Yes, but this does not give them any more attacks than a monk with two arms... or for that matter a monk with no arms. It just means that every attack they do get has more options.
This should probably be in the Rules forum :)
Extra limbs don't allow you to make extra attacks with weapons in Pathfinder (sort of), the number of attacks you can make is defined by your BAB (and for an unchained monk by Flurry Blows which adds additional attacks). Although, two weapon fighting (or multi weapon fighting in the case of a creature with more than 2 arms) can modify this further.
The line "no such thing as an off-hand attack" was simply added to tell you that you add your full strength modifier to each attack.
It's also important to note that unarmed strikes count as manufactured weapons, not natural attacks (for most things, except monks get an ability that let them count unarmed strikes as natural attacks for certain things, like the spell Magic Fang).
Yes, but this does not give them any more attacks than a monk with two arms... or for that matter a monk with no arms. It just means that every attack they do get has more options.Okay but also explain this
Multiweapon Fighting (Combat)
This multi-armed creature is skilled at making attacks with multiple weapons.Prerequisites: Dex 13, three or more hands.
Benefit: Penalties for fighting with multiple weapons are reduced by –2 with the primary hand and by –6 with off hands.
Normal: A creature without this feat takes a –6 penalty on attacks made with its primary hand and a –10 penalty on attacks made with all of its off hands. (It has one primary hand, and all the others are off hands.) See Two-Weapon Fighting in the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook.
Special: This feat replaces the Two-Weapon Fighting feat for creatures with more than two arms.
Yes, but a monk isn't using the TWf feats. it is using flurry, which is basically simulated TWF rather than regular TWF, and it was never designed with multilimbed races in mind.
Honestly, since you can use your legs, head, and but to attack, but you still only get the one-two style flurry, then I am going to guess that it has no effect.
You might find more luck trying this with brawlers, since their ability is more explicitly 'just TWF'.
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I just learned this in a different thread the other day. The Unchained Monk moved the line about never having an offhand with an Unarmed Attack out of Flurry. It is now under Unarmed Strike. So it would appear that, when making an Unarmed Strike using TWF, an Unchained Monk's Unarmed Strike is not considered an off hand attack for the purposes of strength bonus to damage.
For the Chained Monk, that language was in the Flurry of Blows ability, and only applied there. That's not the case for Unchained.
This should probably be in the Rules forum :)Whoops sorry didn't know that existed
No problem, welcome to the forums :)
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Yes, but this does not give them any more attacks than a monk with two arms... or for that matter a monk with no arms. It just means that every attack they do get has more options.
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If you were a disembodied skull (Morte from Planescape:Torment), you would get the same number of attacks with the same damage type and die as a Hecatoncheires (the 100-handed guys from Greek myth).
The flavor would be different of course. It would be lots of headbutts vs lots of punches, but mechanically, its the same. You get X attacks that deal X bludgeoning damage.
If you were to use a Monk weapon, you would change the type and die to whatever that weapon uses.
Because of that, a two-handed weapon is superior as you get 1 1/2 STR bonus vs the normal amount.
