Boots of Striding + Armbands of Might

[Daermon]

Just to make sure I'm not a complete idiot (or perhaps to prove it), I want to make sure these two stack before I grab both.

The Boots of Striding and Springing provide a +5 competence bonus to Jump checks.

The Armbands of Might provide a +2 bonus to Strength and Strength-based skill checks.

Stackable, yes?

 

[AntiStateQuixote]

Do the armbands provide a named or unnamed bonus? If it is a named bonus and it is competence, then they don't stack, otherwise, yes, they stack.

 

[Daermon]

It just says +2 bonus on Strength checks, so un-named.

These damn bonuses in D&D always give me a headache.

 

[Bront]

So, the armbands give you a bonus of +3 total (extra +1 for the increased str mod), and the boots give you a +9 totoal (+5 for the boots, +4 for the 10' speed increase) so you get a +12 total with those two items.

Not too shabby.

 

[Daermon]

Actually, I'm a Dwarf, so it merely places my speed at a 0 mod rather than a -6.

And the armbands don't actually provide a Strength bonus. Just a bonus to Strength-based skills and checks.

Still, an additional +7 bonus isn't too bad, especially since I'm in Full Plate with a large shield (both magic, for a total penalty of -6).

I figure a +19 is good enough for Leap Attack.

 

[Daermon]

Since I'm asking questions, does your bonus damage from Weapon Specialisation and Magic get added before or after figuring Power Attack damage and Two-Handed damage?

That is, if I have a Strength of +4, Weapon Specialisation +2 and Magic bonus of +2, do I get a +16 bonus to damage for two-handed weapons or a +12?

 

[Dracomeander]

Since I'm asking questions, does your bonus damage from Weapon Specialisation and Magic get added before or after figuring Power Attack damage and Two-Handed damage?

That is, if I have a Strength of +4, Weapon Specialisation +2 and Magic bonus of +2, do I get a +16 bonus to damage for two-handed weapons or a +12?

Neither. Total Bonus = +10 = (str +4*1.5=6)+(wepspec +2)+ (magic +2)

The bonus from Power Attack is a separate bonus (2*amount of penalty to attack [for a two-handed weapon]) that gets added to that total.

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

Since I'm asking questions, does your bonus damage from Weapon Specialisation and Magic get added before or after figuring Power Attack damage and Two-Handed damage?

That is, if I have a Strength of +4, Weapon Specialisation +2 and Magic bonus of +2, do I get a +16 bonus to damage for two-handed weapons or a +12?

The answer is that it doesn't matter.

They are three separate, independent numbers. Increasing one does not increase the other.

If you have +4 from Str, +2 from WS, and +2 Enhancement, you get +8 to damage.

 

[Daermon]

Neither. Total Bonus = +10 = (str +4*1.5=6)+(wepspec +2)+ (magic +2)

The bonus from Power Attack is a separate bonus (2*amount of penalty to attack [for a two-handed weapon]) that gets added to that total.

Okay, thanks. Just wanted to be sure of all that.