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Message: <blockquote data-quote="master arminas" data-source="post: 5759093" data-attributes="member: 9287">The folks over at Paize have already errata'ed Improved Natural Attack, making it so it doesn't function with unarmed strikes (monk or otherwise).  So, no, that feat won't be a problem (and you should have heard the wails of anguish when they was released!).  My question is:  why any monk weapons?  I mean, a kama is just a sickle, a shuriken is a reskinned dart, a nunchuka is just a grain-threshing flail.  Why have an entire class of weapons that duplicate other weapons already in the game?  By switching to just simple weapons (with the exception of the morning star and heavy mace), it simplifies things for the DM and the player.This still gives the monk proficiency with unarmed strikes, gauntlets, daggers, punching daggers, spiked gauntlets, light maces, sickles, clubs, shortspears, quarterstaffs, spears, blowguns, light and heavy crossbows, darts, javelins, and slings (oops, I need to put the longspear in the prohibited list, as it is a d8 weapon with reach; I forgot about it).Now, the monk can flurry with any of these weapons (except the crossbows, of course), which in my view makes more sense.  I mean, a old-style monk could flurry with a quarterstaff, but not with a shortspear?  Only difference is one has a pointy end and the other is a double weapon.  I know that many folks would rather keep those unique and flavorful monk weapons, and if they really, really want them, then by all means add them back in!  But when I am DMing, I have never outfitted any creature with a kama--unless I was planning on specifically giving the monk player a weapon that no one else would want.  Enhancement bonuses:  let me work on it for a bit and see if we can clean that up a little bit.Thanks, Rampant!Master Arminas</blockquote>

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