Can a monk get Improved Crit with Unarmed Strike?

[Otterscrubber]

The feat says you must select a weapon to apply this to. The SRD for monks state:

A monk’s unarmed strike is treated both as a manufactured weapon and a natural weapon for the purpose of spells and effects that enhance or improve either manufactured weapons or natural weapons.

Is the feat Improved Crit considered an "effect"?

 

[MichaelH]

In a word, yes.

 

[youspoonybard]

Yup yup yup.

 

[Steverooo]

Also, I believe the Weapon Focus Feat specifically allows you to select Unarmed Strike or Grapple as your "Weapon".

 

[Greatwyrm]

I never noticed the "manufactured" language before. Is that only in the SRD? I wonder if you could enchant your hands, per the regular magical weapon rules. +2 flaming fists?

 

[DanMcS]

Well, they're not masterwork, so you can't enchant them, but you can apply things like Greater Magical Weapon to a monk's fists.

 

[Sir Whiskers]

Well, they're not masterwork, so you can't enchant them, but you can apply things like Greater Magical Weapon to a monk's fists.

Now that's a good change in 3.5.

Of course, it raises another question: how many GMW spells to enchant both fists? The fists and the monk's feet? All the unarmed attacks of a multi-limbed monstrous monk? (I think you see where I'm going with this... )

 

[Scion]

Just use chain spell (or the rod) and cast it on a whole lot of body parts at the same time.

'Go ahead! attack with anything, I targeted 15 different parts of your body, hope its enough you wacky monk you.'

 

[Deset Gled]

Of course, it raises another question: how many GMW spells to enchant both fists? The fists and the monk's feet? All the unarmed attacks of a multi-limbed monstrous monk? (I think you see where I'm going with this... )

Just one. The monk's unarmed strike is an abstraction of using all parts of their body to attack (including hands, feet, head butt's, etc). Their entire body is their (one) weapon.

 

[DanMcS]

Just use chain spell (or the rod) and cast it on a whole lot of body parts at the same time.

'Go ahead! attack with anything, I targeted 15 different parts of your body, hope its enough you wacky monk you.'

Right hand, left hand, right elbow, left elbow, right foot, left foot, right knee, left knee, forehead, right cheek, left cheek, right cheek, left cheek (that's not a repeat), and now we run out of parts that won't get censored...