Natural armor and bracers of armor

[Paladin of Baha-who?]

This probably has been asked before, but I can't find a thread on it. Bracers of armor give you an armor bonus that replaces any other armor bonus you get from armor, but RAW would appear to stack with shield, DEX and natural armor bonuses. Would an amulet of natural armor and bracers of armor stack?

[TOZ]

Yes. Natural Armor Bonus is an AC bonus separate from Armor Bonus. As separate bonuses, they stack.

[Paladin of Baha-who?]

Glad to hear it -- a bracers +1 and an amulet +1 can fit in a treasure budget for a dungeon a lot easier than a bracers +2!

[TOZ]

That's the secret to smart shopping. Lots of little bonuses are cheaper than one big one. ;)

[ciretose]

TOZ wrote:

That's the secret to smart shopping. Lots of little bonuses are cheaper than one big one. ;)

Shop Smart. Shop S-Mart. :)

[AM HIPSTER]

Paladin of Baha-who? wrote:

Bracers of armor give you an armor bonus that replaces any other armor bonus you get from armor

actually the bracer just grant an armor bonus to ac. Armor bonuses dont stack with armor bonuses, but they stack with natural armor, deflection, sacred, luck, profane, shield, dodge bonus, ect.

bracers of armor stack with a ring of protection, amulet of natural armor, the shield spell, and some other things

[Belafon]

One important thing to note is that Amulet of Natural Armor gives an enhancement bonus to natural armor. This means it adds to a base natural armor from another source (racial or some class features usually).

[Rocky Williams 530]

Belafon wrote:

One important thing to note is that Amulet of Natural Armor gives an enhancement bonus to natural armor. This means it adds to a base natural armor from another source (racial or some class features usually).

Which makes the amulet awesome. If you have natural armor from some other source, you've got even better natural armor. If you don't have natural armor, you effectively have a natural armor of 0, so this amulet still works.