFL 2 года назад +5

    Dorian Grey Monk.
    Young, Handsome, wholesome looking physical body.
    Old, ugly, noxious looking spiritual body that rhymes with what your physical body looks like.
    As you level up, your spiritual body becomes more repulsive and your physical body becomes more ethereally beautiful.

  • @ryansparks2131
    @ryansparks2131 2 года назад +3

    I made an astral monk who was a kalashtar who lost their arm as a child so they use the astral arms to essentially replace the limb that they lost. I also flavored the astral self to be the kalashtar's quori manifesting through their ki, and for those of you who don't know, quori are NIGHTMARISH in appearance, and really add to the intimidation advantage with the astral visage

  • @byronray3677
    @byronray3677 2 года назад +6

    At one point I wanted to play a Draconian Astral Monk, and whenever I use my Arms of Astral Self my draconian grows wings and a tail in order to combat with.

  • @weedsbian
    @weedsbian Год назад +1

    I'm currently playing a monk that is possessed by the ghost of a pirate captain! It's been really fun making the astral self more ghostly and frightening. It's also great to mess around with your astral form being a separate entity that binds to your soul.

  • @cyberparadox3425
    @cyberparadox3425 2 года назад +2

    I've had 2 astral self monks, one was an tabaxi artificer/monk multiclass which was based on the iron spider so the astral arms were like the iron spiders "arms" and the other was a kalashtar who's astral self was a quori (specifically an Usvapna)

  • @remygallardo7364
    @remygallardo7364 Год назад +2

    I play my astral monk as canonically ADHD and actually an astral creature who is bound to a corporeal form that it is slowly learning to bond with as you level up. His Astral form appears as nearly intangible constantly shifting bodyparts and features that coalesce into a functional form as they are used. His personal motivation is to understand why he feels so much more at home when meditating/using his Astral forms, and eventually to make a decision to sever his tie to the realm and return to the astral plane permanently or not. As someone with autism/adhd it also is an easy tie-in for me to roleplay and allows me to highlight how different my perspective of the world can be and how difficult it can be when I'm not in tune with my strengths.

  • @MegalightMaster
    @MegalightMaster 10 месяцев назад

    I made my Astral self monk a spirit that has lived different lives throughout the multiverse. Right now, he is a loxodon that can use his insight into how other plains work. His astral form can take on the visage of his past lives.

  • @gaelofariandel6747
    @gaelofariandel6747 9 месяцев назад

    I made mine to be similar to the MK1 version of Ermac. He has specters fly out of him & attack for him rather than getting an extra pair of arms, explaining why he can hit enemies further away & use a mental modifier rather than a physical one.

  • @zacharyshapiro1867
    @zacharyshapiro1867 2 года назад +2

    Great video as always so thanks for the content! I particularly like the Lycan idea for an astral self monk/Druid multi-class.

    • @TheClericCorner
      @TheClericCorner  2 года назад +1

      Oh I didn't even think of that multiclass! Well done! Love to see that in play!

  • @Bloodraven31006
    @Bloodraven31006 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks!!

  • @mohawkgarry
    @mohawkgarry Год назад

    Ive been working on an astral self fire genasi, manifesting flame armour she can project out to attack on her behalf. Taking a dip into stars druid for more flavour, sheleighly, moonbeam, and other fire/smoke things 😁. Its a lot of fun!

  • @troperhghar9898
    @troperhghar9898 2 года назад +7

    Mix the astral soul monk with either the cleric/paladin/devine sorcorer for the "hands of god" to strike down monsters
    Mix it with barbarian and you can end up mixing the ancestral guardian + the beast + the totem barbarian I've had this one on paper for a while and haven't been able to use it

  • @bruvaroni
    @bruvaroni Год назад

    Playing an Innistrad campaign atm and my monk is "possessed" by a demon. Instead of an Astral projection his body grows more demonic. Skin turns red, arms lengthen, and he gets absolutely shredded to represent the wisdom replacing strength. Really fun character

  • @zamma_tales.AUTORE.DARKFANTASY
    @zamma_tales.AUTORE.DARKFANTASY 2 года назад

    A very useful video for my new dwarf astral monk; thank you!

  • @Softbirb
    @Softbirb 2 года назад

    I had the idea of using the astral monk as a symbiote, grabbing the eldritch claw tattoo for the extra reach

  • @christosgiannopoulos828
    @christosgiannopoulos828 Год назад

    I recently came up with an idea for an astral self monk that's basically an old cartoon character. I would reflavor all the astral self abilities as them changing the size of their arms or their eyes or them puffing up. The other monk abilities fit well with that too. Problem is, I need to find a setting where it would be fitting to play that character

  • @timgalivan2846
    @timgalivan2846 11 месяцев назад +1

    My Astral Self monk is a tortle, but he's flavored to be a baby dragon turtle that has the memories of his father. The arms are giant dragon turtle talons. I'm manifesting the Self I came from and am destined to be

  • @Durtaz
    @Durtaz Год назад

    I’m playing a character that is possessed by the spirit of a Barlgura. Flavoring the arms as these massive ape like arms that they walk on riffing on the increased movement speed that they get as a monk.

  • @louisbabycos106
    @louisbabycos106 Год назад

    Psionic reflavor of the astral self monk . It's not astral arms but a psionic effect . Multiclass with soulknife and psi warrior .

  • @baguettelover3766
    @baguettelover3766 Год назад

    Ive always had the idea of a young and naive warforged male coded monk travelling the world after a war to find his true self, and after gaining his full spectral visage, it turns out to be an elven girl, spiraling the warforged into an identity crisis

  • @raidermccormick3441
    @raidermccormick3441 2 года назад +1

    I'm not sure how you do the thing in the dark or maybe even The Voice but how about a one that's instead of the typical stuff the character moves so fast it looks like he has extra arms or it looks like he has extra heads or whatever he vibrates so hard that it's hard to strike him because you don't know exactly where he is

  • @erikdahl6861
    @erikdahl6861 Год назад

    "Note to self: Make a spell that lets you throat-punch people with your ghost."
    - Tasha

  • @smoktus
    @smoktus 2 года назад

    I'm actually playing an Astral Self Goliath who emulates the Sacrier from Wakfu. So I'm not using some funky astro-magical stuff. I'm fighting with my own blood which was tattooed in some kind of ritual. Throwing it around in wide arcs and bringing it back together to form 4 additional arms. Body and Mask are black tattoos that appear on my skin when I start fighting.
    And for fighting style I've chosen grapling and shoving everything around :D

  • @Olden2610
    @Olden2610 Год назад

    Also - subclass with Fighter and monk dedicated weapon - you can be straight up Nero from Devil May Cry 4 :D

  • @starshipjive411
    @starshipjive411 2 года назад

    I'm a big fan of animal style kung fu. So I thought a cool idea for a Way of the Astral Self Monk that ties in with their backstory is part of their training is they have to go alone and unarmed into these woods filled with dangerous beasts. And the idea is that what ever attacks them is a representation of their true self that they have to fight/master. So e.g they'd have to bare handed fight a tiger in order to unlock this ability.

  • @moderncrusader5128
    @moderncrusader5128 2 года назад +1

    This is my fav subclass for monk. Could you do Elderich Knight next?

  • @Olden2610
    @Olden2610 Год назад

    My idea of AS Monk was that - rarely in millenias True souls born, so strong and pure - they act as a beacon in Ethereal realm. In many millenias - only 4 were born and found my character - young silly, yet kind and unlucky girl, and became her 'parents' and teachers to master this power of pure souls. Thus these teachers act as fuel for RP and multiclassing as options to multiclass to barb, warrior, rouge or druid, but not resigning her tomboy-ish nature (being more of a street kid with street style fighting)
    Visual part of Astral Self may comes from those of pure souls (which could be whatever you want) and depend on intension fight has (like to protect or calm charmed friend - druidic/cleric visage comes, fight to protect/conquer - fighter/paladin visage come, just smash - barb :D)
    Imagine Judy Hopps but more of a street kid vibe and still kind at core ":D

  • @epitaph4606
    @epitaph4606 2 года назад

    I’m addition to the obvious stand comparison. A Asura would be cool, using the multiple faces of the visage. Or using electro magnetic fields to join metal together in metal arms like Kid from one piece. The visage being observation and conquers haki.

  • @zeropoint2594
    @zeropoint2594 2 года назад +2

    How about the Personas from the Persona Games they are literraly the real you and you start by summoning parts of them until you get the whole transformation

  • @dee-wreck
    @dee-wreck 2 года назад

    I play an astral monk character who's super super old and sacrificed his right arm to make a warlock pact in order to not die of old age and to extend his life indefinitely until he dies in glorious battle. He's a super frail old man who's body is given vitality through eldritch magics that also unlocked his astral soul.
    Also i wanted to make a trash monk who uses concentration spells in battle.

  • @d4n737
    @d4n737 2 года назад +1

    Also, you are required by law to give your astral self a name after an american song. that's a law.

  • @ivanchristian1248
    @ivanchristian1248 2 года назад

    Dhampir Astral monk: you are literally Giorno Giovanna

  • @bifflechips-t5r
    @bifflechips-t5r 2 года назад

    Me, 10 minutes ago, starting a 1-6 Dragon of Iceapire Peak tomorrow planning on an Eladrin Star Druid/Light Cleric as a stargazing astronomer who uses the powers of the heavens and celestial bodies.
    Me, now, tempted to switch it over to a drow or Svirfneblin Gnome Astral Monk/Swarmkeeper Ranger who is obsessed with spiders and loves making movement shenanigans in combat.

    • @TheClericCorner
      @TheClericCorner  2 года назад

      Ahh I'm so torn! I'm sorry? Your welcome? Idk! 😂

  • @RealHarryWells
    @RealHarryWells 2 года назад

    Lol just now got to see ur video, ive been coming up with a few ideas similar to urs over the past week, i wanna make either a scourge aasimar or teifling who is possessed and relinquishes his body to either a celestial for aasimar or demon for teifling in order to fight better. Think of asta from black clover, moon knight or venom from mcu

  • @surutaeyaisutsu9904
    @surutaeyaisutsu9904 2 года назад

    i once thought of playing an astral self monk that was vampire and his astral arms would be large chain violently tearing through his skin and flesh and then forming into two giant arms made out of chains surrounded by hellfire, i also thought of reflavoring his extra arms into a giant red spectral katana👍

    • @TheClericCorner
      @TheClericCorner  2 года назад +1

      Ooh, this would make such a fun ghost rider!!

  • @0mortlz
    @0mortlz 2 месяца назад

    The astral self monk is just a stand

  • @danepatton2252
    @danepatton2252 2 года назад

    I think Scribes Wizard could be a fun one

  • @justinchavez9877
    @justinchavez9877 2 года назад +1

    Can you do a better Oath of Glory paladin? It seems like the only way to play it is to be a barbarian with smite :/

  • @boonejbruce
    @boonejbruce 2 года назад +1

    Gonna sound really silly, but hear me out- Hulked out John Cena. Each part is a part of him, arms are arms, head is his hat, body is his jorts, and the final form is the spinner championship belt.
    I'm sorry.

  • @redpandacooper6169
    @redpandacooper6169 2 года назад

    my astral self monk’s astral self is a reminder of their loss as years ago their parents and lover were in a fight and both brought weapons my character’s lover almost died my parents were at the brink of death and so my character stepped in to stop the dispute but bullets were shot at me and my astral self was summoned for the first time and caught all the bullets and without any means of controlling these astral arms the bullets were flown back to “protect” me from it my character tried to commit suicide multiple times but the astral self kept on protecting me and so my character went adventuring to finally see her lover in the afterlife

  • @CrazyHamburger0
    @CrazyHamburger0 2 года назад

    The weakness of astral arm is dispel skill and my dm told me i can't use astral arm again if i don't hit the caster of the dispeller

    • @TheClericCorner
      @TheClericCorner  2 года назад +1

      That's homebrew of your DM. Not an actual rule

    • @CrazyHamburger0
      @CrazyHamburger0 2 года назад +1

      @@TheClericCorner so ican cast astral arm again after being dispelled on my next turn?

  • @ChrisFreese-t9u
    @ChrisFreese-t9u 7 месяцев назад

    Im thinking somthing like Susano from nauruto or even from jojo

  • @IMightBeVanny
    @IMightBeVanny 5 месяцев назад

    Sooo I'm stealing The Vessel for my BBEG, who happens to be an undead Astral Self Monk that cursed a noblewoman's lineage 100 years before the start of my Deck of Many Astral Selves campaign- did you say vampiric transformation?

  • @philippegauvin-vallee9371
    @philippegauvin-vallee9371 2 года назад

    I have a half orc monk for whom I deliberately dumped Strength. He uses his Wisdom instead to emulate the might of the stronger kin. As a consequence, the Arms are not just arms. They include an almost entire body for the purpose of checks and saves. So gaining the Body of the Astral Self will not add significant flavor to him.

  • @SatriaSiahaan-u8o
    @SatriaSiahaan-u8o 7 месяцев назад

    My astral monk is a goddamn stand user

  • @totamelinda9381
    @totamelinda9381 6 месяцев назад

    I had an astral monk character that used the power of one of the hindu gods, before I saw this.

  • @isaackarr6576
    @isaackarr6576 2 года назад

    Or your monk could be armed with tiny maces on thin chains fanning out as you swing them.

  • @calebchurch9826
    @calebchurch9826 2 года назад

    Can you do better fighter cavalier I think it's a very over looked class and deserves some love especially because it's my favourite sub class for fighter

  • @inoch07
    @inoch07 3 месяца назад

    power ranger
    the form doesn't have to be separate

  • @coolgumelo932
    @coolgumelo932 Год назад

    I playing monk as plasmoid, so yea.. i just a slime but, if you try boring me, astral arms surge to beat shit outyou

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    @theoflare4576 2 года назад

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