D&D 5E (2014) Are monks proficient in Unarmed Strikes?

[Coredump]

Coredump, you don't need to get it, you just need to get that others don't.

Other than that, the previous few replies speak volumes.

There was nothing convoluted about the rule..... It makes perfect sense, it follows common understandings, and standard definitions....

You may not get it, but that is not the rules fault

 

[Azurewraith]

Your link does not agree with you..... The definition says any "instrument or device"..... Which would be a knife, not an elbow.

I would refer to my fingers as instruments of fine manipulation.