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Message: <blockquote data-quote="N0Man" data-source="post: 4830048" data-attributes="member: 64066">The problem with the interpretation is that the Imp's bonus in the game that explicitly stacks with other bonuses to become worse than if it didn't stack with another bonus.The general rule is that when non-stacking bonuses apply, then the better one applies.  In this case the bonuses explicitly stack.  Surely having 2 bonuses that are designed to stack can't be worse than having 2 bonuses that don't stack.The thing is, RAW isn't really written.  It's an interpretation and guess.  There is no rule written that says a background bonus is applied before a level 1 feat bonus is.  Types of bonuses and values of bonuses matter, order never has anywhere else.  Saying that logically a background comes before a feat is inferring rules that are grounded in fluff, not mechanics.</blockquote>