Favored Enemy Bonuses Stack?

[Caliber]

If my Ranger was facing an opponent with two types (like the monster in the ELF that is Undead AND an Outsider) and had Favored Enemy: Undead +2 and Favored Enemy: Outsider +3, would he get a

A) +5 to hit?
B) +3 to hit?
C) +2 to hit?
D) something else?

 

[Astlin]

In the description, it does not name the bonus. The bonuses should stack.


Astlin

 

[Crothian]

Creatures that have more then one type are odd in rulings. They seem to accepot the benefits and the hindraces of both types. By the rules, it would seem that they would stack, however I think you should only get the better bonus of the two.

 

[loviatarfrostbringer]

just my $.02 but...

you could compromise between the two bonuses and just use the highest applicable bonus and add +1. I say this because of a pseudo-precedent in DotF with the Mysticism prestige domain - if you already get your CHR bonus to your saves, you only get +1 more. Don't forget that the spirit of the game would still be upheld, the player-in-question would still get some extra bonus for the unique situation, and the player's ability wouldn't skyrocket to the near absurd.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled propaganda.

 

[Astlin]

just my $.02 but...

you could compromise between the two bonuses and just use the highest applicable bonus and add +1. I say this because of a pseudo-precedent in DotF with the Mysticism prestige domain - if you already get your CHR bonus to your saves, you only get +1 more. Don't forget that the spirit of the game would still be upheld, the player-in-question would still get some extra bonus for the unique situation, and the player's ability wouldn't skyrocket to the near absurd.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled propaganda.

The Chr bonus is a named bonus. If I were to take Paladin and and another class that let you add Chr to your saves, I would only get to add it once. This PRC is a special case, not a presedent.

I realy do not think that a +5 bonus in a very rare instance at epic levels is absurd. If he has the skill I would let him use it as written.

That said... Undead are immune to criticals and thus immune to the Rangers favored enemy damage bonus. (or is this in the eratta? Kinda odd to have a favored enemy that is immune to all of the bonuses that it gives you.)

Astlin

 

[Caliber]

In MotW there is a feat called Supernatural Strike (or Supernatural Something.) You take it and pick one of your favored enemies that is immune to critical hits. You now do +1d6 to them on a critical and get your Favored Enemy bonus against them. Kinda cheesy to require a feat to do something you already should be able to do but ...

 

[Plane Sailing]

If my Ranger was facing an opponent with two types (like the monster in the ELF that is Undead AND an Outsider) and had Favored Enemy: Undead +2 and Favored Enemy: Outsider +3, would he get a

A) +5 to hit?
B) +3 to hit?
C) +2 to hit?
D) something else?

My answer would have to be "something else" since Favoured Enemy gives a bonus to DAMAGE and not HIT

(and I would give a +5 bonus to damage. And I give the damage bonus against undead too, for the same reason that bardic encouragement gives a bonus against undead... I treat it as a morale bonus to damage)

Cheers

 

[Zhure]

.. but if you treat it as a morale bonus, it's no longer unnamed and wouldn't stack.


Anywho... I believe by the rules that Ranger Favored Enemy bonuses stack.

Greg

 

[Caliber]

Re: Re: Favored Enemy Bonuses Stack?

My answer would have to be "something else" since Favoured Enemy gives a bonus to DAMAGE and not HIT
Cheers

Hehe. Whoops.

At least no one has pointed out that there is no such book as the ELF yet.

 

[kreynolds]

I think you should add half of the lower bonus to itself, then add three quarters of the highest bonus to the lower bonus, then halve the highest bonus and add it to itself while adding the totaled lower bonus to the new total higher bonus. Now take your total higher bonus and add 2.5 times this bonus to itself. Now, split the bonus in half, and add half again of the first bonus to the second. Now, add them back together, divide by 12, and there you go.