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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jackinthegreen" data-source="post: 6270865" data-attributes="member: 6678119">No, they don't both grant an armor bonus.  One is an armor bonus, the other is an enhancement bonus to an armor bonus.  Those are explicitly different as the rules I linked to show since they are different modifiers.What would need interpreting is whether the enhancement bonus being applied to something with a +0 armor bonus might stack with non-armor that does provide an armor bonus.  For example, could a monk with Bracers of Armor benefit from Magic Vestment cast on his clothes?  Depends on how one interprets the rules.For what it's worth, the 3.5 FAQ somewhat answers this with the following:I have a bard in my game who has a bit of money tospend. She buys a set of bracers of armor +3 and a suit of +3leather armor. If the bard wears both at the same time, thearmor bonus from the bracers (+3) overrides the armorbonus from the leather armor (+1). Our question is, doesthe +3 enhancement bonus from the armor still get appliedfor a total of +6, is it subsumed by the magic of the bracers,or is it just ignored completely? Since the enhancementbonus and armor bonus are different types of bonuses, thebard thinks her total Armor Class bonus should be +6.The magic leather armor’s +3 enhancement bonus appliesto make the armor’s armor bonus bigger (+4 in this case). Theexample character uses only the larger armor bonus (+4) whenwearing both the armor and the bracers.The overlapping +3 bonus from the bracers is still there,however. (It is just irrelevant most of the time.) If somethingbypasses the +4 bonus from the magic armor, the bracers mightstill prove effective. For example, an incorporeal touch attackbypasses the whole armor bonus from the magic armor. Sincethe bracers provide a force effect, they protect the bard againstthe incorporeal touch attack. The example character still has a+3 armor bonus against the incorporeal touch attack.I say "for what it's worth" because many people do not consider the FAQ factually accurate or even useful due to it being hit and miss, as well as contradictory at times.  Your mileage may vary.  In this circumstance it's perfectly reasonable and keeps the balance of the game where one would expect it to be, so even if the character was wearing clothing that could benefit from MV, it would not stack with LA.</blockquote>

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