I am gonna list why the feat that allows you to fight unarmed without getting an Attack of Oppurtunity should allow you to fight doing meaningful damage
One: I am sick of playing a orc fighter who refuses to use a weapon, only his fists.
Two: I am sick of watching monks do 10+ dmg with there fists
Three: I want to know why monks are the only class where there unarmed thingie actually increases with lvl
Four: Make the unarmed fighting feat increase damage while being unarmed as well, it is soooo unfair that monks are the only ones that get the 1-6, 1-8 dmg thing etc...
Five: It would be fun to play a fighter who can actually do meaningful dmg with his fists, I got a fighter with all the feats that a monk gets except he never had monk training. I fail to see why he only gets a max dmg of 8 ((that is with the 1-3+3+2 modifier with strength and weapon spec)) while he has an ac of 18 ((Without shield)) while I've seen monks do 10+ dmg with only there fists.
Six: Mechanics are anulled here since monks AUTOMATICALLY get unarmed attack, and block arrow feats and on top of that, stunning fist! They also get cool monk bonuses like still mind and monk speed. Don't forget to mention Improved knockdown by lvl 6! Which is totally reachable.
Seven: You may argue, "Why don't you play a monk then you idiot!" May counter arguement is this: I don't see why people who are trained to fight with fists and wear armor at the same time must be deprived the dmg that a monk can get. The consternation of this is making my head spin.
Eight: Fighters get no class feats besides Weapon spec((Which is cool but besides the point)), while they might get more feats than other classes, all my feats are going into things that are related to from an unarmed standpoint, so I won't being getting weapon focus greataxe ever.
This will make players think about the possible advantages of the martial artist who never learned to use Ki. Awesome rp included.
Also, this will make monks stop being the only sissies who won't use weapons besides there fists.
Kama's are cool and all but the 1-6+ whatever your strength/feats are make them weaker than an unarmed attack from a monk at lvl 5 (or 6, I forget which) who does 1-8+ strength
This is a perfectly reasonable suggestion of it is possible, if not, I will learn to suck it up I guess.