Monks using Polearms [Archive] - Wizards Community

Monks using Polearms [Archive] - Wizards Community

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morvegil
06-15-07, 12:20 AM I was watching "Hero", and I saw one of the guys was using s spear. Silver Cloud.

Well anyways in all those Chinese films they have monk dudes that use the spear or Naginata. Is there any feat or abilities that monks can get to use polearms, possibly with furry of blows?
Aldareth
06-15-07, 01:18 AM weapon prof. : [ weapon of choice] and then the PrC Shou Disciple, Shou Disciple lets you Flurry with martial weapons, i just dont remember if u can flurry with a twohanded weapon
BadCatMan
06-15-07, 01:56 AM There's a feat called Serpent Strike in the Eberron Campaign Setting that lets you flurry a longspear.

And Shou Disciple will let you flurry with any melee weapon (starts at light, then finishes at any).
Ranger REG
06-15-07, 03:04 AM weapon prof. : [ weapon of choice] and then the PrC Shou Disciple, Shou Disciple lets you Flurry with martial weapons, i just dont remember if u can flurry with a twohanded weapon
Well, if a monk can use FoB with a quarterstaff (technically a two-handed weapon as well as a double weapon), one could do so with a polearm.

You could use a fan-brewed feat called Weapon Flurry which is buried deep in the Oriental Adventures forum in this Wizards' messageboard.
Aldareth
06-15-07, 03:19 AM Well, if a monk can use FoB with a quarterstaff (technically a two-handed weapon as well as a double weapon), one could do so with a polearm.

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Yes thats right , but remember that with a quarterstaff you flurry always(?) as a double weapon so i dont was sure if you can with a polearm
Fabius Maximus
06-15-07, 06:33 AM There's a feat called Serpent Strike in the Eberron Campaign Setting that lets you flurry a longspear.

And Shou Disciple will let you flurry with any melee weapon (starts at light, then finishes at any).
There are also one or two feats in Secrets of Sarlona that build upon Serpent Strike.
The_Shaman
06-15-07, 09:24 AM Yes thats right , but remember that with a quarterstaff you flurry always(?) as a double weapon so i dont was sure if you can with a polearm

I don't remember that, are you sure you can't flurry with a THF quarterstaff? Anyway, yes, Shou Disciple can be quite for that. You can FINALLY make decent disarms with your flurry, for example, or go for a reach weapon and then switch to unarmed attacks when they get close.
Valgard
06-15-07, 05:48 PM I think there's a feat in DRAGON Compendium (edited by Paizo Publishing) to use a polearm as a monk weapon.
carm
06-15-07, 06:58 PM there is a feat in DRAGON issue 331 that allows you to treat a pole arm as a monk weapon, and flurry with it.
Ranger REG
06-16-07, 02:49 AM Yes thats right , but remember that with a quarterstaff you flurry always(?) as a double weapon so i dont was sure if you can with a polearm
No, you flurry it as a two-handed weapon -- as in, one end of a double weapon -- although the FoB rule trump the two-handed weapon damage rule. IOW, you get the extra attack(s) in exchange for the 1.5x Str bonus to damage.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
morvegil 06-15-07, 12:20 AM	I was watching "Hero", and I saw one of the guys was using s spear. Silver Cloud. Well anyways in all those Chinese films they have monk dudes that use the spear or Naginata. Is there any feat or abilities that monks can get to use polearms, possibly with furry of blows?
Aldareth 06-15-07, 01:18 AM	weapon prof. : [ weapon of choice] and then the PrC Shou Disciple, Shou Disciple lets you Flurry with martial weapons, i just dont remember if u can flurry with a twohanded weapon
BadCatMan 06-15-07, 01:56 AM	There's a feat called Serpent Strike in the Eberron Campaign Setting that lets you flurry a longspear. And Shou Disciple will let you flurry with any melee weapon (starts at light, then finishes at any).
Ranger REG 06-15-07, 03:04 AM	weapon prof. : [ weapon of choice] and then the PrC Shou Disciple, Shou Disciple lets you Flurry with martial weapons, i just dont remember if u can flurry with a twohanded weapon Well, if a monk can use FoB with a quarterstaff (technically a two-handed weapon as well as a double weapon), one could do so with a polearm. You could use a fan-brewed feat called Weapon Flurry which is buried deep in the Oriental Adventures forum in this Wizards' messageboard.
Aldareth 06-15-07, 03:19 AM	Well, if a monk can use FoB with a quarterstaff (technically a two-handed weapon as well as a double weapon), one could do so with a polearm. . Yes thats right , but remember that with a quarterstaff you flurry always(?) as a double weapon so i dont was sure if you can with a polearm
Fabius Maximus 06-15-07, 06:33 AM	There's a feat called Serpent Strike in the Eberron Campaign Setting that lets you flurry a longspear. And Shou Disciple will let you flurry with any melee weapon (starts at light, then finishes at any). There are also one or two feats in Secrets of Sarlona that build upon Serpent Strike.
The_Shaman 06-15-07, 09:24 AM	Yes thats right , but remember that with a quarterstaff you flurry always(?) as a double weapon so i dont was sure if you can with a polearm I don't remember that, are you sure you can't flurry with a THF quarterstaff? Anyway, yes, Shou Disciple can be quite for that. You can FINALLY make decent disarms with your flurry, for example, or go for a reach weapon and then switch to unarmed attacks when they get close.
Valgard 06-15-07, 05:48 PM	I think there's a feat in DRAGON Compendium (edited by Paizo Publishing) to use a polearm as a monk weapon.
carm 06-15-07, 06:58 PM	there is a feat in DRAGON issue 331 that allows you to treat a pole arm as a monk weapon, and flurry with it.
Ranger REG 06-16-07, 02:49 AM	Yes thats right , but remember that with a quarterstaff you flurry always(?) as a double weapon so i dont was sure if you can with a polearm No, you flurry it as a two-handed weapon -- as in, one end of a double weapon -- although the FoB rule trump the two-handed weapon damage rule. IOW, you get the extra attack(s) in exchange for the 1.5x Str bonus to damage.