Can you use two weapon fighting with unarmed?

To answer your question: Yes, you can two weapon fight unarmed, it just requires you to be a monk and utilize their class mechanics to game the system appropriately.

Can you make two unarmed strike as a bonus action?

Follow up: can I make an Unarmed Strike as a bonus action if I only have one weapon equipped? No. An Unarmed Strike is not a “light weapon”, so it can’t be Two Weapon Fighting.

Can a monk use two weapons?

Note that the Monk Martial Arts ability does allow the Monk to effectively dual wield Unarmed Strikes, since they can unarmed strike as their main Attack action, and as their bonus action. And unlike regular Two Weapon Fighting, they get the bonus to their damage roll on the bonus attack as well.

Can you make an unarmed strike while dual wielding?

The two-weapon fighting rule requires two light melee weapons. The Dual Wielder feat removes the requirement for the weapons to have the Light property, but you still need two melee weapons. Unarmed strikes aren’t weapons.

Can you dual wield fists 5E?

Yes you can, but unarmed attacks do literally 1 damage and you don’t add your modifier to damage on the offhand attack, so they need to have exactly 1 hp in order for this to be effective.

Can a monk use an unarmed strike as a bonus action?

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. Note that the Monk Martial Arts ability does allow the Monk to effectively dual wield Unarmed Strikes, since they can unarmed strike as their main Attack action, and as their bonus action.

Can a monk use a shortsword in Bullet 3?

Your second attack uses general two weapon fighting rules (Ch-9). The Martial Arts feature is explicit about the special nature of the second attack in bullet 3. 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.

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 a monk be a good unarmed fighter?

Monks do not fight unarmed to a very effective degree. Its actually fine that fighters can be better unarmed fighters, I’d like that just so I can make the martial artist characters that I couldn’t make work with how janky the monk is. This. TWF still stinks. This idea is pretty much just saying no with no concern to the impact of saying yes.