[RPG] Monk Two Weapon Fighting + Flurry of Blows

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I am currently playing a 3.5 1/2 Medusa Monk.

At lvl 1, I took Two Weapon Fighting and my DM said that he is counting Spiked Chains as a Monk weapon.

At level 3, I took Finesse weapons as feat.

SO… adding my dex (17 mod = 3) plus my prof in monk weapons / unarmed is +1 and BaB of +2 for a total of 6 to rolls and 5 to attack. With all this combined Flurry of Blows 0/0, 2 weapon fighting would be -2/-2/-2 with the so would I have 4/4/-2 to hit rolls and 3/3/-1 to damage?

Best Answer

Attack bonus

  • +2 BAB (from 3 levels of monk)
  • +3 Dex
  • -2 Two-weapon fighting with a light weapon in your off-hand (unarmed strike)

+3/+3

Attack bonus with a Flurry of Blows

  • +0 BAB (from 3 levels of monk, Flurry of Blows column. You don't add it, you use it instead of your usual BAB whenever you use the Flurry.)
  • +3 Dex
  • -2 Two-weapon fighting with a light weapon in your off-hand (unarmed strike)

+1/+1/+1

Damage bonus

Depends on your Str bonus. Let's assume +2

  • For two handed weapons it's 1.5 times your bonus, rounded down.
  • For unarmed attacks it's your bonus, because monks don't halve it.

So:

Attack 1 (spiked chain, main hand, finessable, reach)

  • 1d20+1 to hit
  • 2d4+3 damage

Attack 2 (unarmed, finessable)

  • 1d20+1 to hit
  • 1d6+2 damage

Attack 2 (unarmed, finessable)

  • 1d20+1 to hit
  • 1d6+2 damage

Horrible, I know. But that's what you get when trying to use early on features and feats that decrease your chances to hit in order to get you more attacks.


A note on weapon proficiency

In 3.5e if you're proficient with a weapon you get no bonuses. If you're not proficient, you take a -4 to hit instead. Luckily, monks are proficient in every monk weapon, and your DM included the spiked chain in this number.