I have a homebrew item I use with one of my characters to get around the Pole of Collapsing limitation:
Staff of Arachet
Staff (quarterstaff), legendary (requires attunement by a Monk)
This staff normally appears as a 1 foot long wooden rod. As a bonus action, the length of the pole can be changed to any length up to 20 feet. The pole will not extend further than the available space allows. It does not extend with enough force to cause damage. The pole may be extended to the proper length to function as a typical quarterstaff weapon. If used for vaulting, the pole will allow the user to vault up or across a distance up to it's length. To vault, the user must succeed on an Acrobatics or Athletic check DC 10. Failure causes the user to fall 10 feet if attempting a vertical vault, or into the area they were attempting to vault over in a horizontal vault.
Proficiency with a Quarterstaff allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.
This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it.
Topple. If you hit a creature with this weapon, you can force the creature to make a Constitution saving throw (DC 8 plus the ability modifier used to make the attack roll and your Proficiency Bonus). On a failed save, the creature has the Prone condition.
Notes: Monk, Versatile, Topple
The name comes from "Cheetara" from ThunderCats, who used a similar weapon.
You might want to specify how the rod's current length effects its stats as a weapon, and if it can be used as a weapon when it's 20 feet long. Other than that, it's pretty good, although you want to make the DC vary by environment. Vaulting on something slippery would be really hard (I think. I have no idea how pole-vaulting works.)
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I have a homebrew item I use with one of my characters to get around the Pole of Collapsing limitation:
Staff of Arachet
Staff (quarterstaff), legendary (requires attunement by a Monk)
This staff normally appears as a 1 foot long wooden rod. As a bonus action, the length of the pole can be changed to any length up to 20 feet. The pole will not extend further than the available space allows. It does not extend with enough force to cause damage. The pole may be extended to the proper length to function as a typical quarterstaff weapon. If used for vaulting, the pole will allow the user to vault up or across a distance up to it's length. To vault, the user must succeed on an Acrobatics or Athletic check DC 10. Failure causes the user to fall 10 feet if attempting a vertical vault, or into the area they were attempting to vault over in a horizontal vault.
Proficiency with a Quarterstaff allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.
This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it.
Topple. If you hit a creature with this weapon, you can force the creature to make a Constitution saving throw (DC 8 plus the ability modifier used to make the attack roll and your Proficiency Bonus). On a failed save, the creature has the Prone condition.
Notes: Monk, Versatile, Topple
The name comes from "Cheetara" from ThunderCats, who used a similar weapon.
hmm
You might want to specify how the rod's current length effects its stats as a weapon, and if it can be used as a weapon when it's 20 feet long. Other than that, it's pretty good, although you want to make the DC vary by environment. Vaulting on something slippery would be really hard (I think. I have no idea how pole-vaulting works.)