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Can a character benefit from multiple nightsticks (Libris Mortis 78) or multiple orange prism ioun stones (DMG 260)?

 

Neither of these items provides extra bonuses in multiples. The rules for stacking (Rules Compendium 21) do not allow untyped bonuses to stack if they come from the same source. However, this does lead to an interesting question: Could a character use a nightstick and then grab a second nightstick to use? The Sage recommends Dungeon Masters limit the nightstick and similar items to one a day.

Can a character benefit from multiple nightsticks (Libris Mortis 78) or multiple orange prism ioun stones (DMG 260)?

Neither of these items provides extra bonuses in multiples. The rules for stacking (Rules Compendium 21) do not allow untyped bonuses to stack if they come from the same source. However, this does lead to an interesting question: Could a character use a nightstick and then grab a second nightstick to use? The Sage recommends Dungeon Masters limit the nightstick and similar items to one a day.

Even stacking both Ur-Priest and Sublime Chord at all has one problem: You apply bonuses in the most beneficial order, but this implies that there has to be an order. Either you're casting as an Ur-Priest, and adding your Sublime Chord level and half your other spellcasting classes' levels, or casting as a Sublime Chord, in which case you add your Ur-Priest levels. You are casting any given spell as one class or the other, and may choose the most beneficial order, but you must choose.

Even stacking both Ur-Priest and Sublime Chord at all has one problem: You apply bonuses in the most beneficial order, but this implies that there has to be an order. Either you're casting as an Ur-Priest, and adding your Sublime Chord level and half your other spellcasting classes' levels, or casting as a Sublime Chord, in which case you add your levels from any one class. You are casting any given spell as one class or the other, and may choose the most beneficial order, but you must choose.

Even stacking both Ur-Priest and Sublime Chord at all has one problem: You apply bonuses in the most beneficial order, but this implies that there has to be an order. Either you're casting as an Ur-Priest, and adding half your other spellcasting classes' levels, or casting as a Sublime Chord, in which case you add half your Ur-Priest levels. You are casting any given spell as one class or the other, and may choose the most beneficial order, but you must choose.

Even stacking both Ur-Priest and Sublime Chord at all has one problem: You apply bonuses in the most beneficial order, but this implies that there has to be an order. Either you're casting as an Ur-Priest, and adding your Sublime Chord level and half your other spellcasting classes' levels, or casting as a Sublime Chord, in which case you add your Ur-Priest levels. You are casting any given spell as one class or the other, and may choose the most beneficial order, but you must choose.