icefractal
2024-02-07, 04:46 PM
As in, why is "circumstance" a type? Why aren't they just untyped?
Unlike most other bonuses, circumstance bonuses stack with other circumstance bonuses if they're from a different source. Except, that's already the standard rule - a single source doesn't stack with itself unless explicitly stated to. So why aren't these just untyped bonuses?
Dodge bonuses are the only other example of stacking I can think of, but unlike circumstance, dodge has other implications - that it doesn't apply to flat-footed AC.
Yeah, somehow it's been years and I hadn't really thought about this, but I was recently making a list of buffs and wanted shorthand to denote type. Most of the types can just use the first letter (enhancement, morale, etc), but competence and circumstance are both c ... except at that point I realized that circumstance didn't even need to exist.
Unlike most other bonuses, circumstance bonuses stack with other circumstance bonuses if they're from a different source. Except, that's already the standard rule - a single source doesn't stack with itself unless explicitly stated to. So why aren't these just untyped bonuses?
Dodge bonuses are the only other example of stacking I can think of, but unlike circumstance, dodge has other implications - that it doesn't apply to flat-footed AC.
Yeah, somehow it's been years and I hadn't really thought about this, but I was recently making a list of buffs and wanted shorthand to denote type. Most of the types can just use the first letter (enhancement, morale, etc), but competence and circumstance are both c ... except at that point I realized that circumstance didn't even need to exist.