I've been playing a Legate/Chosen One paladin in my group's most recent campaign, this time against a certain tyrant that whispers, and recently I've been reading over the Celestial Armor ability. Specifically, it states:
"At 3rd level, a legate can conjure armor as a standard action. This ability acts as the spell instant armor, using her paladin level as her caster level, except as follows.
At 6th level and every 3 paladin levels thereafter, the armor gains an additional +1 enhancement bonus. These bonuses can be used to add any of the following armor special abilities:" etc etc.
The phrase that caught my attention is the beginning of the second part, where "the armor gains an additional +1 enhancement bonus," which means it stacks with the instant armor bonus you get from not taking the best armor available. If I change my fullplate down to chainmail, the chainmail starts at +3. The bonuses from Celestial Armor specifically stack with this.
...However
The part that confuses me is that it is followed immediately with "These bonuses can be used to add any of-" etc etc. "These bonuses" suggest (to me) that both the bonuses of Celestial Armor and of instant armor can be used for the abilities. Given that instant armor specifically states they can't be replaced, but Celestial Armor says this part is an exception to its similarity to the spell, I wanted to know:
Which bonuses are allowed to be replaced for armor abilities? If I'm level 18 and conjure chainmail (which normally is +3), do I have only +5 to use for abilities, or do I have +7 (since I'd still need at least +1)?
