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Other than the sheer absurdity of it (read: real world limitations), is there anything stopping a multiclass Monk/Druid from using flurry of blows while in wild-shape?

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Is this a D&D 3.5e question or a Pathfinder question? They are not the same systems when you're asking about class-specific stuff. – Jonathan Hobbs Dec 4 '12 at 9:21
Well, I'm asking for the purposes of Pathfinder, but so far as I know the abilities in question are similar enough that the same ruling would apply to both. If I'm wrong, then just remove the 3.5 tag. – Zach Dec 5 '12 at 6:57
Monks between 3.5e and Pathfinder are very different - or I hear very different commentary on them. I am going to remove the D&D 3.5e tag for the sake of accuracy: if someone comes in here to start talking about the 3.5e monk, it's not going to be answering your question (and it'll make this question broadly scoped). – Jonathan Hobbs Dec 5 '12 at 7:06

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First, let's look at Flurry of Blows:

He may make one additional attack using any combination of unarmed strikes or attacks with a special monk weapon as if using the Two-Weapon Fighting feat

The Feral Combat Training feat will add a natural weapon to the monk weapon lists.

However. Tigers, as any other creatures, possess an Unarmed Strike. This means your Improved Unarmed Strike is relevant, and everything under "Unarmed Strike" in the monk description is relevant too. Including and especially:

A monk's attacks may be with fist, elbows, knees, and feet. This means that a monk may make unarmed strikes with his hands full.

So even though you have natural weapons, you can decide not to use them and do a normal Flurry of Blows, dealing damage as shown under "Unarmed Damage" (using your modified size).

So yes, a tiger can do kung-fu (a T-Rex too).

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You can also add natural weapon attacks after the Flurry, as secondary natural weapons. But I think you should cite the claim that all creatures have an Unarmed Strike. – KRyan Dec 4 '12 at 18:48
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This post seems to agree that all creatures have an unarmed strike: giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=178554. This post also talks about unarmed strikes and natural weapons: wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20070403a – Cypher Dec 4 '12 at 19:03
@KRyan Actually, that's interesting, as I can't find a definite answer on that point. I find both arguments for (the ones I relied on initially, and quoted by Cypher), and elements against. Should we open a new question about "Do animals have an Unarmed Strike?" ? – Scrollmaster Dec 4 '12 at 19:27
If they did, then per rpg.stackexchange.com/a/17163/140 every critter would be getting some spare attacks even if not a monk. Seems clearly against design intent since every stat block ever hasn't listed unarmed along with natural attacks for oh say any kind of critter ever. – mxyzplk♦ Dec 5 '12 at 4:03
On another hand, Unarmed Strikes are mentioned only when relevant (or should we assume that a drow doesn't have any Unarmed Strike?). That's where the problem lies: is there a way, anywhere, to prove that a drow or a vampire has an Unarmed Strike, and a tiger doesn't? – Scrollmaster Dec 5 '12 at 4:19
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You cannot usually use natural weapons as part of a flurry of blows, so by default the answer is no. Luckily Paizo has come to your tiger-monk's rescue with the Feral Combat Training feat in Ultimate Combat, which explicitly allows this. See Can I use a full attack and natural attacks in the same round? for how natural attacks and monk flurries interact usually.

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I'm not asking if I can flurry and make my natural attacks, I'm asking if there's anything preventing me from using flurry of blows, like normal, just while in the form of a tiger. – Zach Dec 5 '12 at 6:54
Take a look at the FAQ/errata on the Feral Combat Training feat. It states that you cannot use your Natural Attacks as part of a flurry of blows. So yes you can use your flurry of blows as a tiger. I think it becomes a question of how much damage. The Tiger has a 1d8 paw and a 2d6 bite. You clearly cannot do a flurry of blows with the bite (unless you have the feat). So you do a d8 of damage with the paw. Given that the Monk already does a d6 or more, this seems pretty reasonable. – Gates VP Dec 5 '12 at 7:12
That Natural Weapons+Flurry of Blows question has some pretty deep and specific rules analysis going on, and it's specifically using the 3.5 rules. It may or may not apply to Pathfinder. – KRyan Dec 5 '12 at 15:03
@GatesVP Actually, the unarmed damage (without the feat) would not be based on the paw, as a monk damage is not based on a base punch damage. You would just use your level+size to determine the damage value. – Scrollmaster Dec 5 '12 at 15:55

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