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I will be sad to see Erik Mona no longer a part of the Greyhawk world. The products released by Dungeon and Dragon magazines were spectacular. I can only hope that WOTC realizes what it is they're doing and not trying to force everyone into their one vision.

In the 3.0 rules, bonuses to natural armor from amulets, barkskin, and other magical sources did not stack with a creature's natural armor. As a result, amulets of natural armor rarely appeared in adventures as part of a monster's gear.

To address this fact, in the 3.5 rules, the bonus granted from an amulet of natural armor, barkskin, and similar sources is now treated as an enhancement bonus to existing natural armor. Thus, a monster with a natural armor bonus could wear and benefit from an amulet of natural armor.

This can certainly impact the difficulty of an encounter, but no more so than having a monster with high natural armor wear a suit of armor or wield a shield. In many cases, monsters can't wield shields, and even wearing armor is unusual (or just plain silly; an iron golem can wear a suit of plate mail and gain a +8 AC bonus, but it looks goofy); for these monsters, the amulet of natural armor is now a viable option.

Thanks for the help guys, I think I was remembering back to my 3.0 days, lol. I realize now that the two should stack!

Does an Amulet of Natural Armor stack with a creature's Natural Armor bonus? For instance, if a minotaur were to wear an Amulet of Natural Armor, would it stack with his "racial" Natural Armor by being a minotaur?

I have a player who insists it does, adding that the Amulet of Natural Armor is like an Enhancement bonus on armor for instance. However, in reading the description of an Amulet of Natural Armor I cannot find anything that suggests this. My initial reaction was they do not stack...if a creature had a higher Natural Armor from a racial ability, then wearing an Amulet of Natural Armor would do nothing...Kind of like someone casting Mage Armor on someone with Plate Mail.

Any help would be appreciated....

I've played the game since it's been released and it's a very fun game. Like all MMORPG's, you have to get involved in the community of the game to really enjoy playing the game. It's an awesome game if you can find a nice Super Group and make some friends to run missions with, Player vs. Player, have a Super Group base to defend, etc. I don't really agree with most of Valegrim's opinions of the game, however the only way for you to find out is to play the game...