Oct 25, 2016 · I feel like cestus should have an option to parry as a reaction, if this is the case, considering it's the same principle, and its not like it would be an automatic thing, I'd still have to succeed on some roll. He also said the metal-laced gloves didn't technically count as shields, so I wouldn't get an AC bonus, which is understandable.

Aug 2, 2019 · I want a monk character that is primarily fists, but has a little extra. I was thinking early on a Monk's unarmed strike is 1d4 and the cestus could turn it into 1d6. But at level 6 the unarmored strike is already 1d6 so I was wondering if there's a way use the cestus while still considering an unarmored strike.

Aug 3, 2022 · If you give the cestus a flat +2 to unarmed strikes, it would be like giving the creature the dueling fighting style for unarmed strikes. But that would enable a creature wearing only 1 cestus to use the dueling style for a functional +4 to unarmed strike damage. An edge case but still one to consider.

Jan 29, 2014 · Monks are proficient with the cestus. Drawback: When using a cestus, your fingers are mostly exposed, allowing you to wield or carry items in that hand, but the constriction of the weapon at your knuckles gives you a –2 penalty on all precision-based tasks involving that hand (such as opening locks). Weapon Feature(s): monk

Jun 25, 2015 · Cestus *could* just as easily work more or less as you describe it and have the bottom line effect of changing "non-lethal" to "lethal" damage and simply write "adds +1 to unarmed strike damage" over rating it as a weapon. A cestus-wielding monk is not the image of a monk we want to promote, as Sean was more or less saying.

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Adds +1 to AC if you take total defense. And allows you to use all your neat abilities (because any attack with a Ward Cestus is explicitly considered an unarmed strike) withOUT making it a ki focus weapon. Win! Edit: A Ward Cestus is a leather fingerless glove with a bar of iron sewn into the back over the back of the hand, just behind the ...

Jun 24, 2024 · Cestus Medium Armor Overview High damage, short range. Low mobility, but somewhat high durability & evasiveness for a medium class. Thrives in longer fights, but needs to keep up the momentum and struggles to hold it's own vs burst, needing to rely on a limited set of tools to try and deal with it.

May 2, 2023 · The ward cestus is in the Arms & Equipment guide. It’s basically a Roman weighted boxing glove type thing. And absolutely take improved unarmed strike. But it does not increase your damage, the damage increase is a Monk class feature. You’ll still do 1d4 1d3 but it can be lethal and you can also make an attack of opportunity if you have the ...

Oct 5, 2016 · Ward cestus This is a stout leather gauntlet with a well-forged metal weight sewn into it over the knuckles. A strike with a ward cestus is considered an unarmed attack. If you take an All-Out Defense action, you gain an additional +1 deflection bonus to your AC, representing blows you block with the back of your protected hand.