Twibby
2012-03-24, 12:40 PM
The Martial Artist is an Archetype for the Monk that trades a lack of Ki for the ability to ignore the lawful restriction of Monks, to ignore DR/hardness, and a slew of different immunities.
However, the Archetype does not specifically replace Abundant Step with anything. The Martial Artist still has the Abundant Step ability, just not the Ki to use it.
Given the Human's Favored Class Bonus for Monks - 1/4th of a Ki point per level - and the Monk Vows, which also give Ki, could a Martial Artist gain the Ki to use the +20 bonus to Acrobatics of High Jump, or use Abundant Step? He would not have a Ki Pool per say, meaning he could not use his Ki to treat his unarmed attacks as magic or to gain Flurry attacks, but he would still have Ki Points, allowing him to use Ki for things not specifically related to the Ki Pool class feature.
However, the Archetype does not specifically replace Abundant Step with anything. The Martial Artist still has the Abundant Step ability, just not the Ki to use it.
Given the Human's Favored Class Bonus for Monks - 1/4th of a Ki point per level - and the Monk Vows, which also give Ki, could a Martial Artist gain the Ki to use the +20 bonus to Acrobatics of High Jump, or use Abundant Step? He would not have a Ki Pool per say, meaning he could not use his Ki to treat his unarmed attacks as magic or to gain Flurry attacks, but he would still have Ki Points, allowing him to use Ki for things not specifically related to the Ki Pool class feature.