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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4518014" data-attributes="member: 19675">First, I'll second the Battle Dancer.Second, follow the link in my sig to the Monk Database and take a close look at the alternative Monks and PrCls.&nbsp; Some do not even require levels in Monk, just a certain set of feats and skill levels.Of note:1) the Shou Disciple is a PrCl that doesn't require actual Monk levels, allows armor use, and eventually grants the ability to FoB with any weapon.2) the OA Shaman and Sohei (especially after their Dragon #318 revision by James Wyatt, author of OA) have some Monk-like abilities.3) the Chaos Monk (Dragon #355) is, as I recall, a Chaotic aligned Monk variant base class.4) the Shou Disciple is one of the best Monk dip PrCls, with a single level granting a Wis bonus to Att &amp; Dmg rolls.Third, if your player goes one of those routes, there are several ways to gain FoB with non-Monk weapons.&nbsp; Besides the aforementioned Shou Disciple and Sohei, there are several feats that grant FoB with selected weapons.&nbsp; They are listed under the Weapon Focus header in the Feats section of the Database.Fourth, AFAIK, the ability to treat unarmed strikes as natural or manufactured weapons is unique to the Monk class.&nbsp; The revised OA Shaman's Unarmed Strike does increase in power like the Monk's, though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 4518014, member: 19675"] [B]First[/B], I'll second the Battle Dancer. [B]Second[/B], follow the link in my sig to the Monk Database and take a close look at the alternative Monks and PrCls. Some do not even require levels in Monk, just a certain set of feats and skill levels. Of note: 1) the Shou Disciple is a PrCl that doesn't require actual Monk levels, allows armor use, and eventually grants the ability to FoB with any weapon. 2) the OA Shaman and Sohei (especially after their Dragon #318 revision by James Wyatt, author of OA) have some Monk-like abilities. 3) the Chaos Monk (Dragon #355) is, as I recall, a Chaotic aligned Monk variant base class. 4) the Shou Disciple is one of the best Monk dip PrCls, with a single level granting a Wis bonus to Att & Dmg rolls. [B]Third[/B], if your player goes one of those routes, there are several ways to gain FoB with non-Monk weapons. Besides the aforementioned Shou Disciple and Sohei, there are several feats that grant FoB with selected weapons. They are listed under the Weapon Focus header in the Feats section of the Database. [B]Fourth[/B], AFAIK, the ability to treat unarmed strikes as natural or manufactured weapons is unique to the Monk class. The revised OA Shaman's Unarmed Strike [I]does[/I] increase in power like the Monk's, though. [/QUOTE]

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