Artoomis
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gabrion said:Artoomi-My fighter has a dex of 12 but he buys gloves of dexterity +2 so that he can take the dodge feat (cause it is so good). Is this ok?
Nope. His dexterity is 12. It's enhanced to be a 14 temporarily.
gabrion said:Artoomi-My fighter has a dex of 12 but he buys gloves of dexterity +2 so that he can take the dodge feat (cause it is so good). Is this ok?
Artoomis said:Nope. His dexterity is 12. It's enhanced to be a 14 temporarily.
SRD said:Some feats have prerequisites. Your character must have the indicated ability score, class feature, feat, skill, base attack bonus, or other quality designated in order to select or use that feat.
SRD said:They add to the wearer’s Dexterity score in the form of an enhancement bonus of +2, +4, or +6.
gabrion said:Hmm...Well I asked the question because I really don't know the answer to it, so I'm wondering if you could defened the answer you gave...
It seems like saying that the character must have a permanent dexterity score of 13 to take the dodge feat is adding personal interpretation to the statements above, because bare-bones they don't differentiate between permanent and non-permanent ability scores.
I'm willing to be pursuaded though, so if I'm missing some other important bit of rules text, please post it. I'm trying to find the definition of enhancement bonus, since that seems key...
gabrion said:Well I won't argue the point, since I'm not super convinced myself, but I do think this one is open to interpretation.
Also, I wish I could find it, but the example I got was actually from a rules of the game article where said character was allowed to take the dodge feat by bumping dex with the gloves. Of course he lost the benefit of the feat (and I think a PrC that required dodge as well) if the gloves were taken off, but like I said, I can't seem to find the article.
*Goes off to search for truth some more...*
Artoomis said:Doesn't it a seem a bit... silly to have feats and even prestige classes that come and go as you put on and take off your gloves? I think this way lies many, many problems.
Artoomis said:Well, in this case, what is the character's dexterity score?
Answer, 12, enhanced to 14. The character's ACTUAL score is 12, though it is effectively a 14 so long as the gloves are worn.
gabrion said:Well I won't argue the point, since I'm not super convinced myself, but I do think this one is open to interpretation.