Hi, everyone! From what I've seen, most discussions regarding stacking rage tend toward issues of duration. What I would like to know is whether or not the STR/CON bonuses from multiple rage sources would stack.
Is it more Example A, where:
I, as a lvl 20 Barb rage up and get +8 STR/CON which would simultaneously activate my rage from Anger Inquisition granting more STR/CON?
Or is it more Example B, where:
It doesn't fricken matter how many Rage effects I stack, the max increase is +8 STR/CON dammit!!!
lol
Just curious as I was discussing Epic Lvl + play with a friend of mine and the idea of a lvl 40 char (20 bloodrager steelblood, 20 inquisitor sacred huntsman w/Anger Inquisition) came up. XD
Rage grant's Morale bonuses. Named bonuses do not stack (except dodge and some circumstance bonuses). So max increase is +8 STR/CON dammit!
If anger inquisition said something like "gain rage but all bonuses are sacred" then stacking would be fine.
Therein lies the confusion. The description reads
"Granted Powers: Holy (or unholy) rage, granted by your patron deity, ensures that when you fight, the battle ends with a bloody victory."
That qualification as holy or unholy may just be flavor text, but it seems to me that it turns it from a morale bonus to a divine/profane one. HOWEVER, the muddling is where it mentions that the ability to rage "acts as the barbarian rage".
That initial line is just an intro, it isn't part of the granted power. I can't think of any abilities where the 'fluff' intro alters all of the attached abilities. I'm sure if it exists someone will point it out. It would still need to say something specific like "Any ability that grants a named bonuses grants a sacred/profane bonuses instead"
The ability tells you what it does. It acts as barbarian rage - exactly as - unless specifically and expressly stated otherwise.
Fair 'nuff :D Thanks. I wanted to be ABSOLUTELY SURE.
Therein lies the confusion. The description reads
"Granted Powers: Holy (or unholy) rage, granted by your patron deity, ensures that when you fight, the battle ends with a bloody victory."
That qualification as holy or unholy may just be flavor text, but it seems to me that it turns it from a morale bonus to a divine/profane one. HOWEVER, the muddling is where it mentions that the ability to rage "acts as the barbarian rage".
There is a lot of that. Ignore the fluff lines on a lot of abilities and classes as a matter of course. They're usually recognizable on Feats and Domains by being in Italics.
Unless it specifically says something like "It works as this, except this", it works as the original thing.