Not the intended use: Fighting initiate Unarmed fighting on a monk

[stoutstien]

I'd give it a 3/5. It's a nice boost earlier on and the fact you can swap fighter styles makes it flexible depending on the direction you go.

It losses one star because unless you are playing to the aesthetics of only using unarmed strikes it's a pretty small damage boost. The new dedicated weapon feature also weakens it.

The second star is loss just due to how ability score driven the monk is. Assuming point buy or SA, taking this means delaying dex which is also more damage while also increasing hit chance and the laundry list of other things.

Overall I would say take it if you want but it isn't a massive boost. Blind fighting for shadow and Archery for SS kensei are the exceptions I see.