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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr_Rictus" data-source="post: 702147" data-attributes="member: 850">And why doesn't it lead to more monks stocking up on potions of magic fang and greater magic fang?  There really are already reasonably cost-effective alternatives when you look at the cost of magic weapons.  Let's compare the cost of these potions to the cost of magic weapons on a bonus-for-bonus basis:+1: potion (magic fang) is 1/40 the cost.+2: potion (greater magic fang, caster level 6) is 1/9 the cost.+3: potion (greater magic fang, caster level 9) is 1/13 the cost.+4: potion (greater magic fang, caster level 12) is 1/18 the cost.+5: potion (greater magic fang, caster level 15) is 1/22 the cost.Conclusion: Except for maybe that dip at +2 to +3, you should be able to have potions for more than enough fights to take you though the encounters where DR matters.  It only gets more efficient if you have a druid in the party and can rely on scrolls and/or their spells, but this is not by any means necessary.I agree that ki strike seems poorly tought-out, but any monk who uses monk weapons as his primary alternative when he's high enough level that his unarmed damage is significantly more is, I think, a bit of a fool.</blockquote>