Quote Originally Posted by Teln View Post
Would having a monk take a Vow of Poverty help? I've heard it gets superb results. (Yes, this is a legitimate question, I've never played a monk but I'm considering one in a game that may or may not happen.)
No. Vow of Poverty can actually make a Monk worse, because now they have absolutely no way to fly and absolutely no way to damage anything incorporeal. They were relying on magic items for those capabilities, and VoP does not cover them.