Special monk feats?

[Alzrius]

I'm looking for some monk-oriented feats. I'm pretty sure I've seen these before, but I can't recall where, so I'm asking you guys (third-party sources are fine):

Is there a feat to let a monk choose to treat a particular weapon as a special monk weapon? I know it could just have the ki flow property, but is there a feat that'll essentially let you do the same thing? Also, is there a feat to let you use Deflect Arrows with a weapon, instead of your bare hands?

 

[Patlin]

Is there a feat to let a monk choose to treat a particular weapon as a special monk weapon?

There are several of these in the Eberron Campaign Setting, I believe, including one for spear and another for two bladed sword. Probably one or two others I'm forgetting, too. Which weapon are you looking for?

 

[avr]

THe ECS has 3 feats allowing you to add either a longspear, a longsword, or a two-bladed sword as a special monk weapon.

Secrets of Sarlona has some more monk-based feats, including one which adds other polearms as special monk weapons.

None of these allow you to deflect arrows using your weapon, but if you get whirling steel strike you can use a longsword in one hand while you deflect arrows with the other.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Alzrius
Is there a feat to let a monk choose to treat a particular weapon as a special monk weapon?

Check out the DCv1.

There is a feat called Unorthodox Flurry letting you choose a single light or one-handed weapon as a monk weapon.

There is a feat called Pole Fighter that lets you choose a polearm as a monk weapon.

As I recall, somewhere there is a feat that lets you Deflect Arrows with a weapon in hand...but I can't recall where.

Found it- Spinning Defense- also from the DCv1- requires the use of a polearm.

 

[Particle_Man]

If your DM allows it, there is the Monster Manual feat "Improved Natural Attack".

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

For the record, another juicy Monk feat in the DCv1 is Ring the Golden Bell.

It lets you use your unarmed strikes at range...including any abilities that could be delivered by an unarmed strike.

The range isn't very long- something like each +1 Wis Bonus gets you 5' or so- but that's still a nasty surprise.

 

[Alzrius]

The character I'm building is a monk/soulknife, so I was hoping for a feat where you could select any one weapon as a monk weapon, and choose "mind blade" for it. Likewise for a feat to deflect arrows with a weapon.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Unorthodox Flurry would seem to be your best bet, then.

The question would be Unorthodox Flurry: WHAT?

Unorthodox Flurry: Mindblade seems a natural, though a strict minded DM probably wouldn't let you use the mindblade as a monk weapon if you used the class' ability to shape mindblade into something else.

Unorthodox Flurry: Short Sword has the same problem.

Unfortunately, Spinning Defense requires the use of a polearm. The good news is that Dragon #341 (released almost the same time as Complete Psionic) features a host of Soulknife feats, most centered around reshaping the mindblade, including one that supplants several feats in CompPsi- it lets you choose any one weapon as a new shape for your mindblade, including polearms, and may be taken multiple times, each time adding a new shape.

The question then would be would you need the Pole Fighter feat in order to flurry with a mindblade reshaped into a polearm.

I haven't had the opportunity to use such a build, but before I do, I'd try to get an answer at Paizo or perhaps WotC (it is supposedly from a 100% official source, after all).

BTW, another feat does for the Soulknife what the Practiced Spellcaster and Practiced Manifester feats do for spellcasters and psi-manifesters, respectively.

 

[Quartz]

Check out the DCv1.

Sorry, which book is that?

 

[Quartz]

There is a feat called Pole Fighter that lets you choose a polearm as a monk weapon.

Very juicy since you can use Power Attack.