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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DreamChaser" data-source="post: 474207" data-attributes="member: 1190">in any situation where my monk comes upon an equal-level fighter without any magical weapons or armor, he will wipe the floor with him, definitely.  If he comes upon an equal  level fighter with magical weapons, he is probably in trouble.  If he encounters a fighter in any anti-magic field (my campaign has transparency), then my monk is screwed.  He can't use his powers or his psionic feats.  Many of his other feats still function but the core of the fighter is unaffected.I think that there are a few psionic feats that could be developed for this:Enhanced Strike [Psionic]Your unarmed attacks gain an enhancement bonus.Prerequisites: Strength 13+, Psionic Fist, Power point reserve 5+Benefit:  Your unarmed attacks gain an enhancement bonus of +1.  You must have a power point reserve of 5 in order to gain this benefit.Special: You may take this feat multiple times.  Each time the enhancement bonus increases by +1 and the power point reserve increases by +11.  So a monk who took this feat 5 times would have a +5 when her power point reserve was 49 or more; +4 when her reserve was 38 or more, +3 when her reserve was 27 or more; +2 when her reserve was 16 or more; and +1 when her reserve was 5 or more.Spirit Strike [Psionic]Your unarmed attacks can affect incorporeal targets.Prerequisites: Strength 13+, Psionic Fist, Enhanced Strike, Power point reserve 17+Benefit:  You have the ghost touch ability with your unarmed attacks.  You must have a power point reserve of 17 in order to gain this benefit.Energy Strike [Psionic]Your unarmed attacks gain cause energy damage.Prerequisites: Strength 13+, Psionic Fist.Benefit:  Choose 1 energy type.  When you spend 5 pp, your body is charged with this energy; your next unarmed attack (including trips and grapples) deals an added +1d6 points of damage of the chosen energy type.  The decision to use this ability must be made before the attack roll is made; the energy charge lasts a number of rounds equal to the your Strength modifier or until used.Special: You may take this feat multiple times.  Each time you gain another energy type that can be used.These feats would allow the monk to gain some of the benefits of weapons but at a cost.  All three would be added to the monk bonus feat list.</blockquote>

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