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Zergrusheddie
2010-03-23, 05:44 PM
Do the synergy bonuses you get from having 5 ranks in a skill stack with each other? For example, does have 5 points in K: Nobility, K: Royalty, and Bluff gives a +4 bonus on diplomacy?

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-Eddie

Amiria
2010-03-23, 05:49 PM
They are unnamed bonuses, therefore they stack. Afaik, Diplomacy is the only skill that hath more then one (three !) unconditional synergies from other skills (Bluff, Knowledge [Nobilty & Royality], Sense Motive).

Defiant
2010-03-23, 05:50 PM
Knowledge: Nobility and Royalty is one skill.

Ernir
2010-03-23, 05:50 PM
Yes, they stack. AFAICT, the not-stacking idea that floats around is a holdover from 3.0.

KillianHawkeye
2010-03-23, 06:51 PM
Yes, they stack. AFAICT, the not-stacking idea that floats around is a holdover from 3.0.

Yeah, in 3.0 they specifically were "synergy bonuses," which led to nonstackability. In 3.5, they are merely bonuses arising from skill synergy.

ericgrau
2010-03-23, 07:30 PM
They are unnamed bonuses, therefore they stack. Afaik, Diplomacy is the only skill that hath more then one (three !) unconditional synergies from other skills (Bluff, Knowledge [Nobilty & Royality], Sense Motive).

Survival to track has 2. Knowledge (wherever the heck you're tracking) + search.

sofawall
2010-03-23, 07:40 PM
Survival to track has 2. Knowledge (wherever the heck you're tracking) + search.

Note the word unconditional.

ericgrau
2010-03-23, 07:52 PM
You can get knowledge synergy for almost any place on the planet and even off the planet... on other planes. The only place you're screwed is when tracking in cities.

sofawall
2010-03-23, 07:54 PM
You can get knowledge synergy for almost any place on the planet and even off the planet... on other planes. The only place you're screwed is when tracking in cities.

Note that it also follows the condition that you are using the Survival skill for tracking, not for, say, finding food.