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So I was thinking about the new version of VOP and realized that a solution may already exist that would at least make it a more playable option as well as keep the "value" question in check. I was looking at my dusty collection of old 3.5 books when I came across Weapons of Legacy, a nifty book to be sure, and started to remember how they worked rules wise. The items value never got above about 5k, if you used a very expensive base item, as they were all basically +1 until you attuned to them. the process of them leveling with you works extremely well for a way to constantly add bonuses to an item without requiring a player to spend money except on the 3 awakening rituals (Which you could also rule to be a part of the vows the monk is taking). Although it may require a little GM tweaking to make the item give the bonuses the player wants in the end it also gives the monk a single "heirloom" item that they can have that starts as nothing more than a base +1 and levels up with them as they progress. I also think that negating the penalties the monk would take from the legacy item (originally a min/max idea that most people could loophole out of anyways) would work well for the theme.
Any thoughts on this or tweaks you would use for the system? I was leaning towards a doubled progression as it will be the only item a monk has, so long as the bonuses are spread out and not min/maxed to heavily (ie two seperate items giving seperate bonuses so they don't qualify for higher level abilities, giving the monk more options but not a ridiculous increase in power, but still being a single item). I was also thinking of adding modifying abilities if I felt the monk was falling to far behind but that will require some playtesting to see how much balance is needed. Also with the addition of all the ki points maybe a feat to let a monk get an extra Ki power would be useful, you have the points to spend a feat for more versatility would be really nice.
So tl'dr: Give the VoP monk 2 WoL items that are a single item and let them level it with them; without using the penalty tables that were kind of silly anyways for most players. Use the vows as the prerequisite money expenditure to awaken the legacy item tiers, maybe taking additional vows to unlock the higher tiers(although VoP is probably enough). And finally just getting rid of the silly bonus feats that the tiers required and all that junk and just using the template system from WoL to build the item.
Thoughts, comments?