Can a Qinggong Monk be a Zen Archer as well?

[Vincent The Dark]

Just that. I seems like the change is optional so nothing is taken away. IDK.

[Rynjin]

Qinggong is like salt.

It goes with everything.

[Nicos]

Rynjin wrote:

Qinggong is like salt.

It goes with everything.

IF you do not try to exchange some ability already exchanged by the zen archer. Other than that Rynjin is right.

[see]

It's been argued both ways and there is no official FAQ answering it. Some people say making the ability swappable is itself a change to an ability by the archetype, and thus Qinggong is incompatible with pretty much every monk archetype. Others say Qinggong doesn't change an ability unless you choose to swap it. Ask your GM, or decide for yourself if you are the GM.

[StreamOfTheSky]

Yes, Qinggong goes with everything, though it's fairly pointless on a Martial Artist.

(Martial Artist actually retains some ki-using class features oddly enough; but by technicality you still need a ki pool to actually use ki powers, even the ones that cost 0, iirc)