
GoldEdition42 |

Seems simple enough but I can't seem to find a thread on it. So my Inquisitor takes the Good Domain. At level 8 he gets:
Holy Lance (Su): At 8th level, you can give a weapon you touch the holy special weapon quality for a number of rounds equal to 1/2 your cleric level. A holy weapon is imbued with holy power. This power makes the weapon good-aligned and thus bypasses the corresponding damage reduction. It deals an extra 2d6 points of damage against all creatures of evil alignmentYou can use this ability once per day at 8th level, and an additional time per day for every four levels beyond 8th.
Does this stack with Bane?
Bane: A bane weapon excels against certain foes. Against a designated foe, the weapon's enhancement bonus is +2 better than its actual bonus. It also deals an extra 2d6 points of damage against the foe. To randomly determine a weapon's designated foe, roll on the following table.
I will assume yes as one is enhancement and the other holy. So a ranged Inquisitor (with a 14 Strength Bow) could, at 8th level and Rapid Shot, be shooting three arrows per round with 1d8+4d6+4 per arrow?That's 3d8+12d6+12 per round for 4 rounds.
Seems like a good dea1.

Ogadim |
The 2d6 from Holy and Bane are untyped damage bonuses so they stack since they are from two different sources (ie you can't give a weapon Holy twice and expect 4d6 damage).
The Bane enhancement bonus against a specific type of enemy has no conflicting enhancement bonus with Holy so that should not be an issue either.

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Remember that casting the holy sword spell has a similar but different effect, among which are the fact that the effects of the spell supercede any magical powers the weapon normally has, and the spell is not cumulative with any spell which might modify the weapon in any way.
Holy lance, despite similarity of the name and some of the effects, is a different thing. Nothing says it doesn't stack normally, therefore it does stack with bane.
The reason I bring it up is that the reason this question was being asked at all may be the dim memory of the wording of holy sword not allowing the stack.