Quarterstaff Defense and Double Weapon: The issue of the Magi's AC

[A Ninja]

Greetings fellows, The question is thus. Quarterstaff Defense gives the Enhancement bonus of the Quarterstaff as AC to the Magus. A Quarterstaff is a Double Weapon therefore it can be enchanted twice (once on each end) do the seperate enhancement bonus stack before they are given to the Magus or do they not.

E.G. a +2/+2 Quarterstaff, does it give only a +2 shield or a +4 shield to AC.

Just for your reading pleasure.

Ultimate Magic wrote wrote:

Quarterstaff Defense (Ex): At 7th level, while wielding a quarterstaff, the staff magus gains a shield bonus to

his Armor Class equal to the enhancement bonus of the
quarterstaff, including any enhancement bonus on that
staff from his arcane pool class feature. At 13th level, this
bonus increases by +3. This ability replaces the medium
armor and heavy armor class abilities.

Sincerely a Ninja.

[ThatEvilGuy]

Since each side is a separate enhancement bonus and shield bonuses don't stack with each other, I'd say +2.

[LazarX]

They are both the same bonus so they do not stack. Remember however that the arcane pool can raise the enhancement value.

[Dal Selpher]

I'd agree with ThatEvilGuy - they are separate. Also for the reason that enchanting a quarterstaff into a +2/+2 is MUCH cheaper than a single +4 weapon.

[A Ninja]

Thanks for the assistance, can't help but say I'm a little dissapointed with that though. Thought I might of had something there.

A Maximum of a +13 shield bonus doesn't seem all that bad in my opinion.

Oh well.

Thanks again.