Martial Artist Archetype includes Advanced Monastic Weaponry but not Monastic Weaponry, its prereq?

[hjarzab]

So I've been looking at the Martial Artist archetype (PC2) and the differences vs Monk archetype (also PC2). It looks like Tian Xia Character Guide added the Advanced Monastic Weaponry feat and gave it to both Monks and Martial Artists. The problem is it lists Monastic Weaponry as a prerequisite, which is not included in the Martial Artist feat list. Is this an oversight, or have I missed some note about the prereqs? Not seeing anything in the errata or online, though chances are I might be late to the party.

[BotBrain]

No it does look like an oversight. I suspect it was assumed that martial artist already had the reuglar monastic weapontry feat, and so it wasn't printed for martial artist.

For a homerule fix, giving it to martial artist as a second level feat is probably fine enough.

[Finoan]

BotBrain wrote:

For a homerule fix, giving it to martial artist as a second level feat is probably fine enough.

I was going to say to make it a level 4 feat because it is strange to have an archetype feat available at the same level as its dedication.

But then there is Powder Punch Stance right there... so... Sure. Level 2 it is.

[Ascalaphus]

Seems like an oversight. Although I dunno if I'd just add it as a feat, it might be better to tweak the Advanced feat for martial artist. The majority of classes that would take Martial Artist are already gonna have martial weapon proficiency, so making you take two feats to use advanced weapons is a bit overpriced. You could still add the basic feat as an option in case someone needs access or only has simple weapon proficiency.