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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Azoriel" data-source="post: 1102837" data-attributes="member: 2898">Not to be rude, but your first point is actually inaccurate.  The Sage did indeed rule on this, but it was to say that temporary hit points from different sources overlap and do not stack with each other.  This question was asked due to a concern raised much earlier on WotC's psionics boards, regarding a person who claimed invincibility with psionic characters, based off of manifesting "a hundred" verves and vigors before entering combat.  (Of course, this was a bunk claim to begin with, as, without some way of altering the 1 minute duration, it is impossible to have more than 10 verves running at once, but I digress...)  The Sage deemed that temporary HPs/PPs from multiple blows of a bodyfeeder/mindfeeder weapon would indeed stack with each other, as they are derived from the same source (the weapon), but temporary HPs/PPs from multiple sources (two bodyfeeder/mindfeeder weapons) would only overlap, not stack.  Similarly, temporary HPs/PPs from multiple castings of False Life would not stack either, but only grant the best result of all existing castings.  This ruling is consistent with how "Protection from Elements" and other similar temporary effects work.Instananeous damaging spells never "stack", as the magic of the spell creates a damaging effect, not the damage itself.  The damage is merely a permanent side-effect of interacting with the spell, and not considered part of the spell for the purposes of stacking.  (This is evidenced by the fact that this damage lingers after the instananeous duration of the spell has ended, and, barring some form healing or repair, continues to "linger" indefinitely, long after the spell has already ended.)</blockquote>

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