[Pcgen-trackers] [ pcgen-Bugs-1547524 ] Mage Armor armor bonus stacks with all kind of armor bonuses

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Bugs item #1547524, was opened at 2006-08-27 11:52
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Category: Spell Support
Group: To be fixed For 5.12
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Zorden (zorden)
Assigned to: Frank Kliewe (frank_kliewe)
Summary: Mage Armor armor bonus stacks with all kind of armor bonuses

Initial Comment:
Mage Armor armor bonus stacks with all kind of armor
bonuses which it shouldn't do. Eg. equipping a studded
leather armor with 3 armor bonus and selecting Mage
Armor as a temporary bonus it stacks and the total AC
will be 7.

PCGEN v5.10.1 (stable)

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>Comment By: Eddy Anthony (eddyanthony)
Date: 2006-08-27 15:22

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Yes we have a whole crop of problems due to the limitations of stacking.

When we want somthing not to stack we give it a type and bonuses of the 
same type won't stack. One problem comes when we have bonuses of a 
different type which do not stack. The concept of Class Defense from 
Unearthed Arcana is an example of this, it provides an AC bonus based on 
class level and the type of armor prof your classes provide. Class Defense 
does not stack with Armor bonuses but it does stack with your Touch AC 
(armor does not) but not your flatfooted AC (armor does). So if the bonus is 
TYPEd "ClassDefense" it gets stacked with armor (which we don't want) and if 
it is TYPEd "Armor" it will not stack with other armor bonuses as desired but 
the Touch and Flatfooted AC values will be incorrect.

We need an enhancement to the way bonuses are stacked to allow different 
bonuse types to be set not to stack.

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Comment By: Martijn Verburg (karianna)
Date: 2006-08-27 13:06

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Deja vu here, I'm sure we've dealt with this before.  If not
then its related to the data bugs on stacking which in turn
are waiting on a as of yet unidentified code freq.  But
firstly, could a data monkey comment on this?

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