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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 3566650" data-attributes="member: 13966">Many-armed creatures have only 1 primary hand, unless their description specifies otherwise.Flurry of blows is separate from natural weapon attacks, IIRC.  If a thri-kreen monk uses its arms only for unarmed strikes (or appropriate monk weapon attacks, like nunchakus), it can flurry.  But, it is debateable whether or not the monk can use the two-weapon fighting or multi-weapon fighting rules when striking unarmed or using a flurry unarmed.This line is the point of contention on that.  Depending entirely on DM interpretation, and considering where the line is in the monk's unarmed attack description, you may or may not be able to gain extra attacks from multiple arms.Some interpret it as meaning that you cannot use off-hand attacks when striking unarmed as a monk, others interpret it as meaning that you simply always treat your unarmed strikes as primary hand attacks (and can get extra attacks as though from an off-hand weapon, but doing damage as per a primary hand attack), and others interpret it as meaning simply that the monk's primary-hand unarmed strikes can be made with any body part and it doesn't affect their status as primary-hand attacks (whether it's a headbutt or a left-handed punch or whatever).The latter one already applies normally (monks are definitely able to strike with any part of their body as a primary-hand attack, even if that limb would normally be their off-hand), but it's uncertain if that invalidates off-hand extra attacks or not.So it's up to DM adjudication pure and simple.  I'm sure the FAQ has some answer that may or may not actually answer the question, and I know the FAQ gets a lot of bogus rulings and contradictions, so I wouldn't bother checking it to see.Either the DM rules that the monk's ability indicates that you cannot make any off-hand attacks while fighting unarmed or in a flurry, or they rule that you can, in which case they also have to rule whether or not you treat your extra off-hand attacks as primary hands for purposes of attack bonus and Strength bonus to damage.</blockquote>

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