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Restriction: The monk taking a vow of poverty must never own more than six possessions—a simple set of clothing, a pair of sandals or shoes, a bowl, a sack, a blanket, and any one other item. Five of these items must be of plain and simple make, though one can be of some value (often an heirloom of great personal significance to the monk). The monk can never keep more money or wealth on his person than he needs to feed, bathe, and shelter himself for 1 week in modest accommodations. He cannot borrow or carry wealth or items worth more than 50 gp that belong to others. He is allowed to accept and use curative potions (or similar magical items where the item is consumed and is valueless thereafter) from other creatures.

Restriction: Either out of penitence or to bring attention to the suffering of the enslaved, the monk wears shackles on his wrists and legs. This gives the monk a –1 penalty on attack rolls and to AC, and reduces his movement by 10 feet. If temporarily unable to wear his chains, he may carry rocks or some other heavy burden (including medium or heavy armor) to simulate this suffering.

Since shackles aren't on the list of items a Vow of poverty monk can take he must select them as the "other item" or can he include them in his "simple set of clothing"?

Hello,
One of my players want to play an half-orc melee alchemist with 4 arms (taking the vestigial arms discovery twice) who fight with two heavy flails.
He is currently 4th level (BAB +3) and with an unbuffed strenght of 18 (+4 modifier), his feats are weapon focus (heavy flails) and power attack, so his attack bonus with a single weapon is:
+8 (+3 BAB, +4 str, +1 weapon focus) with a damage of 1d10+6 usually;
+7 (+3 BAB, +4 str, +1 weapon focus, -1 power attack) with a damage of 1d10+9 using power attack.
The problem is when he uses both his flais: they aren't a light weapon, so he get a -4/-4 for two weapon fighting, netting a to hit bonus of +4/+4 usually and +2/+2 with power attack, but i can't get the damage bonus: he say that since those are two handed weapon he get a +6 for strenght on both and another +3 for power attack, but i think that those numbers are correct only for the main hand flail, but since he is using the other in the off hand(s) he only apply a +2 for strenght and +1 with power attack.
Total for the player:
+4 (1d10+6) and +4 (1d10+6) normally;
+3 (1d10+9) and +3 (1d10+9) using power attack.
Total for me:
+4 (1d10+6) and +4 (1d10+2) normally;
+3 (1d10+9) and +3 (1d10+3) using power attack.
Sorry for the bad grammar, english isn't my mother tongue.
TL;DR: 4 arm character using 2 two handed weapon get +3/2 strenght and power attack damage with the off-hand weapon?