[DF] 125 pt start?

[Kromm]

Well, I'll just say re: martial artist characters that my inspiration was more Diablo II assassin – complete with katar- and knife-wheel-like things – than anything else. :)

The Vow point values in DF 1 definitely assume that if an item is used for punching or kicking, and gives DR, then it's armor, not a weapon. But yeah, the bladed hand (which matches the above inspiration) is probably a no-no. That still leaves the cestus with big DR and attack-enhancing enchantments. I've never considered that different from "unarmed." You do, after all, use all the rules for unarmed combat to resolve the attacks.