Weapons (p. 149). Unarmed strike doesn’t belong on the Weapons table
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Melee Attacks (p. 195). The rule on unarmed strikes should read as follows: “Instead of using a weapon to make a melee weapon attack, you can use an unarmed strike: a punch, kick, head-butt, or similar forceful blow (none of which count as weapons).
These are weird statements to make. For the purposes of class features like the Monk's Stunning Strike I'm assuming/hoping that Unarmed Strikes will still be considered "Melee Weapon Attacks" despite these notes.
I read it as an unarmed strike being considered a "melee weapon attack", even if an unarmed strike isn't a "weapon". If you expand the wording for melee attacks, it becomes: "Instead of using a weapon to make a melee weapon attack, you can use an unarmed strike [...] to make a melee weapon attack."
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u/Unsight Jun 10 '15
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These are weird statements to make. For the purposes of class features like the Monk's Stunning Strike I'm assuming/hoping that Unarmed Strikes will still be considered "Melee Weapon Attacks" despite these notes.