As Emmett presses the open button twice, everyone is unpleasantly surprised by the sudden and explosive vacuum their bodies are exposed to, none more so than Kynn.
As the air is ripped out of the elevator, the group of four sees a much larger room beyond and feels a painful pull on their bodies. Each of them sustaining injury from the sudden depressurization.
As the pain clears they all realize that there is certainly not enough air to breath, but they also see the room before them;
A series of glassy panels form a semicircular array along the southern walls of this circular room. Some of the panels are lit but blank, while others flicker with a jarring, black-and-white dotted pattern. Many are cracked or simply dark. A throne-like chair sits before a mechanical table in the center of the room. A skeleton slumps in the chair, one bony hand grasping a large lever. Its other hand, wearing a strange, silvery glove, rests upon a glowing plate.
The “black-and-white” screens flicker with occasional glimpses of machinery and robots awaiting activation. A small hologram of the Red Redoubt, much like the one in the other room, floats above the plate the skeleton's gloved hand rests on. A plate next to the lever grasped by the skeleton’s other hand reads, “Air Pumps”. The lever appears to have two position and is currently in the position marked with a circle, the other position is marked with a straight line.
As Baugher moves into the room, it also becomes apparent that without air, there is also no sound. The group in the elevator watches Baugher act with eerie silence.
Baugher quickly finds a control he thinks will do some good and operates the lever. As he does the skeleton crumbles and a rumble begins which can be heard throughout the complex. The rumble quickly gives way to a more gentle purring and the brush of air can be felt against bare skin in the upper control room.
As quickly as the air seems to be returning a menace materializes from the same vents! It seems that turning on the "air pumps" has awakened something. More correctly, two somethings have been awakened and neither seems to be happy. Some of the air coalesces into two creatures that begin to howl as sound returns to the control room.
The one closest to Braugher swirls towards him slamming him with a fully corporeal form. The attack knocks him into the skeleton and causing it to crumble completely.
As the air slowly returns, you no longer fear you will suffocate, but it could be some seconds before full atmosphere is restored!
In the large control room, the sudden rumble and then quite hum put Shechera on edge. "What was that? Did you do something?" She says accusingly towards Istralanix.
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Kalista turns to Shechera. "We've been here with you. I haven't even fiddled with the dials since they hopped in the closet. No... they must have done something upstairs. Ah well. Hope they found something that may help us."
After an uncomfortable pause, she smiles. "So, how long have you been adventuring together? I just met these folk this morning. That's sort of how this works in the Society; just show up when called and go out with total strangers. You get a few familiar faces every now and again and I'm rambling again, aren't I?"
"Yeah? Well, maybe." Shechera says at Kalista's rebuke.
"We been together long enough to know who we can trust." She adds with a sneer.
Tetchy's blade passes right through the air elemental causing no damage, the thing doesn't seem to have a front or back or any other sort of discernible anatomy. The damn thing is just a swirling cloud of vapor!
Kynn's bolt of force collides with the swirling mass and seems to disturb it some.
Istralanix notes that there is a panel like all the previous doors in this place, touching the panel may activate the door and the lift within.
The other swirling mass of air orients on the closest target and charges at Braugher! As the creature of air connects, Braugher is rocked by the attack.
"It would be advisable for us to await their return, but pressing that panel should cause the door to open." Says Meleren moving to cover the door and Shechera with his crossbow.
Further, you can add 1-1/2 times your Strength bonus on the damage roll for your first unarmed strike on a given round.
How combat works...
“Armed” Unarmed Attacks: Sometimes a character's or creature's unarmed attack counts as an armed attack. A monk, a character with the Improved Unarmed Strike feat, a spellcaster delivering a touch attack spell, and a creature with natural physical weapons all count as being armed (see natural attacks).
Based on my interpretation, Braugher's bite attack would count as the first unarmed strike and as such would have benefited from the bonus damage. If you have something from a different source than either of these that justifies a fourth attack in the round please cite it.
Braugher's strong attacks push the swirling air back as one of his claws rips apart some of its material. It is obvious that quite a bit of this elemental's substance has been destroyed.
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About the extra attack, I'm unsure what you mean exactly, but I'll assume it's related to using a full attack routine mixing unarmed strikes and natural attacks. Link - "You can make attacks with natural weapons in combination with attacks made with a melee weapon and unarmed strikes, so long as a different limb is used for each attack. For example, you cannot make a claw attack and also use that hand to make attacks with a longsword. When you make additional attacks in this way, all of your natural attacks are treated as secondary natural attacks, using your base attack bonus minus 5 and adding only 1/2 of your Strength modifier on damage rolls. Feats such as Two-Weapon Fighting and Multiattack can reduce these penalties."
I used an unarmed strike with my natural attacks, each on different limbs. The natural attacks each took a -5 to hit. I did forget the damage penalty, however. The claw damage should be 2 points lower.
Does this answer your question?
I have to disagree with you that your bite attack is not an unarmed strike. It certainly counts as an unarmed strike even if it doesn't meet the requirements to be used as part of a monk special ability (i.e. Flurry of Blows). An "armed" unarmed strike would still count as unarmed for your Dragon Style Feat, which is a style feat, not a monk special ability. As such, your kick attack would not benefit from the feat and will only do your normal damage bonus, either way it would not have been enough to finish the creature off.
Lastly, and strictly a recommendation, D20PSFRD is not an officially recognized by Pathfinder Society Organized Play. Both of your sources, Ultimate Combat and Core Rulebook, are available on the Pazio.com Pathfinder PRD. I'll grant that links to the specific portions of the page are not possible.
Thank you for providing references, it can be hard to keep everything straight with so many feats and such out there.
Emmett's attack, besides being devastatingly loud in such a closed in room, leaves a gaping hole in the creature of air. Did a face just flash in the debris swirling in the wind? And, did it just snarl at Emmett?
The other elemental continues to press it's attack against Braugher as it begins to lose cohesiveness. As it slams into him, Braugher is knocked unconscious and falls to the floor.
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From the PRD - "Unarmed Strike: A Medium character deals 1d3 points of nonlethal damage with an unarmed strike. A Small character deals 1d2 points of nonlethal damage. A monk or any character with the Improved Unarmed Strike feat can deal lethal or nonlethal damage with unarmed strikes, at his discretion. The damage from an unarmed strike is considered weapon damage for the purposes of effects that give you a bonus on weapon damage rolls.
An unarmed strike is always considered a light weapon. Therefore, you can use the Weapon Finesse feat to apply your Dexterity modifier instead of your Strength modifier to attack rolls with an unarmed strike. Unarmed strikes do not count as natural weapons (see Combat)."
The portion you quoted is referencing whether you are armed, not for determining what an Unarmed Strike is. Unarmed Strike is a specific term that references a weapon. Additionally, the portion you quoted only you count as being armed when you have natural weapons.
Kynn's magical force is enough to dissipate the second air elemental. The first, however, seems to be avoiding Tetchy's attacks. The battle above continues and the group below thinks about what could be going on and if they can help.
I think that even though natural attacks count as armed attacks, they are still unarmed attacks for the purposes of feats. A monks fist still counts as armed based on the improved unarmed strike feat. Anyway, I'm not much for asking for rules clarification on the forums, and finding something there that has an official post is about impossible.
Kalista and Istralanix collect the three remaining gauntlets from the skeletal remains. Shechera accepts the item, but is remiss to don it. She passes it to Meleren who looks it over before donning it.
Emmett's Hammer flies towards the creature, which swirls around it avoid the strike. The elemental then focuses it's rage on the next closest target, Tetchy!
Swirling around the creature slams into Tetchy, quite literally knocking the wind from him!
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Seeing the Air Elemental dissipate, Kynn changes tactics.
He focuses for a moment, and a shimmer of energy envelopes him then disappears.
Emmett, keep the second one busy! he yells while sprinting into the room. He swings the long way around, and slides to to a stop behind Braugher, ending up on one knee, crouched down. Coming to a stop, he reaches into his pack and retrieves a potion bottle.