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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Caliban" data-source="post: 3484292" data-attributes="member: 284">I believe there is some debate on this issue, based around the "you can flurry when using an unarmed strike or monk weapon" text.Grapple checks are not a monk weapon, and it's debatable whether or not they count as unarmed strikes (although they do the damage of your unarmed strike).  Interpretations I've seen:1) Grapple checks cannot be combined with a Flurry in any way.2) You can use a flurry of blows to initiate the grapple, but not once the grapple is established.  (i.e. the initial touch attacks to start a grapple can be done as part of a flurry, but the flurry ends once the grapple is established.)3) You can flurry while in a grapple, but only if you are using the "attack your opponent at a -4 attack penalty" option, instead of making grapple checks.4)  You can flurry within a grapple, and use the flurry attacks to make grapple checks.  Grapple checks are close enough to unarmed strikes to count. I think option 3 is probably the closest to RAW, but I think a case can be made for option 4 (and is the ruling I prefer).  Monks aren't exactly overpowered to begin with.</blockquote>