Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="mvincent" data-source="post: 3806057" data-attributes="member: 27034">The following has been removed from the most recent 3.5 FAQ:"Can a monk treat an attack with a gauntlet as an unarmed strike? A monk could wear such an item and treat it as an unarmed strike (since the Player’s Handbook says that “a strike with a gauntlet is . . . considered an unarmed attack”), although the damage dealt by the gauntlet would always be considered lethal damage (as noted in the gauntlet entry) and the monk would suffer a nonproficiency penalty (since the gauntlet is a simple weapon). The monk could even use gauntlet attacks as part of a flurry of blows."Since another monk/gauntlet answer was previously removed, this leaves only the following reference left in the 3.5 FAQ:"Can a monk get her unarmed strike enhanced as amagic weapon?No. Even a magic gauntlet or spiked gauntlet isn’t the idealanswer, since these aren’t listed as special monk weapons (andtherefore aren’t as versatile as unarmed strikes)."So now the 3.5 FAQ no longer has any conflicting answers (or non-conflicting answers for that matter) about monks with gauntlets.</blockquote>