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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 8353612" data-attributes="member: 907">There's no rule about three buffs max. However, Pathfinder 2 still has the 3e rule where you can only get one bonus and one penalty of each type at once, but reduced the number of types to three: item, status, and circumstantial. Item bonuses usually come from gear, magical or masterwork; circumstantial comes from mundane or mundane-ish circumstances, and status bonuses usually come from spells or other special abilities. There's a loophole for magic armor runes, which unlike other bonus items technically increase the armor's normal item bonus rather than adding an item bonus of their own. So you don't get the situation you had in 3e where bless gives a +1 morale bonus, prayer gives you a +1 luck bonus, bull's strength increases your Strength by 4 for an increased Strength bonus by +2, and offensive precognition gives you a +2 insight bonus.So, for example, if I am hiding behind a corner and thus already have Greater Cover giving me a +4 circumstance bonus to AC, Raising my Shield for a +2 circumstance bonus to AC doesn't help (at least not AC-wise, it still allows me to use the Shield Block action should I get hit). And if my bard buddy is casting inspire courage giving me a +1 status bonus to attack rolls, using ki strike for a +1 status bonus to attack rolls doesn't help (but I still get the additional damage from ki strike).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 8353612, member: 907"] There's no rule about three buffs max. However, Pathfinder 2 still has the 3e rule where you can only get one bonus and one penalty of each type at once, but reduced the number of types to three: item, status, and circumstantial. Item bonuses usually come from gear, magical or masterwork; circumstantial comes from mundane or mundane-ish circumstances, and status bonuses usually come from spells or other special abilities. There's a loophole for magic armor runes, which unlike other bonus items technically increase the armor's normal item bonus rather than adding an item bonus of their own. So you don't get the situation you had in 3e where [I]bless[/I] gives a +1 morale bonus, [I]prayer[/I] gives you a +1 luck bonus, [I]bull's strength[/I] increases your Strength by 4 for an increased Strength bonus by +2, and [I]offensive precognition[/I] gives you a +2 insight bonus. So, for example, if I am hiding behind a corner and thus already have Greater Cover giving me a +4 circumstance bonus to AC, Raising my Shield for a +2 circumstance bonus to AC doesn't help (at least not AC-wise, it still allows me to use the Shield Block action should I get hit). And if my bard buddy is casting [I]inspire courage[/I] giving me a +1 status bonus to attack rolls, using [I]ki strike[/I] for a +1 status bonus to attack rolls doesn't help (but I still get the additional damage from [I]ki strike[/I]). [/QUOTE]

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