(Style, Combat)
You blend arms and martial arts, using weapons with the same ease as unarmed strikes.
Prerequisites
Weapon Focus with the chosen melee weapon, base attack bonus +1 or
Monk, Astoran level 1st.
Benefit
Choose one weapon from the
Monk, Astoran Fighter Weapon Group. While using this style and wielding the chosen weapon, you can apply the effects of feats that have
Improved Unarmed Strike as a prerequisite, as well as effects that augment an unarmed strike, as if attacks with the weapon were unarmed attacks.
Special
A 5th-level
Monk, Astoran or character with the weapon training (
Monk, Astoran) class feature can use
Ascetic Style with any
Monk, Astoran weapon, in addition to the chosen melee weapon.