monks: weapons and unarmed mix?

[ZR]

can a monk attack with fist and monk weapon interchangably?

eg. if 4 attacks then first 2 are unarmed and the second 2 with a magic weapon to improve to hit chance?

 

[Hypersmurf]

It's not explicitly clear from the wording in the PHB, but interpolating from what is said would suggest Yes.

-Hyp.

 

[Slander]

Yes. <<Missed the specific reference to monk weapon>>



Slander

 

[dcollins]

From the Official Main FAQ, v10152002, p. 5-6:

Can a monk mix weapon attacks with monk unarmed
attacks as long as the weapons she uses are martial arts
weapons? For example, a monk is allowed 2 unarmed
attacks (let's say +4/+1) and is armed with a single tonfa.
Could the monk make her first attack an unarmed attack
that deals unarmed damage and then use her tonfa for her
second attack? Or must she use only weapon attacks or
only unarmed attacks during her turn?

A monk can freely mix attacks with special monk weapons
into an unarmed attack routine. The monk's attacks can all be
with the weapon, they can all be unarmed, or the monk can mix
them up.

 

[SpikeyFreak]

I believe there's a passage in the PHB that says you have to alternate them.

That's what I would rule even if it wasn't in the PHB.

--Monkey Spikey

 

[Hypersmurf]

I believe there's a passage in the PHB that says you have to alternate them.

Not really. Closest is under Flurry of Blows, where it says that if you are using two special monk weapons, your regular attacks are with one, and your extra attack is with the other.

-Hyp.