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Here that came up in my game today.... We had a monk using unarmed strike against the caryatid column, which has the special ability:

Shatter Weapons (Ex) Whenever a character strikes a caryatid column with a weapon (magical or nonmagical), the weapon takes 3d6 points of damage. Apply the weapon’s hardness normally. Weapons that take any amount of damage in excess of their hardness gain the broken quality.

So how does this affect the monk's fists? At the time I ruled ignored the special ability against the fists of the monk, but I am still unsure about this....

Note that this is a duplicated post from the Pathfinder RPG forum...

Here that came up in my game today.... We had a monk using unarmed strike against the caryatid column, which has the special ability:

Shatter Weapons (Ex) Whenever a character strikes a caryatid column with a weapon (magical or nonmagical), the weapon takes 3d6 points of damage. Apply the weapon’s hardness normally. Weapons that take any amount of damage in excess of their hardness gain the broken quality.

So how does this affect the monk's fists? At the time I ruled ignored the special ability against the fists of the monk, but I am still unsure about this....

Actually when you are unconscious, but that isn't as catchy a title.....

When your character is unconscious, do you get saving throws? Or when you are unaware of the threat (the dragon breathes on you when you are flat-footed).

I looked and looked and couldn't find anything in the Core

Now that I've asked the question, I would say that its very DM dependent. Some GMs will not damage a character once he hits the ground (eg. the fighter gets knocked unconscious by the drow's sleeping poison and the next round a fireball goes off over his body). Other GM will say you get a save with no Dex (or whatever the relevant ability is) bonus. And still others will say you automatically take full damage.

I wonder if we could actually get a consensus on this subject. (Highly doubtful.) How about an opinion from some the fine Paizo folks (with the caveat that it is non-binding)?