3.5 rumors from montecook.com

[Knightfall]

Gumby's got it right. Some of the inconsistencies that Rigamortus2 and others have pointed out are because some of these "facts" are completely wrong.

Well there you go. Never doubt Mr. Kitty. (He has inside info, but can't tell. So don't ask!)

Now the questions becomes: Was this a troll in disguise?

 

[Destil]

Yes, but not with each other... (generally). Unnamed bonuses stacked with ANYTHING, including themselves. Apparently in 3.5e, all bonuses will be typed, and you will have no bonuses that stack with everything else. You could still use a Climbing Kit (+2 Circumstance Bonus) and a Ring of Climbing (+10 Competence Bonus) to get a +12 Climb, but not Camouflage paint (+2 Circumstance Bonus) and a Cloak of Elvenkind (+10 Circumstance Bonus) for +12 Hide... You'd be limited to +10.

[Edit: Typo fix.]

Circumstance bonuse stack unles they "arise form essentialy the same circumstance." to paraphrase the DMG... Circumstance bonuses still need to be described a bit so the DM can make judgement calls on them. Most magic ietms, though, should provide competence bonuses, with the rare circumstance bonus (like a cloak of elvenkind, if we think of it as the Tolkien rip-off it always has been).