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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 2327990" data-attributes="member: 32740">Yes, a VERY literal reading by a mindlessly literal reader.  But if you have a lick of common sense you can see that the rules just do not address the idea of using less than your full bonuses that you are entitled to.  The literal verbage being used in the rules is irrelevant because the rules do not incorporate in any way the concept of using only part of a given bonus, which you must admit is a very odd thing to want to do from a game-rules standpoint. It is not attempting to tell you that you MUST use ALL your bonus if you have a bonus coming to you - it is not even being considered.  If it were, it would use rather different language if not simply spell it out in no uncertain terms: "You must use the full bonus or none of it at all."  To otherwise fail to use tedious notations like, "Other bonuses may apply to this roll" would lead to equally foolish notions such as, "Well it says RIGHT THERE that BAB, STR and Size are the only modifiers to the attack roll so the weapon bonus itself doesn't actually add in!" You can, unfortunately, misinterpret the language used to mean that the rules ARE addressing the idea that you can't use only part of a bonus - but only a pedantic goofball could seriously believe it.</blockquote>