I am building a Monk who uses Flurry of Blows to throw javelins, but I dont understand if this is legal RAW. Is throwing a weapon the equivalent of an attack action? Can I throw multiple weapons as part as a full round action?
Ps. Quick Draw is a must, right?
Thank you in advance
A javelin isn't a Monk special weapon, so can't be used with Flurry of Blows.
Otherwise, yes. If you take a full attack action, you can throw as many weapons as you have attacks. Quick Draw is required on that build, because otherwise it's a move action to draw a weapon.
You can make a full attack with thrown weapons if you have Quick Draw or if you're throwing shuriken, and Flurry of Blows can be used with thrown weapons.
However Flurry of Blows can only be used with weapons which have the monk special weapon property, and the javelin is not a monk special weapon. While I'm sure there are ways round this restriction they surely require investment in the form of feats and the like, and if you're going to spend feats to gain the ability then I'm sure you can do better than the javelin.
Probably the best option for a ranged Flurry of Blows (short of playing a Zen Archer) is to use shuriken with the Ascetic Style feat.
Now I'm getting ideas
EDIT: just need a way to get flurry, warmage damage increase, and the vigilante returning property to level 14 all on one character.
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Alternatively the Sohei archetype offers a range of options for a ranged monk (including the javelin).
It's just an NPC, so I just needed to make it rules compatible and I have no need for optimisation. I messed up and I read monk's proficiencies instead of flurry of blows text. Anyway, thank you all for your answers, you are the best!
Just one last question: Do I use Dex to hit and Str to damage or Str for both? This FAQ confused me
Trisagon wrote: It's just an NPC, so I just needed to make it rules compatible and I have no need for optimisation. I messed up and I read monk's proficiencies instead of flurry of blows text. Anyway, thank you all for your answers, you are the best!
Just one last question: Do I use Dex to hit and Str to damage or Str for both? This FAQ confused me
Dex to hit, str to dmg.
Deer horn knife with a blinkback belt? More damage and double the range of the Shuriken, doubles as a melee weapon, and doesn't cost any feats for proficiency if your an unchained monk. Also gives you a shield bonus while you punch people (if fighting defensively). Pretty swell weapon, really.
This character will use spears/javelins for setting reasons, but the blinkback belt is an awesome ideas! thank you!
Well, if you want to flurry with spears, while also being rules legal, you have to do a bit more... here are a few ways you can make it work;
1: If your NPC is atleast 6th level, you can use this archetype: Sohei. Select Spears as your first weapon training group, and your set.
2: If you want him to only Flurry while THROWING weapons, you can go with this archetype: Far Strike Monk It is proficient in all thrown weapons and can flurry with them, but cannot make melee attacks during a flurry.
3. Multiclass as Cleric (or 4 levels of Warpriest) to qualify for the Crusader's Flurry feat, and worship a god who's favored weapon is the type of spear you wish to use.
2 seems like the best bet to me. Works from first level on, and gets Quickdraw as a bonus feat at first level in place of stunning first. Along with a lot of other nifty benefits for throwing things.
There's also the Mehir Guardian archetype from Ultimate Wilderness, who can flurry with the claws it grants instead of unarmed strikes, as well as club, dagger, dart, quarterstaff, sickle, shortspear, sling, and spear.
For some reason*, it's not aviable for unchained Monk, and thus Far Strike Monk is superior if you want to mainly throw (because a throwing build desperately needs the bonus feats).
*) Presumably because the developers were apparently all working on Starfinder (and possibly also on PF2) and thus no one checked what the writers sent in.
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