Magus - Black Blade Strike, does it stack?

[Stefan Hill]

The description of the Black Blade Strike (sp) says that as a free action you can add +1 to damage rolls for 1 minute. Does this mean you can spend two points from the blade and have +2? Does this stack?

Means at maximum level the blade can add 5 x +5 or +25 damage - is this right?

[Claxon]

No. Read the full ability and it makes it more clear.

Quote:

Black Blade Strike (Sp): As a free action, the magus can spend a point from the black blade's arcane pool to grant the black blade a +1 bonus on damage rolls for 1 minute. For every four levels beyond 1st, this ability gives the black blade another +1 on damage rolls.

Also bonuses from the same source don't stack.

[Stefan Hill]

Claxon wrote:

No. Read the full ability and it makes it more clear.

Quote:

Black Blade Strike (Sp): As a free action, the magus can spend a point from the black blade's arcane pool to grant the black blade a +1 bonus on damage rolls for 1 minute. For every four levels beyond 1st, this ability gives the black blade another +1 on damage rolls.

Also bonuses from the same source don't stack.

I thought unnamed bonuses do stack? And is it possible to activate this more than once within the minute time frame?

I guess this comes down to if you can stack unnamed bonuses.

[MrSin]

Stefan Hill wrote:

I guess this comes down to if you can stack unnamed bonuses.

No, that's not it at all. Bonuses from the same source don't stack. Same source is vague, but ideally its for situations like this. Unnamed bonuses normally do stack. So if you have an unnamed +1 bonus and another +2, they should stack with one another. However bonuses from the same source never stack unless stated otherwise.

[Drakkiel]

Unnamed bonuses do stack, however bonuses from the same source never stack, even if they are unnamed

[Drakkiel]

Mr sin I bow to your ninja

[Stefan Hill]

Cheers guys. All clear now.