New DM question

[Dinaire Folsteen]

Hello, has anyone here had any problems balancing what all items, spells, and abilities that should be able to stack? We recently encountered this problem in our group with one of the characters being able to give himself a godlike AC. All thoughts are welcome.

 

[Furn_Darkside]

Salutations,

I have yet to have such a problem in the campeign I dm- I am very careful in every magic item in every module- and keep a running chart of every item encountered and its current location.

Perhaps you could offer specifics on your situation and we can figure out if there are any problems with the player stacking bonus types they should not be stacking.

FD

 

[las]

Bonuses of the same type dont stack reread the dmg for the bonus section.

 

[Furn_Darkside]

Salutations,

Some bonuses do stack

The armor bonus of a shield and the armor bonus of armor stacks.

Circumstance bonuses stack when they come from different csources.

IIRC- deflection bonuses stack if they come from different sources.

FD

 

[trentonjoe]

IIRC- deflection bonuses stack if they come from different sources.

FD [/B]

Is that right?

Shield of Faith provides a deflecion bonus as does a ring of protection. Do they stack with each other?

I hadn't been playing that way.

 

[Dinaire Folsteen]

Is that right?

Shield of Faith provides a deflecion bonus as does a ring of protection. Do they stack with each other?

I hadn't been playing that way.

I'd say those cannot stack as they are the same kind of bonus(deflection). My major gripe is that there seems to be a whole bunch of other bonuses that can inflate the stack total.

 

[Crothian]

I don't let Deflection bonuses stack, they are pretty common. DMG seems to agree with me. It doesn't say anything about different sources stacking, at least not on page177 where it talks about these bonuses.

 

[trentonjoe]

I don't let Deflection bonuses stack, they are pretty common. DMG seems to agree with me. It doesn't say anything about different sources stacking, at least not on page177 where it talks about these bonuses.

That's what I thought.

Someone had a chart on stacking but with the search function disabled and no access to the old boards we will just have to wait.

One of the "core" bonus stack. Is it luck?

 

[trentonjoe]

My major gripe is that there seems to be a whole bunch of other bonuses that can inflate the stack total.

Can you post an example? I have found that most of my guys complain about how "low" their AC is. At 10th level I would say the average AC is probably 22 ish. I can think of one wizard that can get it into the 30's but he is the only one of about 15 characters that can get it that high consistently.

On second thought, their is monk that can get it in the 30's to with full defense.

That's it.

 

[Crothian]

That's what I thought.

Someone had a chart on stacking but with the search function disabled and no access to the old boards we will just have to wait.

One of the "core" bonus stack. Is it luck?

Dodge does, I know that. Let me look at the chart again.

"Different named bonus types all stack, but usually named bonus does not stack with another bonus of the same name (except for enhancement bonuses to armor and shields, enhancement bonuses to ranged weapons and their ammunition, dodge bonuses, synergy bonuses, and some circumstance bonuses)."

Directly from the pages of the DMG. Hope that quote helps.