Price (Item Level): 16,000 gp (14th)
Body Slot: Torso
Caster Level: 13th
Aura: Strong; (DC 21) enchantment and transmutation
Activation: —
Weight: 1 lb.
Even though this silk vest is festooned with buckles and precious gems, it manages to look classy and fashionable rather than overly gaudy.
Any character gains a +5 competence bonus on Diplomacy checks and Perform checks while wearing a vest of legends.
In addition, a vest of legends enhances bardic music abilities when a bard wears it. Her bard level is treated as five higher than it actually is for the purpose of determining the effects of her inspire courage, fascinate, inspire greatness, and inspire heroics abilities. This increase in effective level does not grant her any additional bardic music abilities or other class features.
Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, eagle’s splendor, greater heroism.
Cost to Create: 8,000 gp, 640 XP, 16 days.
Source: Dungeon Master’s Guide II, page 272. Removed “(for pair)” from the Cost to Create entry as it made no sense.