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<blockquote data-quote="Ferghis" data-source="post: 5949573" data-attributes="member: 40483">For monk implement attack powers (which are all of them, as far as I know), to calculate bonuses to attack and damage, the only line that matters is the Ki Focus (or other implement) line. If you're using the quarterstaff as an implement, then you can use the quarterstaff's enhancement bonus instead of the Ki Focus enhancement bonus, but proficiency bonuses do not apply. The first one will have no proficiency bonus given by the weapon chosen, since it's probably an implement attack, and proficiency bonuses do not apply. The second one would have both the Ki Focus and the expertise bonus. The third would only have the enhancement bonus for the quarterstaff, and the fourth would have the both the enhancement bonus for Ki Focus (assuming the unarmed strike has an enhancement bonus that's smaller than the Ki Focus' enhancement bonus) and the bonus derived from Ki Focus Expertise.The CB has a column in the first tab of the equipment section that determines what &quot;items&quot; are listed on power cards (it's often hidden to the right, and you have to scroll over to it or shrink the other columns to make space for it). Sometimes an item that was checked at one point of the adventurer's career becomes irrelevant later, but it remains checked, so it still shows up on the cards.The simple quarterstaff will not have the ki focus expertise feat bonus.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ferghis, post: 5949573, member: 40483"] For monk [u]implement[/u] attack powers (which are all of them, as far as I know), to calculate bonuses to attack and damage, the only line that matters is the Ki Focus (or other implement) line. If you're using the quarterstaff as an implement, then you can use the quarterstaff's enhancement bonus instead of the Ki Focus enhancement bonus, but proficiency bonuses do not apply. The first one will have no proficiency bonus given by the weapon chosen, since it's probably an implement attack, and proficiency bonuses do not apply. The second one would have both the Ki Focus and the expertise bonus. The third would only have the enhancement bonus for the quarterstaff, and the fourth would have the both the enhancement bonus for Ki Focus (assuming the unarmed strike has an enhancement bonus that's smaller than the Ki Focus' enhancement bonus) and the bonus derived from Ki Focus Expertise. The CB has a column in the first tab of the equipment section that determines what "items" are listed on power cards (it's often hidden to the right, and you have to scroll over to it or shrink the other columns to make space for it). Sometimes an item that was checked at one point of the adventurer's career becomes irrelevant later, but it remains checked, so it still shows up on the cards. The simple quarterstaff will not have the ki focus expertise feat bonus. [/QUOTE]

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