Stacking Deflection Bonuses

[Cyri'kazzen the Drow]

Hi All,

A PC in my campaign wants to cast Protection from Evil and Shield of Faith. Both are Deflection bonuses so they shouldn't stack, correct?

 

[EPRock]

Penalties Stack
Dodge Bonuses Stack
All Other bonuses you take the highest number.

 

[Camarath]

From SRD

Bonus Types: Usually, a bonus has a type that indicates how the spell grants the bonus. The important aspect of bonus types is that two bonuses of the same type don’t generally stack. With the exception of dodge bonuses, most circumstance bonuses, and racial bonuses, only the better bonus works (see Combining Magical Effects, below). The same principle applies to penalties-a character taking two or more penalties of the same type applies only the worst one.

Dodge, circumstance, and racial bonuses stack. Penalties of the same type do not stack. Unnamed bonuses (and I assume penalties) also stack.