Swashbuckler Monk, Piercing Fists?

[Maar the Volcano Monk]

I'm working on a random build and came across an odd question: If I have a Monk/Swashbuckler and picked up a Style feat that allows me to treat my unarmed strikes as piercing damage, can I regain Panache back? Technically it would be a light piercing melee weapon, right?

Boar Style -> Boar Ferocity allows you to deal piercing and I'm sure there are other ways.

[Skaldi the Tallest]

Yes. One of my favorite PCs uses Snake Style to the same effect.

[Maar the Volcano Monk]

Skaldi the Tallest wrote:

Yes. One of my favorite PCs uses Snake Style to the same effect.

Ah I was trying to figure out which other style had it, thank you.

Also, that is pretty nasty, after reading down the chain, haha.

[RainyDayNinja]

Yeah, sure. Also, keep in mind that Kata Master and Master of Many Styles can stack. So depending on your concept, you could use a heavier monk weapon to regain panache, or you may even be better off going straight Monk.

[graystone]

Maar the Volcano Monk wrote:

I'm working on a random build and came across an odd question: If I have a Monk/Swashbuckler and picked up a Style feat that allows me to treat my unarmed strikes as piercing damage, can I regain Panache back? Technically it would be a light piercing melee weapon, right?

Boar Style -> Boar Ferocity allows you to deal piercing and I'm sure there are other ways.

Maybe? We haven't got an official word that dealing a damage type changes the weapon type. One could 'technically' say it's a light bludgeoning weapon dealing piercing damage instead of a light piercing melee weapon.

[Redneck GM]

I believe the go to response in all these cases is "no". Nothing seems to change the classification of a weapon even if it says "treat it as". Homebrew = heck yea sounds cool! PFS = absolutely not

[LoneKnave]

Yeah, you are wrong on that. Even the designer of the swashbuckler class said it's intended to work with unarmed attacks, as long as you can turn them into piercing.

PS: Hamatulatsu Strike also works if you don't want a style feat up.