Is Natural Armor a thing? D&D 3.5

[Darth.Awesome]

Are monk abilities affected by natural armor?
I'm thinking about using a PC build that has natural armor as a monk. Will the natural armor prevent the monk's AC bonus and fast movement?

[digiman619]

You'd be fine. A monk's AC bonus only care if you're wearing armor; not having an armor bonus. This is why you can get bracers pf armor or amulet of natural armor.

[Hiro Quester]

Also spells. Get your party sorcerer to cast a Mage armor on you. Get the Druid to cast barkskin. (And an owl's wisdom from the cleric to increase your monk wisdom bonus.). These also help your AC without invalidating your monk AC bonus.

[Necroticplague]

Are monk abilities affected by natural armor?
I'm thinking about using a PC build that has natural armor as a monk. Will the natural armor prevent the monk's AC bonus and fast movement?
Nope. Monk abilities are stopped by wearing armor. You don't wear natural armor, you simply have it. Natural armor isn't armor like platemail is, it's just a thick skin tat can protect you.

[KillingAScarab]

Get the Druid to cast barkskin. (And an owl's wisdom from the cleric to increase your monk wisdom bonus.).There's also a druid variant (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/classes/variantCharacterClasses.htm#druid) which forgoes wild shape and armor and shield proficiencies but gains a monk's unarmored AC and fast movement (plus some ranger class features). Such a character could cast these spells upon themselves.

[ZeroiaSD]

Nope. Monk abilities are stopped by wearing armor. You don't wear natural armor, you simply have it. Natural armor isn't armor like platemail is, it's just a thick skin tat can protect you.

And it's also very in-genre for a monk, there's a lot of old wuxia movies where someone goes through training that lets them just shrug-off or deflect attacks.