toodeep wrote:
My question is whether a TWF unarmed fighter could take advantage of the new defensive dualist combat style offered in the primer as well as the duel wielder feat, since the second hand is both "completely free" and a weapon.
From the sounds of it the existing feats are going to get rewritten and styles are going to become chained, so the possibility to do it will last very long. Besides, it is spending both a style and a feat, just so you can get the same advantage as a nonmagical shield, so probably not worth it anyways, power-wise. Not what I consider broken as a design.
this is an interesting fact if 5e.. unarmed strikes are not "weapons" per say... you would not benefit from either two weapon fighting.
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Your unarmed strike now deals 1d4 bludgeoning damage. While taking an Attack action you may make an unarmed attack as a bonus action. If you take the Tavern Brawler feat your unarmed strikes deal 1d6 damage.
Note that Pugilist allows you to make an additional attack as a bonus action, it does not say "off hand attack as a bonus action".. this attack can be a kick or a jab
you gain your full strength bonus on all your unarmed attacks, even the bonus attack you gain from the Puglist feat.
you don't need the two-weapon fighting feat at all.