Calculating Unarmed Damage (Hybrid-Brawler)

[Critaraxia]

For all intents and purposes consider me a total amateur scrub who googled as much as possible but came up short;

When calculating unarmed damage, how does it work? The situation I'm wondering about is when a Brawler with a str mod of 4 punches someone while wearing brass knuckles.

I do not understand if you use just the unarmed damage, or just the knuckles (1d3?) or do you add them together (I know the strength bonus comes into play but I have no questions about that).

[CalethosVB]

Depends on which book you're getting your weapon descriptions from. The latest and greatest is that brass knuckles deal 1d3 damage for a medium creature. The whole monk unarmed strike damage doesn't apply anymore.

As far as stacking monk / brawler unarmed strike damage, the ACG doesn't say they stack, so you take the better weapon damage for your unarmed strikes.

[James Risner]

Brass Knuckles no longer apply Monk Unarmed and brawler and monk don't stack. Get a Monk's Robe and take Monastic Legacy.

[Critaraxia]

I think I am still not understanding something. Brawler is a hybrid class, what are the advantages of going Monastic Legacy as a Brawler?

[James Risner]

I think I must have though you were Monk / Brawler. So Monastic Legacy would be Monk + 1/2 Brawler.