Magic gloves giving magic attacks to non-monks

[Jimjam]

The other day I unequipped my weapons so i could swing at a ghoul to build aggro without breaking mez.

Lo and behold my punch damaged the ghoul, breaking mez.

I'm assuming my punch caused damage because I was wearing magic gloves. Now the character I was using is a warrior and I remember doing the same thing in PoTime but my punches having no effect.

Is it just my memory playing up? I'm sure magic gloves giving magic attacks is an ability native only to monks (and beastlords). Am I remembering a post-classic change?