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<blockquote data-quote="crashtestosi" data-source="post: 8452380" data-attributes="member: 7033101">unarmored defense works, unless the animals description states it wears any manufactured armor (you might be able to take it off though)anything can make unarmed strikesbut:attacks made with natural weapons are not unarmed strikes unfortunately, so you need to make an unarmed strike to trigger martial arts. the multiattack action is not the attack action, so no flurry of blows if you claw + bite as a brown bear for instance.this also means if the animals has multiattack and your character doesn't have extra attack, you replace two natural weapon attacks with a single unarmed strike for your action in order to trigger martial arts. in the brown bear's case, this is a downgrade.this is purely mechanical and what the player handbook states. and also my opinion. any gm might overrule but this is the closest you get to rules as written i think.a little semi-related side topic: if it were me DM'ing: fun scenario<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">lizardfolk (can bite to make unarmed strikes)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">shapeshifts to become a dire wolf (2d6+str bite)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">has martial arts</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">can now unarmed strike to bite for 2d6+str as a bonus action!</li>
</ul>(so interpreting that being able to unarmed strike with any bite you might have, is super duper subjectable, but its also fun, and if the table has a problem with it i'd disallow it)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="crashtestosi, post: 8452380, member: 7033101"] unarmored defense works, unless the animals description states it wears any manufactured armor (you might be able to take it off though) anything can make unarmed strikes but: attacks made with natural weapons are not unarmed strikes unfortunately, so you need to make an unarmed strike to trigger martial arts. the multiattack action is not the attack action, so no flurry of blows if you claw + bite as a brown bear for instance. this also means if the animals has multiattack and your character doesn't have extra attack, you replace two natural weapon attacks with a single unarmed strike for your action in order to trigger martial arts. in the brown bear's case, this is a downgrade. this is purely mechanical and what the player handbook states. and also [I]my opinion[/I]. any gm might overrule but this is the closest you get to rules as written i think. a little semi-related side topic: if it were me DM'ing: fun scenario [LIST] [*]lizardfolk (can bite to make unarmed strikes) [*]shapeshifts to become a dire wolf (2d6+str bite) [*]has martial arts [*]can now unarmed strike to bite for 2d6+str as a bonus action! [/LIST] (so interpreting that being able to unarmed strike with any bite you might have, is super duper subjectable, but its also fun, and if the table has a problem with it i'd disallow it) [/QUOTE]

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