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Slot: CHEST
Charges: Unlimited
AC: 23
STR: +15 DEX: +6 STA: +13 AGI: +6 HP: +60 ENDUR: +40
SV FIRE: +3 SV DISEASE: +3 SV COLD: +3 SV MAGIC: +3 SV POISON: +3
Effect: Invigorate (Any Slot/Can Equip, Casting Time: 15.0) at Level 50
WT: 0.5 Size: MEDIUM
Class: MNK
Race: HUM IKS FRG DRK
Slot 1, Type 7 (General: Group)
Slot 2, Type 21 (Special Ornamentation)

Item Type:Armor
Appearance:Velious Monk
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Color (RGB):0, 0, 0
Stackable:No
Lucy Entry By:lowkey
Item Updated By:SwiftyMUSE
Source:Live
IC Last Updated:2021-07-27 08:30:52
Page Updated:Mon Oct 24th, 2016

Expansion: Scars of Velious Scars of Velious


Rarity: Rare
Level to Attain: 50

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This item is the result of a quest.
Expansion List - Premium only.
Quest Name
Monk Kael Armor


Zone(s) Found In:


Zone Name
Kael Drakkel
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honestly
# Oct 12 2004 at 6:50 PM Rating: Decent
ok, im probably gonna get flamed for this, but can it be mq'ed? and does anyone know the drop rate for the tunic?
nice stats anyway
# Jan 29 2003 at 11:40 AM Rating: Default
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Stats on this are pretty sweet. But as for the effect, if you have ever seen one in use... 16 seconds lasts a LOOONNNNGGGGG time. then you have to cast it again... and again... and again... to go from 73% to 100 if that is your goal.

Stat wise... this is a sweet tunic though.

But if you have it... you will not think of it as a type of regen bp... more of a healing option if you reallllly need it. or are out of bandaids.

I want just for stats though )
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RE: nice stats anyway
# Jun 09 2003 at 1:13 PM Rating: Default
Again, Soop, as with the grandmaster's.... you're wrong. i have friends who have golden star chest wraps, and friends with grand master's the effect takes FIFTEEN seconds to cast.
Vs Fungi?
# Jan 28 2003 at 1:52 AM Rating: Decent
Just wanted to point out that you really can't compare this tunic to the standing regen with a fungi.

If you're going to compare this to a fungi you have to compare a 100hp heal in 15s vs 15hp regen every 6s. You are still gaining the benefit of your AA and Base regen even with this tunic. Therefore with this tunic you're getting 40hp a tick, vs the 14 from a fungi.

A fungi is useable in battle however, so that makes it very nice. And not just in solo, but also when you're getting ae'd etc.
RE: Vs Fungi?
# Jun 09 2003 at 1:11 PM Rating: Default
fungi is 15hp every 6 seconds not 14... that extra 1hp can add up... thats an extra 10hp a minute, an extra 600hp an hour... so yeah, it adds up... its 15hp not 14. just clarifying that.
Monks and Stamina
# Jan 09 2003 at 10:24 PM Rating: Good
Depending on how heavy their weapon(s) are, monks do lose some of their stamina bar, but they do not lose as much per swing as other classes, and they regain their stamina bar faster than other melees.

My 31 human monk currently wields 2 weapons weighing 2 stones each, and I lose less than 1 bubble of stamina per fight when soloing. However, I regain the whole bubble 1 tick after the fight.
Fungi = better
# Sep 17 2002 at 6:18 PM Rating: Default
Fungi is by far one of the best tunics you can find for a monk, especially if your the solo type. But for ppl like me, i dont have cash to get a fungi. Fungi's go for 80-85k on my server (E'ci) which, i know, i complete ********* Myconid king is hard to take down, so i wont be camping him soon. This, i have raided enuf times to get my gems, all i need is the st00pid tunic from WToV.
So i'll be getting this WAY before i get a fungi, so its worth keeping for a bit.
why its better then fungi
# Sep 13 2002 at 2:14 PM Rating: Decent
Ok, my reasoning for this being better then fungi.
If you have a weapon that procs (t-staff myself) then why would I want a tunic that takes away 10 points of agi and dex? I have the lord BOB tunic from Velks right now so I have I think 16 more points more towards proc then when I was using a friends Fungi. And YES there is a BIGGGGG difference. With my 195 dex I proc all the time, when it was 179 my proc was rare at best. Going from one proc a fight to five is well worth it when soloing in velks.
this vs. fungi tunic
# Jul 14 2002 at 10:09 PM Rating: Excellent
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on my server, i know of perhaps 5 fungi tunics. seb is NEVER hunted, only raided, which means .. there are no fungi tunics floating around. with this in mind, i look at the effect on this thing. with a 14.5 second casting time, it is ROUGHLY 33hp/tick regen, standing (YES I ******* KNOW IT DOSENT HELP YOU WHEN YOUR FIGHTING, IM NOT SAYING ITS BETTER THEN THE FUNGI TUNIC). if your one of the higher level monks who only uses their fungi for downtime (psc for combat perhaps) then this would be almost as good as that. personally i'd rather have a fungi then this, only because this is alot easier to get (on my server, like i said).
Whats easier to get?
# Apr 23 2002 at 8:56 PM Rating: Decent
Whats easier to get the kael the golden star chestwraps or the fungis tunic I don't mean you go out and buy the tunic I mean camp it and loot the tunic
RE: Whats easier to get?
# May 15 2002 at 1:42 PM Rating: Decent
Fungi is ALOT eazyer to get then this, if your not in a past uber guid at least.
Fungie Regen
# Jan 03 2002 at 1:43 AM Rating: Default
Hmm, with 3 skill levels in basic regen, fungi, and shaman spell regrowth, it was 50 points a tic while STANDING.
for the information of all
# Sep 29 2001 at 9:40 PM Rating: Default
iksar at 60 lvl regen 17 hp a tick sitting.. with a fungi and druid spell regrowth.. its 47 per tick.
RE: for the information of all
# Nov 05 2001 at 7:05 AM Rating: Decent
At lvl 59, as an Iksar with a Fungi Tunic I regen 31-32hp/tick (6seconds)

This makes my Natural regen ~14hp/tick and I belive this goes up to 16hp/tick at lvl 60.

The effect on this BP I don't deem useful. The stats are nice the effect sucks. It is a 100pt Heal that restores your Stamina..

lvl 60 Iksar Standing meleeing regens 29hp/tick with Tungi.

#Anonymous, Posted: Jun 28 2001 at 12:13 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) wow man... monks get some pretty crappy gear... no wonder they always want everyone elses stuff that drops.
Bad effect for monks
# Jun 25 2001 at 1:50 AM Rating: Default
The effect for monks is (in my opinion) quite useless. Monks post 50 with a 201+ bind wound skill can bandage 80+ hp per bandage, and can usually do it 2 times at least by the time 1 casting of this goes off, all the way up to 70%. And if you're like most monks at that level, chances are they have a fungi or (in an Iksar's case) have a very high natural regen rate (somewhere around 16 at lvl 60 while sitting for Iksars).

Just my 2 cents.
#REDACTED, Posted: Jul 02 2001 at 4:15 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) wtf? a iksar's natural regen is 6 while sitting no matter what lvl, except from lvl 1-19 its 4, not 16 where do u get that and don't tell me your talking about the fungi because if u are your grammar is screwy and it isn't useless i'd like to see u BW in the middle of a damn fight. I saw a monk soloing with this and a tranquil staff he was able to use the ability multiple times throughout the battle and it helped him a lot
few corrections...
# Aug 13 2001 at 8:11 AM Rating: Default
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Invigorate is a 100 point self heal..
invigor will restore your sta..
this chest piece has Invigorate on it, therefore it's the heal spell :)
with 0 channelling.. I'd like to see you use an item with a 10 second cast time in the middle of a fight..
trust me, he wasn't casting off this item in the middle of the fight.. I believe there's a pair of boots that drop in velks lab in velious with a sta restore spell of some sort on it.. the t-staff also has a proc on it.. so it was most likely one of these that you saw during the fight..
as for regen? EVERYONE gains more regen as they level, at 20, 50, I believe 51 as well, and 56, then again at 60.. trolls and iksar start off with more regen per tick, and end up with more
get higher than level 19 before you start to assume so much about the game :)
RE: Bad effect for monks
# Jul 04 2001 at 11:11 PM Rating: Good
uhm you're a moron.

I'm a level 52 iksar monk and I regen 6hps a tick standing, 8hps a tick feigned, and 12 hps a tick sitting. It DOES raise quite a bit past 50.


But Invigorate is still a very useful effect for soloing.
RE: Bad effect for monks
# Jun 25 2001 at 7:52 AM Rating: Default
Yes but this will get a human monk without regen from 70% - 100% health. Something that can't be done with bandage.
RE: Bad effect for monks
# Nov 08 2003 at 6:42 PM Rating: Decent
ever hear of MEND?

will take you from 75% to 100% in two seconds

so with bind wounds at skill 201 and mend .. you are all set .. don't need anything else
what the effect does:
# Jun 24 2001 at 11:27 AM Rating: Good
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the effect will heal your self by 100 hp, has a casting time, somewhat long, is ok for between battles healing
This is what this looks like.
# Jun 23 2001 at 5:23 PM Rating: Default
I created these using EQInside, so please increase my user rating if you appreciate the time it took to find and make these.

http://www.geocities.com/katanaxiii/images/monkbp.html - All 4 Graphics (Now working)
pictures?
# Jun 23 2001 at 1:48 PM Rating: Decent
can anyone send in a picture of this please =)
Ok question
# Jun 22 2001 at 11:06 PM Rating: Excellent
sorry im dumb and havent seen this on iksar monks i know what it looks like on humans can anyone tell me what it looks like on iksat like cab scale sept golden?
RE: Ok question
# Jun 23 2001 at 4:39 PM Rating: Default
It looks very cool =)

If it is like the other upgraded monk Velious armor, then for Iksars it looks like a decorative robe with dragons and such on it.

Here is a pic - http://www.geocities.com/katanaxiii/images/monkbp.html
Post just to post?
# Jun 22 2001 at 7:58 AM Rating: Decent
Sorry to say, I think some of you post just to see a higher post count.

Invigorate is a 100 hp heal that can only be cast on the wearer. Noone else. AND it's a slow cast as well so it's not going to happen during a fight. Don't confuse "Invigorate" with "Vigor" which restores stamina along the lines of the Extinguish Fatigue line of spells.
RE: Post just to post?
# Jun 22 2001 at 1:50 PM Rating: Default
16.0 cast time to be exact.
Invigorate
# Jun 22 2001 at 12:22 AM Rating: Decent
Whether they lose much stamina, I'm really not sure, but the question is irrelevant here because Invigorate is actually a 100pt self only heal :) I'm not sure if it even restores lost stamina, although it seems likely.
RE: Invigorate
# Jun 22 2001 at 3:11 PM Rating: Decent
As far as I know, only stamina restored from this effect is gotten while standing still for 14 seconds waiting for it to finish casting. =) This is on all the Rogue/Warrior/Monk/SK chest pieces in SoV (3 quest and PoG, that is). Don't think other classes get the effect on their BP.
RE: Invigorate
# Jun 22 2001 at 2:57 AM Rating: Decent
Aye, I am not familiar with the Invigorate effect, but everyone commenting (my erstwhile guildmate included! nyah) is confusing it with the spell Invigor. Could be that this is a variant or higher level version, but hell, I'm having no luck finding it on Caster's Realm as a standard spell for any class, so I'm gonna take your word for it. =)
#REDACTED, Posted: Jun 22 2001 at 12:21 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) well, i do say monks dont need invigorate too much, they basically carry weight weapons under 3, and sometimes use fists that are like prolly 0.0, but during long raid fights they probably go down. either way, its a great peice. nuff said.
RE: Monks invig?
# Jun 23 2001 at 8:22 PM Rating: Decent
Invigorate = heal
No offense meant
# Jun 21 2001 at 11:23 PM Rating: Default
I don't play a monk, and this is a serious question about them...

Do monks really need invigorate? I realize that you can use this to cast on others (least, I'm pretty sure you can), but does a monk ever lose stamina from fighting?

Yes, this shows my lack of knowledge of monks, but I don't even get much of a chance to GROUP with them either.
RE: No offense meant
# Nov 23 2002 at 2:14 PM Rating: Decent
none taken BTW, but so you know if this did replace STA.. for any monk who has a haste item they know that the sta bar drops FAST, because you're hitting so much you get tired.
RE: No offense meant
# Jun 23 2001 at 8:20 PM Rating: Decent
The effect on this "Breastplate" is not a stamina refresher, its a little heal. Useful for soloing to a certain degree. Same effect on Cobalt and velious high end breastplates.

Monks
# Jun 21 2001 at 8:53 PM Rating: Default
Well you monks can finally say THIS IS A MONK ITEM! Cuz it is hehehe. A pretty nice one too, GL on getting it


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RE: Monks
# Aug 07 2001 at 10:57 PM Rating: Default
Yea thx for wishing me good luck i am goin to need it big time. Only at least 20 more lvls!
Bout time...
# Jun 21 2001 at 5:29 PM Rating: Default
I was looking at the kael quests, its about time Monks got Kael quest armor with double digit AC...im not even a monk, but 6ac on Kael Arms? Pathetic.
RE: Bout time...
# Jun 21 2001 at 7:09 PM Rating: Excellent
Kael arms are 11 ac 4 str 4 dex 2 sta 35 hp and 2 to all saves. Maybe the crap from Thurgadin or Pog is 6 ac, but not kael... Actually All kael pieces are double digit AC except the helm.
Arms 11
Legs 11
Boots 10
Bracers 10
Gloves 13
Tunic 23
Headband 9

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