3 Answers. The answer to your question is No, using versatile weapons with two hands does not disqualify them as monk weapons.
Are Longswords monk weapons?
Here’s my thing: I would like to house rule for my games that racial melee weapons- the elves longswords/shortswords, the dwarves hammers/axes, etc- are valid monk weapons.
Can a gun be a Monk weapon?
Guns are a group on there own in they all under “firearms” they neither “simple” or “martial” weapon so your kensei monk don’t have acces on it in dnd beyond. Firearms are not simple or martial, they are their own category of “Firearms Ranged Weapon”. They wouldn’t be a valid choice for Kensei by RAW.
What can a monk with the tavern brawler feat use?
However, if you are playing a monk with the Tavern Brawler feat and use an improvised weapon that doesn’t require two hands or is heavy then you could use that object as a monk weapon. A broken bottle, for example, could act as a sickle or a small tree branch could act as a quarterstaff.
Which is better a brawler or a monk?
One is proficiency with improvised weapons, the other is the ability to grapple with unarmed strikes. The former isn’t really a benefit because Monk unarmed strikes are better, but it still counts because improvised thrown is a thing. The latter requires a bonus action and isn’t particularly attractive anyway.
How does martial arts work in tavern brawler?
Edit: It would also appear that people have forgotten that Martial Arts allows you to replace the damage die of whichever weapon you’re using with the Martial Arts die. Which means that if you’re using improvised weapons as a Monk weapon, they are increasing in damage along with anything else a Monk could use.
Can a monk use their martial arts feature?
Else you only escape the non-proficiency penalty. No, a monk can’t use their Martial Arts feature with improvised weapons. Monk weapons are: short swords and any simple melee weapons that don’t have the two-handed or heavy property.
