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deuxhero
2012-02-20, 08:08 PM
I'm curious to hear if anyone has gotten it past a DM and what explanation they used (if the fluff requirement wasn't outright ignored).

The explanation I've seen a few times is "This physique has been passed down by the Armstrong family for generations!", but I'd like to hear some other options. God Hand?
Biffoniacus_Furiou
2012-02-20, 08:29 PM
Choose an item you own. The item must be
of masterwork quality, and it must be an item that once
belonged to a member of your family. Alternatively, the
item may have belonged to another person to whom
you are somehow connected, such as another member
of your religious order.

Considering an Unarmed Strike is not even a particular item at all, not to mention it's not masterwork quality, I seriously doubt you would ever get that by any rules-savvy DM.
Godskook
2012-02-20, 08:38 PM
1.There's a RAW-debatable method, via gauntlets.

2.There's a strict RAW method via Scorpion Kama.

3.A final RAW method is a Necklace of Natural Attacks.
RndmNumGen
2012-02-20, 08:49 PM
What about applying Pathfinder's Heirloom Weapon (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/traits/equipment-traits/heirloom-weapon) trait to an Unarmed Strike? The bonus isn't huge, but unlike with many other weapons, it will never become outdated. Could be very useful if you're making a Grapple-focused Monk...
deuxhero
2012-02-20, 09:17 PM
Considering an Unarmed Strike is not even a particular item at all, not to mention it's not masterwork quality, I seriously doubt you would ever get that by any rules-savvy DM.

I was more curious about how people worked it story wise than rules.
Jack Zander
2012-02-20, 11:14 PM
Make it a secret fighting style taught only to members of the family.
Zaq
2012-02-21, 03:24 AM
"I live on . . . through this arm!"
kardar233
2012-02-21, 03:34 AM
"I live on . . . through this arm!"

Well played sir.

But that's got to be an Intelligent Item with a fairly ridiculous Ego score. Or be wielded by a guy with an obscene Bluff check.
supermonkeyjoe
2012-02-21, 05:16 AM
This combat style has been passed down the Armstrong line for generations!!
Mystify
2012-02-21, 06:18 AM
These hands are grafts passed down from generation to generation.
Firest Kathon
2012-02-21, 06:22 AM
"I live on . . . through this arm!"
My first thought on reading this were the Discworld Igors (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_%28Discworld%29), who literally have their mother's eyes (or hair, or arm, or ...).
panaikhan
2012-02-21, 08:55 AM
"I live on . . . through this arm!"

I once played a Warforged character with a 'Tail' weapon familiar. I don't see an arm as too much of a stretch.
Aren't there rules for enchanting a person's body? (not just Warforged)
To enchant something it has to be masterwork, right?
TheTick
2012-02-21, 10:18 AM
The blessings of his ancestors bestow special power with every strike of his fist. Don't see why you'd need to get more complicated than that.
Manateee
2012-02-21, 02:49 PM
My first impulse is to put the Ancestral Relic on rosary beads or a prayer cloth used as fist wraps. Then work in some overdramatic backstory for it for maximum 90s-comic-style emotitude. :smalltongue:
DrDeth
2012-02-21, 06:39 PM
Sure, and then have the PC be a Monk with a VoP. Time to get out the hammergun.
panaikhan
2012-02-22, 08:07 AM
Sure, and then have the PC be a Monk with a VoP. Time to get out the hammergun.

Now my Gnome wants to build this.
And make it magical.
Cannot be fired whilst moving, Verbal trigger.