 Its attack progression is identical to a cleric's, while it has a variety of unarmed combat feats similar to the monk.The 3.5 update to the class found in "Dragon" magazine issue 318 (April 2004) improves the shaman's combat prowess, such as by granting shamans the ability to inflict extra damage with their unarmed attacks, similar to those of monks.The vanara, a monkey-like humanoid race also published in "Oriental Adventures", has shaman as its favored class.