Monk playtest: Is Unarmed Attack a weapon or an implement?

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I haven't done a complete survey, but I believe it also affects the damage. Powers that deal 1[W] or x[W] damage all have the Weapon keyword.

FWIW, Corrosive Ruin and Electrified Lash (and possibly others, I stopped looking after finding a couple) are Swordmage Implement powers that use [W] to determine damage. (Which leads to interesting problems when using no implement or a non-blade implement.)

 

[Starfox]

...Which leads to interesting problems when using no implement or a non-blade implement.

Which is probably why Swordmages get only weapon implements. They can get non-weapon implements trough feats, but doing so seems a big waste for them; they'd be using d4 with no accuracy (unarmed attack) or possibly improvised weapon.

 

[mach1.9pants]

Which is probably why Swordmages get only weapon implements. They can get non-weapon implements trough feats, but doing so seems a big waste for them; they'd be using d4 with no accuracy (unarmed attack) or possibly improvised weapon.

However they could take the Arcane Implement Proficiency (wand) feat...if they were insane