So I realize you can't use a claw/bite/ect and increase or do unarmed damage. If I make natural attacks Claw/claw/claw bite it must do damage and use attack rolls for claw/claw/bite stats. However I have been thinking of making a white haired witch monk (which is a pretty standard eastern arctype) Can I use the hair limb for my monk attacks if I forgo the natural attack all together. So I would be using the prehensile hair as I would my hands/feet/ect when making unarmed attacks.
My Justification for this is just because I have a claw doesn't mean I can't use that arm/hand and do unarmed attacks. Prehensile hair works as an extra appendage so couldn't I use it to strike with the monks unarmed attacks just like any other limb?
Probably no. By setting it as a natural attack it limits how it can be used. You pretty much need feral.combat training.
From the monk's unarmed strike ability: "A monk's attacks may be with fist, elbows, knees, and feet."
There is no mention of hair, so it doesn't seem to be a legal appendage to make unarmed strikes with.
While monks can use any part of their body for an unarmed strike, I think the general intention was that you are using a humanlike body with all of its limitations.
I mean, how many martial arts are designed around using your hair as a weapon? Even if it is magically animated, I think its status as a natural attack describes the only ways it can be used. Of course, feral combat training at least allows you to incorporate it into the rest of your fighting style more smoothly, but it hardly changes the natural qualities of the hair.
I understand where you are coming from, but the hair is quite a bit different then normal natural weapons because you can do combat maneuvers with it like any other appendage. Once you have some one grabbed at that point you surly can do your regular unarmed damage.
