D&D rule question


3.5/d20/OGL


Just out of curiosity.
Does a str bonus from barbarian rage stack with the spell bull strength.
If not can someone point to the page number or general area where I can find the info?

The Exchange Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 6

tim yeh wrote:

Just out of curiosity.

Does a str bonus from barbarian rage stack with the spell bull strength.
If not can someone point to the page number or general area where I can find the info?

Yes. The rage bonus is untyped, the spell is an enchancement bonus, so they stack.

The Exchange RPG Superstar 2010 Top 16

The spell produces an enhancement bonus and the rage is either an inherent bonus or untyped (no references available, I'm afraid), so they'd stack.


Ok, thanks guy so stack it does.
The only reason why I asked for reference is because I read it somewhere that Str bonus from spells do not stack.


tim yeh wrote:
The only reason why I asked for reference is because I read it somewhere that Str bonus from spells do not stack.

If the spells both grant an enhancement bonus, that is correct (e.g., bull's strength and Tenser's transformation). If one spell grants an enhancement bonus (e.g., bull's strength) and the other grants a morale bonus (e.g., rage spell), then the effects stack.

Stacking is generally determined by type of bonus, not source.


Kirth Gersen wrote:
tim yeh wrote:
The only reason why I asked for reference is because I read it somewhere that Str bonus from spells do not stack.

If the spells both grant an enhancement bonus, that is correct (e.g., bull's strength and Tenser's transformation). If one spell grants an enhancement bonus (e.g., bull's strength) and the other grants a morale bonus (e.g., rage spell), then the effects stack.

Stacking is generally determined by type of bonus, not source.

Yup, so for example Belt of Giant Strength wouldn't stack with bull's strength because they both provide an enhancement bonus.


pres man wrote:
Yup, so for example Belt of Giant Strength wouldn't stack with bull's strength because they both provide an enhancement bonus.

Exactamundo.


What they said.

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