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Explaining the Monado's prerequisites
*'''''{{Anchor|Monado Purge}}'' {{Sp}}''': As a standard action, the Monado's wielder can perform [[SRD:Dispel Magic|''dispel magic'']]. However, Monado Purge is not directly equivalent to ''dispel magic''. Instead of selecting a target, Monado Purge takes the form of a ray. In addition to potentially dispelling its victim's buffs, Monado Purge does 1d4 damage per caster level (maximum 10d4) and inflicts a debuff known as [[Aura Seal (3.5e Condition)|Aura Seal]], which prevents the victim from benefiting from any and all buff effects. Aura Seal inflicted by Monado Purge lasts for 1d6+2 rounds, and can be negated by a Will save (save DC calculated normally for a spell, using the wielder's Charisma as their spellcasting stat). There is no caster level limit for the dispel check. Monado Purge is the equivalent of a 4th-level spell, and can be used once every 1d4 rounds. Its caster level is equal to the wielder's character level.
''Prerequisites:'' BAB +4 or character level 6th, must participate in fighting off an invasion<!--The ritual prerequisite is based on when Shulk first begins to wield the Monado in <u>Xenoblade Chronicles</u> — during the Mechon raid on Colony 6 at roughly the one-thirtieth point of the game. After the Monado rejects Dunban, putting him under such great strain that he has to drop the sword, Shulk swoops in and grabs it before the Mechon troops can do so, and promptly begins making mincemeat of the Mechon army... with the exception of Metal Face, which the Monado can hardly even scratch (this is a bit of a spoiler, but the reason behind that is that Metal Face (and all Face Mechon) is actually symbiotically bound to a Homs — the <u>Xenoblade</u> world's equivalent of a human — and is therefore recognized as a Homs, rather than a Mechon, by the Monado). And at the same time, Metal Face has the same armor as other Mechons, preventing mundane weapons from doing anything more than scratching him as well. The result is, well, Shulk and friends are quite lucky to emerge from that battle alive... and not all of them make it.-->
''Cost:'' 3,500 XP
*'''''{{Anchor|Monado Eater}}'' {{Sp}}''': As a standard action, the Monado's wielder can generate a pulse of dark ether. This is a 20-foot cone that does 1d6 damage per caster level to all enemies in its path. In addition, victims are subjected to the effect of [[SRD:Greater Dispel Magic|''greater dispel magic'']] and lose 1 hit point per caster level for 1 round per caster level due to bleeding. (Obviously, creatures not bothered by bleeding, like constructs, undead, and oozes, don't lose hit points over time as a consequence of being hit by Monado Eater.) A successful Fortitude save can halve the hit point damage and prevent the damage over time. However, the success or failure of the save does not influence the dispel check. The save DC is calculated normally for a spell. Monado Eater is the equivalent of a 7th-level spell, and can be used once every 1d8 rounds. Its caster level is equal to the wielder's character level.
''Prerequisites:'' BAB +9 or character level 12th, must have attempted to use the Monado to strike a humanoid, monstrous humanoid, giant, or fey creaturein a combat situation, must have made peaceful contact with a god<!-- The first prerequisite is based on a storyline sequence where Shulk's party is attacked by a group of High Entia assassins (High Entia being the <u>Xenoblade</u> world's equivalent of elves); the Monado turns out to be just as useless here as it was against Metal Face and Xord. The second prerequisite is based on a sequence which occurs shortly afterwards, when Shulk and friends try to save the emperor of the High Entia from the Mechon army at Prison Island. While they fail to do so, they ''do'' meet up with the newly-released Zanza, who unlocks the "full" power of the Monado right before being impaled by Metal Face. In the battle that ensues, the Monado turns out to now actually ''work'' on Metal Face, who, despite putting up a fierce fight, is only saved from being reduced to scrap metal by the intervention of another Face Mechon. -->
''Cost'': 10,000 XP
'''Variable Bonus''': The Monado's enhancement bonus becomes +7.
'''{{Anchor|Command Over Reality}} {{Ex}}''': The ultimate Monado grants its wielder control over reality, essentially making him into a god. The wielder can cast [[SRD:Wish|''wish'']] at will, and only pays half the XP cost. (However, only the XP cost of ''wish'' itself is halved; the XP cost of any spell emulated by ''wish'' is not.)<!-- In the very final scene of <u>Xenoblade Chronicles</u>, Shulk, having unlocked his ''own'' Monado through his self-enlightenment over the course of the story, and is now basically a god; he has command over reality itself. The universe as he knew it is pretty much kaput thanks to Zanza's actions, so Shulk, with the guidance of the Monado's spirit, makes a new universe before relinquishing his powers. The only thing I could think of to represent the ability to create a universe is using ''wish'' at will. There's probably a better way to represent it, though... -->
'''{{Anchor|Secret Monado Arts}}''': The ultimate form of the Monado unlocks a final set of Monado Arts.
*'''''{{Anchor|Monado Recover}}'' {{Sp}}''': As a standard action, the Monado's wielder can use galactic energy to heal himself or one willing creature for 1d12 damage per caster level. If healing another creature, the Monado's wielder must touch that creature. Monado Recover is the equivalent of an 8th-level spell, and can be used once every 1d8 rounds. Its caster level is equal to the wielder's character level.
''Prerequisites:'' Character level 20 or BAB +18, must have challenged at least 200 unfavorable outcomes foreseen through [[#Glimpse the Future|Glimpse the Future]], including at least one event so catastrophic that it could destroy an entire plane<!-- The Monado's final form is only unlocked during the final battle of <u>Xenoblade Chronicles</u>. To get to this point, Shulk has already averted ''one'' apocalyptic catastrophe (Egil's Bionis Slash X attack, which, if successful, would have destroyed Bionis, which is, for all intents and purposes, an entire planet), and is currently trying to avert another (Zanza attempting to destroy all life so that they won't develop space travel and abandon him... long story short, Zanza's a selfish jerk). This is to say nothing of all the visions Shulk's stopped from coming true over the course of the game, both in the storyline and in battles. The Monado Arts unlocked by this stage are actually wielded not by Shulk, but by Zanza. -->
''Cost:'' 100,000 XP
