I was chatting to a player from another D&D campaign yesterday, and he seems to be working on the assumption that the +5 Initiative bonus from the Alert feat stacks with his Dexterity bonus. I've always assumed that the feat bonus replaced the Dexterity bonus, since +5 is the maximum bonus possible for a player character without the aid of some very rare magical items.
Trawling through all the online articles, I haven't been able to find anything that says these bonuses stack. Can someone clear this up for me?
Trawling through all the online articles, I haven't been able to find anything that says these bonuses stack. Can someone clear this up for me?