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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ruleslawyer" data-source="post: 1253270" data-attributes="member: 1757">All true, and nothing new.This, OTOH, I completely disagree with. A lammasu (they're not Welsh <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ) PC that doesn't use its full allotment of gear is not an ECL x character; it's an ECL (x-y) character, where y>0. The fact is that 88k worth of equipment is 88k worth of equipment whether you're character level 12 with no LA or character level 4 with +8 LA. A lammasu can use stat-boosting items, tomes, mantles of SR; in fact, all of the items that VoP's benefits appear to replace.I don't understand what your point is here. VoP replaces the benefits of having magic items: i.e., equipment. A character that is weapon or armor-dependent incurs a higher sacrifice to get this feat's benefits than one who isn't, but ultimately, a +x enhancement bonus to an ability score, some SR, and a DR-piercing capability are just straightforward compensations for the lack of a belt/headband/gloves, a mantle, and an amulet, respectively. IOW, VoP does serve as an equipment replacement; it's just that the kind of equipment replaced by VoP has a different effect on different kinds of character. If you're looking for VoP to replace weapons, one-shot magic items, armor, or scrolls, you're SOL; if you're looking for it to replace stat-boost items and amulets of mighty fists (as most monks are), you're in luck.In any case, the point is that VoP's application differs on the kind of character to whom it's applied, not that character's ECL. A vampire fighter gets much less mileage out of VoP than does, say, a human monk of the same ECL. You used the example of a hobgoblin; do you think a hob fighter/rogue really gets more benefit out of VoP than his human counterpart? The differences between character type (equipment-dependent vs. non-equipment dependent) are much more serious than any difference between LA creatures and non-LA creatures.</blockquote>

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