Divine stacking?

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Divine stacking?

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OK, so here's my question:

If I have a sword that does bonus divine damage d10 and it's also a Holy Avenger and my toon activates Divine Might, which of these three divine damages stack?
a) Against evil
b) against non-evil
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Divine Might is separate from divine damage on weapons, it's best to consider it as a different damage type entirely really. The 1d10 on your weapon and the 1d6 from HA will not stack, the 1d10 will always override the 1d6. When it comes to DI/DR only the 1d10 divine is affected, divine might completely ignores DI/DR.

So in your example you will always do 1d10 divine + X divine might, with DI/DR only affecting the 1d10 divine damage.
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So, basically, it's better to use a weapon with magic damage than divine damage for your HA if you're a paladin. It feels a bit counterintuitive, but ok.

So, for your paladin build: weapon with magic damage. For your fighter build: weapon with divine damage.

Did I get that right?
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Personally I would recommend magical for both, but that's right.
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