armor spikes

[mvincent]

Do they? I can't find it.

Fair point. It seems to only be implied. It might be that this was to be assumed from 3.0 (where it was stated that synergy bonuses stacked... implying that they were separate sources).

I agree that the strict core rules could be subject to some interpretation here, but it is at least clarified in the 3.5 FAQ:
"The text for synergy under the Diplomacy skill on page
72 of the Player’s Handbook states: “If you have 5 or more
ranks in Bluff, Knowledge (nobility and royalty), or Sense
Motive, you get a +2 bonus on Diplomacy checks.” I’m
assuming that means if a character has 5 ranks in Bluff,
Knowledge (nobility and royalty), and Sense Motive that
the character would receive only a +2 synergy bonus on
Diplomacy checks. Or would the character receive a +6
synergy bonus (+2 for each)?
D&D FAQ v.3.5 22 Update Version: 01/26/07
The bonuses listed in the synergy section of a skill
description are unnamed and so they stack. (There’s no such
thing as a synergy bonus in the current edition of the D&D
game.) The character in your example would receive a +6
bonus on Diplomacy checks."

Are you contesting them stacking?

 

[Hypersmurf]

Are you contesting them stacking?

I'm not contesting them stacking; I'm suggesting that the unnamed bonuses from two Defending weapons might stack like the unnamed bonuses from two related skills, rather than overlapping like the unnamed bonuses from two identical spells cast in succession.

-Hyp.