Kukri flury

Akroma666 · Unread post by **Akroma666** » Thu May 12, 2016 1:34 am

So I was always curious, why isn't a kukri considered a monk weapon? Doesn't it seem like it should work with flury of blows? Thoughts?

Aeb Ankor · Unread post by **Aeb Ankor** » Thu May 12, 2016 1:39 am

Handaxes as well...

NegInfinity · Unread post by **NegInfinity** » Thu May 12, 2016 2:06 am

Akroma666 wrote:So I was always curious, why isn't a kukri considered a monk weapon? Doesn't it seem like it should work with flury of blows? Thoughts?

Well, it is "because the rules say so".

Mechanically, it is most likely because of kukri's wider critical range. Monk weapons are 20/x2, 19-20/x2 or 20/x3.

Kukri is 18-20/x2.

Thorsson · Unread post by **Thorsson** » Thu May 12, 2016 6:36 am

Kukris are Nepalese (Gurkha) knives. They are not usually associated with Monks.

Planehopper · Unread post by **Planehopper** » Thu May 12, 2016 9:25 am

Scimitars too. And falchions. Can we get those to work?

finneas · Unread post by **finneas** » Thu May 12, 2016 9:45 am

It is unfortunate that they never put in sai's, nuchaku or nitambo. If anything it would make more sense for monks to have access to katana through flurry, though it would require several proficiencies to make it work. Still, monks are in a very good place and have some very viable builds. Adding kukris to flurry would really seem to only help powerbuilding.

Akroma666 · Unread post by **Akroma666** » Thu May 12, 2016 12:52 pm

I would hardly see kukri as a power build.. But your right, I wanted to do a kaze build with them for funzies. Can't do that

I just thought they loomed cooler than kamas...

NegInfinity · Unread post by **NegInfinity** » Thu May 12, 2016 1:08 pm

finneas wrote:It is unfortunate that they never put in sai's, nuchaku or nitambo. If anything it would make more sense for monks to have access to katana through flurry, though it would require several proficiencies to make it work. Still, monks are in a very good place and have some very viable builds. Adding kukris to flurry would really seem to only help powerbuilding.

D&D monks are based on Shaolin. Shaolin monks don't have katanas. Katana is japanese weapon... and japanese warrior monks had different weapons (naginata, wakizahi, etc).

finneas · Unread post by **finneas** » Thu May 12, 2016 1:38 pm

Yeah, I know they were more kung fu than karate. I was just stretching to find anything even close to an asian weapon. Surely the dao would fit more than the katana.

Deathgrowl · Unread post by **Deathgrowl** » Wed May 18, 2016 4:56 pm

Planehopper wrote:Scimitars too. And falchions. Can we get those to work?

Warmace. Definitely warmace.

Halo Deity · Unread post by **Halo Deity** » Wed May 18, 2016 7:00 pm

No scythes... scythes please.

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