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thecrimsondawn
2017-03-20, 11:45 AM
Rather - Unchained Monk's flurry of blows.

I already feel I know this answer, but just in case I overlooked something, I will ask anyway.

Unchained monks flurry is written in such a way that it will not work with the extra attacks gained from TWF. Broken Blade Stance, as well as Battle Dragon Stance, both give stronger bonuses if you are two-weapon fighting.

I would assume that even tho you are attacking with a combination of hands, feat, knee, elbows, and what not, that despite all this, even during a full attack, it does not by RAW count as two-weapon fighting correct? If it does, and I am overlooking something, please do link a source.

Currently working on a really nasty monk build, focused around flurry, Medusa's wrath, a stance bonus, trip & dirty trick moves for debuffs, paired with a strong focus on vital strike for a damage average in the 2-3 hundreds.
Im basically making Akuma

the_archduke
2017-03-20, 01:58 PM
Vital strike (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat-feats/vital-strike-combat-final/) does nothing on a full-round attack like a flurry. I think you want pummeling style (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat-feats/pummeling-style-combat-style/)

That said, I believe you would get two extra attacks from Broken Blade Stance as flurry says you "may make one additional attack, taking a –2 penalty on all of his attack rolls, as if using the Two-Weapon Fighting feat" and Broken Blade Stance says you "may make an additional attack when making a full attack action. If the initiator is two weapon fighting, he gains this extra attack for both hands."

thecrimsondawn
2017-03-20, 02:54 PM
Vital strike (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat-feats/vital-strike-combat-final/) does nothing on a full-round attack like a flurry. I think you want pummeling style (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat-feats/pummeling-style-combat-style/)

That said, I believe you would get two extra attacks from Broken Blade Stance as flurry says you "may make one additional attack, taking a –2 penalty on all of his attack rolls, as if using the Two-Weapon Fighting feat" and Broken Blade Stance says you "may make an additional attack when making a full attack action. If the initiator is two weapon fighting, he gains this extra attack for both hands."

Vital strike does not work with flurry no, however thanks to a PoW-E feat, I CAN use it on an AoO. Using trip + vicious stomp = two vital strikes then, and if you also have mythic rules in the game, you can take mythic vital strike as well to make it even more insane. In most cases, vital strike is a waste of a feat, but thanks to PoW-E, no longer :p

The flurry of blows you are reading is from Monk. Unchained monk words itself quite differently and you take no such penalty on your attack. This is why I am hunting down any type of clarification on this.