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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 1711786" data-attributes="member: 1656">An inherent bonus is not a change to your ability score (like the increases every four levels); it is a bonus to your ability score.If I cast Bull's Strength, I am a human with a +4 enhancement bonus to Strength.If I polymorph into an orc, I am now an orc, with an average orc's Strength score (15)... and a Bull's Strength spell that grants a +4 enhancement bonus, for a total Str of 19.An inherent bonus is a named bonus.  It does not stack with other inherent bonuses.  It is limited to a maximum of +5.  It must always be tracked separately from your base score, otherwise you don't know when you've reached that maximum, or whether reading a Manual +3 will actually add 3 to your score, and so on.So, just like I turned into an orc with a +4 enhancement bonus (since the spell is still in effect), I turn into an orc with a +3 inherent bonus (since the bonus is still in effect).-Hyp.</blockquote>