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Starting at 1st level, a monk can make a flurry of blows as a full-attack action. When doing so he may make one additional attack using any combination of unarmed strikes or attacks with a special monk weapon (kama, nunchaku, quarterstaff, sai, shuriken, and siangham) as if using the Two-Weapon Fighting feat (even if the monk does not meet the prerequisites for the feat).
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In other words, no, you are already assumed to have it. The advantage is that instead of just hitting with each end you can swing a double-weapon in both hands to get the two-handed strength advantage.
In other words, no, you are already assumed to have it. The advantage is that instead of just hitting with each end you can swing a double-weapon in both hands to get the two-handed strength advantage.
While this is true if you make a "normal" attack (i.e. not using FoB), I do not believe this to be true if the character is using FoB.
One thing people tend to get confused on with flurry
you only need a weapon in one hand to flurry and you can make ALL flurry attacks with one weapon
in the caseof quaterstaff you can make all flurry attacks with one end of the quarterstaff as if using 1 handed instead of two handed
Yep on last two posts: You can get 1.5 x strength on a charge (or move/attack, or spring attack), but for flurry you only get 1xStr ever. And yes, you can 'TWF' with one weapon (which funny enough is what the Alpha feat 'Two-weapon swap' did).
One thing people tend to get confused on with flurry
you only need a weapon in one hand to flurry and you can make ALL flurry attacks with one weapon
in the caseof quaterstaff you can make all flurry attacks with one end of the quarterstaff as if using 1 handed instead of two handed
Not sure if this was in response to my post or not, but if so...Yes, I know that. In this case however, the rules presented in the Monk section of the Core Rulebook seems pretty clear. No matter how a weapon is wielded during a FoB, the character receives neither a penalty nor a bonus, just the straight strength bonus damage.
The great thing about flurry is it works all kinds of ways. You can two-hand the staff and flurry with just one end or the other, or you can "TWF" it and attack with both ends in the same round. You can even mix it up and throw in some unarmed strikes.
@OP: No, Furry of Blows just replaces the Two Weapon Fighting Tree feat with a better monk version (monk level = base attack). So Two Weapon feats are not needed....
A monke always applies his str mod on a FoB (never 0.5*str or 1.5*str).
A monk applies his full Strength bonus to his damage rolls for all successful attacks made with flurry of blows, whether the attacks are made with an off-hand or with a weapon wielded in both hands.
@OP: No, Furry of Blows just replaces the Two Weapon Fighting Tree feat with a better monk version (monk level = base attack). So Two Weapon feats are not needed....
...or allowed, in PF.