FrankTrollman
First Post
Skip Williams once said that when you had more than one copy of Protection from Fire up and got hit with a fire attack, you reduced both copies of Protection from Fire.
That's pretty much exactly the same idea as temporary hit points. So if you buy Skip's reasoning (which is, btw, "because I said so."), then it should apply to False Life as well.
Of course, that's not actually what the rules say - the rules essentially have the non-stacking bonus inactive until the larger bonus ends - but that is what Skip Williams says. If you think that the Sage is more important than the written rules, then this question is essentially answered. If you think the written rules override the Sage - this question is also answered - just not in the same way.
If you really want some fun: Temporary Hit Points from the same source stack. So a Wraith who hits someone and gains 5 temporary hit points can gain 5 more temporary hit points the next round by hitting someone else. So I can't see any reason why you couldn't just cast a bunch of False Lives, one after another. But if you instead replace an Aid and a False Life - then the quandary remains.
-Frank
That's pretty much exactly the same idea as temporary hit points. So if you buy Skip's reasoning (which is, btw, "because I said so."), then it should apply to False Life as well.
Of course, that's not actually what the rules say - the rules essentially have the non-stacking bonus inactive until the larger bonus ends - but that is what Skip Williams says. If you think that the Sage is more important than the written rules, then this question is essentially answered. If you think the written rules override the Sage - this question is also answered - just not in the same way.
If you really want some fun: Temporary Hit Points from the same source stack. So a Wraith who hits someone and gains 5 temporary hit points can gain 5 more temporary hit points the next round by hitting someone else. So I can't see any reason why you couldn't just cast a bunch of False Lives, one after another. But if you instead replace an Aid and a False Life - then the quandary remains.
-Frank