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Hello, I have a few questions about some feats, abilities, and scenarios.

1. If I were to use combat expertise on a full-attack action, do the bonuses to AC from each attack stack with each other? For example, when the first attack hits I get a +2 to my AC and then the second hit lands does the +2 stack with the bonus from the first attack to make it a +4? If yes, would it work with Flurry of Blows?

2. When using the Barksin ability as a Qinggong Monk, does it last for the duration shown in the spell's information, or does it only last one turn?

3. The Ki Intensifying attribute for magic weapons says that after making a successful attack with the weapon I can spend a ki point to perform a combat maneuver as a free action. If I were to use FoB and I landed both attacks, would my actions go as Attack 1 -> Combat Maneuver + Attack 2 -> Combat Maneuver?


1. No.
2. It's a spell like ability, so it functions as the spell, using your monk level as caster level.
3. Yes.


Zhayne wrote:

1. No.

2. It's a spell like ability, so it functions as the spell, using your monk level as caster level.
3. Yes.

For the 1st answer, could you explain why it doesn't work? I just want to make sure I understand why.


1. No; the penalty and the bonus both apply to all attacks for the round, they don't add up for each attack.

2. The qinggong monk uses her monk level as the caster level for her spell-like abilities, so the barkskin will have a duration of 10 minutes per monk level.

3. No. The ki intensifying weapon ability says you can spend a ki point as a swift action (which then lets you use a combat maneuver as a free action). Since you can only perform one swift action per turn, you can only activate it for one hit.


Bonuses from the same source do not stack, plus CE has no 'each attack' verbiage anyway.


OK, thank you.

The last question I have is if I use FoB and my actions go as Attack 1 + Attack 2 -> Combat Maneuver, can I use combat expertise on just the combat maneuver at the end?


Plue wrote:
The last question I have is if I use FoB and my actions go as Attack 1 + Attack 2 -> Combat Maneuver, can I use combat expertise on just the combat maneuver at the end?

No. Combat Expertise states you can only use it when you declare that you're making an attack or full-attack (so you either use it for all your attacks or for none of them); you can't wait until the last attack to activate it.

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