Stacking Magical Arrmor [Archive] - Wizards Community

Stacking Magical Arrmor [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Kitlillyka
08-15-05, 12:03 AM Is it possible to use both Mage Armor and Shield both at once, assuming of course the caster is able to cast both spells, would it become a +8 on the AC? Not clear on this as the PHB does not say one way or other in spell decriptions and technacaly one is armor and the other a shield.... ????? Any ruling on this, or mention at all. (Using 3.5 rules for Living Greyhawk) :confused:
kenobi65
08-15-05, 12:23 AM You certainly could.

In their respective spell descriptions, it says that Mage Armor provides an armor bonus to AC, while Shield provides a shield bonus to AC. In 3E / 3.5, the general rule on bonuses is that they do stack if they have different "names". Since these are different named bonuses, they do stack.

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Kitlillyka 08-15-05, 12:03 AM	Is it possible to use both Mage Armor and Shield both at once, assuming of course the caster is able to cast both spells, would it become a +8 on the AC? Not clear on this as the PHB does not say one way or other in spell decriptions and technacaly one is armor and the other a shield.... ????? Any ruling on this, or mention at all. (Using 3.5 rules for Living Greyhawk) :confused:
kenobi65 08-15-05, 12:23 AM	You certainly could. In their respective spell descriptions, it says that Mage Armor provides an armor bonus to AC, while Shield provides a shield bonus to AC. In 3E / 3.5, the general rule on bonuses is that they do stack if they have different "names". Since these are different named bonuses, they do stack.