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Magic Necklaces / Amulets

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Is there a limit to the number of magic necklaces a person can wear or can you get the benefits of ALL of them as long as they are wrapped on your body (made nto a bracelet, wearing 3 necklaces around your neck, etc)?
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By the rules, while there's no stacking, there's nothing that stops you from wearing 30 necklaces that all do something different.
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Library Ogre wrote:By the rules, while there's no stacking, there's nothing that stops you from wearing 30 necklaces that all do something different.


Except perhaps sheer physical encumbrance... :P
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I pity the fool who tries to copy Mr T's signature look!
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Grazzik wrote:I pity the fool who tries to copy Mr T's signature look!


Yeah, unless one of those necklaces is a Sphere of Silence generator, your prowl ability just tanked...
Like walking around with a heap of tire chains around your neck...
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I am reminded of The Mummy (1999) when Beni meets Imhotep ... and runs through several amulets until he finds one that is useful. :D

Yes, I have always gone with: you can wear whatever you can wear but those the same type/bonus don't stack. Based on PFRPG:

"Further note that the effects of one such charm is not increased when several of the same item are worn. For example, a character could wear 20 rings or medallions that protect vs spell magic, but is still only +1 to save, the same as wearing one such item. However, the character can wear several different enchanted items, such as a medallion of protection against spell magic, a ring with the powers of chameleon and levitation, and another ring with protection from circles (+2). " PFRPG p253

DnD rules - only two magic rings, or only X number of Y items don't apply to Rifts/Palladium IMHO.
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Good observation hup7,

I agree that the same bonus of one necklace should not stack with the same bonus that of another.

Good memory and visual with the Mummy movie too.
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