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<blockquote data-quote="WEContact" data-source="post: 5926299" data-attributes="member: 69684">A Half-elf Monk with Twin Strike wants to use said power. He's holding a club and the other hand is empty; he wants to use his Monk Unarmed Strike for the off-hand weapon portion of Twin Strike. Does he fulfil Twin Strike's requirement that he wield two melee weapons? If he has the Two-Weapon Defense feat, (req.: wielding a melee weapon in each hand) can he gain the benefit while keeping one hand free per the requirement of the Monk Unarmed Strike?I believe RAW says no to both, but that this is a case in which RAW should be overlooked because the alternative makes more sense. I'm considering making a proposal that the Monk Unarmed Strike simply be considered to be wielded in one hand when, as using that the feature requires, that hand is empty and otherwise unoccupied. Should I do that, or just leave it up to whomever DMs for the PC that brought this issue to my attention?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WEContact, post: 5926299, member: 69684"] A Half-elf Monk with Twin Strike wants to use said power. He's holding a club and the other hand is empty; he wants to use his Monk Unarmed Strike for the off-hand weapon portion of Twin Strike. Does he fulfil Twin Strike's requirement that he wield two melee weapons? If he has the Two-Weapon Defense feat, (req.: wielding a melee weapon in each hand) can he gain the benefit while keeping one hand free per the requirement of the Monk Unarmed Strike? I believe RAW says no to both, but that this is a case in which RAW should be overlooked because the alternative makes more sense. I'm considering making a proposal that the Monk Unarmed Strike simply be considered to be wielded in one hand when, as using that the feature requires, that hand is empty and otherwise unoccupied. Should I do that, or just leave it up to whomever DMs for the PC that brought this issue to my attention? [/QUOTE]

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