Magic Vestment

[Chinor]

Does anyone know how Magic Vestment works? If you have a Shield +1, and as a 9th level Cleric, casting Magic Vestment upon the shield, does the shield become a +3 or a +4 for the duration of the spell?

 

[Darkness8Me]

Magic vestment provides an enhancement bonus and the +1 bonus from the shield is also an enhancement bonus. Bonuses of the same type do not stack (with a few exceptions, like dodge). In your example, the shield would become a +3 shield, ignoring the shield's normal bonus of +1.

 

[reapersaurus]

Just seconding Darkness' posts.

And Chinor- a slightly more interesting question would be "What's the bonus if the cleric is 10th level?"

 

[Hypersmurf]

And Chinor- a slightly more interesting question would be "What's the bonus if the cleric is 10th level?"

... I give up. Why is that interesting?

-Hyp.

 

[reapersaurus]

well, then we'd probably get a few people who differ how they treat those levels and the bonuses for it.
(i.e. get bonus at 3,6,9,12, or get bonus at 1,4,7,10)

 

[Madfox]

Well, the spell maxes out at 15th lvl. Which suggest fractions are rounded down. So it would be an increase at 6, 9, 12 and 15.

 

[Numion]

Fraction are always rounded down. --> level 10 = +3.333 = +3.

 

[dcollins]

...or get bonus at 1,4,7,10...

That progression would imply that +5 is reached at 13th level (if I'm reading you right), which contradicts the spell's description of "maximum +5 at 15th level".

The language "+1 per three caster levels" is quite clear. The other progression is denoted by the words "for every X levels of experience past 1st, you gain an additional Y", as given for magic missile.

 

[CRGreathouse]

Just seconding dcollins.

Round down unless explicitly stated otherwise.