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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 1176473" data-attributes="member: 3400">By not being in line with the 'spirit' of the feat, what do you mean? Using a close-in as well as a reach weapon? Or using two weapons to do whirlwind attack?I can't say whether either would be against the spirit of the feat, myself. If it were because of the reach/close-in combination, then is a large monster with natural reach using WWA also against the spirit of the feat?If it's using more than one weapon that's against the feat's spirit, does this mean you envision a completely unarmed monk as using only one fist or foot to make all of his attacks with WWA? Or a character with two short swords only using one of them?Once you start to accept that it doesn't look too bizarre to use both, then it's not all that much of a stretch to see a monk whirling around with kicks and a polearm laying waste to everything around him.I also don't see a problem with using either weapon (or both) for AoO as long as the character gets &gt; 1 AoO. There are no preclusions from using more than one weapon for AoO if you happen to be armed with &gt; 1, at least none that I can find. I can't find anything that says you have to only use the weapon in your primary hand, for example.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billd91, post: 1176473, member: 3400"] By not being in line with the 'spirit' of the feat, what do you mean? Using a close-in as well as a reach weapon? Or using two weapons to do whirlwind attack? I can't say whether either would be against the spirit of the feat, myself. If it were because of the reach/close-in combination, then is a large monster with natural reach using WWA also against the spirit of the feat? If it's using more than one weapon that's against the feat's spirit, does this mean you envision a completely unarmed monk as using only one fist or foot to make all of his attacks with WWA? Or a character with two short swords only using one of them? Once you start to accept that it doesn't look too bizarre to use both, then it's not all that much of a stretch to see a monk whirling around with kicks and a polearm laying waste to everything around him. I also don't see a problem with using either weapon (or both) for AoO as long as the character gets > 1 AoO. There are no preclusions from using more than one weapon for AoO if you happen to be armed with > 1, at least none that I can find. I can't find anything that says you have to only use the weapon in your primary hand, for example. [/QUOTE]

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