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Ah yes. The Dragon Empires. I know them well. The lands I grew up in. The language I, natively, speak.

My First Steps in the Society (10-Aug-13) were completed mere moments before Amara Li formally closed the doors of Absalom's Lantern Lodge. Otherwise, I may have served her with distinction; instead, I find myself allied with Ollysta Zadrain, instead (since Season 5; 18-Aug-13).

And, now many of my brethren have recently been recruited to the Pathfinders; those shapeshifting kitsune, the sibelent nagaji, those acquiring Tengu, and the dark and mysterious wayang.

To educate those gajin unfamiliar with my lands, my people, and my abilities... well, I would applaud.

With honor,
Lotus Xia

If the archetype removes the ability that is being bonuses, the character does not get the bonus.

Your PC is a Monk. You gain those benefits to your level in regards to those specific abilities. Since your archetype gave up one of those abilities, you get no extra benefit from that part of the braid.

My Google-Fu has found it; here is the link and the relevant quote:

Mark Moreland, Developer:

Treat a monk without the fast movement class feature as a 0-level monk for the purposes of determining the bonus granted by the braid.

{Sheepish Grin}

Fixed it right up with the proper Spoiler tag, once I saw your post Nefreet.

Still hoping for an official sign-off, or a link to where it's signed off on (so I can print and bring it to PFS adventures.)

-- Lotus Xia.

I found it at one point and time, but my Search-Fu is apparently weak at the moment.

I have a level 5 Monk (Flowing Monk). Normally, the Flowing Monk does not get Fast Movement (getting Unbalancing Counter instead). I believed that I saw a post indicating that, when you purchase the Braid of a Hundred Masters, if you do not have Fast Movement as a Monk class skill you instead are considered a Monk (0 level), which will give you the necessary +3 Levels for an additional 10 feet of movement.

Hoping that someone official can sign off on it, or someone else who has stronger Google-Fu can link to the original Rules thread question.

Thank you!