Temporary Hit Points

[Monkey Bloke]

I am a little stuck about temporary hit points, basically do they stack?
I know that temporary hit points from different sources do not stack and you take the larger amount, but what about the same source multiple times?
Such as a paladin who does bolstering strike 3 times, can he accumulate 3 times his wis modifier in temp HP?
Similarly the lifedrinker sword, if someone wades in an dispatches 3 minions with it, is that 15 temp HP, or only 5 HP with the other 10 wasted?

And to be sure, a paladin who uses a bolstering strike to kill someone while using a lifedrinker sword would only get the 5 from the sword OR his wis modifier, whichever is higher, right?

Thanks,

Paul

 

[questing gm]

The answer is No. Temporary hitpoints don't stack regardless of the source.

There was a thread about this recently. AFAIK, different sources here means anything else that grants you another temporary bonus, whether it is the same power, feat etc or that comes from another source entirely.

And to be sure, a paladin who uses a bolstering strike to kill someone while using a lifedrinker sword would only get the 5 from the sword OR his wis modifier, whichever is higher, right?

That is correct.

 

[Monkey Bloke]

Thanks for the reply and the link, that's helpful.

Paul
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