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<blockquote data-quote="Pagan priest" data-source="post: 3552143" data-attributes="member: 7650">Only being able to deflect one per round leaves this a weak feat.&nbsp; So does the requirement to have an open hand.&nbsp; In fact, tht open hand requirement does not make any sense at all.&nbsp; Any monk special weapon should be useable for deflecting.&nbsp; (Well, okay, maybe not shuriken...)&nbsp; After all, one of the iconic sources for the ability is the warrior monk Benkei, armored in do-maru and weilding his naginata as he stood on the bridge, cutting all the arrows the enemy could launch at him.&nbsp; In Hero , didn't Jet Li's character use a weapon?&nbsp; And of course, we can see a mid-level Kwai Chang Caine batting several spears out of the air in just one round in Kung Fu (open handed).&nbsp; So there you go.Oh, and for the record, I consider Kwai Chang Caine to be mid-level, Benkei to be high level and Hero to be epic level.&nbsp; YMMVI am tempted to say something like:Any proficient weapon or open hand, limited by available number of attacks of opportunity.&nbsp; Not&nbsp; a monk bonus feat, but a monk standard feature at level 2.The only real question I have is any proficient weapon or only monk special weapon.&nbsp; Any thoughts?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pagan priest, post: 3552143, member: 7650"] Only being able to deflect one per round leaves this a weak feat. So does the requirement to have an open hand. In fact, tht open hand requirement does not make any sense at all. Any monk special weapon should be useable for deflecting. (Well, okay, maybe not shuriken...) After all, one of the iconic sources for the ability is the warrior monk Benkei, armored in do-maru and weilding his naginata as he stood on the bridge, cutting all the arrows the enemy could launch at him. In [I]Hero[/I] , didn't Jet Li's character use a weapon? And of course, we can see a mid-level Kwai Chang Caine batting several spears out of the air in just one round in [I]Kung Fu[/I] (open handed). So there you go. Oh, and for the record, I consider Kwai Chang Caine to be mid-level, Benkei to be high level and Hero to be epic level. YMMV I am tempted to say something like: Any proficient weapon or open hand, limited by available number of attacks of opportunity. Not a monk bonus feat, but a monk standard feature at level 2. The only real question I have is any proficient weapon or only monk special weapon. Any thoughts? [/QUOTE]

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