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How does magically enhancing your shield for defense enhancements & weapon enhancements work?

1. Would it be two seperate chains of enchantment i.e.

+2 (Defense Enhancement)4,000
+2 (Weapon Enhancement) 8,000
= 12,000

2. or a cumulative enhancment i.e.

+2 (Defense Enhancement) 4,000
+2 (Weapon Enhancement) +24,000 (the difference between +2 and +4)
= 28,000

My DM ruled #2 because it made the most sense to him, but also because the rules don't really cover this, but rather simply mention that you "can" enchant it as a weapon (pg 152 & pg 462). It doesn't actually describe how it works.

Since Lunge allows you to "increase the reach of your melee attacks by 5 feet" does this mean you can use a Longsword to attack two squares diagnally? Since attacking one diagnal is 5ft and the second diagnal is 5ft from that square. How would this work?

So, under Paladin it says they can get a mount "usually a heavy horse". And it states that it "functions as a druid's animal companion" Looking at the bestiary preview the "heavy horse" has very different stats than the "horse" under the druid animal companion sample animals. My question is: Does the paladin simply use the basic "horse" stats under the druid sample animal companions and build from there using table 3-8 or would they get to use the "heavy horse" stats from the bestiary and add the bonuses from table 3-8 on pg 52 as they advance in level?