Classically, the rogue stabs you in the back. On a hit, an unarmed strike deals bludgeoning damage equal to 1 + your Strength modifier. The monk, not the rogue, is designed to be the class that deals more damage with unarmed strikes. The rule on unarmed strikes should read as follows: Instead of using a weapon to make a melee weapon attack, you can use an unarmed strike: a punch, kick, head-butt, or similar forceful blow (none of which count as weapons). I believe this is one off those clear and consistent cases. Heres where the confusion comes in: your unarmed strike (fist, elbow, knee, butt, etc.) is not considered by the rules to be a weapon the way a longsword is a weapon. Problem is, unless you're a monk, unarmed strikes only ever suck. The race isn't aarakocra, but that doesn't matter.
Usually, a monk’s unarmed strikes deal lethal damage. 1 I have a player whose character's race has the aarakocra's talons trait (unarmed strikes do 1d4 slashing damage) and he wants to tailor his build to having and using this ability.
A monk may thus apply his real Strength bonus on damage rolls for all his unarmed strikes. There’s not any such thing as an off-hand assault to get a monk striking unarmed. Some creatures are resistant or immune to certain damage types and some are vulnerable to certain damage types. Each one of these DnD damage types will deal damage that can affect creatures in different ways. However, in most cases a straightforward application of the monster creation guidelines in the Dungeon Master's Guide yields reasonable and consistent results. A monk’s attacks may be with ears, elbows, knees, and feet. SeptemIn Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition, there are 13 different damage types. It's impossible to know exactly what the designers intended in the absence of any explicit statements on their part: sometimes the attack and damage modifiers aren't perfectly consistent with a monster's STR and DEX mods. Unarmed strike is a melee weapon attack, but not a melee weapon.
With the caveat that reverse-engineering monster statistics is technically guesswork even when the math seems clear and consistent. Since it has a +0 STR modifier and in general unarmed strikes deal 1 + STR bludgeoning damage (in the absence of any special features), its unarmed strike should have +2 to attack (+0 STR with +2 proficiency bonus) and deal 1 bludgeoning damage (1 + 0 STR). The monk features listed can apply to all unarmed strikes, including cat's claws. Monk has 2 parts: you can use DEX instead of STR for unarmed strikes (and monk weapons) and you can do 1d4 (martial art die) instead of normal damage with unarmed strikes (and monk weapons). The +4 attack and +2 damage modifiers for the skeleton's shortbow (ranged) and shortsword (melee but finesse) attacks are consistent with its +2 DEX modifier and a proficiency bonus of +2. Tabaxi says you can do 1d4+STR slashing instead of 1+STR bludgeoning.
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