Stacking Weapon Bonuses

[Runestone525]

I was wondering how stacking bonuses worked on weapons. An example would be a masterwork light mace +3. From my understanding of what I've read Masterwork gives a +1 attack bonus and the "+3" in the weapon description is a +3 to attack bonus as well. Am I understanding this wrong, Do these stack, or do I just use the highest value?

[wraithstrike]

Highest value. They are both enhancement bonuses, which do not stack.

[Runestone525]

Thank you so much, I've been searching for an answer and I guess I couldn't really figure it out in my head.

[GoblinDog]

Also to say something is masterwork AND magical is redundant as all magic weapons and armor have to be masterwork in the first place.

So a +2 Longsword implies it is masterwork. Once an item is made magical just imagine the masterwork quality doesn't really matter anymore.

[CampinCarl9127]

A masterwork weapon gives a +1 to hit.

A +1 weapon gives a +1 to hit and a +1 to damage.

After that it's all linear.

[Runestone525]

Thank you, that really helps my understanding GoblinDog.

CampinCarl9127, So in my case the +3 adds to both hit and damage?

[CampinCarl9127]

Yes, it does.

Here's a quick breakdown for you.

Masterwork Weapon +1 to hit
+1 weapon +1 to hit and +1 to damage
+2 weapon +2 to hit and +2 to damage
+3 weapon +3 to hit and +3 to damage
+4 weapon +4 to hit and +4 to damage
+5 weapon +5 to hit and +5 to damage.

And you can't get a strait bonus beyond +5 (although you can add special qualities that bring the effective bonuses beyond +5), so that's everything.

Hope that helps!

[Runestone525]

Thank you so much. You were a huge help!

[CampinCarl9127]

My pleasure!