Druid wearing hide armour and Ice Armor spell from ss race to ruin

[ferrinwulf]

Just wondered if anyone could give me an offical rule clarification as I'm a bit lost here.

Hide armour gives AC bonus of +4 and a armor check penalty of -3

Ice armor spell gives same bonus as breastplate AC +6, not sure if the armour check penalty of -4 is applied though.

If Druid casts Ice armour over the hide armour does the AC stack becoming +10 or is it just the highest +6

Also does the penalty stack, so this becomes -7 or is it -3 for the hide or -4 for the spell?

Anybody have any ideas?

see spell decription below for ref:

Ice Armor
School transmutation [cold, water]; Level cleric 1, druid 1 (Gozreh)
Casting Time 1 minute
Components V, S, F (5 gallons of water)
Range 0 ft.
Effect a suit of armor made of ice
Duration 1 hour/level or until destroyed
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
You create a suit of armor made of ice. While cold to the touch,
it does not harm the wearer, especially if worn over normal
clothing (though it can hasten the effects of exposure in cold
environments). It offers the same protection as breastplate
armor, except it has hardness 0 and 30 hit points. If the
intended wearer is submersed in water when you cast this spell,
you may form the armor around the wearer (who may be you);
otherwise the wearer must don the armor normally. Attacks
against the wearer that create heat or fire degrade the armor,
reducing its Armor Class by 1 for every 5 points of fire damage
the wearer takes; when the armor’s AC reaches 0, the spell
ends. Because the ice is slightly buoyant, the wearer gains a +2
circumstance bonus on Swim checks, except when swimming
downward. This armor is freely wearable by druids.

[Randomdays]

Not official, but since the armor is a wearable item, able to be put on, it would be the same as putting a normal piece of armor over the hide and therefore wouldn't stack. The spell specifies "over normal clothing" so it probably wouldn't even fit over the hide armor. I would take the worst of the 2 penalty's if you allow wearing both.

[BigNorseWolf]

Breastplate armor provides an armor bonus. Hide armor provides an armor bonus. So they don't stack.

[ferrinwulf]

Thanks guys,