In no particular order...
The feat to which Arkhandus refers is Hands as Weapons.
As I recall, the original Oriental Adventures Samurai had a similar "weapon enhancement" ability to the Kensai.
Then there are PrCls like the Enabled Fist, Kineticist, and others that can let you channel all kinds of abilities through your unarmed strikes.
There may also be some psionic powers or magic spells that let you do as much, albeit for short periods of time.
As for Keen & Vorpal in particular, the Feat Versatile Unarmed Strike from Secrets of Sharlona that lets a Monk treat his unarmed strikes as slashing or piercing if he needs to.
Of course, the Monk could also just save his feats and spend a little cash to get slashing or piercing monk weapons.
And Monk weapons is a much broader category if you:
1) Use the OA version of the Monk
2) Use the feats: Double Steel Strike, Whirling Steel Strike, Serpent Strike, Pole Master, Pole Fighter, or Unorthodox Flurry
3) Use the Shou Disciple PrCl which can flurry with any weapon. (The Battledancer and Sohei base classes can do something similar as well)
(See http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?p=4097785#post4097785 for more info.)
The feat to which Arkhandus refers is Hands as Weapons.
As I recall, the original Oriental Adventures Samurai had a similar "weapon enhancement" ability to the Kensai.
Then there are PrCls like the Enabled Fist, Kineticist, and others that can let you channel all kinds of abilities through your unarmed strikes.
There may also be some psionic powers or magic spells that let you do as much, albeit for short periods of time.
As for Keen & Vorpal in particular, the Feat Versatile Unarmed Strike from Secrets of Sharlona that lets a Monk treat his unarmed strikes as slashing or piercing if he needs to.
Of course, the Monk could also just save his feats and spend a little cash to get slashing or piercing monk weapons.
And Monk weapons is a much broader category if you:
1) Use the OA version of the Monk
2) Use the feats: Double Steel Strike, Whirling Steel Strike, Serpent Strike, Pole Master, Pole Fighter, or Unorthodox Flurry
3) Use the Shou Disciple PrCl which can flurry with any weapon. (The Battledancer and Sohei base classes can do something similar as well)
(See http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?p=4097785#post4097785 for more info.)
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