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<blockquote data-quote="Lonely Tylenol" data-source="post: 1902537" data-attributes="member: 18549">I think you're reading too much into that.&nbsp; I read it as &quot;IF the creature can, for whatever reason, combine weapon and natural attacks, THEN the creature uses the weapon attack as primary and natural attacks as secondary.&quot;I don't read it as implying which creatures can and cannot use manufactured weapons.&nbsp; It indicates the conditions that a creature must follow when combining natural and manufactured attacks.&nbsp; Actually, I don't see any indication in the FAQ that any creature that could take class levels couldn't take monk levels and do standard monk attacks, regardless of physiology.&nbsp; Which means that any creature that can take class levels can make attacks as though using manufactured weapons by making monk attacks, and take its secondary natural attacks as well.The only limitation I see to this is the DM.&nbsp; &quot;No, your awakened whale can't perform a flurry of blows, because he doesn't have any limbs.&quot;&nbsp; So, megaraptor?&nbsp; Perhaps.&nbsp; I don't see any rules that would indicate otherwise.&nbsp; Certainly there's nothing in the Polymorph rules that would disallow a polymorphed monk getting his standard attacks plus natural attacks at -5 just because his form is somewhat awkward.I mean, what if he were a giant turtle with a bandana?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lonely Tylenol, post: 1902537, member: 18549"] I think you're reading too much into that. I read it as "IF the creature can, for whatever reason, combine weapon and natural attacks, THEN the creature uses the weapon attack as primary and natural attacks as secondary." I don't read it as implying which creatures can and cannot use manufactured weapons. It indicates the conditions that a creature must follow when combining natural and manufactured attacks. Actually, I don't see any indication in the FAQ that any creature that could take class levels couldn't take monk levels and do standard monk attacks, regardless of physiology. Which means that any creature that can take class levels can make attacks as though using manufactured weapons by making monk attacks, and take its secondary natural attacks as well. The only limitation I see to this is the DM. "No, your awakened whale can't perform a flurry of blows, because he doesn't have any limbs." So, megaraptor? Perhaps. I don't see any rules that would indicate otherwise. Certainly there's nothing in the Polymorph rules that would disallow a polymorphed monk getting his standard attacks plus natural attacks at -5 just because his form is somewhat awkward. I mean, what if he were a giant turtle with a bandana? [/QUOTE]

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