DracoSuave
First Post
Tried a Crashing Tempest style as well, which looks nice. With a rhythm dagger in my off hand, a club in my main hand, and a +2 Ki focus, I still have a +10 to hit. If i were to use a Ki club, would that damage stack with the style? This would put my FoB damage at 11 each time I hit, which is very nice...
I think I'm seeing the distinction now between weapon-as-implement and Ki Focuses; in the CB power cards, for example, there's a listing for a Ki Focused Club +2, then below that Ki Club. This means that if I'm using the Ki Focus, the properties of the club aren't in effect...but what about the bit in the rules compendium that says when using a magic item as an impliment, all the properties etc. are intact? Is it just that I'm effectively trying to use two impliments (Ki focus and a weapon) at the same time?
I'll explain this in detail, going from the general rule down to the specific.
Regarding your implement powers and ki focuses:
Implement powers only allow you to use one implement with them.
....nothing changes this. So if you have a ki focus or a weapon, it's one or the other. You cannot use both at the same time, and you cannot use the ki focus through the weapon. Nothing allows you to do this.
Weapon powers require one weapon to be used with them, and use the weapon's properties.
--Magic weapons allow you to use their enhancement bonuses and properties and powers.
----Ki focuses allow you to use the ki focus's enhancement bonuses and properties and powers for weapon attacks. While doing so, the mundane properties of that weapon are in use, but any magical properties, powers, etc. cannot be used during this time.
Ki focuses are used with weapons with weapon powers only. Monks don't naturally get those, so this rule rarely comes into play for them. However, this rule is applicable to multiclassing and hybrid monks... it's no small coincidence that ki focuses were printed in the same book the hybrid class was. As well, ki focuses are also a viable reason to multiclass into monk, for classes that use multiple weapons or weapons and implements.
As for the accurate dagger: I kinda like accurate ki focus myself. Tho, bear in mind, superior implement traits cannot be used with weapon attacks.