Order of Operations in Buffing


Rules Questions


Are there actual rules in place for determining the order of operations in which someone receives bonuses?

Lets say you have a Level 13 Bard (Dervish Dancer) with Flagbearer, Skill Focus (Oratory), Eldritch Heritage (Imperious), Improved Eldritch Heritage (Imperious - Heroic Echos), the Banner of Ancient Kings wondrous item (modeled into your flag and attached to a longspear wielded two-handed), and the Moment of Greatness spell. Not counting the banner's own bonuses, that gives us:

1) Inspire Courage (as level 17 bard due to banner): +4 morale bonus vs. fear and charm, +4 competence attack and weapon damage.
- Heroic Echos adds +1 to these bonuses
- Dervish Dancer doubles these bonuses
- Moment of Greatness doubles one morale bonus for one roll

Is your static bonus +9 (doubling and then adding one to the bonus) or +10 (adding one and then doubling the bonus)?

Does Moment of Greatness turn either the attack roll or damage bonus into +13 (tripling base and then adding one), +15 (adding one to the base and then tripling it), or +20 (adding one to the base, then doubling it, and then doubling it again)?

2) Flagbearer: +1 morale bonus vs. fear and charm, +1 morale bonus to attack and damage
- Heroic Echoes adds +1 to these bonuses
- Banner of Ancient Kings doubles these bonuses
- Moment of Greatness doubles one morale bonus for one roll

Is your static bonus +3 (doubling and then adding one to the bonus) or +4 (adding one and then doubling the bonus)?

Does Moment of Greatness turn either the attack roll or damage bonus into +4 (tripling base and then adding one), +6 (adding one to the base and then tripling it), or +8 (adding one to the base, then doubling it, and then doubling it again)?


Do all the adding first.
Then Multiple....* Note if you have some thing that is doulded twice it base time 3. If you some thing that is doubled 3 times it base time 4 ect...

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