Great White Games/Pinnacle Entertainment Group

[Sdrolion]

This is probably an amazingly stupid question, but I've gotten myself all confused over how skill bonuses from enchanted items actually work. Are they a flat bonus to the roll result, or do they work more like the Boost Trait spell?

That is: If I have a Longsword that gives +1 to Fighting, and my Fighting skill is 1d8, then while using that Longsword, is my Fighting roll:

1. (Higher of Fighting 1d8 or Wild 1d6)+1, or
2. Higher of 1d10 or Wild 1d6, or
3. Higher of 1d8+1 or Wild 1d6

And would this work the same way for other "skill bonus" items, such as a ring that gives +1 to Notice?

Thank you, and I apologize if this is a kind of dumb question. I thought it worked like #1, but the character creation program "Hero Lab" treats it like #2, and I wasn't sure who was right. O_O

[Clint]