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<blockquote data-quote="Camarath" data-source="post: 1241963" data-attributes="member: 11987"><p>Explains what a monks unarmed strike is no mention of using natural attacks or natural attack damage in any form.</p><p> Also no mention of using natural attacks or natural attack damage in any form.</p><p> States that natural physical weapons and Improved Unarmed Strike are different froms of "armed” unarmed attacks implying a distinction.</p><p> Weapon entry also makes no mention of using natural attack damage. </p><p></p><p>Also unarmed strikes use the attack rules for Manufactured Weapons rather than the rules for Natural Weapons. And allowing Natural Weapons to be used as Unarmed Strikes would allow full iterative attacks with any natural weapons as unarmed strikes plus the use of all natural weapons at -5 as secondary natural weapons.</p><p></p><p>The rules don't state that I can not use Intimidate to cause my opponent to have a heart attack and die but that does not mean that I can do so (outside of a house rule). The absence of a provision in the rules expressly forbidding an action does not mean that the rules allow that action. As far as I can see nothing in the rules would allow or seem to alllow you to use your natural weapon damage when making an unarmed strike so by default the rules do not allow it. I may have missed a rule that allows one to do as you are suggesting but I have not been able to find it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Camarath, post: 1241963, member: 11987"] Explains what a monks unarmed strike is no mention of using natural attacks or natural attack damage in any form. Also no mention of using natural attacks or natural attack damage in any form. States that natural physical weapons and Improved Unarmed Strike are different froms of "armed” unarmed attacks implying a distinction. Weapon entry also makes no mention of using natural attack damage. Also unarmed strikes use the attack rules for Manufactured Weapons rather than the rules for Natural Weapons. And allowing Natural Weapons to be used as Unarmed Strikes would allow full iterative attacks with any natural weapons as unarmed strikes plus the use of all natural weapons at -5 as secondary natural weapons. The rules don't state that I can not use Intimidate to cause my opponent to have a heart attack and die but that does not mean that I can do so (outside of a house rule). The absence of a provision in the rules expressly forbidding an action does not mean that the rules allow that action. As far as I can see nothing in the rules would allow or seem to alllow you to use your natural weapon damage when making an unarmed strike so by default the rules do not allow it. I may have missed a rule that allows one to do as you are suggesting but I have not been able to find it. [/QUOTE]
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