Lamia Monk

[Calim]

I am sure it has been asked before but here I go again.

If I use the Lamia to attack a person and the Lamia has improved unarmed strike does the wisdom damage happen at the same time as hitting with my unarmed strikes?

Or is it a seperate attack?

 

[Piratecat]

A lamia's wisdom drain is a touch attack; this is different from a monk's unarmed strike. It's two separate attacks. I tried to get away with something similar once with a vampire monk's level draining, but it doesn't fly using the rules as written.

 

[Starglim]

Wisdom damage is the lamia's standard natural attack. She doesn't need Improved Unarmed Strike since she already has an attack which causes her to be considered armed.

A lamia's normal attack doesn't cause hit point damage. Thus I would regard a damaging blow as a different form of attack that prevents the lamia's Wisdom-damaging touch from working. I'm by no means saying this is a general rule for touch-based effects, though.

You have probably considered this, but most lamias don't qualify for monk as they are chaotic.