Paizo Top Nav Branding
Welcome, guest! | Sign In | My Account | My Subscriptions | My Downloads | My Wishlists | Shopping Cart   Shopping Cart | Help/FAQ
About Paizo   Messageboards   News   Paizo Blog   Help/FAQ  
Search
Links
Shop

Messageboards

[Spes Magna Games] Quid Novi? for 2012, by Bardess

Kirthfinder - World of Warriorcraft Houserules, by Reckless

Ninja Two-Weapon Fighting Str build with katana, by Hayato Ken

Help with 4th level Alchemist, by Mergy

Magus' Spellcombat, by The Grandfather

Experience of new classes, how do they play out?, by Svipdag

OMG! I'm actually going to get a chance to play a full campaign!, by Bob_Loblaw

Paizo Blog: Pathfinder Battles Preview: Familiar Faces, by FatPete

Are magical weapon costs too high in PFS?, by Chris Bonnet

Evocation optimization?, by Egoish

Ganging up on your foes-aren't these guys supposed to be heroes?, by gnomersy

Dispute with DM over a unfair trap, by Norren

Please Do Away With 7-Person Tables, by Jason S

PCGen v5.17.11 (alpha) Released!, by David R. Bender - PCGen Monkey

Two weapon fighting unarmed, by Bobson

Online Campaigns

DM Aron Marczylo's Kingmaker - Part 1: Stolen Land, by Jameson Addercop IV

DM NomadSage's Jade Regent - Night of Frozen Shadows, by Harlan Starshine

DM Devon's RotRL aka "The Heroes of Sandpoint", by Camillo Duin

Brains of the Dark World, by Myron

Den of the Slave Takers (4e), by Aurix "BattleAxe" Rhogar

The Story of the Stone: Kyrademon's Jade Regent PBP, Part III, by Alaric Graff

DM Aron Marczylo's Curse of the Crimson Throne - Part 3, by Curnach Daveck

Shadowrun 4e Gangland Sports, by Deirdre LeBlanc

Goblins 2: The Wreckin'-ing!, by GM Goblin King

Tales of Agartha: the Avalon Chronicles, by Vai Emkar

GM Levi's {Advanced} Sands of Osirion Campaign Arc!, by Belgraen

DM Stephens Serpents Skull Campaign PBP Chapter 1: Smugglers Shiv, by Corbius Jank

Iobarian horror, by Caelash Suul

Orlok Jr's Carrion Crown - Game Thread, by Agnar

Sheik Voodoo's Katapesh Nights, by Cap'n Voodoo

   RSS Recent Posts Facebook Twitter Email

Note: Please use a spoiler tag when discussing specific plot points or events in a scenario.

Search
Search this Thread:


do divine favor and divine power stack? i know they are both luck bonuses but it doesnt state if they stack or not. nor can i find anything in the book abt it.


Same time bonuses dont stack.

Quote:


From the PrD:

Bonus Types: Usually, a bonus has a type that indicates how the spell grants the bonus. The important aspect of bonus types is that two bonuses of the same type don't generally stack.


wraithstrike wrote:

Same time bonuses dont stack.

Quote:


From the PrD:

Bonus Types: Usually, a bonus has a type that indicates how the spell grants the bonus. The important aspect of bonus types is that two bonuses of the same type don't generally stack.

the only exception to this is dodge bonuses which do stack.


Wraith, giving a blanket statement without giving the exceptions helps him none. He might go away assuming they all do. Lucky for him I did some digging, because I remembered that there were exceptions. Dodge for instance:

"Unlike most sorts of bonuses, dodge bonuses stack with each other."

However, even though I remember Luck being an exemption in 3.5 I can't find it in the Pathfinder book. Does it mean it's not there? No, it could be that it's buried in the huge book somewhere.

I also swear there were others that I couldn't find either.


"Bonus Types: Usually, a bonus has a type that indicates how the spell grants the bonus. The important aspect of bonus types is that two bonuses of the same type don't generally stack. With the exception of dodge bonuses, most circumstance bonuses, and racial bonuses, only the better bonus of a given type works (see Combining Magical Effects). The same principle applies to penalties—a character taking two or more penalties of the same type applies only the worst one, although most penalties have no type and thus always stack. Bonuses without a type always stack, unless they are from the same source."

This is taken from the Spells section. The Dodge one was in the Feat section... whoever formatted the Core Rulebook wasn't thinking "Hey, maybe we could put all this stuff in one place! Maybe a 2 page appendix (maybe it might fit on ONE page!)!"

Cest la vie...


Paizo / Messageboards / Paizo Publishing / Pathfinder® / Pathfinder Society / General Discussion / All Messageboards

Want to post a reply? Sign in.



©2002–2012 Paizo Publishing, LLC®. Need help? Email customer.service@paizo.com or call 425-250-0800 Monday–Friday, 10 AM–5 PM Pacific Time. View our privacy policy. Paizo Publishing, LLC, the Paizo golem logo, GameMastery, Pathfinder, Planet Stories, and Undefeated are registered trademarks of Paizo Publishing, LLC, and Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Campaign Setting, Pathfinder Adventure PathPathfinder Player Companion, Pathfinder Modules, Pathfinder Tales, Pathfinder Society, Pathfinder Battles, PaizoCon, RPG Superstar, The Golem's Got It, Titanic Games, the Titanic logo, and the Planet Stories planet logo are trademarks of Paizo Publishing, LLC. Dungeons & Dragons, Dragon, Dungeon, and Polyhedron are registered trademarks of Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., and have been used by Paizo Publishing under license. Most product names are trademarks owned or used under license by the companies that publish those products; use of such names without mention of trademark status should not be construed as a challenge to such status.