Good day all,
Going from AD&D 2.5 to PF has been a challenge but welcome. There are 6 of us gaming & learning as we go so thanks for all the posts. Here's some of our confusion:
Magical Armor +2 & a Ring of Protection +3 - The RING would over power the ARMOR's magical effect so the AC bonus to your character would be +3 NOT +5 {correct?}.
An Amulet of Natural Armor +2 worn by a character wearing Magical Armor +2 would gain an AC Bonus of +4 since Natural Armor is what is UNDER the armor & will need to be 'cut through' once the Magical Armor itself is breached {Also correct?}
The same would be said for wearing an Amulet of Natural Armor & Magical Bracers of Armor +2 {Correct again for stacking?}
Bracers of Armor +2 & a Ring of Protection +3 will grant an AC bonus of only +3 since the Rings magical aura is greater than the Bracers {Are we getting this right?}
The higher of Magical Armor & Bracers of Armor would be taken as they do NOT stack either {Yes?}
That's enough for now, there will probably be more later. Thanks everyone! We each are running a different 6-Book Pathfinder Adventure Path so your answers will help us all.
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THANK YOU ALL!
-Gwydion
Bonuses that are either untyped or have a different type stack. That includes for armor.
If I am wearing a +2 chainshirt, that chainshirt gives me a +6 armor bonus to my AC (4 from the normal chainshirt and +2 for the magic). I am also wearing a +3 ring of protection. That grants a deflection bonus to my ac. These things stack. My total AC bonus from AC would be +9. Natural armor is a different kind of bonus and thus stacks with both armor and deflection bonuses. So if I am wearing the +2 chainshirt, a +3 ring of protection and a +2 amulet of natural armor, I am getting a total of +11 to my ac from items.
Now there are items that grant the same king of bonus. Braces of armor, or the spell mage armor for instance provide an armor bonus. So if I am wearing +3 bracers of armor and the chain shirt, they dont stack and I take the higher bonus of the two.
magic armor +2 (armor bonus), ring of protection +3 (deflection bonus) and amulet of natural armor +2 (natural armor bonus) all stack.
Where do you find the information that the Ring of Protection is a "Deflection" type of bonus?
It's in the ring of protection's description.
This ring offers continual magical protection in the form of a deflection bonus of +1 to +5 to AC.
Always check the description of any item, spell, feat, or class ability to determine what type of bonus it provides.
Thanks, I just missed it when reading....
Have a great week & thanks again gang for helping our play.
-Gwydion