Grunker
RPG Codex Ghost
Nah man you're not getting it, let's say I'm wearing bracers +5, and clothing, and I cast a level 20 magic vestment spell on myself - I get zero improvement to my AC, because the spell only works on my clothing, boosting it to a 5 AC. So I end up with two items that grant the same 5 AC bonus, which don't stack
From what I can tell it *should* stack in PnP.
https://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/wondrous-items/a-b/bracers-of-armor/
https://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/m/magic-vestment/
This says that Bracers +5 should give a +5 armor bonus. Casting Magic Vestment should then give a +5 armor enhancement bonus to your clothing. These should stack even if they are on separate items because they are separate categories. But I've not played pathfinder PnP so a rules lawyer may be able to point out where my logic is wrong here.
Here's how you should think about it:
Magic Vestment gives an Enhancement bonus of +5.
A full plate has a base AC of 8 so with the +5 that's 13.
A full plate +3 has a base AC of 8 so with the +5 that's still 13, because Enhancement bonuses don't stack.
Clothes have a base AC of 0 so with the +5 that's 5.
Bracers of Armor +5 have a base AC of 0 and an Enhancement bonus of +5, so with another +5 that's still just +5 (again, Enhancement bonuses don't stack).
enhancement bonuses is its own category.
Could be argued it's the most basic bonus category of them all
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