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<blockquote data-quote="Riastlin" data-source="post: 5729210" data-attributes="member: 94022">You'll have to look at the wording of the items to determine what stacks.&nbsp; As a general rule, bonuses will stack so long as they are not of the same &quot;type&quot;.&nbsp; So if you have two bonuses that say &quot;power bonus&quot; they would not stack with each other, but a &quot;power bonus&quot; would stack with an &quot;item bonus&quot;.&nbsp; IIRC, most of the healing bonuses will add to Healing Word since it requires the use of a surge, though most no longer stack with Astral Seal as I recall.&nbsp; The bigger question is whether the assorted bonuses stack with each other.As for other options, if your DM allows it, I might look at Mark of Healing instead of Ritual Caster.&nbsp; You get a number of rituals with the Mark plus your healing powers will allow the targets to make a saving throw (particularly useful by the time you get to late heroic and into paragon tier).&nbsp; From a purely mechanical (i.e. not necessarily roleplay) standpoint, I might look at training in Heal instead of perception.&nbsp; Its likely you'll have somebody in the party that is decent at perception anyway, plus being able to stabilize comrades and/or trigger their second winds and help them with diseases can be huge -- particularly when there are a lot of bloodied critters around.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Riastlin, post: 5729210, member: 94022"] You'll have to look at the wording of the items to determine what stacks. As a general rule, bonuses will stack so long as they are not of the same "type". So if you have two bonuses that say "power bonus" they would not stack with each other, but a "power bonus" would stack with an "item bonus". IIRC, most of the healing bonuses will add to Healing Word since it requires the use of a surge, though most no longer stack with Astral Seal as I recall. The bigger question is whether the assorted bonuses stack with each other. As for other options, if your DM allows it, I might look at Mark of Healing instead of Ritual Caster. You get a number of rituals with the Mark plus your healing powers will allow the targets to make a saving throw (particularly useful by the time you get to late heroic and into paragon tier). From a purely mechanical (i.e. not necessarily roleplay) standpoint, I might look at training in Heal instead of perception. Its likely you'll have somebody in the party that is decent at perception anyway, plus being able to stabilize comrades and/or trigger their second winds and help them with diseases can be huge -- particularly when there are a lot of bloodied critters around. [/QUOTE]

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