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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 3210874" data-attributes="member: 1656">Ki Strike doesn't introduce any wackiness to my position at all.I'm a monk with Ki Strike.  I trip someone as an unarmed melee touch attack.  My trip attack bypasses DR X/Magic.How is this any different to tripping someone with a +1 kama?  That trip attack bypasses DR X/Magic as well - it's made with a magic weapon.The lack of damage dealt by my trip attack is completely unaffected by the opponent's DR.  The ability to bypass the DR gains me nothing, in this case... so what?  It's not wackiness.WotC isn't strictly following what's in the Glossary.  This is not uncommon.I refer you to the questions I asked earlier - in which I only got as far as 'C'! - demonstrating problems with relying on the Glossary.The monk makes an unarmed attack as part of a Flurry.  He misses.  Per the Glossary definition, the unarmed attack he made was not an unarmed strike; neither was it an attack with a special monk weapon.  By missing, he has broken the rules of the Flurry; thus, he was not allowed to make the attempt.If we adhere to the Glossary definition, the monk may only attempt an unarmed attack in a Flurry if he can guarantee he will hit before rolling the die.  And given the possibility of a natural 1, he cannot guarantee he will hit.-Hyp.</blockquote>