Surge BLADE Monk??!


Rules Questions


I am writing from my phone so please forgive any errors.

Looking at the Sphere’s Surgefist Monk: http://spheresofpower.wikidot.com/surge-fist-monk

QUESTION:
Using a combination of Ascetic Form style feat and Surge Fists is it possible to throw flaming blades like Cloud Strife with a Large Temple sword?

DEETS:

Ascetic Form:
Benefit(s): You can use the chosen melee weapon with any class ability that can be used with an unarmed strike, such as an unchained monk’s style strike ability. In addition, you are treated as a monk with a level equal to your character level for the purpose of determining the number of times per day that you can use feats with uses per day that depend upon your monk level, such as the Stunning Fist or Perfect Strike feats.

Surge Fist (Ex):
: The surge fist monk’s signature technique involves drawing threads of latent elemental energy from the world around them and infusing it into concussive blasts.

At 1st level, the surge fist monk selects an element, as per the kineticist’s elemental focus class feature, and learns one simple blast from this element. Unlike a kineticist’s kinetic blast, the surge fist monk deals damage with this blast as if using an unarmed strike (adding their Wisdom modifier in place of Strength) and it always targets normal AC and ignores spell resistance regardless of what type of damage it deals. Telekinetic blast cannot be used in this way; a surge first monk that chooses aether instead gains force blast and reduces its burn cost to 0, treating it as a simple blast. Blasts which deal untyped damage instead deal force damage when used this way.

A surge fist requires two free hands to use and can be used in place of any attack in a full attack or flurry of blows. In addition, the surge fist monk’s kinetic blast is treated as having the monk weapon property and being in the monk fighter weapon group for effects which affect such weapons, and counts as an unarmed strike for any feat which requires unarmed strikes. If the surge fist monk has levels in any other class which provides a kinetic blast, this ability alters the kinetic blasts provided by that class as well. Kinetic blasts used this way can only have substance infusions applied to them. A surge fist monk uses their Wisdom modifier in place of their Constitution modifier to determine the effects of substance infusions.

This ability replaces the bonus feats learned at 1st and 2nd levels.

Style Strike (Ex):
A surge fist monk can apply style strikes that can be used with attacks made with one’s fists to surge fist.

With these three items it should be easy to see what I’m aiming for. Can I use my temple sword as a focus for my Surge Strike? Also we are assuming that my DM will not have holding the weapon count against me for the attack (originally it states that I must have my hands free to use the for Surge Strike as you use your hands for it)

Appreciate your thoughts


I don't know enough about the example you're going for. As long as you understand that you're not *literally* throwing your sword, the same way you don't literally throw your fist, and you get no enhancement bonuses, weapon magic abilities, etc from your sword, then sure. Send a kinetic blast in the silhouette/likeness of your sword.


Awesome thanks!

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