Stat bonus to ac.


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Okay, so looking at a few classes a question came to mind; stat bonus to ac.
I'm thinking that they are un-typed. Reason: both monk and sword-devils can add an additional stat bonus and dex bonus to ac and the bonuses aren't listed as having a type.

The reason I ask is the following build: 9 levels ranger (sword-devil archetype) + 1 level monk (martial artist archetype to allow different alignments). I believe these should stack giving you your dex, wis, and cha bonus to your ac.

Why is this important? Well, my group roll stats and I got some pretty nice ones: 18 17 16 14 10 6. So my char is built as such: str 10, dex 18, con 14, int 6, wis 17, and cha 16. We are starting at level 10. I built an aasimar and my final stats adjustments are this: dex 19, wis 20 and cha 18 giving me a base ac of 25 (10 + 4 dex + 4 cha + 5 wis + 2 dodge) before feats and magic items. I just want to make sure I'm not missing anything or that the bonuses can't stack.

Both monk and sword-devil abilities are listed below.

Monk
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.

Sword Devil
Untouchable (Ex): At 4th level. the sword-devil's confidence and personality distract her foes in combat, making her more difficult to hit. When unarmored and unencumbered. the sword-devil may add her Charisma bonus (ifany) to her AC and her CMD. In addition, the sword-devil gains a +1 dodge bonus to AC at 6th level, and every three sword-devil levels thereafter (9th, 12th, 15th, and 18th). She loses these bonuses when she wears any armor, when she carries a shield, or when she carriers a medium or heavy load.


Because they are from different stats they will stack. If they were both using the same stat they would not stack as per this FAQ


LordKailas wrote:
Because they are from different stats they will stack. If they were both using the same stat they would not stack as per this FAQ

Thank you.

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