Hello, I wanted some feedback on an issue I ran into with a new character, the first time as a monk. I noticed that the Bonus Actions of Furry of Blows and Unarmed Strike does not automatically incorporate the 1d8 of Unarmed from the fighting. If it is intended to be 1d8 is can you folks repair that? If it isn't going to incorporate that, I'd like to know a good reason as to why. It seems like it would minimize effectiveness considering expending Ki on flurry. It also doesn't show on the "unarmed strike" as a bonus action. Any insight is appreciated!
The fighting style would count for all your unarmed attacks. I imagine they don't indicate that in the bonus actions because:
Monks don't get a fighting style, and Fighters don't get unarmed strikes as a bonus action
It could be either 1d6 (carrying weapons) or 1d8 (no weapons). They already needed to add 2 attack actions for the style to account for both possibilities, and they'd pile up quickly
The style doesn't "know" about your multiclassing, and the Monk features don't "know" about your fighting style
There's a good chance they will try to account for more complexities like that in the future. For the time being, you can add Custom Actions for the bonus action unarmed strike & flurry of blows, using d6 or d8 depending on whether your Monk/Fighter will be wielding a monk weapon.
Hello, I wanted some feedback on an issue I ran into with a new character, the first time as a monk. I noticed that the Bonus Actions of Furry of Blows and Unarmed Strike does not automatically incorporate the 1d8 of Unarmed from the fighting. If it is intended to be 1d8 is can you folks repair that? If it isn't going to incorporate that, I'd like to know a good reason as to why. It seems like it would minimize effectiveness considering expending Ki on flurry. It also doesn't show on the "unarmed strike" as a bonus action. Any insight is appreciated!
Thanks,
EvolovE
The fighting style would count for all your unarmed attacks. I imagine they don't indicate that in the bonus actions because:
There's a good chance they will try to account for more complexities like that in the future. For the time being, you can add Custom Actions for the bonus action unarmed strike & flurry of blows, using d6 or d8 depending on whether your Monk/Fighter will be wielding a monk weapon.
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