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So, my DM is being stubborn again. He goes by the rule of 'if it has the same name, the buffs don't stack', so for example if you wear two armors, it doesn't matter, the bigger AC bonus is the one used.

And that's fine and dandy.

But he claims that things like rage, mutagens, enlage person, potions, spells and stuff don't stack with one another, even though rage is a morale bonus, mutagen is alchemical bonus, enlarge person is size bonus, etc.

What's the ruling here?

Hello there! I have another little question about how something works. I have a brawler character, which like monks, use a different damage die for unarmed damage which goes up as he levels up.
Now, since a normal unarmed strike deals 1d3, but with a cestus it deals 1d4, i was wondering what would happen if a brawler (or monk) of lets say, level 1, used a cestus.

would it deal 1d4 because it's a cestus, 1d6 because brawlers/monks deal 1d6 with unarmed, or would it deal 1d8, because
1d3 -> 1d4 is one step higher and 1d6 -> 1d8 is one step higher.

i've been looking around on google all over the place but i never found exactly the answer i've been looking for. many thanks for your time :3

So uh, I had an argument with my DM recently about the penalties of dual wielding. He says the penalty for attacking with the main hand and off hand weapons gives the usual dual wielding penalty mentioned in the rulebook -on top- of a -5 from the second attack, which makes no sense to me. This is as a level 1 character, using the extra attack from two weapon fighting. He also says you have to make a full-round action to attack with both but that's more understandable although I still have my doubts.

He says the same thing about the bloodrager's claws, for example. A bloodrager with abyssal or draconic bloodline has natural claws while in bloodrage, and the book says that with a full-round action they can attack with both. The Dm says the second attack gets a -5 to the attack bonus.

He justifies this with how second attacks due to sheer high base attack bonus works, where after +6 to the attack bonus, you get a second attack at +1 and so on, but still.

Thanks for listening.