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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pax" data-source="post: 1397774" data-attributes="member: 6875">Yes, Kensai and the VoP have a certain synergy.Note that even a FIGHTER with voew of poverty (silly as he'd be to take that feat, IMO) can take Kensai, and have a signature weapon - as long as it's a simple weapon, like a quarterstaff.  And it can be a +5(speed, ghost touch)/+5(speed, ghost touch) quarterstaff, too.The staff, despite it's abilities, is not a magic weapon of saleable nature - the kensai's signature weapon functions only for the kensai.  To anyone else, that staff is just a normal, bought for 0gp, worthless stick.  In the hands of our Ascetic Kensai, however, it's a truly dangerous weapon! ^_^However, the bonusses to hit from Vow of Poverty, and the bonusses to hit form the Kensai's signature weapon enhancement, would NOT stack.  Two bonusses of the same name, etc, etc.So the wily Ascetic Kensai will only put +1 into his hands/stick/whatever, and thenpile on the "special effect" enhancements, like Disruption, Impact, Speed, and so on.An ascetic Monk(10)/Kensai(10) might want to pay XP to make their unarmed blows be +1(ghost touch, speed, impact, Disruption, merciful) - especially if they add the Vow of Peace to their list of exalted feats.The effective enhancement bonus of +1 woudl be overlapped by their Vow of Poverty enhancement bonus; in essence, they get to wield the equivalent of +14 weapons, due to the odd synergy between VoP and Kensai.</blockquote>