Qinggong Monk Question

[Kazumetsa]

As a Qinggong Monk, I was debating taking Barkskin at some point. However, before I do, does the natural armor from that stack with everything else a Monk could get?

AC Bonus (Ex): When unarmored and unencumbered, the monk adds his Wisdom bonus (if any) to his AC and his CMD. In addition, a monk gains a +1 bonus to AC and CMD at 4th level. This bonus increases by 1 for every four monk levels thereafter, up to a maximum of +5 at 20th level.

These bonuses to AC apply even against touch attacks or when the monk is flat-footed. He loses these bonuses when he is immobilized or helpless, when he wears any armor, when he carries a shield, or when he carries a medium or heavy load.

Dodge bonuses
Deflect bonuses
Mage Armor bonuses

Also what adds to Touch AC? Anything aside from Armor/Shield?

[Pirate]

Yar!

Every bonus has a type. ie: armor, shield, enhancement, luck, sacred, inherent, dodge, deflection, resistance, etc. If nothing is mentioned, it is untyped. Untyped bonuses always stack.

Bonuses of different types stack, bonuses of the same type do not with a few exceptions.

Exceptions: Dodge bonuses stack. Circumstance bonuses from different sources stack. Racial bonuses stack.

Barkskin provides an enhancement bonus to your natural armor. Creatures without a numerical representation of natural armor are assumed to have a natural armor of 0. like armor and shields, this isn't an "enhancement" bonus to your AC, it's an "enhancement" bonus to your natural armor, and would thus stack with the bonuses gained from armor, shields, and the various "enhancement" bonuses to those values respectively.

tl:dr - yes, Barkskin stacks with a monk's AC bonus, wisdom, dex, dodge, deflection, armor, and other bonuses of different types.

As to part 2: what adds to touch AC? --- Dex, Dodge, Deflection, Monk specials (listed by you above), and a few other corner cases/special class abilities too obscure for me to search for while at work.

Regular armor does not add to Touch AC, but it does add to Flat-Footed AC. Same with Natural Armor bonuses.

~P

[Kazumetsa]

Awesome! Thanks Pirate!