Question about Tomes

[A Horse With No Name]

Hello. If I were to purchase the Tome of Understanding +1, and then a week later if I had enough gold I purchased the Tome of Understanding +2, would they stack, so that I would have +3 to Wisdom? I know certain things can stack, and others can't, so I figured that since these required action (reading 48 hours over 6 days for each one) that their effects would stack.

If someone could let me know, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

[Are]

In my games they would, since the price of a +1 tome combined with the price of a +2 tome is exactly equal to the price of a +3 tome.

Other GMs might have a different opinion.

[Tilnar]

Nope. Tomes are inherent bonuses which don't stack -- you only use the best one.

[StabbittyDoom]

By RAW: Tilnar is right, they don't stack.

By Fairness: Are is right. There is no reason to prevent them from stacking (to a max of +5) as they are priced linearly. In other words, +1 price plus the +2 price is equal to the +3 price. This is different from most other bonus sources for which +1 price plus +2 price is ~45% less than the +3 price.

[A Horse With No Name]

Okay, thanks. I'm just looking for ways to pump my Cleric because the DM is telling us the campaigns are gonna' get much more difficult...yikes. He's pretty good now, but I figured if there was a way to buy lower level tomes (I have a +5 one now), I'd get the +4, +3, and so on to push the limits. Guess I'll have to look around and see what's available.

Thanks for the quick replies!