If you have an ability that provides you with an attack as a bonus action, or that provides you with an extra action on your turn, you could use your main Attack action to grapple, then the bonus or extra action to attack the grappled foe. But you cannot both grapple and make a melee weapon attack at the same time.
Do monk weapons do martial arts damage?
Martial Arts You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for the attack and damage rolls of your unarmed strikes and monk weapons. This die changes as you gain monk levels, as shown in the Martial Arts column of the Monk table.
Does grappling require free hand?
Whenever you make a melee attack, you can choose to try and grapple a dude instead. (You need at least one free hand to do this.)
When do you get extra attack in monk martial arts?
The Monk Martial Arts requirement states (emphasis mine): When you use the Attack action with an unarmed strike or a monk weapon on your turn, you can make one unarmed strike as a bonus action. And Extra Attack stipulates: Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
Can a monk use an unarmed strike as a bonus action?
Yes, yes you can! The Monk Martial Arts requirement states (emphasis mine): When you use the Attack action with an unarmed strike or a monk weapon on your turn, you can make one unarmed strike as a bonus action. And Extra Attack stipulates:
Can a monk combine martial arts with dual wielding?
However, in any case, you can’t use two-weapon fighting and the Monk’s martial arts on the same turn, because each uses a bonus action, and you only get one bonus action per turn.
Can You do martial arts with only one attack?
So my question is Is Martial Arts triggered if only one of the two attacks is an unarmed strike or monk weapon attack (with the other being a grapple), or do both of them have to be unarmed strikes/monk weapon attacks? Yes, yes you can! The Monk Martial Arts requirement states (emphasis mine):
