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So Exemplar Brawler normally gives up the unarmed damage progression of the Brawler class as part of their archtype.
The Exemplar also gives up the AC bonus as well:
"At 4th level, when a brawler wears light or no armor, she gains a +1 dodge bonus to AC and CMD. This bonus increases by 1 at 9th, 13th, and 18th levels.
These bonuses to AC apply against touch attacks. She loses these bonuses while immobilized or helpless, wearing medium or heavy armor, or carrying a medium or heavy load."
However brawler itself says that:
"At 1st level, a brawler counts her total brawler levels as both fighter levels and monk levels for the purpose of qualifying for feats. She also counts as both a fighter and a monk for feats and magic items that have different effects based on whether the character has levels in those classes (such as Stunning Fist and a monk’s robe). This ability does not automatically grant feats normally granted to fighters and monks based on class level, namely Stunning Fist."
This is not modified at all by the Exemplar archtype.
Monk's Robe says:
"When worn, this simple brown robe confers great ability in unarmed combat. If the wearer has levels in monk, her AC and unarmed damage is treated as a monk of five levels higher. If donned by a character with the Stunning Fist feat, the robe lets her make one additional stunning attack per day. If the character is not a monk, she gains the AC and unarmed damage of a 5th-Level monk (although she does not add her Wisdom bonus to her AC). This AC bonus functions just like the monk’s AC bonus."
Which I would take to mean that as a brawler, I would get to count my brawler levels as monk levels for the purpose of this item, and get the monk's unarmed damage progression for my current level exemplar brawler level +5 and also get to the monk's AC for my current level +5, despite both of these abilities being otherwise lost by my archtype?
I obviously wouldn't get any other abilities that might normally come along with them, such as the free Improved Unarmed Strike feat, so those would have to be obtained elsewhere.
Does this track or am I messing up my reasoning somewhere?