Saving throw bonuses - do they stack ?

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Twotricks
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Saving throw bonuses - do they stack ?

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Let say I have item that gives :

Bonus +2 to will save

Universal Bonus to saves +2

Improved saving throw - mind affecting : +2

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Now I know Universal throw stacks with regular saving throw bonus, but how about bonus vs spell ?

If someone casts charm against me : would my save be 2+2+2 or 2+2 ?
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Re: Saving throw bonuses - do they stack ?

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Your save will be 2+2+2 up to 12? I think it is 12 max saving throws bonus from items and magical buffs.
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Re: Saving throw bonuses - do they stack ?

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Calodan wrote:Your save will be 2+2+2 up to 12? I think it is 12 max saving throws bonus from items and magical buffs.
So basically any save bonus stacks ?

If you have ring ref +2 bonus and hat ref +2 bonus, it will stack to +4 ref ?

Up to +12 ?

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And I guess same goes for skills ?

But not for AC and Stats ?
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Re: Saving throw bonuses - do they stack ?

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Bonuses from same item slots do not stack as far as I recall. Other than that, the save bonuses should stack.
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Re: Saving throw bonuses - do they stack ?

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Twotricks wrote:
Calodan wrote:Your save will be 2+2+2 up to 12? I think it is 12 max saving throws bonus from items and magical buffs.
So basically any save bonus stacks ?

If you have ring ref +2 bonus and hat ref +2 bonus, it will stack to +4 ref ?

Up to +12 ?

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And I guess same goes for skills ?

But not for AC and Stats ?
I believe so. There is on issue with rings. As in two exactly alike named rings do not stack however with any skills or saves....I think....Don't quote me on that one. Perhaps Valefort or another can chime in at this point?
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Re: Saving throw bonuses - do they stack ?

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According to the nwn2wiki, there is a hard cap of +20 to saves. And I think we’ve adjusted some spells here to make sure they don’t all stack up for an easy +20 to saves.
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