Monk wi. Staff Disarm ?

[Otterscrubber]

I can see an argument for having to declare all attacks beforehand when using a flurry of blows due to the speed of the attacks (I would house rule that way), but I don't think the rules specify that anywhere...

I am unaware of anything in the rules that says a monk must declare his/her attacks beforehand when using flurry. As far as I can tell it is perfectly ok for a monk with 4 attacks to attempt to : disarm, attack (lethal damage), attack (subdual damage), disarm again or any other combo that strikes their fancy. Monks are versatile masters of close combat.

Also, where does it state that a monk using a staff as a 2handed weapon does not get 1.5 Str bonus when using flurry?

**Edit** Nevermind, I reread the Flurry of Blows description and it states it there. **End Edit**

 

[Camarath]

What you need to do is indicate what you are using before you do it. For instance, you can use 1 attack with the staff for the disarm and the other for the slam energy drain. This would max out the drain and the disarm perfectly, but if you miss with the disarm you cannot suddenly try to disarm with your second attack, and vice versa.

I would just like to say:

Full Attack
If you get more than one attack per round because your base attack bonus is high enough, because you fight with two weapons or a double weapon or for some special reason you must use a full-round action to get your additional attacks. You do not need to specify the targets of your attacks ahead of time. You can see how the earlier attacks turn out before assigning the later ones.

 

[MarauderX]

I am unaware of anything in the rules that says a monk must declare his/her attacks beforehand when using flurry. As far as I can tell it is perfectly ok for a monk with 4 attacks to attempt to : disarm, attack (lethal damage), attack (subdual damage), disarm again or any other combo that strikes their fancy. Monks are versatile masters of close combat.

I think this was answered by wizards during 3.0 Q&A, as it was not written in the SRD nor the updates. As I understand it if the monk had a separate attack (in other words, more than just the original two flurry of blows) they may be distributed accordingly after the flurry. So if the vampire above had 2 attacks normally, she could flurry to get 3 (with penalties of course): 2 would be the flurry, and the last would be an another attack of the vampire's choosing. So if the vamp flurried to do disarm & attack and had one fail, she would still have 1 attack left with which to make up for the failure. I am not sure if disarm is a problem with the need for flurry as a full attack action though.

Also, where does it state that a monk using a staff as a 2handed weapon does not get 1.5 Str bonus when using flurry?

Lemme see....from the 3.5 update:

When using weapons as a part of a flurry of blows, a monk applies her
Strength bonus (not Str bonus x1-1/2 or x1/2) to her damage rolls for all successful attacks, whether she weilds a weapon in one or both hands. The monk can't use any weapon other than a special monk weapon as part of a flurry of blows.

It even includes a separate paragraph just for the quarterstaff too:

In the case of the quarterstaff, each end counts as a separate weapon for the purpose of using the fluffy of blows ability., Even thought the quarterstaff requires two hands to use, a monk may still intersperse unarmed strikes with quarterstaff strikes, assuming that she has enough attacks in her flurry of blows routine to do so.

 

[Wolffenjugend]

Thanks for the help everyone! This vampire/monk is gunna be scary!!!