Stacking armor bonuses...

[Halivar]

So... let me get this straight...

Mage armor, +4 Bracers of Armor, and enchanted armor bonuses do not stack with each other, right? Or am I wrong on this? We found this out very recently and it's disturbing my fighter greatly.

 

[Victim]

None of the AC bonuses you mention would stack with each other.

 

[Dr. Zoom]

So... let me get this straight...

Mage armor, +4 Bracers of Armor, and enchanted armor bonuses do not stack with each other, right? Or am I wrong on this? We found this out very recently and it's disturbing my fighter greatly.

Mage Armor is a +4 armor bonus. Bracers of Armor +4 is a +4 armor bonus. Chainmail +2 is a +7 armor bonus. Like armor bonuses do not stack except for suits of armor and shields, so none of these stack.

Why would this disturb your fighter?

 

[Olive]

Re: Re: Stacking armor bonuses...

Why would this disturb your fighter?

Because he's going to lose his AC of 25 plus dex, amulet of natural armour, and ioun stone that give a deflection bonus...

 

[dcollins]

As others have said, none of the example bonuses stack. For more on the issue you might go here (esp. Example #2 and #9): www.superdan.net/dndfaq1.html

Critical quote on PHB p. 104 under "Armor Bonus".

 

[Caliban]

Re: Re: Re: Stacking armor bonuses...

Because he's going to lose his AC of 25 plus dex, amulet of natural armour, and ioun stone that give a deflection bonus...

Bah, what a lightweight. You aren't impressive until you can crack AC 40, without stacking armor bonuses.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Stacking armor bonuses...

Bah, what a lightweight. You aren't impressive until you can crack AC 40, without stacking armor bonuses.

Man. I'm getting the urge to play in a really powerful, high-magic campaign. Forgotten Realms or something...

The bonuses that you can stack:

Armor (usually a suit of armor+shield).
Natural Armor (usually an amulet).
Deflection (usually a ring).
Dex Bonus (of course, dex).
Dodge (feats).
Luck (magic items).
Expertise (feat).
Cover (tower shield, spells, natural terrain).
Fight Defensively (combat option).
Defending Weapon bonus (magic weapon).
Wis bonus (some classes).
Int bonus (some classes).
Haste bonus (spells).

Edit: added the haste bonus.

 

[rhammer2]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Stacking armor bonuses...

You left off the Haste bonus of +4 AC.

Man. I'm getting the urge to play in a really powerful, high-magic campaign. Forgotten Realms or something...

The bonuses that you can stack:

Armor (usually a suit of armor+shield).
Natural Armor (usually an amulet).
Deflection (usually a ring).
Dex Bonus (of course, dex).
Dodge (feats).
Luck (magic items).
Expertise (feat).
Cover (tower shield, spells, natural terrain).
Fight Defensively (combat option).
Defending Weapon bonus (magic weapon).
Wis bonus (some classes).
Int bonus (some classes).

 

[Sejs]

Man, where's that "Like bonuses don't stack" haiku when we need it?