House Rule: Catfolk Monks can take Guardian Feline as a Ki Power at 8th level.
I want to maximize my natural attacks and having already gotten to Dire Tiger with the aforementioned house rule, and am wondering what to do next. I have a Helm of the Mammoth (So more of a Dire Sabretooth), and Agile Amulet of Might Fists (very high Dex). So a Pounce'd: Gore, Bite (Grab), Claw (Grab), Claw (Grab), Rake.
Is there a reason to stay in the Monk Class? I was thinking of going War Priest (Sacred Claws, which I -think- would also apply to the Rake), or maybe Fighter for the feats (or maybe dip a lot for all the classes that give multiple feats at 1st level). I realize there's the Bear Fisted Fighting guide, but it's a bit out-dated with Unchained... and the latest comments suggest that it shouldn't be used with Unchained. Are there any suggestions here?
Ah, good catch. Ok, so after 9th (or maybe 10th if there's a +2 level to get III) level then?
The silence is because it's just a bad idea to have an all natural-weapon Monk who isn't using Flurry of Blows? :/ Or better to just stay a Monk?
The silence is because it's just a bad idea to have an all natural-weapon Monk who isn't using Flurry of Blows? :/ Or better to just stay a Monk?
Why would it be a bad idea?
You have pounce, and 4 attacks (6 in charge/grapple) that hit at full BAB and deal full str/power attack damage. Not necessarily bad, even with 3/4 BAB. And you are not facing the -2 that most monks face while flurrying, so the maximum difference here is +3 attack (which I think the fact that you don't deal with iteratives makes up for). And if you multiclass into something full BAB, that is only a +2 difference.
And technically speaking, you still have flurry of blows. You can have your kitty punch people.
I don't think warpriest is the best choice though. The sacred weapon feature doesn't mesh well with the mix and match nature of unarmed strikes. If you look past that feature though, it is fair enough, I suppose, if you use the old fate's favored+divine favor combo.