What is feral training?

You were taught a style of martial arts that relies on the natural weapons from your racial ability or class feature. While using the selected natural weapon, you can apply the effects of feats that have Improved Unarmed Strike as a prerequisite. …

Do Natural attacks count as unarmed strikes?

Do Natural weapon attacks count as Unarmed Strikes? In general, no. Unarmed strikes don’t involve weapons.

Can you use feral combat training as a monk?

Feral Combat Training allows you to use the selected natural attack as if it were a monk weapon. Yes. The feat says you can apply ” effects that augment an unarmed strike ,” and the monk’s increased unarmed damage counts as such.

How are natural attacks and monks unarmed damage stack?

Natural attacks are separate weapons: they use different stats from unarmed strike (including damage die, which monk improves for unarmed strike only ), and they are not monk weapons (i.e. they cannot be used for a flurry). In fact, natural weapons use rather different rules from manufactured weapons and unarmed strikes.

Can a monk use their natural weapon as a weapon?

A special benefit for monks does allow the natural weapon to be used as the weapon in a flurry of blows. One assumes that this is instead of using it as a secondary natural attack (in effect, that limb has already been “used”), so this is only worthwhile if your natural weapon is really good —you effectively lose an attack when you use this feat.

Can you use feral combat training with unarmed strike?

With a natural attack you are never considered unarmed. So the Improved Unarmed Strike feat by itself does nothing while you have natural weapons. The Feral Combat Training feat does not change this. But: Feats that have Improved Unarmed Strike as a prerequisite (like e.g. Deflect Arrows) are usually only usable with unarmed strikes.