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<blockquote data-quote="Pax" data-source="post: 335693" data-attributes="member: 6875">No, the bonusses do not stack.&nbsp; +1 Adamantium armor is no better than nonmagical adamantium armor.&nbsp; +3 Adamantium armor is nobetter than +3 non-adamantium armor.Adamantium provides an &quot;enhancement&quot; bonus; so does making the armor magical.&nbsp; Bonusses of the same name (in this case, &quot;enhancement&quot;) do NOT add together; you only get the BETTER of the two (or more).[EDIT: addendum]I agree, by the way, that doesn't seem to make sense to not let a &quot;materials&quot; bonus stack with &quot;enhancement&quot; bonus; IMC, I have adjusted thigns so that Masterwork (&quot;MW&quot;) is NOT a prerrequisite for enchantment, and MW bonusses DO stack with magic.&nbsp; I simply reword Adamantium to give a &quot;materials&quot; bonus, and call the +1 from MW weapons a &quot;masterwork&quot; bonus.One of the benefits of this is,if you PAY for it in coin,you BENEFIT from it.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />The other benefit, as a DM, is: no longer do your players know that non-masterwork weapons do not need to be checked for magic.&nbsp; That cruddy, rusty, almost-borken-looking shortsword MIGHT just be a Short Sword +1 of Wounding, or whatever.&nbsp; And the jeweled, gilt, finely-crafted and decorated elven longsword ... may benothign more THAN a nice looking, well-made (MW) elven-crafted longsword.&nbsp; End result: check -everything-. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />One other aside: some masterwork weapons IMC get +1 to damage, but NOT to hit.&nbsp; The extra effort goes into making the weapon more efficient at doing oucheis to the enemy, rather thn better-balanced for hittgn said enemy.&nbsp; Think serrated-blade longswords; it works great for fantasy-campaigns, at least.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />[/EDIT]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pax, post: 335693, member: 6875"] No, the bonusses do not stack. +1 Adamantium armor is no better than nonmagical adamantium armor. +3 Adamantium armor is nobetter than +3 non-adamantium armor. Adamantium provides an "enhancement" bonus; so does making the armor magical. Bonusses of the same name (in this case, "enhancement") do NOT add together; you only get the BETTER of the two (or more). [EDIT: addendum] I agree, by the way, that doesn't seem to make sense to not let a "materials" bonus stack with "enhancement" bonus; IMC, I have adjusted thigns so that Masterwork ("MW") is NOT a prerrequisite for enchantment, and MW bonusses DO stack with magic. I simply reword Adamantium to give a "materials" bonus, and call the +1 from MW weapons a "masterwork" bonus. One of the benefits of this is,if you PAY for it in coin,you BENEFIT from it. :) The other benefit, as a DM, is: no longer do your players know that non-masterwork weapons do not need to be checked for magic. That cruddy, rusty, almost-borken-looking shortsword MIGHT just be a Short Sword +1 of Wounding, or whatever. And the jeweled, gilt, finely-crafted and decorated elven longsword ... may benothign more THAN a nice looking, well-made (MW) elven-crafted longsword. End result: check -everything-. :) One other aside: some masterwork weapons IMC get +1 to damage, but NOT to hit. The extra effort goes into making the weapon more efficient at doing oucheis to the enemy, rather thn better-balanced for hittgn said enemy. Think serrated-blade longswords; it works great for fantasy-campaigns, at least. :) [/EDIT] [/QUOTE]

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