So I have built a level built a level eight character with 7 levels in the Fighter (Brawler) and one level in Monk on PC Gen. I’m making a Captain America type who uses shield bashing and hand to hand. Brawler seemed to be far and above the best way to do that, but the dip in Monk netted me a boost to my saves, skills points, better damage dice for my punches, and – the real clincher—a free Improved Unarmed Strike.
The problem I have is I can’t tell if m y PC Gen is glitching on attack roll and damage calculation. I’ve tested a variety of different weapons, and here is what I am coming up with. My strength is 18, and my BAB is 7 except for Flurry of Blows.
Unarmed +13/+8, 1d6+8
Light Shield Attack +12/+7 , 1d8+12 (Shield has some things upping it’s damage dice)
Cestus +15+10 , 1d4+12
Brass Knuckle +17/+12, 1d6+16
Flurry of Blows: +16/+16+11, 1d6+16
So the Brass Knuckle is doing waaaay more than any other weapon. But my Flurry of Blows stays in that insane range even if I remove the Knuckles, according to PC Gen. I don’t have enough familiarity playing martials to know what is going wrong here, and Brass Knuckles and Cestuses have all been erratted to hell and back anyway I think. I am worried the Knuckles and my Flurry are counting the Brawler boost twice for some reason. I don’t have any magic items other than the shield. I also don’t know why my unarmed damage is so much lower than the Close Weapons are.
Which of these number sets seems the most legit? I obviously want this guy to be the best super soldier he can be, but I don’t want to cheat the system.
Also, I am trying to figure out the utility of the Two Weapon Fighting when I already have Flurry of Blows. Flurry doesn’t let me incorporate my shield… But my shield has lower scores anyway, so I think I may only use that when I want the Shield Slam bull rush, and for tossing. Can I toss my shield as part of a Two Weapon fighting attack?
In addition, does the Cestus or Brass Knuckles provoke attacks of opportunity without Improved Unarmed Strike?
And one other thing while I have your attention. I’m also trying to figure out Power Attack’s effectiveness, but I am not sure what the final extra damage would be for the different weapons.
Thanks guys!