Can you "coat" your Monk's fists?

[Lampros]

If I apply stuff like Oil of Accuracy or other weapon coatings on my Monk's fists, will that apply the bonus?

[Phoenix]

it isn't a weapon, so no, pretty sure you can't however there are various armours/rings/amulets and monk passives that have various elemental effects to compensate for unarmed attacks and this makes monks one of the strongest classes in the game

[Lampros]

Originally posted by Phoenix:

it isn't a weapon, so no, pretty sure you can't however there are various armours/rings/amulets and monk passives that have various elemental effects to compensate for unarmed attacks and this makes monks one of the strongest classes in the game

I see - that sucks ;(

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Lampros:

Originally posted by Phoenix:

it isn't a weapon, so no, pretty sure you can't however there are various armours/rings/amulets and monk passives that have various elemental effects to compensate for unarmed attacks and this makes monks one of the strongest classes in the game

I see - that sucks ;(

Look, if you put oil of accuracy on your hands before punching - that is no longer punching - that is massaging.

[Mojo]

If you are Way of the Open Hand Monk at level 6 you have a passive where you can make your fists do Psychic, Necrotic or Radiant damage (can only choose one of the 3 but you can always select to change between which one is active).

At level 9 (I think is the right level) You can add reverberation effect on top of the Psychic, Necrotic or Radiant.

Like mentioned above there is gear that can add other effects. Caustic Band will do Acid damage with fists, gloves that will do fire damage etc.

I have never tried using oil of accuracy, who knows it may work.. lol

[Baldurs_Gate_2]

Originally posted by Mojo:

If you are Way of the Open Hand Monk at level 6 you have a passive where you can make your fists do Psychic, Necrotic or Radiant damage (can only choose one of the 3 but you can always select to change between which one is active).

At level 9 (I think is the right level) You can add reverberation effect on top of the Psychic, Necrotic or Radiant.

Like mentioned above there is gear that can add other effects. Caustic Band will do Acid damage with fists, gloves that will do fire damage etc.

I have never tried using oil of accuracy, who knows it may work.. lol

Caustic Band should actually only work with weapons

[Rilgar55]

Should be able to cough on my fists to add necrotic damage

[Lampros]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Look, if you put oil of accuracy on your hands before punching - that is no longer punching - that is massaging.

The Oil of Accuracy was just an example, as I do not need more accuracy - nor damage frankly (see secreenshot - in Act II).

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3139253469

I just want to be able to use different effects that coatings provide - when appropriate. But I guess you can't have everything...

[Firecam]

Coat your hands in m&m's like in the movie Hot Shot 2. Topper would be proud.

[Lani]

While it would be nice to be able to apply oils to monk hands, I do consider it a fair balancing trade-off for not being able to be disarmed as a monk.
Right now monk is like most classes, reasonably balanced.

*And yes, Min-Maxers in the peanut gallery, situational OP builds are possible for Monk.
Like with every class. As I said reasonably balanced

[Lampros]

Originally posted by Lani:

While it would be nice to be able to apply oils to monk hands, I do consider it a fair balancing trade-off for not being able to be disarmed as a monk.
Right now monk is like most classes, reasonably balanced.

*And yes, Min-Maxers in the peanut gallery, situational OP builds are possible for Monk.
Like with every class. As I said reasonably balanced

I am not sure Monks are balanced, "reasonably" or not. It's by far the strongest melee striker in the game for sustained damage, and it's not close. It's so over the top that I use one in spite of the fact that 1) I dislike Buddhism in real-life, and 2) your fists being stronger than 2-handed halberds obliterates any sense of realism/verisimilitude for role-play purposes.

[Lani]

Originally posted by Lampros:

*And yes, Min-Maxers in the peanut gallery, situational OP builds are possible for Monk.
Like with every class. As I said reasonably balanced

I am not sure Monks are balanced, "reasonably" or not. It's by far the strongest melee striker in the game for sustained damage, and it's not close. It's so over the top that I use one in spite of the fact that 1) I dislike Buddhism in real-life, and 2) your fists being stronger than 2-handed halberds obliterates any sense of realism/verisimilitude for role-play purposes. [/quote]

Thank you for confirming my point :-)

[seeker1]

You can't, I once tested coating their fists with poison - hmmm, theoretically that should poison YOU as well as what you're punching - anyway, doesn't work.

That said, there are abilities that benefit unarmed damage, plus quite a few items that boost it, and probably the best in-game are the gloves of soul catching, which add +1d10 to your unarmed strikes. There are others that add your wisdom modifier to unarmed strikes. Etc.

BTW, monks kick as well as punch in their animations, but it's all described as using your fists....

[harken23]

There are no Buddhist monks in the Faerun. You can rest easy knowing you're not promoting any false religions. Hail Satan!

[seeker1]

"Monks" in medieval Europe, like members of monastic orders like the Franciscans, didn't engage in much combat.

The D & D monk is basically a riff on the Shao-Lin monks of ancient China, which did use the martial arts which was part of their training. David Carradine in "Kung Fu" was supposed to be a Shao-Lin monk.

So, there is no China in Toril, but there is a land which is its fantasy "Orient" called Kara-Tur, and there you can find ninjas, samurais, katanas, shuriken, and all kinds of other flavored stuff. Like all fantasy, it's a hodgepodge of lore and eras. But yeah, it also doesn't have the Asian religions of our real world, such as Buddhism. Monks can be found all over Faerun but the training for their art STARTED in Kara-Tur.

D & D monks are following various Paths, such as in-game Open Hand/Shadow/Wu Jen and then there are others such as Drunken Master, Sun Soul, Ascendant Dragon, Kensei/Wuxia ... but those for BG3 will require a mod. There is also, BTW, not one but two Samurai class mods at Nexus. Plus a mod that will add katanas and ninja-tos to the game (though they are 'coded' as longswords and shortswords.)

I would love to have shuriken, but nobody's done a mod for that - yet.

[Lampros]

Originally posted by seeker1:

"Monks" in medieval Europe, like members of monastic orders like the Franciscans, didn't engage in much combat.

The D & D monk is basically a riff on the Shao-Lin monks of ancient China, which did use the martial arts which was part of their training. David Carradine in "Kung Fu" was supposed to be a Shao-Lin monk.

Exactly. If I'd qualify what you said a bit, I'd say European monks did not engage in "unarmed" combat in general, as there were some warrior orders.