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The Rallying quality provides a morale bonus to saves against fear effects to allies within 30', but if the wearer has an ability that provides a morale bonus to saves against fear, "the morale bonus" increases to +6. The wording is unclear as to whether "the morale bonus" is the one provided by the armor (in which case the Emulate Class Ability function of Use Magic Device could be used to get the larger bonus) or the one provided by the class feature (in which case Emulate Class Ability would do nothing). Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Rallying
Aura faint abjuration; CL 5th; Weight —; Price +5,000 gp
DESCRIPTION
This armor or shield is brightly polished, and its mirror-bright surface is magically endowed with the ability to bring comfort to the wearer's companions. Allies within 30 feet of the wearer gain a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against fear effects. If the wearer has an ability that grants a morale bonus on saving throws against fear (such as a paladin's aura of courage, a bard's countersong, or a cavalier's banner ability), the morale bonus increases to +6.
Morale bonuses do not stack, so I imagine they are saying whatever the morale bonus would be (ie, the highest one) would increase to +6 (assuming that the highest morale bonus is less than +6). That's how I would rule it, anyway.
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Morale bonuses do not stack, so I imagine they are saying whatever the morale bonus would be (ie, the highest one) would increase to +6 (assuming that the highest morale bonus is less than +6). That's how I would rule it, anyway.
I wasn't concerned about stacking, I was interested in whether having both a Rallying shield and the Aura of Courage feature caused the bonus from the Rallying armor to increase (in which case a non-paladin could emulate Aura of Courage and get a bigger boost from the armor quality), or the armor caused the Aura of Courage bonus to increase (in which case UMD would not be able to provide a benefit, since the wearer doesn't have an Aura of Courage bonus to increase). Perhaps I could have been more clear.