Monk of the empty hand's Ki weapons supernatural ability

[gravalpea]

Greetings again all!

I have a question regarding the monk of the empty hand ki weapon supernatural ability. It states that at 5th level, He may spend 1 point from his ki pool as a swift action to deal damage equal to his unarmed strike damage with an improvied weapon for 1 round.

Is this in addition to what the improvised weapon does?

The character I have has a monk's robe and is a level 6 monk, thus making his unarmed strike damage 1d10. He also has the catch off-guard and improvised weapon mastery feats, making his shovel improvised weapons, treated as clubs doing 1d6 damage, do 1d8 damage instead.

Would he be doing 1d8+1d10 damage for that round, or does the supernatual ability replace the 1d8 with the 1d10 unarmed strike damage?

Thanks in advance. :)

[mplindustries]

It is replaced. He uses the Ki to "deal damage equal to his unarmed strike damage with an improvised weapon." It does not say "additional damage."

[gravalpea]

mplindustries wrote:

It is replaced. He uses the Ki to "deal damage equal to his unarmed strike damage with an improvised weapon." It does not say "additional damage."

I had a feeling that would be the answer. Thanks.