Necklace of Ki Serenity for a First-level Monk

[Lost Soul]

I was wondering if a Monk1 (who hasn't sacrificed Ki pool through archetypes, obviously) can benefit for a Necklace of Ki Serenity?

I mean, technically the monk1 doesn't have the Ki Pool class ability, right?

(Yeah, I'm aware that an Amulet of Natural Armor/Mighty Fists is probably a better use of the neck slot anyways.)

[Lost Soul]

So, after digging for answers to my own question, I'm rapidly becoming more confused.

(Probably should mention that I'm actually a lawyer, so spotting minor issues is an irritating habit of mine.)

Basically, at this point, the whole Ki Pool class feature is confusing me. The way I see it:

1-The Ninja gets a Ki Pool at level 2;
2-The Drunken Master gets an ability (Drunken Ki) that interacts with Ki Pool but isn't Ki Pool at level 3.
3-The Ki Mystic gets his Ki Pool at level 3
4-The regular monk gets his Ki Pool at level 4.
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So far, so good.

BUT!

A monk can start to add to his Ki Pool at level 1.

There's the alternate favored class bonus which adds fractions of Ki points to the ki pool. Still, there won't be an actual bonus until level 4, so I guess we can let that slip.

But there's also the Honored Fist of the Society Trait, which flat-out adds Ki to the Ki Pool at level-1.

At this point, I'm starting to view the Ki Pool ability as something that the monk gains at level-1, but can't be used before level 4.

In fact, from a cursory reading, the wording of the class abilities part of a class description is "all the following are class abilities of the XXXX" which also implies that you have them all.

Finally, if you take a look at something like the Monk's AC Bonus class ability, it's clear that you can have a class ability that has effects that "turn on" at later levels - but you still have the ability.

Or am I reading way too much into this?

[Malfus]

Technically the necklace states that you gain +4 to your effective level. Therefore I would assume that you would gain all the benefits of a ki pool if at that level your class would get one. You don't gain any powers that use your ki pool but are listed separately.

[Shar Tahl]

He has no ki pool at level 1. There are no ki pool abilities to modify. Until you have an ability that gives you a ki pool, its a no-go. On a side note, why is a level 1 character getting a 16000 gold item?

[Lost Soul]

Shar Tahl wrote:

He has no ki pool at level 1. There are no ki pool abilities to modify. Until you have an ability that gives you a ki pool, its a no-go. On a side note, why is a level 1 character getting a 16000 gold item?

It's a monk1/whateverX - i.e. it could be a level 10 character or whatever.

My first guess was that the monk had no Ki Pool either - but then, why is there a trait that adds to ki pools?

(Personnally, it's no dealbreaker either way - the amulet in question isn't amazing and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want one at that price. Figuring out that answer was a pet project that turned into an obsession - at this point I'm more interested in finding out a solid answer than in getting an amulet for said character.)