Gruingar de'Morcaine |
Sorry for this stupid question, but I'm not at home in front of my books and searching on my phone is a pain.
Which types of bonuses stack? Is it competence and luck bonuses that stack with themselves and everything else overlaps and it is just the best value?
Can you make a masterwork tool (non-magical) to give a bonus on stealth? And what kind of bonus is it?
Joynt Jezebel |
Which types of bonuses stack? Is it competence and luck bonuses that stack with themselves and everything else overlaps and it is just the best value?
Not too far away but not fully correct either.
Shame on you for not carrying every detail of the rules on this in your head. :P
Seriously, the rules on this are complex and not that easy to follow when they are right in front of you. What you were carrying in your head was closer than what was in my head. Relevant quote from the rules-
"Bonus
Bonuses are numerical values that are added to checks and statistical scores. Most bonuses have a type, and as a general rule, bonuses of the same type are not cumulative (do not “stack”)—only the greater bonus granted applies.
The important aspect of bonus types is that two bonuses of the same type don’t generally stack. With the exception of dodge bonuses, most circumstance bonuses, and racial bonuses, only the better bonus of a given type works. Bonuses without a type always stack, unless they are from the same source."
Chell Raighn |
Aha! Ok, dodge and circumstance (and race). Hmm... Don't know why I was sure 'luck' was one of the ones that stacked.
Well, not as good as we hoped, but now we know.
thx
You probably were remembering the rules from 3.x where Luck bonuses did stack... Pathfinder added them to the giant pile of non-stacking bonuses.