I just created an Aarakocra Monk (with some pretty impressive stat rolls) and noticed that Talons is not listed under Bonus Actions. He's a level 1 so most of the sheet is pretty basic. Here's what I'm reasoning, so please tell me if I'm incorrect:
Unarmed Strike
When you use the Attack action with an unarmed strike or a monk weapon on your turn, you can make one unarmed strike as a bonus action.
Talons
You have talons that you can use to make unarmed strikes. When you hit with them, you deal 1d6+1 slashing damage.
You're correct that your Aarakocra Monk would be able to use Talons for the bonus attack. Unfortunately, the Monk Martial Arts feature doesn't "know" about your extra type of unarmed strike. But you can certainly add a Custom Action to give yourself a Talons bonus attack, or else just roll the regular Talons attack for it (since the die rolls would be the same.)
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Hiyo!
I just created an Aarakocra Monk (with some pretty impressive stat rolls) and noticed that Talons is not listed under Bonus Actions. He's a level 1 so most of the sheet is pretty basic. Here's what I'm reasoning, so please tell me if I'm incorrect:
When you use the Attack action with an unarmed strike or a monk weapon on your turn, you can make one unarmed strike as a bonus action.
You have talons that you can use to make unarmed strikes. When you hit with them, you deal 1d6+1 slashing damage.
Here's a link to the character in question: Declawed Aarakocra Monk (https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/107216928)
Here's the share link, too: www.dndbeyond.com/characters/107216928/cgSl3Z
Is this a glitch in the Matrix, or am I incorrect in my reasoning that Talons should count as a Bonus Action for Unarmed Strike?
You're correct that your Aarakocra Monk would be able to use Talons for the bonus attack. Unfortunately, the Monk Martial Arts feature doesn't "know" about your extra type of unarmed strike. But you can certainly add a Custom Action to give yourself a Talons bonus attack, or else just roll the regular Talons attack for it (since the die rolls would be the same.)
Helpful rewriter of Japanese->English translation and delver into software codebases (she/e/they)
You're awesome! Thanks for the workaround tips!
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