Divine Bond - armor question. Divine defender ability

[blaznee]

I'm confused about the wording of the divine defenders divine bond ability. It says I can put an enhancement bonus on my armor, up to a maximum of +6 at lvl 20. It then says it stacks with other enhancement bonuses up to +3!?..

So as I read it it would create the following paradox:

I can have the paladin buy a masterwork platemail which he can boost to a +6 at lvl 20.
OR he can buy a +1 platemail, but he will ever only be able to boost that to +3 even at level 20!?
That makes little sense..

Or am I supposed to read it so that it will stack with anything up to a +3.. So if he has a platemail +3, it could stack to +9 at lvl 20.. But if he picked up a +5 plate he would only be able to boost that to +9 as well at 20th (as if the armor was +3 to begin with)

If so, what happens at lvl where he could make a +3 enhancement like that.. He picks up a +5 armor.. Would he be able to boost that to +8 or only to +6 (+3 maximum used from the +5 armor, plus his +3 divine bond enhancement)

It's darn confusing..

[blaznee]

Shameless bump to get the attention of the EU evening crowd :)

[Caius]

It's oddly worded but this is how I'm interpreting it. He can use up to +3 of that final +6 bonus as an enhancement to armor (normal max of +5 still stands) and can use the others for other qualities. Still cannot exceed normal limits of +10 total.

[blaznee]

Right, so he could add like flaming, bane, alignment or even vorpal given high enough level?

But never getting the armor above +10

[Caius]

blaznee wrote:

Right, so he could add like flaming, bane, alignment or even vorpal given high enough level?

But never getting the armor above +10

Well not those qualities as they are weapon properties. The divine defender should have a list available for the qualities it supplies.

[blaznee]

Caius wrote:

blaznee wrote:

Right, so he could add like flaming, bane, alignment or even vorpal given high enough level?

But never getting the armor above +10

Well not those qualities as they are weapon properties. The divine defender should have a list available for the qualities it supplies.

Hah! Complete brainfart from me after reading a similar thread about the divine weapon ability :D..

Vorpal Armor.. Awesome concept. You crit, and then it pops YOUR head off :P..