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Offline Demelain

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AC Stacking
« on: March 23, 2013, 02:25:12 AM »
Does the Charisma to AC from Battle Dancer (Dragon Magazine Compendium) stack with Monk's Wis to AC? If so, would it continue to stack if I took Ascetic Mage?

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Re: AC Stacking
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2013, 09:21:44 PM »
No, they don't stack.  You would use the higher of the two.  Both class abilities have the same name, and are functionally identical other than which ability score it uses, therefore, they would be treated as the same source.
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Re: AC Stacking
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2013, 10:11:47 PM »
If Dragon Compendium stuff is available to use, what about non-updated 3.0 stuff?  Mystic Wanderer from Magic of Faerun gets Charisma to AC, and it is named differently, so would stack.

Back in 3.0 there were builds that got Dex, Int, Wis, and Charisma to AC.  You can thank those builds for why 3.5 Duelist in the DMG is restricted to one point of Int mod to AC per class level.

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Re: AC Stacking
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2013, 04:39:08 AM »
If Dragon Compendium stuff is available to use, what about non-updated 3.0 stuff?  Mystic Wanderer from Magic of Faerun gets Charisma to AC, and it is named differently, so would stack.

Back in 3.0 there were builds that got Dex, Int, Wis, and Charisma to AC.  You can thank those builds for why 3.5 Duelist in the DMG is restricted to one point of Int mod to AC per class level.

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Re: AC Stacking
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2013, 05:08:21 AM »
Oh yes, I've made a couple folders for D&D ideas and such.  Though I use Word for mine since it allows more formatting options and doesn't screw up the spacing when switching on and off between word wrap.